In this webinar we explore some of the main differences in AutoHotkey version 2, Why you might adapt it, and a tool to help automate the adaption
Special thanks to Dimitri Geerts for leading the discussion, putting together the deck, and working on the converter tool!
Video Hour 1: High-level overview
Video Hour 2: Q&A:
- Major differences withAHK Version 2
- You can read up on the official listing of changes
- v2.0 beta 1was released in July 2021 and future releases are expected to be backward-compatible! If you want to learn more, check out the v2 forum posts:
- Take a look at the tool Dimitri demonstrated to adapt V1 code to V2 here
Script Highlight: RunWith: Use this function to control the bitness of your AutoHotkey script
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You can get the Deck Dimitri presented here, or just look through the below images.
1) All parameters are expressions, not text
2) Variables need to be declared
3) “All” commands are now also functions
4) Some functions now return objects
5) There is now a distinction between properties accessed with . and data (items, array or map elements) accessed with []
6) Hotkeys and non-autoreplace HotStrings are no longer labels; instead, they (automatically) define a function
7) All byRef variables need to have a “&” before
8) Function calls require a space or “(“. Use comma only between parameters
9) GUI and GUI controls are now objects
