How to run a function with a shared name

[BNOC]

Hi, I'm new to ahk and have built a simple GUI with a dropdown that shows the various ahk scripts I have in a directory, along with a button to then execute that script.

Now, my issue is that I want to share a method name in each of my script files so that I don't have to check which script is running and set a particular method name for it, i.e

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gui.ahk

Gui, Add, Button, x y w h gRun_Button_Label, Run Script

Run_Button_Label:
    Gui, Submit, NoHide

    ; Get the script we want to run and run it
    ScriptToRun := GetScriptToRun(ScriptNameToRun)    

    ; Figure out logic to kill scripts that are running
    
    ; Shared main method name so all scripts can be ran
    Run()

    return

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script1.ahk

Run() {
	Send 1
}

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script2.ahk

Run() {
	Send 2
}

As you can see, I have a few issues:

1. I have to use #Include on the script files so using more than 2 with a Run() function will throw errors I imagine - I haven't checked but would make sense.
2. I don't know how to close the currently run script
3. I don't know how I'd go about sharing a function name so I can use it in that sense

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks a lot!

[mikeyww]

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#Include E:\data\temp2\run.ahk ; Use your own path
Gui, Add, Button, Default, Run
Gui, Show
Return

ButtonRun:
Gui, Submit
Run()
ExitApp

[BNOC]

Hi, thanks for the response but not quite what I'm looking for - Hopefully I can explain it better this time around.

Consider this based on your code:

My GUI to execute the Run() method - Note I've included 2 ahk files that both contain a Run() method

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#SingleInstance, force
#Warn

#Include C:\Users\SeanKeenan\Desktop\AHK\test1.ahk
#Include C:\Users\SeanKeenan\Desktop\AHK\test2.ahk 
Gui, Add, Button, gRun_Button_Label, Run
Gui, Show
Return

Run_Button_Label:
Gui, Submit
Run()
ExitApp

Test1.ahk

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#SingleInstance, force

Run() {
    loop {
        Send 1
        Sleep, 1000
    }
}

Test2.ahk

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#SingleInstance, force

Run() {
    loop {
        Send 2
        Sleep, 1000
    }
}

Is it possible for me to execute Test1.ahk Run() method, then when I click the button to run Test2.ahk, Test1.ahk exits and the Run() method on Test2.ahk starts being executed?

thank you

[swagfag]

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what is this meant to solve exactly?

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u say u want to run auxiliary scripts and have the ability to stop them on-demand, which means they'd have to be run as separate ahk instances(otherwise u wouldnt be able to stop them whenever u wanted to, since ahk is single threaded), so u can pretty much forget about anything having to do with #Include. now, u have a couple of options:

1. and by far the easiest one - dont use functions(or do, but then ud have to not forget to call them) in ur auxiliary scripts, instead code everything into the scripts' auto-execute sections and have ur main script simply Run them. Whatever is in the autoexec section is then automatically executed(duh). The auxiliary script can be killed with Process Close and the ProcessID ud get back from Run
2. implement any of IPC Mechanisms(eg OnMessage() monitor rigged to call ur function + PostMessage from main) into each of ur auxiliary scripts. Run the scripts, invoke the mechanism from main whenever u need to
3. start using ahk_h, which already has 2. implemented for u: AhkThread("path/to/script.ahk") + .AhkExec()/.AhkFunction()/.AhkPostFunction()/.AhkTerminate()

[mikeyww]

@swagfag has some useful ideas here. I am just demonstrating how you could use a function in an included script.

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#Include E:\data\temp2\run.ahk ; Use your own path
Gui, Add, Radio, vnumber, 1
Gui, Add, Radio,        , 2
Gui, Add, Button, Default, Run
Gui, Show
Return

ButtonRun:
Gui, Submit
Run(number)
ExitApp

run.ahk:

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Run(number) {
 Send %number%
}

You can have as many functions as you want, but with different names. If your scripts are similar, you can use a parameter instead (example above).

An alternative to Process, Close could be to set a variable that tells the function when to Return. Example is below.

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Global go
Gui, Add, Radio, vnumber, 1
Gui, Add, Radio,        , 2
Gui, Add, Button, Default, Run
Gosub, F3

F3::
go := False
Gui, Show
Return

ButtonRun:
Gui, Submit
go := True
run(number)
Return

run(number) {
 Loop, 100 {
  Send %number%
  Sleep, 150
 } Until !go
}

[Chunjee]

Duplicate functions aren't allowed. I really disagree with it.