Making a picture into a button?

[Marcdk]

Hey guys, i'm trying to create a script where i have a picture in a GUI. This picture needs to work as a button, so once it's pressed it will run Notepad.

I'm not the best programmer yet, and i also searched around the forum, didn't find any clear answer to my question, and if i did, i just didn't understand it.

My script:

#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <StaticConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

#Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form=C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\Koda\Forms\test.kxf
$Form1 = GUICreate("Just a simple program", 321, 401, 193, 125)
GUISetBkColor(0x808080)
$Label1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 40, 32, 4, 4)
GUICtrlCreateInput("", 168, 40, 121, 21)
$Account = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Account", 24, 48, 73, 17)
$Label2 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Username", 24, 80, 95, 17)
$Input1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 168, 72, 121, 21)
$Label3 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Select which email you would like to use", 64, 152, 194, 17)
$Button = GUICtrlCreateButton ("", 736, 224, 131, 25,$BS_BITMAP)
GUICtrlSetImage ($Button, ".\temp.bmp")
$Pic1 = GUICtrlCreatePic("C:\Users\Marc\Desktop\Temp.jpg", 88, 184, 142, 185, BitOR($SS_NOTIFY,$WS_GROUP,$WS_CLIPSIBLINGS))
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
#EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ###

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $Button
            Run ("notepad.exe");
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Any help? :/

Edited January 24, 2009 by Marcdk

[Hawkwing]

If you want to save a picture as an icon file, download this: http://www.jhepple.com/iconmkr.htm

I don't know about buttons though. Never really tried.

[ResNullius]

Hey guys, i'm trying to create a script where i have a picture in a GUI. This picture needs to work as a button, so once it's pressed it will run Notepad.

I'm not the best programmer yet, and i also searched around the forum, didn't find any clear answer to my question, and if i did, i just didn't understand it.

Your code as posted should work, except that with this line:

$Button = GUICtrlCreateButton ("", 736, 224, 131, 25,$BS_BITMAP)

you've positioned your button way off your GUI so it won't be visible.

You've got it at left 736 but your GUI is only 321 wide!

[Malkey]

Hey guys, i'm trying to create a script where i have a picture in a GUI. This picture needs to work as a button, so once it's pressed it will run Notepad.

I'm not the best programmer yet, and i also searched around the forum, didn't find any clear answer to my question, and if i did, i just didn't understand it.

My script:

#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <StaticConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

#Region ### START Koda GUI section ### Form=C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\SciTE\Koda\Forms\test.kxf
$Form1 = GUICreate("Just a simple program", 321, 401, 193, 125)
GUISetBkColor(0x808080)
$Label1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 40, 32, 4, 4)
GUICtrlCreateInput("", 168, 40, 121, 21)
$Account = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Account", 24, 48, 73, 17)
$Label2 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Username", 24, 80, 95, 17)
$Input1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 168, 72, 121, 21)
$Label3 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Select which email you would like to use", 64, 152, 194, 17)
$Button = GUICtrlCreateButton ("", 736, 224, 131, 25,$BS_BITMAP)
GUICtrlSetImage ($Button, ".\temp.bmp")
$Pic1 = GUICtrlCreatePic("C:\Users\Marc\Desktop\Temp.jpg", 88, 184, 142, 185, BitOR($SS_NOTIFY,$WS_GROUP,$WS_CLIPSIBLINGS))
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
#EndRegion ### END Koda GUI section ###

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
        Case $Button
            Run ("notepad.exe");
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Any help? :/

Label, input, button and pic are all controls in a Graphic User Interface, GUI.

When these GUI Controls, GUICtrl, are created, GUICtrlCreate, a control identification, ID, is assigned to that control.

$Account = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Account", 24, 48, 73, 17)

$Input1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 168, 72, 121, 21)

$Button = GUICtrlCreateButton ("", 136, 224, 131, 25,$BS_BITMAP)

$Pic1 = GUICtrlCreatePic("C:\Program Files\Autoio\Examples\Images\test.jpg", 88, 184, 142, 185, BitOR($SS_NOTIFY,$WS_GROUP,$WS_CLIPSIBLINGS))

$Account is a variable containing the Control ID of the created label.

$Input1 is a variable containing the Control ID of the created input.

$Button is a variable containing the Control ID of the created button

$Pic1 is a variable containing the Control ID of the created pic.

When the script is running and there is a mouse click event on any control within the GUI, the variable $nMsg is assigned from the event message the Control ID value of the of the control that was clicked with $nMsg = GUIGetMsg(),

The Switch statement uses $nMsg to compare the Case values for a match. When there is a match between $nMsg equals to a case value, that case is executed.

If the control ID of the Pic control, $Pic1, is added as a case value to the switch statement, then, when the picture in the pic control is clicked, that click should find its way to the Case $Pic1 for comparison and execution.

Short answer is put

Case $Pic1
            Run ("notepad.exe");

in Switch statement.

Works for me.

[Marcdk]

Label, input, button and pic are all controls in a Graphic User Interface, GUI.

When these GUI Controls, GUICtrl, are created, GUICtrlCreate, a control identification, ID, is assigned to that control.

$Account = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Account", 24, 48, 73, 17)

$Input1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 168, 72, 121, 21)

$Button = GUICtrlCreateButton ("", 136, 224, 131, 25,$BS_BITMAP)

$Pic1 = GUICtrlCreatePic("C:\Program Files\Autoio\Examples\Images\test.jpg", 88, 184, 142, 185, BitOR($SS_NOTIFY,$WS_GROUP,$WS_CLIPSIBLINGS))

$Account is a variable containing the Control ID of the created label.

$Input1 is a variable containing the Control ID of the created input.

$Button is a variable containing the Control ID of the created button

$Pic1 is a variable containing the Control ID of the created pic.

When the script is running and there is a mouse click event on any control within the GUI, the variable $nMsg is assigned from the event message the Control ID value of the of the control that was clicked with $nMsg = GUIGetMsg(),

The Switch statement uses $nMsg to compare the Case values for a match. When there is a match between $nMsg equals to a case value, that case is executed.

If the control ID of the Pic control, $Pic1, is added as a case value to the switch statement, then, when the picture in the pic control is clicked, that click should find its way to the Case $Pic1 for comparison and execution.

Short answer is put

Case $Pic1
            Run ("notepad.exe");

in Switch statement.

Works for me.

Thanks Worked

[rasim]

Marcdk

Also see the _GUICtrlButton_SetImageList example in the help.