guictrlsetdata from text file

[pcjunki]

i'm editing a gui that has hard coded computer names in my autoit script, i'm now migrating to using txt files, so my gui will read txt files that contain the computer names.

when i run my script, everything is in one line, and not showing how it is in the txt file, here is an example of my code

file.txt

pc1
pc2
pc3

and my autoit script...

Case $Radio1
    $Readfloor1 = FileRead("c:\file.txt")
    GUICtrlSetData($input1,$Readfloor1,1)

 

[water]

You need to provide more information!
For what type of Control do you want to set the data? Input, Combo ...?

[pcjunki]

sorry, i'm using combo

$input1 = GUICtrlCreateCombo("", 216, 92, 233, 25, BitOR($CBS_DROPDOWN, $WS_VSCROLL))

 

Edited December 27, 2018 by pcjunki

[Skysnake]

You will need to parse the file content.

You need to add "|" between the items read from the file.  Think of it like this

At the moment you are giving data to the combo like "pc1 pc2 pc3" which is technically a single line for the combo.

What you want to do is make the data look like this "pc1|pc2|pc3" which will create separate items, leading to a display of

pc1

pc2

pc3

 

 

[water]

According to the help file for GuiCtrlSetData you need to pass a list of values separated with the GUIDataSeparatorChar which is "|" by default.

[water]

Use

GUICtrlSetData($input1, StringReplace($Readfloor1, @CRLF, "|"),1)

 

[pcjunki]

i totally forgot about using "|" since that's what i have in my code to begin with...doh!

@water

when i use your code, it works, but there is a space between the computer names, and i have to scroll more (whines like a baby)

GUICtrlSetData($input1, StringReplace($Readfloor1, @CRLF, "|"),1)

 

 

[pcjunki]

i got it, i took the "|" out of the txt files

everything is working, thanks skysnake and water

[Skysnake]

 

[TurionAltec]

When reading configurations from a file, you may want to look at using .ini files. Built in functions like IniRead make it a breeze to handle