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basic question: how do you give an ID to a gui item?

 
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:44 pm    Post subject: basic question: how do you give an ID to a gui item? Reply with quote
just read the "gui, add" part but it doesn't say where you give an ID to the item -- right now I'm using guicontrol and the full name of the buttons, text fields, etc, but this is cumbersome... what's the parameter please?

I even did a full-text search in the helpfile for "ControlID" (the name of the GuiControl parameter) but this word is only used in GuiControl!

Thanks!
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
AFAIK, the id is the name of whatever variable you have assigned to the control. This may not be true/possible for all control types...

Edit: Example:
Code:
gui,add,edit,vThisEdit w200,blah blah
gui,add,button,gClicky,Click
gui,show
return

clicky:
guicontrol,,ThisEdit,%A_Now%
return

guiclose:
exitapp
Return

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rhys wrote:
AFAIK, the id is the name of whatever variable you have assigned to the control. This may not be true/possible for all control types...

Edit: Example:
Code:
gui,add,edit,vThisEdit w200,blah blah
gui,add,button,gClicky,Click
gui,show
return

clicky:
guicontrol,,ThisEdit,%A_Now%
return

guiclose:
exitapp
Return


Thanks. Why would a button have a variable? What is the g mean, is it a "go-to" label? I can't imagine what else it would stand for. Thanks
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
this
Code:
Gui, Add, Button,  x370 gClicky, Click me
GuiControl, Hide, gClicky


totally doesn't work -- it complains about the first line! Evil or Very Mad

any ideas?
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Try adding a variable name to the button (you have added a gosub name) using vClicky.

When you use guicontrol, drop the 'v' from the name since it's not really part of the variable's name.
Code:

Gui, Add, Button,  x370 vClicky, Click me
GuiControl, Hide, Clicky

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