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When you are using self-compiled AutoHotFile.exe, make sure you rename your old AutoHotFile.ahk script so new one can be extracted.
You can then restore your settings from the old file by copying first lines.

Hi, i'm trying AutohotFile and i need a bit of help. First of all, sorry for my english, not my home lang.

I use Launchy for 2 reasons
* Calcy plugin (calculator)
* Runny plugin (run a program)

With Calcy i have not problems with autohotfile, simply use the prefix = and it's done.

I use runny to invoke a program with a variable number of parameters so, in Launchy i simply type..

rtm [TAB] param1 [TAB] param2 [TAB] param3

and it invokes my program with the 0,1,2 or 3 parameters that i've typed
eJ C.\Program Files\rtm\rtm.exe param1 param2 param3

How can i acomplish the same behaviour in Autohotfile? note that i could not enter parameters, or only 1 or 2 or the whole 3 .

thanks in advance.

I have released a new version, please download and give it a try.
As always, do not forget to rename/delete old ahk script so new one can be extracted



EDIT: Small fix for parameters, those were not applied for some apps.

Doesn't seems to be working for me.

I have an exe called GTD.EXE

i've added the path under File patterns tab to index it

C:\workspace\GTD\GTD\bin\Debug\/GTD.exe

When i type gtd on autohotfile y type

gtd[SPACE]param1,param2,param3
or
gtd[SPACE] /param1,/param2


My program is called but receives no param ..args.Length:0

I'm using AutohotFile 1.0.48.0(right click AutoHotfile.exe, version) downloaded from the link at page 1 of this post. It could be useful to include version number somewhere in the program and in the first post (maybe there is and i'm not finding)

Looks like upload failed, can you download AutoHotFile.ahk again, replace yours and try again.
(I will upload AutoHotFile.exe when I get home in the evening).

I am going to rebuild AutoHotFile completely soon and will start to use versions and possibly auto update

i've downloaded AutoHotfile.ahk.

Now, my program is receiving 1 parameter "param1,param2,param3" not 3 separate parameters.

It could be useful to define a universal parameter separator like [TAB] to avoid the use of quotes and allow to put commas as part of the content of a parameter.

E.G: program [TAB] arg1 [TAB] arg2part1 arg2part2[TAB]arg3part1,arg3part2

--> this is translated in something like.....
c:/Program FIles/Program.exe arg1 "arg2part1 arg2part2" "arg3part1,arg3part2"

This is the way launchy does and is quite convenient because...

* No quotes (2 keystrokes)
* no need to worry for [SPACE] into arguments
* very fast to type

Tell me what do you think aboout it

I agree, many thanks for feedback, let me see what I can do

Can you please check:
- Launchy does not apply "" to the parameters automatically! (version 2.1.2)
- Actually some programs will have problems with this, e.g. MSOutlook, using quotes is not possible!
- In Launchy you can press {TAB} only once, after this it will be ignored.
AutoHotFile uses Tab at this place to launch a file quickly.


Can you download AutoHotFile.ahk again and try again?
I have created an exe and tested, it looks to work as it should.


You should be entering:

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

Well...true, except that there is a way to achieve this behaviour to certain programs. In Launchy plugin runner you can configure an alias to launch a program, and define placeholders for the parameters .

Alias:gtd Program:C:\workspace\GTD\GTD\bin\Debug\gtd.exe
Arguments:"$$" "$$" "$$" "$$" "$$"

This makes Launchy accept 5 TABS not only one when i type gtd and it surrounds each param with quotes

gtd ► ► ► ► ►


I've tested the new Autohotfile.ahk and it seems to work fine, i can invoke my program with a variable number of arguments.

Now that i can do that, i'm now evaluating the use of Autohotkey against other solutions in terms of features and usability.

This is similar to nDroid (formerly 320mph) which is also an app launcher. I believe yours has more functions but there is one thing that nDroid does that AutoHotFile doesn't do - match partial string. For example if I have a file

Apple_orange_banana.txt

and search in the AHF menu for "orange", this file isn't displayed. I would like it to display any files that start with "orange", but then also show files like the one above. When there are no files that start with "orange", then the above file will be the only one displayed. This helps you find files whose entire filenames you aren't sure of.

In Advanced Tab in Settings, there is on option, use Wildcard. This will enable this feature for keywords.

Additionally you can use " as a prefix to do a regex search on full file path!
enter * and search will be RegEx + case insensitive, same as "i).

Tell me what you think.

Bingo - the wildcard worked perfectly. Congratulations, this app has replaced nDroid (which replaced Launchy) and is now my app launcher of choice. Sensational work.