Is this really that hard? Problems getting results from GUICtrlCreateInput

[Jibberish]

I am having difficulties getting updated results from GUICtrlCreateInput. I wrote a small script to demonstrate what I am trying to do.

This script reads a text file into an array and displays the Name and Number from the text file.
The user can check a name and change the number, and the results are displayed in _ArrayDisplay.
Only the Checked names are displayed in their original position. This is necessary for future
plumbing.

The problem with this script is the original number is returned, not the changed number. I cannot
figure out how to get the updated number to be displayed.

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;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
;
;   This script reads a text file into an array and displays the Name and Number from the text file.
;       The user can check a name and change the number, and the results are displayed in _ArrayDisplay.
;       Only the Checked names are displayed in their original position. This is necessary for future
;           plumbing.
;
;   The problem with this script is the original number is returned, not the changed number. I cannot
;       figure out how to get the updated number to be displayed.
;
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


#include-once
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <array.au3>
#include <Date.au3>
#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>
#include <AutoItConstants.au3>
#include <Misc.au3>
#include <File.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <StaticConstants.au3>

Local $iMax = 6 ;Default number of Videos - 1 for the array counter
Dim $aTextFile[$iMax][2]    ; [start with 5 entries][Name, Number]  Don't get confused! [Row][Column]
Local $i = 0
Local $iLeft = 30
Local $iTop = 30
Local $sName
Local $sNumber
Local $aArray
Local $iMaxCol = 5
Local $iRow = 0
Local $iCol = 0
Local $aNumberCount[$iMaxCol][2]



$aArray1 = ReadFile()
$aNamesNumbers = DisplayNames($aArray1)
_ArrayDisplay($aNamesNumbers)

;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
;
;   ReadFile() places the contents of the NameNumber.txt file in an array
;
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Func ReadFile()
Local $sFileData = @ScriptDir & "\NameNumber.txt"
Local $iStrReturn = 0
Local $aArrayFile
Local $aTextFile[$iMaxCol][2]
Local $aName
Local $sCheckBox1
Const $iL = 10  ; Count from Left for GUI so all buttons line up
Local $sFill
Local $iA = 0, $iN = 0

    ; Put the Names into an Array
    _FileReadToArray($sFileData, $aArrayFile)
    For $iA = 0 To $aArrayFile[0]   ; Step through the array looking for Names
        If StringInStr($aArrayFile[$iA], "Name:") Then
            $aName = StringSplit($aArrayFile[$iA],":")
            $sFill = $aName[2]
            If UBound($aTextFile) <= $iRow Then
                ; Resize the array when $iRow is equal to the element count in the array to prevent subscript error
                ReDim $aTextFile[UBound($aTextFile) + 1][$iMaxCol]
            EndIf
            $aTextFile[$iRow][$iCol] = $sFill
            $iRow += 1
        EndIf
    Next

    $iCol = 1
    $iRow = 0
    $sFill = ""
    For $iA = 1 To $aArrayFile[0]   ; Step through the array looking for Numbers
        If StringInStr($aArrayFile[$iA], "Number:") Then
            $aName = StringSplit($aArrayFile[$iA],":")
            $sFill = $aName[2]
            If UBound($aTextFile) <= $iRow Then
                ; Resize the array when $iRow is equal to the element count in the array to prevent subscript error
                ReDim $aTextFile[UBound($aTextFile) + 1][$iMaxCol]
            EndIf
            $aTextFile[$iRow][$iCol] = $sFill
            $iRow += 1
        EndIf
    Next
    Return $aTextFile

EndFunc

;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
;
;   Display the Name and Number
;
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Func DisplayNames($aArray1)
    Local $aName[$iMax]
    Local $aNumbers[$iMax]
    $iMMCount = UBound($aArray1)
    $iMMCount -=1


