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Hello,

in the last 15 year there was not one programming tasks that I could not get done with AutoIt. Research within this forum always helped me to get a good solution for the actual tasks.

I have a new project upcoming and it will be heavily GUI related - and I think will need to implement a modern DataGridView  and this is missing in AutoIt. I think DataGridView is an element from C# and I am wondering what would be the best approach - is Visual Studio a good way to create a program that is using a DataGridView or is there an easier way for someone that is just used to AutoIt?

Thanks for any suggestions :)

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HurleyShanabarger,

Take a look at my GUIListViewEx UDF (the link is in my sig) which allows you to have ListViews with editable cells (plain text, combos, date controls), drag'n'drop, colours and much more. It might allow you to stay with AutoIt for your upcoming project.

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ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columns
ChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listing
Date_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language used
ExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBox
GUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI
GUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable frames
GUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView items
GUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeView
Marquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIs
NoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
Notify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the display
Scrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single command
StringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit text
Toast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area

 

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Well, currently the data is handled within and excel document and there is a lot of logic put into the macro behind.

So basically the DataGridView would represent the contents of the sheet and the GUI around it would be for handling data import/export/verification.

One of the main features would be to show/hide columns, but the one feature that I have to seen with a ListView is to freeze a column. 

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HurleyShanabarger,

What exactly do you mean by "freezing" a column? Making it uneditable? Making it a fixed width?

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ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columns
ChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listing
Date_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language used
ExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBox
GUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI
GUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable frames
GUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView items
GUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeView
Marquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIs
NoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
Notify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the display
Scrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single command
StringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit text
Toast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area

 

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HurleyShanabarger,

You can always use 2 synchronized ListViews like this:

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <GuiTreeView.au3>
#include <GuiListView.au3>
#include <Misc.au3>
#include <GuiScrollBars.au3>

Global Const $iMax = 40

Global $iPos_1 = 0, $iPos_2 = 0

$hGUI = GUICreate("Synchro Pair", 255, 240, -1, -1)
$cLV_2 = GUICtrlCreateListView("Col 1|Col 2|Col 3|Col 4", 60, 5, 185, 220)
$hLV_2 = GUICtrlGetHandle($cLV_2)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

$hGUI_Child = GUICreate("", 50, 220, 10, 5, $WS_POPUP, $WS_EX_MDICHILD, $hGUI)
$cLV_1 = GUICtrlCreateListView("Frozen", 0, 0, 85, 220)
$hLV_1 = GUICtrlGetHandle($cLV_1)
GUISetState()

For $i = 1 To $iMax
    GUICtrlCreateListViewItem("Item " & $i, $cLV_1)
    GUICtrlCreateListViewItem("Item " & $i, $cLV_2)
Next

Global $aRect = _GUICtrlListView_GetItemRect($hLV_2, 0)
Global Const $iDeltaY = $aRect[3] - $aRect[1]
GUIRegisterMsg($WM_NOTIFY, "_WM_Notify")

While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Func _WM_Notify($hWnd, $Msg, $wParam, $lParam)
    Local $iLines_1 = _SendMessage($hLV_1, $LVM_GETTOPINDEX)
    Local $iLines_2 = _SendMessage($hLV_2, $LVM_GETTOPINDEX)
    If $iLines_1 <> $iLines_2 Then
        _SendMessage($hLV_1, $LVM_SCROLL, 0, ($iLines_2 - $iLines_1) * $iDeltaY)
    EndIf
    Return "GUI_RUNDEFMSG"
EndFunc   ;==>_WM_Notify

That seems to give you the same sort of effect. Worth pursuing?

M23

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ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columns
ChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listing
Date_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language used
ExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBox
GUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI
GUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable frames
GUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView items
GUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeView
Marquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIs
NoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
Notify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the display
Scrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single command
StringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit text
Toast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area

 

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HurleyShanabarger,

I cannot see why keeping the data synchronised in the pair would be any more difficult than keeping a single ListView up to date - but only you know exactly what is required. And I see no flickering when the pair are scrolled.

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ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columns
ChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listing
Date_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language used
ExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBox
GUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI
GUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable frames
GUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView items
GUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeView
Marquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIs
NoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
Notify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the display
Scrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single command
StringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit text
Toast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area

 

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@HurleyShanabarger, that video is of a web thing. If you give me the html, I'll give it a try at having it as a "control" in AutoIt via embedded IE.
Just have all the web interaction via AJAX, where you have the event you'd handle in au3 and i'll pass it back as JSON for the JS to handle.
Is not impossible, just somewhat cumbersome.

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or try 

 

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regarding the synchronized ListViews example by @Melba23 above: there is a bug when you scroll all the way down - then the last rows do not remain paired. this is because the frozen listview allows for one extra scroll, because the data area height is greater, because the dynamic listview has an horizontal scrollbar.

a crude solution would be to set the height of the frozen listview minus the height of the horizontal scrollbar, which is roughly 18px, so instead of 220 it should be 202.

EDIT: or perhaps there is a way to calculate the height of the horizontal scrollbar at run-time? i did not find such method, but i guess there must be...

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LFN - support for long file names (over 260 characters)

InputImpose - impose valid characters in an input control

TimeConvert - convert UTC to/from local time and/or reformat the string representation

AMF - accept multiple files from Windows Explorer context menu

DateDuration -  literal description of the difference between given dates

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Touch - set the "modified" timestamp of a file to current time

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On 6/23/2020 at 4:37 PM, Melba23 said:

HurleyShanabarger,

I cannot see why keeping the data synchronised in the pair would be any more difficult than keeping a single ListView up to date - but only you know exactly what is required. And I see no flickering when the pair are scrolled.

M23

If you scroll in the first Listview you will have this flickering:

Flicker.gif.c10c6cfd990522759c24c97accc5194e.gif

 

Thanks for the other ideas, I will look into it.

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orbs,

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perhaps there is a way to calculate the height of the horizontal scrollbar at run-time? 

Indeed there is:

_WinAPI_GetSystemMetrics(2) ; Width of VScrollbar:  SM_CXVSCROLL
_WinAPI_GetSystemMetrics(3) ; Height of HScrollbar: SM_CYHSCROLL

M23

Public_Domain.png.2d871819fcb9957cf44f4514551a2935.png Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind

Open spoiler to see my UDFs:

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ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columns
ChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listing
Date_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language used
ExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBox
GUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI
GUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable frames
GUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView items
GUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeView
Marquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIs
NoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
Notify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the display
Scrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single command
StringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit text
Toast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area

 

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@HurleyShanabarger

Did you try to set the extended style $LVS_EX_DOUBLEBUFFER to the ListViews?

It should reduce the flickering during scroll, as it is stated in the Help file about ListView control :)

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