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Hi folks how u doin?

Here is the deal: I decided that ImgBurn is the best, at least for me, CD/DVD Burning software. And, to make things even easier and reduce the # of user interventions needed, I learnt how to use (for some basic commands) the command line to operate the program.

So I type in CMD something like:



As you can see, I call the imgburn program and use some switches, which, for a burning app, are pretty intuitive. for example: /dest G means that the destination drive is G:, /speed 4x is the assigned speed, the /volumelabel thing wirtes the disc label and so on.
one of the most important parts is the /mode build, which means that I'm talking about a disc in which I'm going to burn some individual files, but not an image file.

So, using the nicest gui solution (Rajat's SmartGUI Creator), I "painted" this sweet picture:

But it is only sweet and nothing else. That is a gui I created to antecipate the commands I would type in the command prompt. So, looking at the pic, if I choose speed = 4x, mark the options to start but not verify, select the mode = build, type "my disc label" in the label field, then write, at the bigger box in the right, the file list to be burnt, such as:



Then the result would be ahk creating a quick bat file with the command, corresponding to the specifications above:


So, lets stick to the two main questions for now:
1- please tell me just one example of how to give that gui the proper functionality and the rest I'll learn by example?
2- How to have the filelist above to be added as the source files (files to burn, in /src)?

p.s. you might be asking why I'm doing this, why don't I stick to ImgBurn GUI itself and use the mousebuttons to do it. I tested and this, when properly done and configured, can lead me to the desired result with significant less clicks, plus the ability to add the label more easily and saving the log as I like.

Thanks!

Edit: edited mispelled word above in bold due to the damn hotstrings

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AHK is perfect.

OK so the first thing you'll want to do is assign variables to each of the controls in your Gui.

that will look something like this


Give each of the radio buttons, checkboxes and edit controls a uniquely named variable like the example above.

After the Gui section of your script you should create the code that gets executed when the FIRE! button is pressed. The first line of this should be

This will assign a value to each of the variables. For example, a selected radio button will give 1 whereas an unselected on will give 0. Using the variables you can determine which options the user has selected and build your command accordingly.

Hope that makes sense
Any questions just ask

Not tested.

Ok, here we go.

Very nice gui, but the idea is that it should not have drop-down menus as they're nasty...

So here is the gui I created:

GUI

and that text field did not work to add multiple-line texts, which is necessary to add a filelist, like:



...and I have to click the browse button, instead of inputing the filepaths directly through copy-paste...

also, there seems to be a problem with the filepath syntax, prolly in the variable "filestoburn". Note that the files are more likely to have spaces, but you already put inside quotation marks didn't you?

And yes, I changed from "msgbox" to "run" so it could work

But you seem to be in the right way!

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AHK is perfect.

Err sorry, I forgot to upload the .ahk file with the GUI.

Here it is: http://notasdeaula.org/imgburn-gui.ahk

Or

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AHK is perfect.

anyone?

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AHK is perfect.

Whats the question

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AHK FAQ
TF : Text files & strings lib, TF Forum

No question here...
The guy just wants someone to do everything for him.

Yeah, it's very nice when an anonymous guest come to an important topic to say stupid things without having the face to identify himself.

Can't you read, mr. GuestMan?



Did you read the expression "just one example"?

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AHK is perfect.

Have you tried adding variables to your Gui as I suggested in my post?

Follow the example I gave you to give your Gui functionality

One hundred apologies, but I didn't actually notice your first post, wooly_sammoth. Perhaps I saw the almost-done code by Murx and got excited.

So I followed your tips, along with Murx's example to fill the gaps found by my lousy mind.

To make it neater, I ended up with this code:



...which has attributed the variables to the edit, checkbox and radio controls and tried to give functionality to two of the checkboxes (almost like Murx's example). The problem is that clicking the "Fire" button does nothing. I was expecting the simple msgbox with the word "imgburn".

Once I have the Fire button work, I may correct the other things, with some help.

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AHK is perfect.

There is no 'linkage' between the button and the fire routine.
Right now the button on the gui is like a doorbell with wires attached.
Go back and read the description about button (all the way to the "checkbox" subtitle.

http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands ... htm#Button

While that section, take the time to understand what two ways the button can be linked to the code.
Hint: one method uses the word 'explicit' the other usues the word 'automatic'.

I could easily edit your code for you, or write the answer here.
But if you are willing to go read the section and understand it, you won't easily forget it.
You'll also see that the docs are written very well.

And I suspect you'll find, you would rather go to the docs first because you can find the answer faster.

Pathetic...
This task is ridiculously easy.Any noob can do it just by reading the help file and testing a few lines of code.
Pathetic...
Do something yourself for once.

Hey GuestMan,
He's a newbie, so what?!
I just looked up maybe 8 threads you've replied to, this is the only one where you are non-helpful.

Why are you being a pain? Or more to the point, please stop being a pain.

I simply don't like parasites.
I was a very active supporter until this forum became infested by parasites.

And he is really a newbie, a professional one, since 2007.