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[anony1]

Hello,

I'm writing this only to help someone who might be having as much trouble as I did when I tried to use Hot Keys.

While it is clear what the commands are, the instructions are not clear on the following:

First, after putting the HotKey trigger such as ^1:: (control 1), it is recommended that you put {} around the entire function of that HotKey. After you close the bracket, you should finish it off with a "return".

Second, you need to be running the script. Once you double click on the script, you will see the Green H appear at the bottom right of your screen in the task tray. Then, and only then, will your HotKeys trigger.

Finally, you can put multiple macros into the same Script File. If you bracket them off and use the return function, it appears you can place as many different macros into the same file as you would like.

Now, I'm sure there are some better technical methods than the ones I have described here, however there was no such instruction in my 6 hours of working on this project. I don't write this as though I'm an expert on this by any means, but in hope that those who are first using this program will have a better understanding on how to accomplish their goal.

I hope that those who need it find this helpful.

[purloinedheart]

You don't need the {}s

[Leef_me]

[Tuxhedoh]

[engunneer]

Some of this basic info is not in the tutorial because it is (possibly incorrectly) assumed that people know that they need to actually execute the script file for the hotkeys inside it to work.

I'll ask jaco if he has time to add a bit to his Tutorial for Newbies: Prerequisite knowledge, which can cover things like downloading and installing AHK. Why you don't need to run AHK from the start menu, how to create a blank file, how to execute (and close) AHK scripts, Using Task Manager, Using Window Spy, etc.
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