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Last changes: Version 0.2 (9 December 2007)

• Now, the parameter Source accepts a valid file path also and opens the file temporary in that case.
• Wrote and separated the detailed online documentation.

Cool function. Nice work

Edit: How about also accepting a valid file path for _File, and reading the file into a temporary variable for the rest of the function? Might be nice to have the option to use either method.

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Thx.
My first version was with a temp variable and only accepting a file path. But that has disadvantages. I wanted avoid temporary copy of big vars, because of performance.
Also, this implies, that a file would be open and read every time a readLine() process is done. If the user would manually open the file and read into a variable, then he can use the variable on every subsequent readLine() process.

Not that alone, I wanted a function operating on variables instead on files, because file like contents can be created on the fly.

But having both (accepting file path and accepting content) would be better to have, but I dont now how to deal if I use ByRef parameter.

Updated to version 0.2, still in beta. Now it is possible that source is a valid file path string. The only thing which does not work is to giving over a string only, it must be a variable containing the path.


would work, but not


Also I wrote a nice like the original AutoHotkey looking Documentation.

I realized, that some links in documentation are broken. I`ll fix that soon, but have to rebuild the whole documentation and uplaod again. All files are at my home computer!
edit: corrected links now.

Cool added functionality Thanks for the update

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Why this one doesn't work?

I have copied this code and downloaded the source again (to be sure) and tested it. That works fine here. May be you have an outdated AutoHotkey version. And don`t forget to #include the readLine.ahk.

Do you receive any warning or error message from AutoHotkey?

Yes, it says "A call to a non existing function... The program will exit"

My AHK version is 1.0.47.04 (August 28, 2007)

I am sorry, but I don't understand what you mean by "to #include the readLine.ahk".

Can you please explain how I should do it.

Oh I see, you are new to AutoHotkey and programming in general. The special command #Include does merge the script with another script. That way you can use the function in another script, for example readLine().

From documentation, here is the:

• official description about the #Include-command

Put the readLine.ahk in same folder of your script and add following line in your script:



From now on, everything in readLine.ahk is copied in your script. There is also a standard library mechanism ... but that is not that important now.

Thank you very much!!!