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[karen]

Hello boys and girls.
When i write this function:
calculation (number1, number2)
{
Sum := number1 + number2
return sum
}
result := calculation (2, 2)
msgbox %result%
Return
it works, but when i write this function:
display (title, something)
{
gui, add, text,, %something%
gui, show,, %title%
return texte
}
display = hello
return
it doesn't work, because autohotkey displays :
Error at line 1.
Line Text: display (title, something)
Error: This line does not contain a recognized action.
The program will exit.
why ?
i don't understand, because i make a function like in the manual ?
can someone explain the reason ?
thank you!

[YMP]

Both of your examples don't work because you inserted spaces between the functions' names and their parameters. For example, you have a space between display and (title, something). That's not like in the manual.

[karen]

you're right YMP, you found the error.
Now, there's no error anymore, but my word "hello" and the title of the window don't display.
This is the function:
display(title, something)
{
gui, add, text,, %something%
gui, show,, %title%
return title, something
}
display = function building, hello
return
function building is the title of my window, and hello is the word i want to display.
If i want to make this kind of function it's because i don't want to write everytime the command:
gui, add, text,, first text
gui, add, text,, second text
...
i would like to use this function in a script by writing INCLUDE command for each script i will use it.
That's why i would like to build this function.
can someone solve my logical problem?
Thank you.

[YMP]

Arguments are not assigned to a function, but passed to it inside parentheses.

[Lexikos]

Just so you know,

[karen]

Hello YMP, lexikos and other people.
i don't want to use msgbox function here because i have to clic on ok button each time something is displayed.
That's why i want to create a function that displays every text line rather than to write gui, add, text,, line by line.
YMP'sfunction works but for only one line.
In deed, i can't display two text on two lines because i don't see the seconde line.
So i changed the function like this:
display(something)
{
gui, add, text,, %something%
gui, show
}
display("hello")
display("world")
It's the same thing, i see the first line (where it's written hello), but i don't have to display the title of the window.
Actually i want to create a function that displays a text, and i want to use it to display several lines by writting this function each time i need it, without errasing the other texts higer or lower.
Is it possible?
That's what i can say for this topic today!
Thank you for your responses.

[YMP]

Then I suggest using an edit control.

[Lexikos]

Alternately, you could add the AutoSize option:

[karen]

Fantastic!
It's better what i tought!
Thanks a lot!
I saved the source codes in two files, the first script made by ymp, and in another file the script made by lexico.
I didn't think to use autosize command, and i didn't know GuiCreated variable.
You should append your script in the site:
http://www.autohotkey.com/wiki/index.php?title=Function_Listing
ymp, you should append your script by calling Edit Function, and lexico you should append you script by calling display function.
These two function can serve for the autohotkey community.
Thank you very much!

[YMP]

Well, to tell the whole truth, nobody knew of that variable before I invented it and posted here. Not even lexikos who seems to know everything.
I'm glad I could help.

[Lexikos]

[the sofie]

Hello everyone, it's just a nice comment but when i run the script made by ymp, i can read the text and move the cursor but the cursor is at the end of the text when i run the script the first time, is it possible to move the cursor at the biginning of the text?
i found this topic because i searched a command like writeln in pascal language.
I've just discovered autohotkey language, i try to read the manual and my english is not very good, that's why i search in the forum to have an example of a script because it's easier for me to learn autohotkey language like this, and i know pascal language in dos.
Thank you to have made this nice script!
bye!

[Lexikos]

[YMP]

But is that LastFound trick so reliable as to advise it to beginners? I'd rather say, let them see what each command operates on. Less efficient code maybe, but more clear.
I still very rarely use LastFound because you have to all the time recall whether you can or cannot use it in this particular case. Perhaps later, when the code is at last working, I'll optimize it this way, but not from the beginning. IMHO

[Lexikos]