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with the below code i am able to read the contents of the ini file after the = sign...now what i want is to read the contents of the ini file before the sign and use this content for my next step like opening a file

my test.ini file is like this:-

[Production]
C:\Programfiles\Mywork\=Hello
C:\Programfiles\Exwork\=Welcome





so from the above code i am able to display hello and welcome on gui but i am not getting any idea of extracting the content before the = sign in the test.ini file like C:\Programfiles\Mywork

after the StringSplit, you will find it in buttonname1

Hubert

sorry to say but i didnt got want you mean to say i am still confused can tell me where to make changes so tht i will get both the contents (C:\Programfiles\Mywork & C:\Programfiles\Exwork) displayed after the GUI displays Hello and Welcome

thanks a lot for the reply....but sorry to say that i didnt got want you mean to say i am still confused can tell me where to make changes so tht i will get both the contents (C:\Programfiles\Mywork & C:\Programfiles\Exwork) displayed after the GUI displays Hello and Welcome

as one of our ahk member helped me with this read function so i am bit confused with button1,2.....and why it is mentioned as %buttonname2%

sorry to disturb again but by putting buttonname1 i got for the first button as C:\Programfiles\Mywork but for the next button i got Welcome why not C:\Programfiles\Exwork ???

please show your changed script, so that we can help

Hubert

hey cool its working now i mean all before the = sign.....thanks a lot man

so the for now the script is like this



so is it possible to define actions for this button like if i press first button it should run notepad.exe and if i press second it should run calc.exe ???

because in the above code i added this but it didnt worked and i dont know how to identity the button 1 is pressed or 2???

here is my solution. hava a look at the parts marked in red:



Hubert

ok i will try to explain it more clearly

I want to create my project more generic so that anyone who wants to make changes then he has to do it only in .ini file not in the autohotkey script....
so what i am doing is if i make a ini file with two buttons as Paint and Notepad...if the user clicks paint it should open paint and also when he clicks Notepad it should open notepad....i know we can do it in a simple way as:-



but as i said i want to do it at runtime that is when the user makes changes in the .ini file and adds one more button as Word the gui should show this update(and with all your help i am able to do this) but how to execute the function related to that button i.e. word.exe that is their should be some loop like

well brother its giving error at

Gui, Add, Button, gbuttonname%ind% w200 h50, %buttonname1%

specifically the error is at:-gbuttonname1

well brother, but sorry again, please show your changed script and the given error message, so that we can help
we are no clairvoyants (in german: Hellseher)

Hubert

ok no problem here is the script


and the error is

Specifically: gbuttonname1
008: Gui, Add, Button,gbuttonname%ind% w200 h50, %buttonname1%

sorry, but when I use your code mentioned above, I get:
and that is totally understandable, as you create 2 buttons and therefor you must have 2 labels too.

Hubert

ya thats right because with one button it runs successfully but two posting before you can see what i expect like if there are two buttons like paint and word and if the user press button 1 then it should execute the information mentioned in the ini file
for example:-

test.ini
[Production]
Paint=run paint.exe
Word=run word.exe

on gui it displays Paint and Word but how to append the action related to each button or in other case to display paint.exe or word.exe if i press paint and word respectively

well if you see the test runs successfully with one entry in the ini and one button display on the Gui and i can send the information related to that button which is mentioned in the inifile but when i want to add one more button on the gui and want to follow the same procedure then do i have to write the code twice or their is some way of settingup a variable which will montior which button and then append the action....i think this is the last step and then i will succeed



test.ini
[Production]
Notepad=Hi how are you

and if i add one more
test.ini
[Production]
Notepad=Hi how are you
Word=Welcome

then do i have to write a separatecode for this button???