[AHK] Status Bar

I thought I'd post this real quick because its something very simple that can make your bots look a lot better (IMHO).

Its a simple status bar. In the past when trying to update the status of a bot I'd always just do a Gui, Add, Text... and then update that as the status changed. It was annoying but it worked. I now just use the status bar option in AHK and it looks WAY better and is WAY easier. Yes, I know its easy but I did not know about it until just a few weeks ago so maybe you did not know about it either. Here you go:

This will add a statusbar at the bottom of your gui with the text "loading":

Code:

Gui, Add, StatusBar,, Loading

Now, anywhere you want to update the status bar just do this:

Code:

SB_SetText("New Status Bla bla bla")

There are some additional options you can play with like having multiple parts to a status and you can read about that in the AHK help file or post here if you have questions!

Yeah I have always liked status bars

Here is a working example. I just typed it out head so not pretty LOL But, past into a new AHK script and run it you will see..That is the best way to learn is to play with the code

Code:

;
; AutoHotkey Version: 1.x
; Language:       English
; Platform:       Win9x/NT
; Author:         A.N.Other <myemail@nowhere.com>
;
; Script Function:
;	Template script (you can customize this template by editing "ShellNew\Template.ahk" in your Windows folder)
;

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.




Gui +LastFound
Gui, Color, 000000
Gui, Add, Button, x5 y5 w150 h20 ,ClickMe
Gui, Add, StatusBar,,Click To Start

Gui, Show,h95 w160, StatusBar
Return


ButtonClickMe:
Gui, Submit, NoHide

Loop, 1

{

SB_SetText("You clicked the button")

Sleep, 2000

SB_SetText("I slept for 2 seconds")

Sleep, 1000

SB_SetText("Click to Start")

}