How to change text border later?

[m3user]

Is it possible to change the text control border after the control is created? The code below doesn't seem to work.

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gui, add, text, w100 h30 vMyText, Text
guicontrol, +border, MyText
gui, show

[guest3456]

i tested it for picture control and it failed too

[teadrinker]

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WS_BORDER := 0x00800000
gui, add, text, w100 h30 hwndhText, Text
Gui, Add, Pic, Icon45 hwndhPic, Shell32.dll
Gui, Add, Button, gSetBorders, Set Borders
gui, show
Return

SetBorders:
   WinSet, Style, +%WS_BORDER%, ahk_id %hText%
   WinSet, Style, +%WS_BORDER%, ahk_id %hPic%
   Return

[m3user]

Thank you very much!
Just one more question: I have many controls, each has unique hwnd (like Control1, Control2 etc.). I need to change just the border of the n-th control. How should I specify ahk_id for the control n (Variable)? Thanks.

[guest3456]

seems like an oversight/bug/wishlist item for GuiControl

[teadrinker]

Yeah, seems like that.

How should I specify ahk_id for the control n (Variable)?

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WS_BORDER := 0x00800000
gui, add, text, w100 h30 hwndhCtrl1, Text
Gui, Add, Pic, Icon45 hwndhCtrl2, Shell32.dll

n := 1
WinSet, Style, +%WS_BORDER%, % "ahk_id" hCtrl%n%
gui, show
Return

[guest3456]

Yeah, seems like that.

maybe not after all:

docs:

Border: Provides a thin-line border around the control. Most controls do not need this because they already have a type-specific border. When adding a border to an existing control, it might be necessary to increase the control's width and height by 1 pixel.

this works:

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gui, add, text, w100 h30 vMyText, Text
guicontrol, +border, MyText
guicontrol, Move, MyText, w101 h31
gui, show

with help from google:
https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/149734-border-to-a-picture-via-guicontrol/

not sure why guicontrol requires increasing the size of the control, when WinSet can apply the style without doing that..

[teadrinker]

When using WinSet the size does not change:

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WS_BORDER := 0x00800000
Gui, Add, Text, w100 h50 hwndhText
Gui, Add, Text, x+1 yp wp hp
WinSet, Style, +%WS_BORDER%, ahk_id %hText%
GuiControl, +border, Static2
GuiControl, Move, Static2, w101 h51
Gui, Show

[m3user]

Thanks Teadrinker.