Autoit Basic Tutorial

[the_pillo]

Autoit Quick Tutorial

Ok, so I am feeling very bored and decided it would be fun to make a tutorial.
So i decided to do it with autoit, this will be brief and teach you some basics.
there are much better tutorials out there but this will get you started.


Basic Format:
Command(----,----,----,)
run("notepad.exe")





Common simple functions:

Run

WinWaitactive

winactivate

mouseclick

mousemove

sleep

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Common Simple Commands

Func...Endfunc

Code:

hotkeyset("{end}", "fun") func fun()    Exit EndFunc

This is an example of the func command.. we declared the command "fun"
To be attached to the END button on your keyboard.
Therefore when we press the END button on the keyboard it will run this
function and EXIT the entire Program.


While...Wend

Code:

Run("notepad.exe") While 1 Send("This is an example of the While...Wend Command") Wend

This is an example of the while Wend command. it will repeat the code between
While and Wend until it becomes true, or forever.
In this script there is no true... so it will type
This is an example of the While...Wend Command
until you end it


If..Then..Endif

Code:

$a=10 If $a <> 5 then Exit Endif

This is an example of if then endif, in this it will
find the variable of $a and if it does not equal 5 then it will exit the script.


Select...Case...Endselect

Code:

$msg = GuiGetmsg() Select Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE       Exitloop       Exit Case $msg = $button_1       run("notepad.exe")       Send("test,test,test") EndSelect

This is an example of select..case..endselect. This command is used
if you have multiple choices, Depending on which case is true will depend what happens.
This was part of a GUI(Graphic User Interface) script,
but when you hit X at the top right of window it would exit the script.
Or if you hit one of the buttons (button 1 for example) it would run notepad and type test.
You must put endselect after you or done to close the command.



VARIABLES:

How to declare variables?
A: Put a $(dollar) sign in front of anything you like... such as $a ,$b, etc.
Then Put and = sign and type what you want your variable to be.
Such as:

Code:

$a=5 $b=7 $c=12 If $a+$b <> $c then exit endif

Here is a simple gui script for organizing computer maintenance items.
of course under the run functions on lines: 54,58,and 49 to your own specs.

Code:

#include <GUIConstantsEx> hotkeyset("{end}", "fun") func fun()    Exit EndFunc HotKeySet("{PAUSE}", "TogglePause") Global $Paused Func TogglePause() $Paused = NOT $Paused While $Paused sleep(100) ToolTip('Script is "Paused"',0,0) WEnd ToolTip("Script is running") Sleep(2000) EndFunc ;=====================================================GUI================================================= Example() Func Example()     Local $Button_1, $Button_2, $Button_3, $msg     GUICreate("Pillo Productions Presents: Computer Maintenence Center") ; will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered     GUICtrlCreateLabel("What would you like to do?",100,30,200)     Opt("GUICoordMode", 2)     $Button_1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("CCleaner", -200, 60, 200)     $Button_2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Panda Scan", -200, 90)    $Button_3 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Defrag",-200,120)     GUISetState()      ; will display an  dialog box with 2 button     ; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed     While 1         $msg = GUIGetMsg()         Select             Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE                 ExitLoop             exit                    Case $msg = $Button_1             Msgbox(0,"Pillo Productions", "you have started CCleaner")          Run("C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe")             WinWaitActive("Piriform CCleaner")          Send("{r}")       Case $msg = $Button_2          Msgbox(0,"Pillo Productions", "you have started Panda")          run("C:\Program Files\Panda Security\Panda Antivirus Pro 2009\Pavw.exe")          Winwaitactive("Panda Antivirus Pro 2009 (8.00.00)")       Case $msg = $Button_3          Msgbox(0,"Pillo Productions", "you have started Defrag")          Run ( "C:\WINDOWS\system32\mmc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\dfrg.msc" )          Winwaitactive("Disk Defragmenter") EndSelect Wend EndFunc

This is confusing but it gives you a small taste of everything ...



Ok i am sorry if this is a crappy tutorial, its my first pure text one. and my first ever on autoit.

tell me what you think and if you think something needs added just ask

[Schoolhacker]

interesting... good for nob programmers lol

[njaguars_multi]

or you could just get iMacros for firefox. unless you want to do extensive autoit functions, this works very well.

[cagiva]

autoit is the easiest programming language and its very useful great thing!
but your tutorial is crappy.

[KnightMaire]

agreed.