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<\/a>Uberi\/Yunit<\/a>: Nothing beats a test runner: Uberi and infogulch created one.<\/p>\nOur fork of the super simple Yunit Autohotkey testing framework adds a ps1 colored console runner and monitoring. Check our Github README<\/a> for a screenshot and code example.<\/p>\n MsgBox pauses the current thread so you can use \u201cother debugging tools\u201d while displaying something.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll be honest, they are not the prettiest tools in the shed. They do come in handy from time to time and are available from the default tray icon menu.<\/p>\n Scripts to retrieve and parse the output for these windows<\/a>.<\/p>\n Activate scripts only in certain contexts with To figure that out (and much more!), bundled with Autohotkey comes the immensely useful utility Window Spy (usually called Warning Types:<\/p>\n If the script\u2019s process has no debugger, the system debugger displays the string. Follow By default the script can also be paused\/suspended via its tray icon menu<\/a> and a different tray icon is shown when toggled. Nothing is worse as you thinking your code doesn\u2019t work as expected when its not even running \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n The A script is automatically persistent when:<\/p>\n Use ExitReasons<\/a>:<\/p>\n Reload the Autohotkey script on save when working on it in your favourite editor.<\/p>\n Should your IntelliSense not cut it, open the online docs on the selected Autohotkey keyword with <\/p>\n Script to open Autohotkey.chm instead<\/a>.<\/p>\n Other interesting reads<\/b><\/p>\n If you are like me, you just started writing Authotkey scripts without ever really taking the time to learn the language properly. This blog post contains some scripts and tools to help you try make some sense of what is going on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[36,28,21],"class_list":["post-1562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-productivity","tag-autohotkey","tag-debugging","tag-testing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBuiltin functionality<\/h1>\n
MsgBox<\/h2>\n
var := 10\nvas := 5\nMsgBox aaargh %var%\nMsgBox % var \"and\" vas\n<\/code><\/pre>\nTooltip<\/h4>\n
Tooltip<\/code><\/a> creates a non-blocking, always-on-top window anywhere on the screen.<\/p>\nTooltip [, Text`nMoreText, X, Y, WhichTooltip]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
CoordMode<\/code><\/a> to display somewhere else.<\/li>\nWindows<\/h2>\n
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KeyHistory<\/code><\/a>: Unsure how to bind a certain key\/mouse button? Use this tool!<\/li>\nListVars<\/code><\/a>: Lists all variable names with content. Good for primitives (ie: an Array displays Object object {address: 0x5B2AD0}<\/code>).<\/li>\nListLines<\/code><\/a>: Script lines most recently executed.<\/li>\nListHotkeys<\/code><\/a>: Very crude listing of all registered hotkeys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nWindow Spy<\/h3>\n
IfWinActive<\/code>. But how to determine this ahk_class<\/code> thingy?<\/p>\n; Esc twice to open\/close DevTools... But only in Chrome\n#IfWinActive, ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin\n~Esc::\nIf (A_PriorHotKey = A_ThisHotKey and A_TimeSincePriorHotkey < 500)\n Send {F12}\nReturn\n#IfWinActive\n<\/code><\/pre>\nAU3_Spy.exe<\/code>). It\u2019s also available from the tray menu.<\/p>\nWarnings<\/h2>\n
