No custom GUI icon in taskbar when au3 script is executed by "Run script" option

[ioa747]

What I noticed is

that if I run two or three scripts with _WinAPI_SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID("My Custom GUI_v1.0")
the icons are grouped in the taskbar

while if I run them with _WinAPI_SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID(StringTrimRight(@ScriptName, 3) & "_v1.0")
each one has its own icon

Thank you very much 

[argumentum]

11 minutes ago, ioa747 said:

What I noticed is ..

no, that would happen if using   _WinAPI_SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID(_WinAPI_CreateGUID())   because the identifier would be unique in each run  

I edited the example script to show that too. Thanks.

Edited December 8 by argumentum

[ioa747]

I made 4 scripts

H1.au3,  H2.au3 , H3.au3,  H4.au3  all 4 with

_WinAPI_SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID(StringTrimRight(@ScriptName, 3) & "_v1.0")

 

 

H1.au3,  H2.au3 , H3.au3,  H4.au3  all 4 with

_WinAPI_SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID("My Custom GUI_v1.0")

 

[ioa747]

in windows10 with @ScriptFullPath it doesn't work as expected

[argumentum]

27 minutes ago, ioa747 said:

I made 4 scripts: H1.au3,  H2.au3 , H3.au3,  H4.au3  all 4 with

obviously they are "H1_v1", "H2_v1", etc., because the ModelID string is different. I thought it was the same script run multiple times.

2 minutes ago, ioa747 said:

in windows10 with @ScriptFullPath it doesn't work as expected

Interesting. As far as I know, as long as the ModelID string is the same, ... that's that. It should be the same. Win 10 or 11.
Tho I never tested how long the string can be    ( https://github.com/dotnet/maui/issues/20031 )

 

[ioa747]

you are absolutely right, I copied it from
D:\i\Pro\.AutoIT\_Test\000_forum-topic\209641-No-custom-GUI-icon-in-taskbar-when-au3-script-is-executed-by-Run-script-option\1539207-argumentum.au3
to
D:\tmp\1539207-argumentum.au3
and it works

thanks

[argumentum]

I'd like to have "_WinAPI_GetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID()" but don't know how 😭

[ioa747]

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/libfunctions/_WinAPI_GetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID.htm

#NoTrayIcon
#include <GUIConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPIShellEx.au3>
#include <WinAPIProc.au3>

;~ _WinAPI_SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID(_WinAPI_CreateGUID())
_WinAPI_SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID(StringTrimRight(@ScriptName, 3) & "_v1.0")
;~ _WinAPI_SetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID("My Custom GUI_v1.0")

GUICreate("My Custom GUI", 300, 200, @DesktopWidth * 0.2, @DesktopHeight * 0.6)
GUISetIcon(@ScriptDir & '\iH1.ico') ; ok
TraySetIcon(@ScriptDir & '\iH1.ico') ; ok
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

Local $sAppID = _WinAPI_GetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID()

If @error Then
    MsgBox($MB_ICONERROR, "Error", "Failed to retrieve AppUserModelID. Error code: " & @extended)
Else
    MsgBox($MB_ICONINFORMATION, "AppUserModelID", "The current process AppUserModelID is: " & $sAppID)
EndIf


Do
Until GUIGetMsg() = -3 ; $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE (-3)

 

Edited December 8 by ioa747

[argumentum]

22 minutes ago, ioa747 said:

you are absolutely right,

I figured after you posted that the length would be limited.
Found that the max length is 128 
So bad idea on my part. but could use a hash of the @ScriptFullPath to make it unique for the path 🤔 

Edited December 8 by argumentum
oops

[argumentum]

29 minutes ago, ioa747 said:

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/libfunctions/_WinAPI_GetCurrentProcessExplicitAppUserModelID.htm

then the max length is 127. Because after that it returns an error and an empty string 

Edit: I added these findings to the example.

Edited December 8 by argumentum

[ioa747]

then it's better with StringTrimRight(@ScriptName, 4)   to eat the dot too

"MyScript_v1.0" in stat "MyScript._v1.0" 

Edited December 8 by ioa747

[argumentum]

...food for thought.
The idea was to showcase the function clearly. That's there.
How to implement it, is up to the coder given the many ways that could be used based on a given project.
The examples are there. The coder would decide how to implement it I guess. 🤷‍♂️