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Noob ini and GUI menu togglecheck problem
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Logman



Joined: 19 Feb 2008
Posts: 54
PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:11 am    Post subject: Noob ini and GUI menu togglecheck problem Reply with quote
Hi,

I'm having trouble attaching my GUI menu checkbox to a default ini state and to a function and then to write and save changes in the checkbox state to the ini and of course to alter the functions behaviour if the checkbox is checked or unchecked. I've looked for examples but the only one I found was over my head Embarassed . Can someone please show me how to do that with the information below.

Code:
ini state, if it's 1 I want to checkbox to start off checked
[default]

Checkbox=1

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IniRead, Checkbox, Notepad.ini, default, Checkbox,

-----------------------------------------------------

Menu, MyMenu, Add, &MenuItem, ToggleState
Menu, MenuBar, Add, &FirstMenu, :MyMenu
Gui, Menu, MenuBar

-----------------------------------------------------

ToggleState:
menu, MyMenu, ToggleCheck, &MenuItem
return

-----------------------------------------------------

MyFunction:

if(Checkbox)
  {   
    SetTimer, AutoRun, On
  }
  else
  {   
    SetTimer, AutoRun, Off
  }
return

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Code:
CheckBox=1

Menu, MyMenu, Add, &MenuItem, ToggleState
Menu, MenuBar, Add, &FirstMenu, :MyMenu
Gui, Menu, MenuBar
Gui, Show, w300 h300
Menu, MyMenu, % (CheckBox) ? "Check" : "Uncheck", &MenuItem
Return

ToggleState:
menu, MyMenu, ToggleCheck, &MenuItem
return
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Logman



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Posts: 54
PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks very much. Wow, never done anything like that, will give me plenty to think about. Really appreciate your help Smile
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Guest
PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
?: is ternary operator. you can shorten the code everywhere with ternary operator.
i'd recommend to read [VxE]'s ternary tutorial
hth
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Logman



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Posts: 54
PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I like that way of doing things, I'll study up on that Wink
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Logman



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Posts: 54
PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Do you have the function read it's original state from the ini, and after that from the toggling and then just rewrite the ini as you exit or do you change the ini with every toggle?
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Guest
PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Use OnExit

Code:
OnExit, LabelName
Return

LabelName:
;Iniwrite here
MsgBox, Commands in this label will be executed at script exit
Return
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Guest
PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
there was a mistake. replace return to Exitapp
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Logman



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Posts: 54
PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I was doing it each time and it would only switch once. I thought I had seen that in a script searching one day. Thanks again, you've been a great help Smile
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Logman



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Posts: 54
PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Code:
CheckBox=1

Menu, MyMenu, Add, &MenuItem, ToggleState
Menu, MenuBar, Add, &FirstMenu, :MyMenu
Gui, Menu, MenuBar
Gui, Show, w300 h300
Menu, MyMenu, % (CheckBox) ? "Check" : "Uncheck", &MenuItem
Return

ToggleState:
menu, MyMenu, ToggleCheck, &MenuItem
return


-----------------------------------------------------

MyFunction:

if(Checkbox)
  {   
    SetTimer, AutoRun, On
  }
  else
  {   
    SetTimer, AutoRun, Off
  }
return

-----------------------------------------------------



This is still giving me problems Embarassed . I've tried a million ways but I can only get 'myfuntion' to toggle once. The ticks keep toggling but the function itself doesn't. How do I connect 'MyFunction' to the &MenuItem tick box so that it can toggle on and off any amount of times? I guess it also needs a value so that 'checkbox' can be written back to the ini. Very confused, my non menu type checkboxes toggle back and forward without any problem. I can't even find a working script in the 'scripts and' functions' forum that uses the menu this way to study, nobody seems to do it this way....
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Krogdor



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Code:
MyFunction:

if(Checkbox)
  {   
    SetTimer, AutoRun, On
  }
  else
  {   
    SetTimer, AutoRun, Off
  }
Checkbox := !Checkbox ;this will toggle the variable to true/false each time
return


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Logman



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
If checkbox is the original reading (1 or 0) from the ini- how do I associate the ticking on and off from &MenuItem with MyFunction and to give me a value to write back to the ini on exit?

Perhaps I am missing something here..
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Logman



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Perhaps I should clarify the state of my dimentia Laughing

Code:

ini state, if it's 1 I want to checkbox to start off checked
[default]

Checkbox=1

-----------------------------------------------------

Menu, MyMenu, Add, &MenuItem, ToggleState
Menu, MenuBar, Add, &FirstMenu, :MyMenu
Gui, Menu, MenuBar
Gui, Show, w300 h300

 So this next line simply starts the checkbox in the default position?

Menu, MyMenu, % (CheckBox) ? "Check" : "Uncheck", &MenuItem
Return


And this toggles the tick back and forth?

ToggleState:
menu, MyMenu, ToggleCheck, &MenuItem
return


-----------------------------------------------------

MyFunction:

if(Checkbox)
  {   
    SetTimer, AutoRun, On
  }
  else
  {   
    SetTimer, AutoRun, Off
  }

Checkbox := !Checkbox ;this will toggle the variable to true/false each time
return
-----------------------------------------------------


So what I don't see is how the script knows that MyFunction is associated with &MenuItem and what variable I can write to the ini so that 'checkbox' opens next startup where it ended up on exit...
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Krogdor



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Logman wrote:

So what I don't see is how the script knows that MyFunction is associated with &MenuItem

It doesn't, for now. Add
Code:
GoSub, MyFunction

under the label "ToggleState" (beneath the line "Menu, MyMenu, ToggleCheck, &MenuItem")


Logman wrote:

and what variable I can write to the ini so that 'checkbox' opens next startup where it ended up on exit...


You would write/read the variable "Checkbox"
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Logman



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Posts: 54
PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fantastic, got it working. Two remaining problems. It is not writing 0 to the ini if it is unchecked on exit but I'm not sure how to do that with this in the script - Checkbox := !Checkbox, do I need to give check and uncheck the values of 1 and 0 somewhere? My attempt is down the bottom. And second, the function in my script has a mousemove in it, with these alterations the mousemove is not happening but the clicking etc still is, any reason you can think of why that may be? The exact same script without a menu has the mousemove working fine Surprised .I now have this-

Code:

IniRead, Checkbox, MyScript.ini, MyItems, Checkbox

;-------------------------------------------------------------

Menu, MyMenu, Add, &MenuItem, ToggleState
Menu, MenuBar, Add, &FirstMenu, :MyMenu
Gui, Menu, MenuBar

Menu, MyMenu, % (CheckBox) ? "Check" : "Uncheck", &MenuItem
Return

;-------------------------------------------------------------

SetTimer, AutoRun, 1000
GoSub, MyFunction

;-------------------------------------------------------------

ToggleState:
menu, MyMenu, ToggleCheck, &MenuItem
GoSub, MyFunction
return

;-------------------------------------------------------------

MyFunction:

if(Checkbox)
  {   
    SetTimer, AutoRun, On
  }
  else
  {   
    SetTimer, AutoRun, Off
  }
Checkbox := !Checkbox
return

;-------------------------------------------------------------

OnExit, CheckboxStatus
Exitapp

CheckboxStatus:
IniWrite, %Checkbox% , MyScript.ini, MyItems, Checkbox

GuiClose:
ExitApp


;-------------------------------------------------------------



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