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Various Types of Send
Using a SetTimer
Creating, reading, and writing initialization files (.ini files)
Working with the Windows Registry
Arrays
Simple Arrays
Maps
Loops
Basic Loops
Looping until a condition is met
Looping through files and folders
Parsing Text
The While Loop
The For Loop
Utilizing Controls to connect and automate programs
Selecting menus in (older) windows programs
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If you don’t currently floss your teeth regularly you should try to floss just one tooth. Once you floss the one you are infinitely more likely continue to floss the others.
This is a great tip I learned when reading Atomic Habits.
Of course this approach can easily be adapted to virtually any habit you are trying to adapt.
For instance, if you’re wanting to Learn HotStrings in AutoHotkey, you should just learn the basics of creating a HotString. Not plan to learn every option available for it. It’s one of the reasons all of our AutoHotkey courses are broken down into small “bite size” videos that allow you to learn “One thing” when you have time.
Now on with the show…
😲You’ll never believe this❗
I was watching an old Microsoft video with Bill Gates. During his presentation he did something that blew my mind! Check it out in this video. Keep in mind, this was a long, long time ago!
I never expected to see this in a Microsoft Video by Bill Gates
Now that you checked out that video, you might want to watch this one to see how you can recreate the magic with AutoHotkey
Intro to AHK v2 HotStrings Extract
Adding a ToolTip to a GUI
A couple of weeks ago Irfan, Isaias and I were in a team meeting and Isaias mentioned how “easy” it is to add a mouse-over to a GUI. We all know that GUIs are Easy in AutoHotkey but I’m really glad I hit record because this as a great little lesson I captured in this video.
Adding a tooltip-MouseOver to a control in a GUI :tatm
Fixing Your Phone / Phone Link
Isaias and I both upgraded to Windows 11 and we both were disappointed when we realized our Phone Link tool wouldn’t run properly. You see Phone Link (formerly named Your Phone) is a built-in Windows app that allows you to easily connect your Android phone to your PC. (Apparently, in Windows 11 there is an update which let’s you connect an iPhone).
Anyway, I didn’t realize just how much I relied on the app until it was gone 😢
I googled a lot and found a lot of “fixes” that didn’t work. Then, one of them finally did! I showed the approach to Isaias and, sure enough, it fixes his as well. So, if you’re having issues with Phone Link, be sure check out this video.
🙌From Frustration to Success: Watch How we Fixed Microsoft Phone Link❗
The amount of work expands to fill the time available for its completion. Force yourself to have deadlines to projects and, magically, it will get done!
🤣 A spot of Humor: Hilarity ensues when a comedian uses charts! Make sure you make it till the end!
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🗣️ 💭 Quotable quotes
Put systems in place that will allow ordinary people to do extraordinary things — Joe Glines
I will always hire a lazy person to do a hard job, because they will always find an easy way to do it — Bill Gates
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another — Proverbs 27:17
If you want something done, ask the busiest person you know to do it and stand back!
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P.S. Learning AutoHotkey is a great way to “buy time”. Our AHK courses help you learn AutoHotkey however that’s only one piece of it. Talking to others, seeing what they’re automating, is equally important. It’s one of the reasons our Hero members LOVE the AHK Hero group and I know you will to when you join.
Imagine you have a friend named Joe who likes to write AutoHotkey scripts. He thinks he is very good at it, but his scripts all imitate a human and do not utilize an APIapproach. Joe also thinks AutoHotkey is “buggy” because his scripts often don’t work (especially when he shares them with other people.)
Joe thinks that other people who write AutoHotkey scripts are not very good and take overly-complicated approaches to make more money.
He thinks he is the best script-writer in the world.
This is known as the Dunning-Kruger effect. The Dunning-Kruger effect is when people think they know more than they really do. They are not very good at something, but they don’t realize it. They also don’t accurately evaluate how good other people are.
They believe they are better than average, or even experts (Yikes!), when they are not. This can make them act overconfident and make mistakes and often blame the instrument instead of themselves.