; Default: Disable all warnings.\n#Warn All, Off\n\n; Every warning in a MsgBox.\n#Warn\n\n; Warn when a local variable is used before it's set in OutputDebug.\n#Warn UseUnsetLocal, OutputDebug\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
#NoEnv<\/code><\/a> and use EnvGet<\/code><\/a> \/ EnvSet<\/code><\/a> for interacting with environment variables instead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOutputDebug<\/h2>\n
OutputDebug, Value of %var%\n<\/code><\/pre>\nOutputDebug<\/code> with, for example DebugView (Dbgview.exe<\/code>) from Sysinternals<\/a>.<\/p>\nSuspension<\/h2>\n
Pause<\/h3>\n
Pause<\/code><\/a> will toggle the current thread. Hotstrings and Hotkeys will still run. A_IsPaused<\/code> contains the pause state of the underlying thread.<\/p>\n; Freezes the current thread with Windows + Pause\n#Pause::Pause, On\n; Also: Off and Toggle (default)\n<\/code><\/pre>\nSuspend<\/h3>\n
Suspend<\/code><\/a> will enable\/disable all hotkeys and hotstrings. A_IsSuspended<\/code> contains the script suspension state.<\/p>\n^#Pause::\n; Suspend, On\/Off\/Toggle (default)\nSuspend\nMsgBox % \"Hotkeys & hotstrings are now \" (A_IsSuspended ? \"disabled\" : \"enabled\")\nReturn\n\n\n#A::\nSuspend, Permit\nMsgBox I will run even when the script is suspended\nReturn\n<\/code><\/pre>\nExit & ExitApp<\/h3>\n
#Persistent<\/code><\/a> directive will make a script not directly Exit<\/code> after the auto-execute section. Exit<\/code> merely exits the current thread. Use ExitApp<\/code> to close the script completely.<\/p>\n\n
#Persistent<\/code> when you do not have any of the above but you do have timers or custom menu items.<\/p>\n; Control + Win + Alt + Pause: Emergency exit\n^#!Pause::\nSuspend, Permit\nExitApp\nReturn\n\n\n; Can register multiple OnExit\nOnExit(\"ExitFunc\")\n\nExitFunc(ExitReason, ExitCode)\n{\n if ExitReason not in Logoff,Shutdown\n {\n MsgBox, 4, , Are you sure you want to exit?\n IfMsgBox, No\n return 1 ; Return non-zero to prevent exit.\n }\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
OnMessage(0x11, \"WM_QUERYENDSESSION\")<\/code>)<\/li>\nWM_CLOSE<\/code> or WM_QUIT<\/code> message<\/li>\nExit<\/code>, ExitApp<\/code>, Reload<\/code> and #SingleInstance<\/code><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nCustom Scripts<\/h1>\n
Autoreload on save<\/h2>\n
; Trigger on Control + S\n; ~ = Also execute native function\n~^s::\n; Run even when script is suspended\nSuspend, Permit\n\n; Only in Sublime Text and Visual Studio Code\nif (!WinActive(\"ahk_class PX_WINDOW_CLASS\") and !WinActive(\"ahk_exe Code.exe\"))\n return\n\n; Only when the script dir\/filename is in the titlebar\nWinGetActiveTitle, winTitle\nif (InStr(winTitle, A_Scriptdir) or InStr(winTitle, A_ScriptName))\n Reload\n\n; Only when the top dir name is in the titlebar\nSplitPath, A_Scriptdir, topDir\nif (InStr(winTitle, topDir))\n Reload\n\nreturn\n<\/code><\/pre>\nInstaHelp<\/h2>\n
