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[Traderhut]

AHK has been really super cool, and REALLY super frustrating!

I've had strangeness with calling 'Foo ()' and having it ignore the whole line..
(Do you see the error in the above? I found it in under 2 HOURS)

I've tried to create Gui and put it in another file (because the GuiCreator likes to blow away the file and wipe out all my changes unless I tell it please, save my stuff...)

Right now, I'm trying to do a simple include, but it seems that the a new variable space is created by a include - no I'm not kidding, it appears to be a whole new module - not an include at all!

Putting code like:

Gui, Add, Edit, x-4 y160 w480 h220 vedLog, edLog
Gui, Add, Button, x366 y0 w80 h30 , Close
; Generated using SmartGUI Creator 4.0
Gui, Show, x131 y91 h379 w479, New GUI Window


In one file, and then doing:

ShowGui()
{

global ;

#include gui.ahk

GuiControl , edLog, "New log entry"
}

Bitches and moans because edLog isn't defined... Yeah, right.. Ok, so how can one create a GUI and update the thing as a script runs? Heck, how can one manage GUI at all, do I *really* need to define it in the script that I'm writing (over 500 lines, great target for GuiTrasher to wipe out.)


Sigh, this plus the flakey Image scanning code, and other fun stuff that just drives me nuts, makes me wonder if source code is available so I can track down some of these bugs and suggest fixes...

Frustrated in Dallas...

-Chert

PS: A lot of my frustration is due to 25 years as a Software engineer, and I'm use to working with a structured language that has a more advanced parser.
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[n-l-i-d]

Ouch...

I think there are a few misunderstandings:

- If you want to seperate the GUI part and include it, you don't need a function, like in your example, simply include it where you want it in the file.

- The handlers of the GUI are created with subroutines, not functions, doublecheck in the manual.

It might be less frustrating for you if you first try to forget (I know that is not easy) your previous experience with coding, since AHK is nothing like other languages. Check and doublecheck the manual while coding, and if you encounter some inomalities/problems, post your code here, and there are plenty of people willing to help out.

PS: SmartGUI is not an IDE with automatic flawless insertion of changed code, it will break your script if you modify it inbetween. If you create your GUI with it, first finish it in SmartGUI, export the code, and than adapt the rest of your code.

HTH

[Traderhut]

The function 'GuiControl starts off with a phamtom argument... If you say:

GuiControl,Foo,Hi

It will complain that argument 1 (Foo) is invalid.

If you say:

GuiControl,,Foo,hi


It will complain that Argument 1 (Foo) is invalid.

If you do:

GuiControl ,Foo, hi

One (me) would expect that the GuiControl's first parameter is blank, but no, in this case it is Foo, you have to specify a leading ',' to get it to work..

This isn't the case for all commands, just some.... It drives me nuts...

I figured it out in the time between these e-mails, spending about 1 hour fighting with it, beating my hands on the desk, screaming at the keyboard, and pretty much wanting to pitch everything.... However, when I helped someone else fix their problem (they were similarly frustrated with their experience...) I happened to notice that his main problem was seeing ` and thinking it was ' and thus putting in 'n for a new line.

I still don't know how you write something that has a comma into a file...
Because the FileAppend call specifies the filename LAST, so if I have a var that has 'foo, bar' in it, won't it try to write 'foo' into bar if I do
FileAppend, %foo%, Filename.dat

If Foo := "foo,bar"?

The whole thing with some commands taking expressions, and some not, is major big time screwy... It's impossible to know for sure what you should expect in the output...


But, thanks for the suggestion....

-Chert
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[n-l-i-d]

The GuiControl syntax is as follows:

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[Traderhut]

Greetings,

I just noticed two bugs.....

filename = "foo"
image := "c:\images\"
image := image . filename . ".gif"


Which created a filename of c:\images\"foo".gif

Bit by the := vs = syntax... for the who knows how many'th time...

And the other problem was that the image that I was working on was on the X: drive, and not on C: in the first place...

I shouldn't code when I'm sick and have a temp.... But I had the time now..

Thanks to all who helpped me along the path to enlightment....

-Chert
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