Hello,
I'm trying to write an app that displays some bits of information using Text controls. These bits of information are refreshed every second, and may change size (length). I'm trying to figure out how to display them correctly.
I start with a basic window, and declare the initial values:
Code:
Gui,+Owner +AlwaysOnTop -Disabled -SysMenu -Caption
Gui, Color, 000000
Gui, Font, s9 w700, Verdana
first=abc
second=def
third=ghi
then add the fields:
Code:
y=10
Gui,Font,c8B1A1A
Gui,Add,Text,x10 y%y% vOne,%first%
Gui,Font,cOlive
Gui,Add,Text,x+7 y%y% vTwo,%second%
Gui,Font,c408080
Gui,Add,Text,x+7 y%y% vThree,%third%
Next I show the window:
Code:
Gui, Show, x200 y75 w305 h450, myWin
and kick off a timer that calls a function which updates my 3 vars:
Code:
SetTimer, Update, 1000
I want to write a method which updates the window. As I mentioned, its possible for the three values to change length, but I'd like to maintain the padding between them. My first thought was to kick of another timer that calls a Redraw function:
Code:
SetTimer, Redraw, 1000
Redraw:
GuiControl,,One,%first%
GuiControl,,Two,%second%
GuiControl,,Three,%third%
However, this won't change the size of the Text controls, so if the new values are two long they won't be fully displayed, and if they're too short then the padding will appear to big. There's no way I can see to get a Text Control to resize itself according to its value.
Therefore, I really want to destroy the existing Text controls and replace them with new ones, but GuiControl, Delete isn't implemented yet.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Ant.
EDIT: Alternatively, is there a way of using more than one color inside a text control? Then I could just pre-construct my text one line at a time.
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