Cross set contants

[Melba23]

The $DT_PATH_ELLIPSIS and $DT_END_ELLIPSIS constants are cross-set in WindowsConstants.au3 as can be sen here:

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

$sPath = "C:\I am a very long path\Which needs to be\Shortened to fit\In the label.txt"

$hGUI = GUICreate("Test", 500, 500)

GUICtrlCreateLabel("Using $DT_PATH_ELLIPSIS:", 10, 10, 200, 20)
GUICtrlCreateLabel($sPath, 10, 40, 300, 30, $DT_PATH_ELLIPSIS)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xCCCCFF)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("MSDN says:" & @CRLF & _
				   "'replaces characters in the middle of the string with ellipses so that the result fits in the specified rectangle'", 10, 80, 480, 40)

GUICtrlCreateLabel("Using $DT_END_ELLIPSIS:", 10, 200, 200, 20)
GUICtrlCreateLabel($sPath, 10, 230, 300, 30, $DT_END_ELLIPSIS)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xCCFFCC)
GUICtrlCreateLabel("MSDN says:" & @CRLF & _
				   "'if the end of a string does not fit in the rectangle, it is truncated and ellipses are added'", 10, 270, 480, 40)

GUISetState()

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

[BrewManNH]

Looking at the values for the 2 constants, they are set correctly, they're just working backwards.

[trancexx]

Values are correctly set.
Microsoft SDK define values inside WinUser.h from where they are taken.

[BrewManNH]

The values are set correctly, but they're working backwards.

If you run the example script you will see that the $DT_PATH_ELLIPSIS example shows the ellipse is at the end of the line, and that the $DT_END_ELLIPSIS example shows the ellipse is in the middle of the line. The bug isn't in the constants file, the bug is in the execution of the label function.

[Jpm]

Replying to BrewManNH:

The values are set correctly, but they're working backwards.

If you run the example script you will see that the $DT_PATH_ELLIPSIS example shows the ellipse is at the end of the line, and that the $DT_END_ELLIPSIS example shows the ellipse is in the middle of the line. The bug isn't in the constants file, the bug is in the execution of the label function.

Unless I don't understand the code, Autoit is not changing the $DT_..._ELLIPSIS value when creating a label so the inversion must be inside the Microsoft Windows code.
I remember googling and founding some forums wondering about this inversion.

[BrewManNH]

So, it's a Windows bug and not an AutoIt bug? I get it now.