{"id":3606,"date":"2013-08-11T05:02:23","date_gmt":"2013-08-10T19:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/wordpress\/?p=3606"},"modified":"2016-06-21T10:21:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T00:21:13","slug":"more-autohotkey-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/more-autohotkey-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"More AutoHotKey Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More AutoHotKey Tutorial ... www.autohotkey.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Have you heard of AutoHotKey?
\nIt is a Windows application (that is quite brilliant) which can record and replay mouse and keystrokes, or assign a group of actions to a HotKey. Anybody into procedures and the operations side of I.T. will want to know about it, am sure. <\/p>\n

We have introduced you to AutoHotKey with this previous AutoHotKey Primer Tutorial here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On a previous tutorial Windows Command Prompt Via Batch File we introduced you to some Windows Command Prompt commands and you can see that tutorial here<\/a>. Our tutorial here builds on this in that the Windows Command Prompt batch file used for making that tutorial and downloadable here with rename to xxx.bat<\/a> created\/copied into c:Usersuser please (if no good you will have to dive in and adjust redo351.ahk yourself now, and learn about the wonders of AutoHotKey!), was deliberately made so that it can be stepped through slowly by entering {ENTER} key a lot (in xxx.bat this is done by set \/p commands), and we have here the pressing of those {ENTER}s (ie. simulating answer to set \/p sleeping for 2 seconds between each one … here is your homework … make it wait for 3 seconds between each {ENTER} then compile it then rerun it) with an AutoHotKey script largely created by hand (or via leads from recordings (do you remember Microsoft Excel VBA for CSV Primer Tutorial<\/a> where similar thoughts were discussed as ideas for how to “get into programming”?)) and you can also download this here and rename to redo351.ahk<\/a> and compile to redo351.exe using AutoHotKey’s compiler. If, when you do all that you run it and it stands there looking at you like a dead mullet it will be because your Command Prompt window for such a scenario does not end up being called “C:Windowssystem32cmd.exe” and you will need to change this throughout redo351.ahk and then recompile (after stopping previous go (with Windows Task Manager<\/a> maybe)) and test again. An AutoHotKey program called AU3_Spy.exe can help identify the names (or titles) of Windows, as required.<\/p>\n

Please enjoy our tutorial with some recording functionality shown as well as the little “subplot” above (where the butler actually “did it”) here<\/a>. The subplot is represented by the last 6 slides of the tutorial.<\/p>\n

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Previous tutorial Windows Command Prompt Via Batch File<\/a> below …<\/p>\n

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Windows Command Prompt Via Batch File<\/p><\/div>\n

Tutorial<\/a> …<\/p>\n

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Transcript:<\/p>\n

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Do you own a Windows computer?<\/p>\n

Have you heard of Command Prompt, or MS-DOS, or the DOS prompt?<\/p>\n

It is like Bash Scripting on Linux or Korn Shell scripting on Unix
\n and could open a whole new world of possibilities for your work
\n in Windows.<\/p>\n

If you are a beginner you need to start slowly, and in this
\n tutorial we will only do benign commands that, for the most part,
\n read rather than write anything.<\/p>\n

We’ll do a bit of:<\/p>\n

cd
\necho
\ncd [place]
\ndir
\ntype
\nmore
\ntasklist
\nvol<\/p>\n

In your search engine look for “MS-DOS commands” for further
\n information. Once you see a command of interest, at
\n Command Prompt you can type:<\/p>\n

help [command]<\/p>\n

… to find further information.<\/p>\n

So here goes … we will open the Command Prompt application … then run a preprepared
\n Batch script … but just concentrate on its commands, rather than doing scripting
\n … that is for later … at the end of the presentation the Batch script is typed
\n out for you.\n<\/p>\n

Let’s explore some more command prompt commands below on 20\/3\/2013 …<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Windows Command Prompt ... more<\/p><\/div>\n

Great Command Prompt Information Link<\/a><\/p>\n

If this was interesting you may be interested in this<\/a> too.<\/p>\n