How does Gui.Submit work now?

[hpta]

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Hi in a103 this simple piece of code would work

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#SingleInstance force
SetWorkingDir A_ScriptDir  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

Gui := GuiCreate()

r_a := Gui.Add("Radio", "x3 y3 vr_a Checked", "A")
r_b := Gui.Add("Radio", "vr_b", "B")

Gui.Show()
NamedCtrlContents := Gui.Submit(false)
msgbox NamedCtrlContents["r_a"]

But now it's "Error: no object to invoke". I've read that objects were reworked recently. What is the current (a105) way how to access/iterate through NamedCtrlContents?
(also PosSizeObj := Gui.Pos - here trying PosSizeObj["X"] raises the same error)

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NamedCtrlContents.r_a

[hpta]

Thanks, I see. Additional question, how would you iterate through NamedCtrlContents?

what I'm trying to do is to save the current state of gui controls like this:

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For key, value in NamedCtrlContents {
       IniWrite(value, ini_file ,"A", key)
}

It worked before - the ini file would be
{A]
r_a=1
r_b=0

[Flipeador]

I haven't tried it, but it looks like a bug.
NamedCtrlContents should be a Map object --> MsgBox(Type(NamedCtrlContents) . " = Map").

You can try this: https://lexikos.github.io/v2/docs/objects/Object.htm#OwnProps.

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Gui.Pos returns an Object with properties X, Y, W and H. Properties are not case sensitive and are accessed through obj.propname and obj.%vpropname%.
A Map object is a case-sensitive associative array and is accessed through obj[key] (__Item Property).

[swagfag]

i dont know if id call it a bug. vVariables arent case-sensitive either, so using an object seems to be the logical choice

iteration is done by calling .OwnProps() on it

[hpta]

Thank you for your help.
To me it seems Gui.submit() doesn't return a Map object.

MsgBox(Type(NamedCtrlContents)) ; shows "Object"

But I can iterate through it via .OwnProps() so it's ok.
One more thing that comes to mind.
If you have the vname of a GuiControl in a variable, you cannot easily access that GuiControl.
e. g.

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var := "r_a"
NamedCtrlContents.[var] ; not possible now, it was possible before

So I guess that's not the right approach now.

[hpta]

oh, there's ObjRawGet, although deprecated

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var := "r_a"
msgbox ObjRawGet(NamedCtrlContents, var)

[swagfag]

the approach is

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NamedCtrlContents.%var%

@Flipeador already mentioned that

there is objrawget. its probably getting deleted soon, so use it at ur own peril

[hpta]

Thanks again, of course Flipeador did mention that, I'll try to read more carefully next time.

[Helgef]

Saves the contents of controls into an associative array (object) and returns it.

[lexikos]

That should be updated to clarify that it sets an own property for each named control.

The "associative array" link points to general usage of Map, which is not relevant.