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nevermind, i had to choose self contained in the compiler options .

For the last couple of AutoHotkey releases, I have used a script to automate the changes to the project file necessary to compile in Visual C++ Express Edition 2005:

AutoHotkeyProjUpgrade.ahk

Requires xpath (in your function library).

Notes:

• It will prompt for the location of the folder containing AutoHotkey.vcproj, though currently it only modifies the vcproj itself.
• It will prompt you to open the project file to run the (VC++ Express) conversion wizard if the project file version is < 8.0.
• It optionally creates a back-up.
• The changes it makes may be slightly different to corrupt's original instructions.
• If upx.exe exists in the parent directory of the project directory, it updates the post-build event to use that.

Edit:
I get an error trying to start a script compiled with an "SC (minimum size)" bin file. It seems to need something in its embedded manifest; does anyone know what?

I followed all the steps and successfully compiled the prj and get the AutoHotkey.exe, however, when I run it I found that the XP style of GUI was lost. Why this happend and how to solved it?

Best regards!

I tried compiling AutoHotKey on my Vista Home Premium SP1 using:

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition, 9.0.21022.8 RTM, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
• MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008

First try was to create a Debug version, but I just got a bunch of So switched to building a Release version, this time I got a bunch of The two logs are here:
http://www.autohotkey.net/~deleyd/forum/buildlog01.htm
http://www.autohotkey.net/~deleyd/forum/buildlog02.htm

I tried earlier to install Microsoft ® Windows Server® 2003 SDK % .NET 3.5, as per instructions, but the install hung. Did system restore. Not sure if I need this. I'm not a server.

(I know just enough to get myself into trouble, but not enough to get myself out of trouble.)

You need a version of the Windows SDK installed which covers at least the versions of Windows you want to develop applications for.
These SDK packages also cover older versions of Windows. Typically any version of the SDK should be sufficient, but older versions of the SDK won't cover functions or changes specific to newer versions of Windows.

I can sucessfully compile AutoHotkey with a fresh Microsoft Visual C++ Express 2008 SP1 install, after following the steps in the main post (without installing the SDK). Maybe there's something that I am missing?

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Ah,
Did you follow Titan's instructions?

Is there any different between the exe file compiled by the latest version of ahk and the exe file compiled using the ahk compiler made by visual C++ 2005 or 2008?

In terms of security or decompilation?

Thanks.

The EXE created by VC++ 2005/2008 is NOT compatible with Windows 9x/ME while the EXE distributed by Chris (VC++ 2003) is compatible with those systems.
Also, the public source for AutoHotkey doesn't have support for /NoDecompile.

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Highly recommended: AutoHotkey_L (see why) (all my code snippets require it)
Formal request to polyethene - I support the unity of the AutoHotkey community
Get SciTE4AutoHotkey v3.0.00 (Release Candidate)
[My project list]

The word /nodecompile means cant decompile or can decompile?

Its confusing for me coz english not my first language. Sorry.

If it means cannot decompile, that means its good news for me.
(yeah, Im going to put some username and password in my script).

So in terms of compiled exe, which exe is more secure?

The one compiled using the standard AHK distributed by Chris or the one compiled using VC++ 2005/2008 compiled AHK?

And also in terms of unicode support since Im my script contain some unicodes(non english charaters eg chinese or japanese)?

Hope you could answer my curiosity. Thanks.

Please Note the compiled exe will mostly used on windows xp/vista/2003 system.

/NoDecompile prevents the decompiling.
So if /NoDecompile is not supported, the final EXE could be decompiled.

The most secure EXE is the one that Chris distributes.
And for Unicode, it doesn't matter.

HTH

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fincs
Highly recommended: AutoHotkey_L (see why) (all my code snippets require it)
Formal request to polyethene - I support the unity of the AutoHotkey community
Get SciTE4AutoHotkey v3.0.00 (Release Candidate)
[My project list]

Thank you very much.

Its time to start learning ahk script.

if (fgets(buf, 4, fp)) // Success (the fourth character is the terminator).
{
if (strcmp(buf, "锘?)) // UTF-8 BOM marker is NOT present.
rewind(fp); // Go back to the beginning so that the first three bytes aren't omitted during loading.
// The code size of rewind() has been checked and it seems very tiny.
}

what this "if (strcmp(buf, "锘?)) ????
with script.cpp

It checks for (and excludes) the UTF-8 byte order mark, which indicates the file is encoded with UTF-8. The intent appears to be to support files beginning with the byte order mark, by ignoring it.

Btw, your question is off-topic.

Corrupt, thank you very much for this explanation, I can finally compile AutoHotkey.exe.

However there is a problem using width in ListView.
When I specify a width for ListView, it is not applied and LV_ModifyCol() does not do what it shoud as well.
Can anyone try execute following script using your compiled AutoHotkey.exe and check if Column is set to w200 or resized to fit its contents?

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AHK_H (2alpha) AHF TT _Struct WatchDir Yaml _Input ObjTree RapidHotkey DynaRun