AHK Challenge 1 Favorite AHK scripts
A while back I created the below video and challenged a bunch of people to tell me about their favorite 5 AutoHotkey scripts they’ve Created / Worked on
Below are to people that have replied with videos:
October 26th, 2023 AutoHotkey Newsletter
Howdy,
I was helping my friend, Mike C., interpret the results of a Conjoint study.
In my career as a Data Scientist I’d often run into very, very smart statisticians that really “knew their stuff” yet often failed miserably conveying the results to an average person. I told Mike, I always make sure I explain them in a way that “anybody” can understand them.
It’s one of the reasons why I know I’m so fortunate to have Isaias Baez working here!
In all of our AutoHotkey courses he breaks things down so they simple enough that anyone can follow-along. Don’t believe me? Buy one and give it a try. You have nothing to lose because we offer a Double-your money back guarantee! That’s right we take all the risk.
Just remember, when you’re learning AutoHotkey you’re “buying time” because you will be greatly reducing how much time is needed to work on the process the next hundred times you do the activity.
Now on with the show…
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The 19th Way to Automate programs with AutoHotkey!
During the AHK Hero call last week Irfan gave a brief intro to an entirely new way to automate programs with AutoHotkey. It does involve downloading a driver (WinAPP Driver) however this allows you to perform Webservice API calls (with the WinHTTPRequest object) to your windows programs. There is a lot more work to do however it looks very promising!
It will most likely be easier to use than UIA yet allow you to automate nearly all Windows programs! In this video we talked through the tool a bit deeper and work that needs to be done. You can check out Irfan’s work on Abberium here.
a 🆕 way to Automate Windows Programs with AutoHotkey
The other 18 ways to automate programs with AutoHotkey
Most people working with AutoHotkey barely tap the surface of this amazing tool! When people start with AutoHotkey they typically try and imitate a human by searching for an image and sending keystrokes / mouse clicks. We discuss why this is (currently) inferior to API approaches in this video.
APIs compared to Human Interfaces: How do you use AutoHotkey?
However above I mentioned we’ve discovered a 19th way to automate programs with AHK so what are the other 18? Thankfully we covered them in this video which is free to Hero members.
Most people use 2-3 approaches which are not very robust. Our employees at the-Automator dive deep into your problems to identify the best solution. If you’d like a consultation, you can reply to this email and let me know when you’re available.
The Future of AutoHotkey & Computer Vision
While watching this video on 100+ insane Chat GPT vision use cases I had an epiphany. Above we mentioned we try and avoid using image search because, in it’s current state, it is not reliable and usually breaks when running on a computer different than where you originally find the images.
However, once we can use AI for doing the image search
EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE❗
The AI will act like a “fuzzy” search and make it far more reliable. We discuss this, and more, in this video.
Future of AutoHotkey with AI Computer Vision
Irfan’s response to AutoHotkey Challenge
Earlier this week I asked Irfan to join me on Zoom and talk through his top-5 AutoHotkey scripts. During the call he mentioned several that we’d done here at the-Automator as well as Abberium (mentioned above) and Rufaydium which is a great way to do Web Scraping with AutoHotkey.
Top 5 AHK Challenge: Irfan / Xeo
AHK Hero member response to the Challenge
I was really impressed with a response from an AHK hero member Tyler Faulkner. He did a great job showing how, as a sales guy, he solved many mundane tasks by using AutoHotkey. Check out his video here and see how you can also adapt many of his approaches.
My 5 Favorite AutoHotKey Scripts
📚 What we’re reading
- How to Change Your IP Address from the Command Prompt
- How to Force Delete a Folder
- 6 Best Free Photoshop Alternatives
- 6 Computer Noises You Should Never Ignore
🤖 AI / Chat GPT-3 News / Usage
- Latest ChatGPT Update Lets You Do INSANE Things!
- Microsoft AI Records 5,000 Audiobooks
- Use AI for Instant feedback on your business ideas
- Magically create stunning videos, how to guides, onboarding docs
- 6 Mind-Blowing Uses for ChatGPT’s Image Recognition Feature
⚡️Productivity tips: Hotkeys in MS word
- Ctrl + 1: Single spacing – Apply single line spacing to the selected text / paragraph
- Ctrl + 5: 5-line spacing – Apply one & a half line spacing to the selected text/paragraph
- Ctrl + 2: Double spacing – Apply double line spacing to the selected text/paragraph
🤣 A spot of Humor: So darn funny!
AHK Hero 🦸
Consider joining the 🦸AHK Hero club! Members receive 25% off courses, consultations, tutoring, done for you project work, etc.
They also have access to exclusive & pre-released content and a 3 hours a week where we help people with their AHK issues (the Saturday calls are geared towards people new to AutoHotkey.)