The Dunning-Kruger effect happens because some people don’t have enough knowledge or skill to judge themselves or otherscorrectly.
Often People don’t know what they don’t know❗
The more you learn about something, the more you realize how much you still need to learn. You become more humble and realistic about your abilities.
To avoid the Dunning-Kruger effect, you should always try to learn more about the things you are interested in or need to do. You should also ask for feedback from others who are more experienced or knowledgeable than you. This is one of the best benefits of the AHK hero group. We have 3 hours of Zoom calls each week where we help provide guidance to Hero members. Not to mention the private Telegram group where people can ask for help during the week. Give it some thought. If you’re not sure, check out these objections that many people think. You’re probably a better-fit for the group than you think!
Now on with the show…
HotStrings & Hotkeys that paste: Images, Text, and Hyperlinks / Rich text
For several years now sending keystrokes with AutoHotkey has been problematic. It got so frustrating I asked Irfan to adapt many of my HotStrings to paste the text (instead of sending keystrokes).
This is a much more reliable way to get the text where you want it. Nothing too special here… But I also realized it is super easy to trigger them with either a Hotkey or a HotString. Still, nothing too “wow” leveled (other than having automations that worked reliably).
Then I realized why don’t we kick it up a notch by making it easy to paste Rich text / Text with Hyperlinks and/or pictures. Wow Now we’re on to something!
The function parameters are very easy to follow. We share how to use them in this video.
Easily sending text, HTML or pIctures with Clipster
We’re also considering wrapping the whole thing in a GUI to allow non-AutoHotkey users a way to have this functionality. 😊
Easily Adjusting your DPI
We just released two scripts that do (basically) the same thing. They both make it super-simple to assign a hotkey to change your DPI. One of them allows you to assign the monitor the hotkey will be applied to while the other just looks at the monitor your mouse is over. You can see them in use in this video.
Two AHK scripts to easily change your Monitor’s DPI Scaling
How to Create & Use Custom functions
Last week I mentioned this video extracted from Intro to AHK v2 that explains how you can use the built-in AHK functions. This week I’m following up by sharing this video which helps you see how you can write your own functions. Functions are a crazy-powerful way to level you up!
Defining custom functions in AutoHotkey v2
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Pinning Files / Scripts in Windows 11
I have to say I’m not loving Windows 11❗ Granted, I wouldn’t even be using it if I hadn’t found this app that allows me to put the Taskbar on the side. In this video I walk through a work-around on how to pin non-executables to the Taskbar.
How to Pin a non-executable file to Taskbar in Windows 11
How to create a File Installer with InnoSetup
A while back Jean Lalonde, author of Quick Access Popup, gave us a great tutorial on how to use InnoSetup. In this video Jean walks us through many of the settings and how it can be configured to give your script a “level-up”.
💻 Take file installation to the next level – Use Inno Setup like a pro!
Incidentally I spoke with Jean last week and he’s been hard at work on his other “clipboard” tool. You can see an overview of it’s functionality in this video.
💥 Supercharge your productivity with this Amazing Clipboard Tool!😲
New YouTuber: Easily set windows locations
I was watching YouTube the other day and stumbled upon this video from Inthekhud. He did a pretty good job. He walks through using WinGet to detect where a window is located and then how to set it’s location. I hope he continues to make AutoHotkey videos. The more the better!
Setting Daily, Weekly, Monthly and annual goals are a great way to make sure you achieve what you want. Having said that, goals only take you so far, in the Atomic Habits book, he explains how habits are what truly drive action!
🤣 A spot of Humor This would freak me out!
Our Most Chaotic Prank Of ALL TIME | Just For Laughs Gags
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🗣️ 💭 Quotable quotes
How you deal with failure determines whether or not you ever get to deal with the success — Dan Kennedy
A major reason for procrastination and lack of motivation is vagueness, confusion, and fuzzy minded thinking about what you are trying to do and in what order and for what reason. — Brian Tracy
You must stop expecting perfection — either from yourself, or your employees, or your customers and clients. It will never happen. — John Carlton
History is just new people making old mistakes — Sigmund Freud
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