Posts filed under “autohotkey”
AutoHotkey: Component Object Model
This tutorial covers some of the basic ideas of automating Internet Explorer and other COM enabled applications in AutoHotkey.
AutoHotkey Tutorial: Functions
Moving right along with our 9th video tutorial we discuss functions in AutoHotkey. Functions are a general programming concept but we’re focusing on automation tasks. Watch the video and see the example code we used.
AutoHotkey: Graphic User Interfaces
New video tutorial! We make a Graphic User Interface (GUI) that works a lot like Notepad. By the end of the video you can have a window that you can type data into and then save it either with Control-S or a save button. We make it all!
AutoHotkey: Making the Hotkeys
Continuing from where we left off with Send, we’re now going to respond to user input, instead of simulating it. What are often called “Keyboard Shortcuts,” in AutoHotkey we call them “Hotkeys.” Learn how to make and use them productively.
AutoHotkey Tutorial: Artificial Input
AutoHotkey has powerful commands that let your computer type, click, and move the mouse for you. We’re going to look at two screencasts (5 minutes each) giving examples on how it works, and then elaborate on it after.
AutoHotkey Tutorial: When to use %, and when not to
If you’re just starting out your bound to run into these problems. Arguably the most confusing part of AutoHotkey is that sometimes you call a variable SomeVariable and others you call it %SomeVariable%. This video tries to draw some rules around it to make remembering easier. Watch it and then read the follow up.
AutHotkey Tutorial: Variables
Variables are very important to programming. All you really need to know right now is that you can put three kinds of values into them: strings, numbers, and objects. Watch the video to get the general idea.
AutHotkey Tutorial: Install and Hello World
Hey, this is the super basic tutorial on AutoHotkey. It goes from a fresh Windows install to running a script in 5 minutes. If you don’t sit there talking about it (like I did), you could do it in 2 minutes.
Speed up Screencasting with AutoHotkey
Hello and welcome to aboutscript! This is the first post here and diving into some scripting seems like a good start. There’ll be a post about the site later. For now get ready to learn some AutoHotkey!