Howdy %Name%,
You might know that I work every day. Until my break last summer I think I worked nearly every day since before covid hit.
This isn’t because I’m “struggling”, or because we are so “swamped” it is because I love what I do.
The other day I was listening to a podcast and heard the below quote from Mark Twain:
The object of life is to make your vocation your vacation
I’m lucky enough to have done that! How about you %Name%❓ What’s your “thing”?
BTW- if you know what it is, and it isn’t AutoHotkey, you can always pay us to automate more of your work so you can focus on your passion!
Now on with the show…
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Building a simple Inventory tool
Last week Connie, an AHK Hero member reached out to us asking for a consultation helping him build a “simple” inventory tool.
Since there was no privileged data being shared I asked Connie if we could share the recording and tool.
He agreed so you can check out what we came up with in this video. If you want to grab a copy of this tool you can get it here.
Client call building Basic Inventory tool in AutoHotkey
Hotkeys / HotStrings Randomly stop working? This might be the cause
AJ, a client of ours, reached out to me with an interesting problem. Several times a day his Hotkeys & HotStrings would, randomly, stop working. This reminded me about something Isaias noticed after he installed PowerToys.
While we’re not sure exactly what PowerToys is doing, Isaias did confirm that it was causing his Hotkeys & HotStrings to stop working (especially after logging in).
We discuss this weird phenomenon, and how to work-around it in this video.
Mysterious Reason why AHK Hotkeys and HotStrings randomly stop working
How to Add Sub-menus to an AutoHotkey menu
Rizwan was working on a project and wanting to add sub-menus to an AHK menu. He asked Irfan for some help so, of course, I hit record.
You can see the short tutorial here. Menus are way under-utilized! It’s one of the core things we used in Prompt Assistant.
Short tutorial on creating Menus and Submenus with AutoHotkey v2
Improving People’s Lives: Story #17
Our recent AHK Hero calls have been quite amazing! It’s really great watching our member’s grow and be more productive!
Recently Ray, a lawyer out of Canada has recently really be showing amazing progress. One thing I think that really helped him was been working on a “project” script and has learned a ton in working on it (as have many other AHK Hero members.)
What we’re reading
- 6 wacky things we had to do on old PCs
- How to Use the Cursor with your keyboard (AutoHotkey mentioned)
- Does this single feature make New Outlook for Windows worth it?
AI / Chat GPT-3 News / Usage
- Introducing LLaVA V1.5 7B on GroqCloud
- ChatGPT-like Platform for Digital Pathology shows promise in Cancer diagnosis
- AI is here to stay so update yourself with these 7 AI Terms
- Did Google just kill all human podcasts?
⚡️Productivity tips: Eliminate Distractions
Distractions can be a major productivity killer . Social media, smartphones, and coworkers can all distract you from your work. Dan Kennedy often refers to people as “ time vampires ”
A spot of Humor
A tech joke told by Salma Hayek. Who could ask for more❓
Salma Hayek Hilarious Jokes #shorts
Client’s say…
Holy Shit! How can I pay more for this? — Kelly Coughlin
AHK Hero
Consider joining the AHK Hero club! Members receive 25% off courses, consultations, tutoring, done for you project work, etc. Currently we have over 312 hours of recordings teaching AutoHotkey that is exclusive to AHK Hero members❗
During this Friday’s call we’re planning to discuss:
- Help AHK Members with their code
- Discussing various AHK Hats
- Branching in VS code with git
- Attach debug to running script
- Using “invert” on a slider so it is intuitive
- Adjusting GUI controls (Up/Down) so take into account Scrollbar Width
- Scrolling a row into view on a Listview
- Updates to Automator spy & Ultimate spy: Flagging for Virtual programs
They also have access to exclusive & pre-released content and 3 hours a week where we help people with their AHK issues (the Saturday calls are geared towards people new to AutoHotkey.)
️ Quotable quotes
- There’s never a right time to do the wrong thing; There’s never a wrong time to do the right thing
- Success comes from failure. Not from memorizing the right answers. — Donald Trump
- Time is linear; Success doesn’t have to be — Joe Glines
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P.S. I’m fortunate to have found my passion.
Being able to help people automate the mundane; saving them time and reducing errors, is such a wonderful feeling for me!
How can we help you❓ Simple reply to this email and setup a time for a consultation.
