AutoHotkey Community

AutoScriptWriter has been added to the end of the list. If anyone wants it moved higher, let me know.

...Folks just need more friendly syntax and documentation on the subject.

...we are asking Sean to provide near solo support for such a critical element.

If Support for COM were built into AHK the likelyhood that future changes to AHK could so break existing functionality would not so easily be overlooked

I think [AutoScriptWriter] should at least be in the top 20.

Chris provides near solo support for AHK in general.

This project [AutoScriptWriter] got a lot of traction in 2006 and into 2007. See the link on the Request list (#40). If anyone wants to continue it, I'm almost certain the original authors wouldn't mind (maybe send a PM to ask). It would be really helpful to the community, and it's something Chris asked for years ago: AutoHotkey Needs You. Anyone else who thinks its priority should be raised, let me know.

HotKeyIt prio. - - - - - - - - Requested Features
1 - - - - - - - - 15) Support Multi-Threading? (forum topic)
2 - - - - - - - - 12) Add "AnyKey" as a value for the KeyName parameter of GetKeyState and KeyWait. (Scripted by garry)
3 - - - - - - - - 8) Add command URLDownloadToVar. (Scripted by olfen, DerRaphael)
4 - - - - - - - - 21) Support dynamic commands: Allow the contents of a variable to be run as though it were a section of the script, even if it contains multiple lines and perhaps even if it contains labels. (Scripted by HotKeyIt, jonny)
5 - - - - - - - - 3) Support true Arrays. (Scripted by olegbl, DerRaphael)
6 - - - - - - - - 22) Add built-in functions and other enhancements to function-calling (e.g. Support for varying number of incoming parameters by means of an incoming array to hold the extras). (Part of v2?)
7 - - - - - - - - 14) Support debugger with line-by-line execution mode to automatically pause the script after each line. (Coded by Lexikos)
8 - - - - - - - - 5) Support the operators "between", "is", "in", and "contains" in expressions. (Scripted by infogulch)
9 - - - - - - - - 9) Add command Process, List (Scripted by shimanov, pvi, skrommel) + Means of discovering the working directory of a window or process.
10 - - - - - - - - 13) Support function calls in addition to labels for most commands. (forum topic, forum topic)
11 - - - - - - - - 19) Support hotkeys composed of any three keys, e.g. "Numpad1 & Numpad2 & Numpad3::MsgBox You pressed all three keys." (Scripted by Lexikos)
12 - - - - - - - - 24) Add command to monitor a directory or drive for changes (file creation, deletion, etc.) (Scripted by SKAN, shimanov)
13 - - - - - - - - 6) Add GUI features and controls.
13 - - - - - - - - 30) Add Menu Icons. (Scripted by Lexikos)
13.1 - - - - - - - - a. URL control utilizing a SetCursor command (Scripted by Serenity, majkinetor, skrommel)
13.2 - - - - - - - - b. Graphic buttons (Scripted by tkoi, corrupt, nick, SKAN)
13.3 - - - - - - - - c. Hotkey control to support the Windows key, perhaps others
13.4 - - - - - - - - d. Associate ToolTips with controls (Scripted by Trubbleguy, corrupt, Veovis)
13.5 - - - - - - - - e. Rich Edit control (Scripted by corrupt, majkinetor, Micha)
13.6 - - - - - - - - f. Support named GUIs (Scripted by DerRaphael, forum topic)
13.7 - - - - - - - - g. More support for radio groups (Scripted by POINTS)
14 - - - - - - - - 11) Add gLabel option for TrayTip command to launch a subroutine by clicking its balloon. (forum topic)
15 - - - - - - - - 33) Support Microsoft Active Accessibilty: for getting the text under the mouse cursor, and perhaps other useful tasks. (forum topic, forum topic)
16 - - - - - - - - 23) Add command to make a screenshot of certain regions or windows. (Scripted by m2, Sean, tic, toralf)
17 - - - - - - - - 40) Update AutoScriptWriter. (Scripted by AHKnow)
18 - - - - - - - - 38) Support serial/com port. (Scripted by aobrien)
19 - - - - - - - - 25) Add overview for the web site of AutoHotkey's commands and features presented in summary fashion to make learning it less of an exercise in browsing the entire help file. (tutorial?)
20 - - - - - - - - 4) Support Unicode? (forum topic)

That's kind of the double-edged sword of AHK;

Hey HotKeyIt,
that's a very good list! I like it, hope it will included into the next update
Greets,
DHMH

Another thing that would be handy, and I imagine simple to implement, is a better way of accessing the parameters passed to the script. Currently it confuses new ones because numbers are variables and frustrates more experienced ones because there is no way to pass the value of a script param in a function without first renaming the variables. ("Loop %0%" eeew..) But this may need to wait for v2 because it is a significant syntax change.

And a way to determine how many there are without looping thru all of them?