🗣️ 💭 Quotable quotes
- When experiencing errors with tools, typically you should blame the operator, not the tool. — Joe Glines
- The question isn’t who is going to let me it’s who is going to stop me — Ayn Rand
- Treat objections as requests for further information — Brian Tracy
- If you ask me anything I don’t know, I’m not going to answer — Yogi Berra
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Joe, Isaias, Irfan, and staff
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P.S. If you’re needing more time in your day, learning AutoHotkey is a great way to achieve this!
If you don’t have time to learn AHK, but want someone to build tools that will really help you be more productive, reach out to me and schedule a call. We do work for clients saving them a crazy amount of time!
Halloween Sale: Save 31% on All 🅰HK Courses – No Tricks, Just Treats 🍬
Are you ready for some bad Halloween Jokes❓ Here we go…
Q) Why don’t Skeletons like to dance?
A) Because they have “no body” to dance with!
Q) Why can’t witches get pregnant?
A) Because their boyfriends have “hallo-weenies”
Q) Did you hear about the sad ghost that wanted to ride an elevator?
A) He was hoping it would lift his spirits
💀 Now that we’re done with the bad (dad) jokes, I’ve got an announcement I’ve been dying to tell you!
For a limited time only, you can get 31% off on all of our AutoHotkey courses! 💸 That’s right, you can learn how to automate your tasks, create macros, scripts, and more with the power of AutoHotkey. 🚀
But hurry, this offer is only valid until midnight on Halloween. Don’t miss this chance to save big on our courses and unleash your creativity with AutoHotkey. 🧙♂️
To claim your discount, simply use the code BOO2023-31 at checkout. 👻
- v1 to v2 Make the swtich to AHK v2 painless
- Intro AHK v2 Best course to learn AutoHotkey!
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Don’t forget, all of our courses come with an unbelievable 200% money back guarantee.
Don’t be afraid of these scary savings, they are too good to pass up! 😍
Happy Halloween and happy learning! 🎉
Your friends at the-Automator.com 🙌
P.S. All kidding aside, learning AutoHotkey is a great way to add time back into your day and ensure job security.
Automating the mundane is the main focus during our AHK Hero calls and I highly recommend
you continue your automation knowledge!
The sale ends Midnight on Halloween. Don’t miss out❗
FAMOUS ALIBIS by Old Man IF: Excerpt from Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
FIFTY-SEVEN FAMOUS ALIBIS by Old Man IF
Excerpt from Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
A character analyst compiled a list of the most commonly used alibis. As you read the list, examine yourself carefully, and determine how many of these alibis, if any, are your own property.
- IF I didn’t have a wife and family…
- IF I had enough “pull”…
- IF I had money…
- IF I had a good education…
- IF I could get a job…
- IF I had good health…
- IF I only had time…
- IF times were better…
- IF other people understood me…
- IF conditions around me were only different…
- IF I could live my life over again…
- IF I did not fear what “THEY” would say…
- IF I had been given a chance…
- IF I now had a chance…
- IF other people didn’t “have it in for me”…
- IF nothing happens to stop me…
- IF I were only younger…
- IF I could only do what I want…
- IF I had been born rich…
- IF I could meet “the right people”…
- IF I had the talent that some people have…
- IF I dared assert myself…
- IF I only had embraced past opportunities…
- IF people didn’t get on my nerves…
- IF I didn’t have to keep house and look after the children…
- IF I could save some money…
- IF the boss only appreciated me…
- IF I only had somebody to help me…
- IF my family understood me…
- IF I lived in a big city…
- IF I could just get started…
- IF I were only free…
- IF I had the personality of some people…
- IF I were not so fat…
- IF my talents were known…
- IF I could just get a “break”…
- IF I could only get out of debt…
- IF I hadn’t failed…
- IF I only knew how…
- IF everybody didn’t oppose me…
- IF I didn’t have so many worries…
- IF I could marry the right person…
- IF people weren’t so dumb…
- IF my family were not so extravagant…
- IF I were sure of myself…
- IF luck were not against me…
- IF I had not been born under the wrong star…
- IF it were not true that “what is to be will be”…
- IF I did not have to work so hard…
- IF I hadn’t lost my money…
- IF I lived in a different neighborhood…
- IF I didn’t have a “past”…
- IF I only had a business of my own…
- IF other people would only listen to me…
now for the greatest of them all
IF I had the courage to see myself as I really am, I would find out what is wrong with me, and correct it, then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others, for I know that there is something WRONG with me , or I would now be where I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them.
Building alibis is a deeply rooted habit. Habits are difficult to break, especially when they provide justification for something we do. Plato had this truth in mind when he said, “The first and best victory is to conquer self. To be conquered by self is, of all things, the most shameful and vile.”
Another philosopher had the same thought in mind when he said, “It was a great surprise to me when I discovered that most of the ugliness I saw in others, was but a reflection of my own nature.”
“It has always been a mystery to me,” said Elbert Hubbard, “why people spend so much time deliberately fooling themselves by creating alibis to cover their weaknesses. If used differently, this same time would be sufficient to cure the weakness, then no alibis would be needed.”
