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[AGU]

I always dreamt of a small ToDo application. As I'm new to programming at all but willing to learn I just wanted to ask if the following hmmm lets say idea will work with AHK. I came across AHK by the mentioned c't article in german press. As I find this programme fascinating and relativly easy to learn I just wanted to know whether this is possible or if I just should drop this idea. But lets start with what I imagined.

[jonny]

AutoHotkey may not be the right tool for this job. You could check out other simple languages that are more suited for Gui work, like AutoHotkey's cousin AutoIt3 or Gui4Cli.

[Invalid User]

every thing you want is possible with AHK, but looks like it wont come over night. I would like to help you write this what ever it is...that is if you dont mind
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[Titan]

To my knowlege, you can do everything listed except for mouseover gui event procedures (you can do ToolTips though).

[jonny]

You can do mouseovers. SetTimer and MouseGetPos (It's relative to 0,0 of the active window by default).

[Invalid User]

this should do well for proforming something based on the mouse, and this can be set to a range too

[AGU]

@invalid user
it would be okay with me, if you help me. But as I said. I'm completely new to programming. Therefore I don't hardly know where to start. What should I do first? So helping me, would be you doing the work and me looking and trying to understand what you did.

Concerning the tooltip. It was just an idea. I'm very flexible for alternative solutions. The only thing I thought was, that you mustn't see the date of creation or any deadline in the listbox. But there should be a possibility to reach that information. And my first thought was a tooltip.
Another solution maybe a fourth column with an additional button that opens a second window displaying that info.

Just had another idea. A hothey like #t that opens a window where you can fill out all fields to generate a new entry in the listbox.

And finally to make a complete fool out of me, can someone give me a short tip what to start with. Should I first build a routine that asks for the folder and creates the files and then build the other things around it, or what? Where should I begin? Just a short word. or maybe a complex script that includes some of these aspects that I can study.

[toralf]

Hi, nobody's fool just because he's newbe.

As a newbe try to start with small tasks (even if some of the code is not needed at the end).

E.g. you want to store the data on disk, right? Not only keeping the data during runtime, right?
So think of how you can store the data effectivly and retrieve it when you start the Gui a second time.
Start with a small GUI that only has a Checkbox and a Edit field, and buttons you think you need. Don't care about the layoout. The data that is put into it is also not of interest. Just store data and retrieve it when the script runs a second time.

Then play with it, until its functionality is close to what you want to have. And if you wnat, post it and let other people help you to tweak it. :) That's maybe the best appoach as a newbe. Afterwards you can extend that script to get more functionality or start with another small task.

And as I write it, I think BoBo will give me a smack at the back of my head, because he likes PAP, right? Ask Bobo for it. :)
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[AGU]

you're right toralf. I want to store the data on disk.

I thought about a semicolon seperated textfile and retrieving the information with a string command.

Check;TaskToDo;DateofCreation;Deadline;Status(Archive,Actual)

Thanks for the good starting tips.

[Rajat]

hey AGU! ... with my somewhat little experience working with ahk gui, what i suggest is first create a gui. visualise what you want and create the basic form, then add functions to its elements. well, that's what i'd have done.

all the best!
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[Invalid User]

Sure I will help, and I might teach ya a few things along the way, most programming I found is just logic. it all makes sense...sooner or later that is.

The way I start project that have a interface is creating the interface via Smart GUI 3.3 (Rajat...oh thank you Rajat!) then I add each function as I go along, alot of the time tho the first gui I make is not the last for the project.

I am gonna re read your first post and take some notes and create a few layouts and see what it is your trying to do...
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[jonny]

[Invalid User]

I got a giggle out of that comment too... rajat being one on the most experienced at this forum(my opinion)
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[AGU]

I tried to create a GUI with SmartGUI but I had difficulties to visualize what I want. I created a GUI as following.

[jonny]

There is not currently such a control, no.