The other day I was on a call with Hellbent and he mentioned a new class he’d developed to help creating layered windows. We decided to record a video walking through how to use his PopupWindow class. We also showed his tool for examining all the functions in the GDI library. I included all of the files covered in the below download. If you’re new to Hellbent, you should check out his YouTube channel. He’s got lots of great AutoHotkey content (especially around working with GUIs)
Category: Office Automation
Office automation refers to the varied computer machinery and software used to digitally create, collect, store, manipulate, and relay office information needed for accomplishing basic tasks. Raw data storage, electronic transfer, and the management of electronic business information comprise the basic activities of an office automation system.[1] Office automation helps in optimizing or automating existing office procedures.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_automation
AutoHotkey Webinar- Simple Arrays, Associative Arrays, and Objects in AHK
In this AutoHotkey webinar Jean Lalonde, author of Quick Access Popup, walks us through how to use Simple Arrays, Associative Arrays and Objects in AHK
Script Highlight VLC Play / pause demonstrated in the webinar. This is a self-contained script where I pulled in the pieces of the ACC library needed
Simple Arrays, Associative Arrays and Objects in AHK
Reminder, you can get a deep learning of AutoHotkey objects in my Intermediate AutoHotkey course
Hour 1: Intro to Simple Arrays, Associative Arrays and Objects in AHK
Hour 2: Larger example using Objects, nesting objects and some Q&A
Calculating distance between Latitude & Longitude with AutoHotkey
I created this simple funciton to calculate the distance between Latitude & Longitude with AutoHotkey. This formula takes into account the curvature of the earth and returns the results in an object with Feet, meters, kilometers, and Miles as options
Watch the video here showing how to Calculate distance between Latitude and Longitude
Troubleshooting an AutoHotkey script: Run as Admin
Here’s a quick way to Troubleshoot an AutoHotkey script
When someone tells me they have a HotString or HotKey that doesn’t work, the first thing I recommend is that they try running the script at a higher “level”. You can use the below code to Run as Admin. In the below video I also discuss a couple other ways you can run your script as an Admin and some of the risks involved.
Troubleshooting an AutoHotkey script: Run as Admin
