Difference between GuiSetState and WinSetState ?

[Dan_555]

What is the difference between these two commands ?

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#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Opt("TrayAutoPause", 0)
Opt("TrayMenuMode", 11)
TraySetClick(16)

Global $idShow = TrayCreateItem("WinSetState")
Global $idShow1 = TrayCreateItem("GuiSetState")
TrayCreateItem("")
Global $idExit = TrayCreateItem("Exit")

#Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form=
$WindowManager = GUICreate("Test", 320, 200)
$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Test", 1, 30, 49, 20)
$label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Activity",1,1,150,20)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
#EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ###


While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            GuiSetState(@SW_HIDE)
            ;WinSetState ($WindowManager,"",@SW_HIDE)
        Case $Button1
         GUICtrlSetData ($label, @HOUR &":" & @MIN &":" & @SEC &":"& "   " &@MSEC)
    EndSwitch

    Switch TrayGetMsg()
        Case $idExit
            Exit
        Case $idShow
            WinSetState ($WindowManager,"",@SW_SHOW)
        Case $idShow1
            GUISetState (@SW_SHOW)
    EndSwitch

WEnd

 

If you run the script and click on the x button, the window is hidden by the GuiSetState(@sw_hide).

When you restore the window over the tray menu with WinSetState command, the window opens, but the buttons stop responding ... 

Is this a bug ?

[Andreik]

I am not aware about how these functions are implemented but why on earth would you mix them? If you work with GUIs created by your script use GUISetState, otherwise use WinSetState.

[Melba23]

Dan_555,

There is a fundamental difference in how the internals of AutoIt deal with the 2 commands. I had a discussion with one of the then-developers some years ago:

Dev: You don't want to use WinSetState over GUISetState on AutoIt GUI.

M23: May I ask why?

Dev: Because then the rest of the code wouldn't know the real state of the window and you will get unwanted (by AutoIt) behavior.

Which I think is a pretty definitive statement. I would go along with Andreik's suggestion above: AutoIt GUIS = GUISetState - other GUIs - WinSetState.

M23

[Dan_555]

Thanks Melba23 for clarification.

 

but why on earth would you mix them?

I had to restore the  window after it has been hidden and because my last script dealt with window manipulations, i used the winsetstate instead of the GuiSetState.

So when the buttons stopped working i was wondering why and discovered that is it up to these 2 commands. 

[CYCho]

Hiding an AutoIt GUI with WinSetState triggers a false detection by Windows Defender.