Capslock + A<\/code>. If it doesn\u2019t match a keyword, google \u201cAutohotkey selected text<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\nCapslock & A::\n; Get the currently selected text\n; (with some clipboard juggling:)\nold := clipboard\nclipboard =\nSend, ^c\nClipWait, 3\nneedle := clipboard\nclipboard := old\n\nahkCommands =\n( LTRIM\n Break,Catch,Click,ClipWait,Continue,Control,ControlClick,ControlFocus,ControlGet,ControlGetFocus, ControlGetPos,ControlGetText,ControlMove, ControlSend,ControlSendRaw,ControlSetText,CoordMode,Critical, DetectHiddenText,Drive,DriveGet,DriveSpaceFree,Edit,Else,EnvAdd,EnvDiv,EnvGet, EnvMult,EnvSet,EnvSub, EnvUpdate,Exit,ExitApp,FileAppend,FileCopy,FileCopyDir,FileCreateDir,FileCreateShortcut,FileDelete, FileInstall,FileGetAttrib, FileGetShortcut,FileGetSize,fileGetVersion,FileMove,FileMoveDir,FileOpen, FileRead,FileReadLine,FileRecycle,FileRecycleEmpty,FileRemoveDir, FileSelectFile,FileSelectFolder, FileSetAttrib,FileSetTime,Finally,For,Format,FormatTime,GetKeyState,Gosub,Goto,GroupActive,GroupAdd, GroupClose,GroupDeactivate,Gui,GuiControl,GuiControlGet,Hotkey,if,IfEqual,IfNotEqual,IfExist,IfNotExist, IfGreater,IfGreaterOrEqual,IfInString, IfNotInString,IfLess,IfLessOrEqual,IfMsgBox,IfWinActive,IfWinNotActive, IfWinExist,IfWinNotExist,ImageSearch,IniDelete,IniRead,IniWrite,Input, InputBox,KeyHistory,KeyWait,ListHotkeys, ListLines,ListVars,Loop,Menu,MenuGetHandle,MenuGetName,MouseClick,MouseClickDrag,MouseGetPos,MouseMove,MsgBox, OnExit,OutputDebug,Pause,PixelGetColor,PixelSearch,PostMessage,Process,Progress,Random,RegDelete,RegRead,RegWrite, Reload,Return,Run,RunAs,RunWait,Send,SendRaw,SendInput,SendPlay,SendEvent,SendLevel,SendMessage,SendMode, SetBatchLines,SetCapsLockState,SetControlDelay,SetDefaultMouseSpeed,SetEnv,SetFormat,SetKeyDelay,SetMouseDelay, SetNumLockState,SetScrollLockState,SetregView,SetStoreCapsLockMode,SetTimer,SetTitleMatchMode,SetWinDelay, SetWorkingDir,Shutdown,Sleep,Sort,SoundBeep,SoundGet,SoundGetWaveVolume,SoundPlay,SoundSet,SoundSetWaveVolume, SplashImage,SplashTextOn,SplashTextOff,SplitPath,StatusBarGetText,StatusBarWait,StringCaseSense,StringLeft, StringRight,StringLower,StringReplace,StringSplit,StringTrimLeft,StringTrimRight,StringUpper,Suspend,SysGet, Thread,Throw,ToolTip,Transform,TrayTip,Until,UrlDownloadToFile,While,WinActivate,WinActivateBottom,WinClose, WinGetActiveStats,WinGetActiveTitle,WinGetClass,WinGet,WinGetPos,WinGetText,WinGetTitle,WinHide,WinKill,WinMaximize, WinMenuSelectItem,WinMinimize,WinMinimizeAll,WinMinimizeAllUndo,WinMove,WinRestore,WinSet,WinSetTitle,WinShow, WinWait,WinWaitActive,WinWaitClose,WinWaitNotActive,ClipboardTimeout,CommentFlag,Delimiter,DerefChar,ErrorStdOut, EscapeChar,HotkeyInterval,HotkeyModifierTimeout,Hotstring,Include,IncludeAgain,InputLevel,InstallKeybdHook, InstallMouseHook,LTrim,MaxHotkeysPerInterval,MaxMem,MaxThreads,MaxThreadsBuffer,MaxThreadsPerHotkey, MenuMaskKey,NoEnv,NoTrayIcon,Persistent,SingleInstance,UseHook,Warn,WinActivateForce\n)\n\nif (IsFunc(needle) or InStr(ahkCommands, needle)) {\n Run https:\/\/autohotkey.com\/docs\/commands\/%needle%.htm\n} else {\n Run, https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=autohotkey+%needle%\n}\nreturn\n<\/code><\/pre>\nOther<\/h2>\n
A_ScriptHwnd<\/code><\/a> contains the unique ID (HWND) of the script\u2019s hidden main window.<\/p>\n\n
Extras<\/h1>\n
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