Here’s a short list of frequently used AutoHotkey Objects (Classes, Functions and COM Objects). If you think I forgot a popular one, please let me know
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Commonly used AutoHotkey Objects / Classes:
- Advanced ListViews by Pulover: do advanced functionality with Listviews
- AHKhttp by Skittlez: create a Basic HTTP Server
- BarChart by Learning One: Create bar charts with the GDI+ library
- Chrome.ahk by GeekDude: Automate Chrome
- CLR by Lexikos: Loads the Common Language Runtime
- cURL-wrapper by RaptorX: Performa API calls with CURL
- Edit by jballi: update and manage any Edit control
- Excel Charts by Xx7: Automate graphs in Excel
- FindText by feiyue: Find images w/o saving files
- GDI+ Library-Compilation Extended compilation by marius-sucan
- HTMLGUI by Maestrith: Build custom GUIs leveraging HTML and CSS
- JSON libraries: ahk by GeekDude, json.ahk by Chunjee, JSON and Jxon by coco
- Messagebox by Maestrith: Easily peak into objects, copy text, add buttons, etc.
- MCode4GCC — C/C++ to MCode Generator by joedf Generate machine code MCode
- MenuMaker by Maestrith: Make creating menus a breeze
- MySQL by just me: Connect to mySQL databases
- Neutron by GeekDude: Build custom GUIs
- Notify by Maestrith: Easily display notifications to your users
- ObjectCSV by Jean Lalonde: Manipulate text files with ease
- Particle System by tidbit: Create a particle system with the GDI+ Library
- Rufaydium by Xeo786: Automate browsers with WebDrivers
- Scintilla wrapper: by RaptorX: Utilize the scintilla GUI
- Simple GDI class by GeekDude: Simplified usage of GDI+ library
- SQLite by Maestrith: Connect to SQLite databases
- Toolbar by Pulover: Easily build and maintain Toolbars
- UIAutomation by Descolada & Jethrow
- UIAutomation by Jethrow, UIAutomation for v2 by thqby: Inspect the UIAutomation architecture
- WebSockets by GeekDude: Create and manage WebSockets
- WinClip by Deo: Access, Set, Read the Windows Clipboard Zip Download
- WinSCP by Lipkau: Automate FTPS transfers with WinSCP
- XML by Maestrith: Easily parse XML files
Commonly used COM Objects:
- Adobe Acrobat Pro: Control the Adobe Reader
- ADO : (Perform SQL queries to data sources like .mdb, CSV, Tab ,etc. )
- CAPICOM : Series (digital signature, encryption etc.)
- CuteFTP : Automate FTP file transfers
- Dragon Naturally Speaking: Listen to your text
- File System Object: Do amazing things with the file object
- Google Desktop: update google files
- HTMLFile: shove HTML into the DOM for easy navigation
- HTTTPRequest, XMLHTTPRequest , API calls: Perform API calls
- ImageMagick: Manipulate images
- MS Office: Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, etc. : Automate MS Office!
- DOMDocument.6.0 (XML Parser) : Parse XML data
- OCR (Object Character Recognition) : Use built-in OCR recognition (Win10+)
- SpVoice (Text to Speech) : have Windows speak your text
- Service: Schedule your scripts and programs
- ScriptControl / IE Object / Active X: Build amazing GUIs
- Dictionary: Do some things that are impossible with an AHK Object
- Shell object: Connect to the Windows API and do amazing things!
- VB Scripting object: Build some amazing applications
- VBS Regular Expressions : Negate the need to loop on your RegExMatch
- Windows Explorer: Connect to Explorer programmatically
- Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) : Work with images
- Windows Media Player: Build your own Windows Media player
- WMI Tasks (Windows Management Instrumentation) : Amazing amount of info in the WMI
- XStandardZip: Automate Zipping / Unzipping files & folders
