disable/hide random button based on handle$

[dkl]

Below is a sub routine someone on this Forum gave me. (I cannot remember who - sorry!). It's been altered and edited over time.

sub buttonClick handle$
SearchValue=val(right$(handle$, 1))
print Let$(SearchValue)
call assign A$
end sub

sub assign byref A$
A$ = A$ + Let$(SearchValue)
print "A$ = ";A$
sch=1:Print "sch = ";sch
end sub

I want to be able to 'disable' or "hide" the button associated with the relevant 'buttonClick', so that it cannot be used again until unlocked later.

As the code

#w.SearchValue, "disable"

doesn't work - it is just treated as an invalid file handle, how can I determine the button that was pressed and disable/hide the relevant button (it needs to be random)?

[Brandon Parker]

Where are you trying to disable the button? Is it inside the Subroutine assign? If so, is A$ supposed to be part of the handle name along with the Let$() element? Is "#w" the window handle or is it contained in A$ or Let$()?

Typically, you would build the handle string like this...
winHandle$ = "#w"
controlHandle$ = "btnSomeButton"

'Build the entire control's handle name
myControl$ = winHandle$;".";btnSomeButton

'Use "!Disable" for a button
'Use the # sign with the myControl$ variable
'added to get LB to evaluate the it as a handle variable
#myControl$ "!Disable"


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Brandon Parker

[dkl]

The button is being disabled in the GUI.

A$ and Let$ are not relevant to anything the button code is as follows

Let$() contains the letters from a random 9 letter word.....

Let#(1) = "A":Let$(2) = "S" .....etc

button #w.1,Let$(1), buttonClick,UL, 160, 50, w,h
button #w.2,Let$(2), buttonClick,UL, 205, 100, w,h
button #w.3,Let$(3), buttonClick,UL, 205, 160, w,h
button #w.4,Let$(4), buttonClick,UL, 160, 210, w,h
button #w.5,Let$(5), buttonClick,UL, 90, 210, w,h
etc......

so if I click button #w.2, then Let$(2) if chosen and considered 'used' so 'disable or 'hide' it and so on.......
word is checked for validity and then buttons are re-enabled

I hope I have made myself clear. I will try with the code you have just sent me. Thanks

I have tried your code but don't see how it works with random choice as I have to assign a different 'ext' #w.1  #w.2  #w.3 etc for each button. Perhaps I'm missing something here?

[dkl]

Ahh..........sorted it now it works fine. Thank you Brandon

[Brandon Parker]

Not a problem...


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Brandon Parker