    Local $iWidth = 300
    Local $iLength = 300;$iMMCount * 30
    GUISetFont(12)
    $hGUI = GUICreate("Edit / Update Number Test", $iWidth, $iLength, -1, -1)
    GUICtrlCreateLabel("         Name                                          Number",1,5)
    ;$iTop += 30
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
;
;   Display Name with a Checkbox. Only Checked Names should be saved.
;
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    For $i = 0 to $iMMCount Step 1
        $sNameText = $aArray1[$i][0]
        $iNameLength = StringLen($sNameText)
        $aName[$i] = GUICtrlCreateCheckbox($sNameText,$iLeft, $iTop)
        $iTop += 30
    Next

;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
;
;   Display the number from the text file below each name. Allow the user to change the number and display the
;       new number.
;
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    $iLeft = 60
    GUIStartGroup()
        $iTop = 28
    For $i = 0 to $iMMCount Step 1
        $sNumberText = $aArray1[$i][1]
        $aNumberCount[$i][1] = $sNumberText
        $aNumberCount[$i][0] = GUICtrlCreateInput($sNumberText,$iLeft, $iTop, 50,18, $GUI_DOCKAUTO)
        GUICtrlSetPos($aNumberCount[$i][0],200)
        $iTop += 30
    Next

;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
;
;   Read the checked names and (possibly updated) number
;
;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    $iMMCount = UBound($aNumberCount)
    $iMMNewCount = $iMMCount - 1
    Local $aGUICheckbox[$iMMCount]
    Local $aCheckedNameNumber[$iMMCount][2]


    $iLeft = 30
    Local $idCloseGUI = GUICtrlCreateButton("Close",$iLeft, $iTop)

    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
    While 1
        $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
        Switch $nMsg
            Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                Exit

            Case $idCloseGUI
                For $i = 0 To $iMMNewCount Step 1
                    Switch GUICtrlRead($aName[$i])
                        Case $GUI_CHECKED
                            $aCheckedNameNumber[$i][0] = $aArray1[$i][0]
                        Case $GUI_UNCHECKED
                    EndSwitch
                    Switch GUICtrlRead($aNumberCount[$i][0])
                        Case $aCheckedNameNumber[$i][1] = GUICtrlRead($aNumberCount[$i][1])


                    EndSwitch
                Next
                ExitLoop
        EndSwitch
    WEnd

    For $i = 0 to $iMMNewCount step 1
        GUICtrlRead($aNumberCount[$i][0])
        If $aCheckedNameNumber[$i][0] <> "" Then
            $aCheckedNameNumber[$i][1] = $aNumberCount[$i][1]
        EndIf
    Next
    GUIDelete($hGUI)

    Return $aCheckedNameNumber
EndFunc

This is the text file I am reading. If you want to try this out put the NameNumber.txt file in your script directory. It's attached to the post.

* This is a dummy file with a Name and Number
* The only purpose of this file is to read the updated Number.
Name:Taggart
Number:916
Name:Mongo
Number:90
Name:Hedley Lamarr
Number:22
Name:Bart
Number:9999
Name:The Waco Kid
Number:2244

If I change the number, the original number is displayed at the end, not the updated/modified number. I need the modified number to be displayed.

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

Jibberish

NameNumber.txt

Edited September 6, 2017 by Jibberish
Updated Title

[Jibberish]

Wow! This must be tough! I usually get responses fairly quickly!

[Jos]

You mean like this? :

While 1
        $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
        Switch $nMsg
            Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                Exit

            Case $idCloseGUI
                For $i = 0 To $iMMNewCount Step 1
                    Switch GUICtrlRead($aName[$i])
                        Case $GUI_CHECKED
                            $aCheckedNameNumber[$i][1] = GUICtrlRead($aNumberCount[$i][0])
                        Case $GUI_UNCHECKED
                    EndSwitch
                Next
                ExitLoop
        EndSwitch
    WEnd

Jos

[JLogan3o13]

@Jibberish in the future please follow forum etiquette and wait 24 hours before bumping your post. This may be the most important thing in the world to you right now, but you need to show a little patience and give people a chance to respond. We have volunteers from all over the globe; the person best suited to answer your question may not be online at the moment.