How AutoHotkey Reads Scripts (AutoHotkey Script Structure)

Understanding the Layout of an AutoHotkey Script Helps When Writing and Debugging Applications

The Problem with AutoHotkey Script Design

If you’re anything like me, then you probably jump straight into writing a script without reading the online documentation. Experienced programmers don’t have much problem with this, although even they occasionally find themselves scratching their heads about a particular piece of code which seemingly gets ignored by AutoHotkey.

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Automatically Add Windows Shortcuts to the QuickLinks App (AutoHotkey Tip)

Rather than Manually Creating Windows Shortcuts for QuickLinks.ahk, Use the AutoHotkey FileCreateShortcut Command

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Recently, while working with the QuickLinks.ahk script, I’ve encountered so many AutoHotkey learning points involving a number of different techniques that I plan to spend the next few blogs discussing the various possibilities. If you regularly use QuickLinks, then you’ll likely want to fashion it to your needs. While most of the tailoring gets done by working directly with the target folders, you’ll find times when changing the code works best. Rather than attempting to deliver a final product for final download, I offer instruction on how to add various features to your version of QuickLinks.ahk and leave the work up to you. The example shown in the image below reflects the changes I’ve made to my personal copy and do not appear in the posted version.

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One of the characteristics I like most about the QuickLinks.ahk script is its simplicity. It operates on a basic backbone which includes two loops (the files and folders Loop command). The first loop works through the folders found in the QuickLinks directory creating the top level menu. The second loop adds the individual links in each folder to each main menu item.

Automatically Launch Apps at Windows Startup (AutoHotkey Tip)

Discover Autohotkey Tricks By Perusing Code In Other Scripts, Plus How to Load Any Windows Program at Startup

Many users find it easy to manually setup a program to auto-launch whenever they log onto Windows, but creating a shortcut and placing the new file into the Windows Startup folder requires a number of steps. With AutoHotkey, the same actions take just one command.

“Why AutoHotkey?” E-Book Now Available Free on Amazon and Apple iTunes

Don’t Know Why You Should Use AutoHotkey with Your Windows Computer? Download the Free Book Why AutoHotkey?

 

You can get my e-book Why AutoHotkey? How Free AutoHotkey Adds Power to Your Windows PC and Provides You Important Brain Food free at Amazon. Now you can go to Amazon at any time since the free offer no longer expires.

I wrote the book for people who know little or nothing about what AutoHotkey can do but display curiosity about its capabilities. You may just know someone who can benefit from this free book.

Not a tutorial, Why AutoHotkey? highlights various uses for the free Windows software in a number of occupations. The list by no means exhausts the possibilities.

Get the Free AutoHotkey Tricks Book at Apple iBooks, Plus RegEx Book Update

How to Find the Free AutoHotkey Tricks Book on Apple iBooks

Even though you can now get AutoHotkey Tricks You Ought To Do With Windows (Fourth Edition) free on Amazon.com, you can’t get it free in the United Kingdom or other non-US Amazon sites—at least not yet. Of course, you can always download it directly from our free page no matter where you live. However, alternatives are now available—in particular Apple iBooks. The following links direct you to Apple pages which offer AutoHotkey Tricks free in various parts of the world:

United States

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Barnes and Noble Nook

Kobo

United Kingdom

Apple iBooks

Canada

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Australia

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Germany

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Spain

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France

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Italy

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Brazil

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Japan

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These promotions contribute to my efforts to make the Windows world more aware of the benefits of AutoHotkey. You may also find the book free at other Web outlets.

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Don’t Forget! Why AutoHotkey? book giveaway on Amazon,
on Monday, May 1, 2017! Tell a friend!

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How to Update Your Copy of Digging Deeper into AutoHotkey or AutoHotkey Applications

I’ve completed the update of A Beginner’s Guide to Using Regular Expressions in AutoHotkey. The old Dropbox Download page and other obsolete links in the e-books have been updated reflecting the Free AutoHotkey Scripts page which now supports all available AutoHotkey scripts. (For direct access to the files, go to the ComputorEdge AutoHotkey Download page.) I uploaded the latest version of the book to Amazon and all formats on ComputorEdge E-Books. (I only one book to go and since it is the most recent book, I think it will go quickly.)

AutoHotkey Tricks E-Book for Kindle Now Free on Amazon

If You Use the Amazon Kindle, Get Your Copy of AutoHotkey Tricks Directly from Amazon—Free!

Already free everywhere else, you can now obtain a copy of AutoHotkey Tricks You Ought To Do With Windows directly from Amazon at no cost. The book offers a number of ways you should use AutoHotkey, but, more importantly, it includes the “Table of Contents” and “Book Index” from each of the other six paid AutoHotkey e-books. It acts as a handy reference for anyone looking for a specific scripting solution. One search of this e-book scans the indexes of all six books in one go.

While AutoHotkey Tricks is always free, the next free giveaway of the Why AutoHotkey? book on Amazon is next Monday, May 1, 2017! Tell a friend!

A Beginner’s Guide to AutoHotkey E-Book Updated April 19, 2017

How to Update Your Copy of A Beginner’s Guide to AutoHotkey

After the AutoHotkey Hotstrings book, I immediately moved on to updating my first AutoHotkey e-book, A Beginner’s Guide to AutoHotkey. The old Dropbox Download page and other obsolete links in the e-book have been updated reflecting the Free AutoHotkey Scripts page which now supports all available AutoHotkey files. (For direct access to the files, go to the ComputorEdge AutoHotkey Download page.) I uploaded the latest versions of the book to Amazon and all formats on ComputorEdge E-Books. (I plan this update for each of my books and will announce it on this blog when each new edition becomes available.)