V2.0-beta.4 and later include an installation script. If you manually extracted the files, the help file should be wherever you put it. How to find the help file on your computerĭownloads for v2.0-a076 and later include an offline help file in the same zip as the main program. Go get some reward snacks then return to reading the rest of this tutorial.įor a video instruction, watch Install and Hello World on YouTube.

Hip Hip Hooray! Your first script is done.

Open notepad or (anything you can type in) and press Ctrl and J.

Double-click the file/icon in the desktop to run it.

marks the start and end of the hotkey.

Send is the function, anything after the space inside the quotes will be typed. Send 'My First Script' is how you send keystrokes.Anything to the left of :: are the keys you need to press. Until then, here's an explanation of the above code: Here is a very basic script containing a hotkey which types text using the Send function when the hotkey is pressed: For a list of all built-in function and variables, see section 5. So now that you have created a script, we need to add stuff into the file. A window should have popped up, probably Notepad.Find the newly created file on your desktop and right-click it.Click 'AutoHotkey Script' inside the 'New' menu.AutoHotkey is not magic, we all wish it was, but it is not. Once you have AutoHotkey installed, you will probably want it to do stuff. Once done, great! Continue on to section b.The downloaded file should be named AutoHotkey_*_setup.exe or similar.This documentation is for v2, so choose that option or switch to the v1 documentation. You should be presented with an option for each major version of AutoHotkey. For this guide we will use the Installer since it is easiest to set up. But that depends on the version you want. After downloading it, you may possibly need to install it. Since you're viewing this documentation locally, you've probably already installed AutoHotkey and can skip to section b.īefore learning to use AutoHotkey (AHK), you will need to download it. If you get confused, try reading the section again. You can copy and paste most examples on this page. For optimal learning power, it is advised that you read the text and try the code.

Throughout this tutorial you will see a lot of text and a lot of code.

Function Calls with or without Parenthesesīefore we begin our journey, let me give some advice.

How to find the help file on your computer.

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