- #Auto hotkey macro recorder install#
- #Auto hotkey macro recorder software#
- #Auto hotkey macro recorder code#
AutoHotKey fits quite well with the VB based workflow, and fills in where Macro Express is weak in the GUI Dialog box area. I don't want to get spread myself too thin while I am trying to study VBScript, Visual Basic and the Alibre API. #.I took a look at AutoIt as well (and a few others), but chose to expand my understanding only to AutoHotKey at this time because of the macro recorder capability and smart GUI creation tool.There is no sense in making it difficult to edit, build or record our AHK scripts so the first thing you will see in my script are 3 shortcuts to do just that.įor simpler scripts, you can have everything all on 1 line, but here we have a 6 line block not including the comments. ahk file and assign the steps to a shortcut key. I am at the point now (after using it for 7 years) that my brain automatically says "Hey James, you have already done this combination of steps 3 times this week" and I open up my. As time goes on, we are going to want to add or maintain some of our short cuts. I am a big fan of Continuous Improvement both in development and life. As you get familiar with AHK, you will need the Recorder less and less but it will be your friend when you are first starting out.
#Auto hotkey macro recorder code#
Next we want to download a AHK macro recorder here (written with AHK scripting) that will record keystrokes and mouse movements and generate AHK scripting for us so we don't have to code as much from hand.
ahk script in our Startup folder so our commands are available when Windows starts.
#Auto hotkey macro recorder install#
The first thing we will download and install AutoHotKey from here. So let's create a script that will Snap my window to the Left and then make it a bit wider. If you look at the screenshot below, you can see that my Posterous editing window at 50% leaves very little room for my Rich Text Editor. This allows me to have more area for my document but still have the ability to see part of my desktop on the right in case I were using Sidebar Gadgets or in this case my Sticky Notes. Microsoft took care of the snap feature for vertical tile placement but sometimes I like to have a window snapped to the left but take up more than 50% of the screen area. Of course the 'Snap Feature' is now part of Windows 7 but AHK allowed me to easily build one of the main features Microsoft promoted during their Windows 7 campaign - I do have to point out in the commercial the guy is using the mouse to drag the 2 windows to the side instead of + then + then + which would be faster :)
It is driven by a custom scripting language that is aimed specifically at providing keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys.īefore Windows 7 came out, I had an AHK script that would allow me to arrange a window to take up 1/2 the left or right side of my monitor with a quick keyboard command. Any application user interface can be modified by AutoHotkey (for example, with Emacs style).
#Auto hotkey macro recorder software#
I wanted to elaborate a bit more on Auto Hot Key (AHK) that has been around since 2003 but I don't run into a lot of people that use it.ĪutoHotkey is a free, open source macro-creation and automation software utility which allows users to automate repetitive tasks. I posted previously about reducing the use of your mouse to speed up your daily computer work (not just development).
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