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[gogbo]

I've red all tutorial pages but now i decided to learn more about AHK scripting. What do you suggest to do next?

Beginner want to learn more .

[BoBo]

You've to specify a s.m.a.r.t.* target!

* specific | measurable | attainable | reachable | terminated

specific: eg. "Want to display the text "hello world" within a MsgBox"
measurable: in this case your OK if the MsgBox pops up with the specified text.
attainable: hey you're a newb !
reachable: therefore you shouldn't start with rocket sience
terminated: within a specified timeframe. To need a month to accomplish that specific task wouldn't be really satisfying, isn't it?

[PhiLho]

Well, the tutorial pages are not red, but white...

Read topics that interest you in the forum, you will find lot of good scripts to take inspiration from. Read the manual page on commands you don't understand. As BoBo wrote, create a small project, the best way to learn is to experiment.

@BoBo: I had some trouble to distinguish attainable and reachable, they look very similar...
Well, I suppose that making a DirectX game with AutoHotkey isn't attainable (can't be done).
And rewritting AutoScriptWriter isn't reachable for a newbie (can be done, but it is hard...).
Am I right?
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[evl]

You might enjoy finding some useful scripts in the forum, reading some of their source code and tweaking them to your liking - obviously only try that with the shorter scripts at first

[gogbo]

Thnx for replying.
I'll make AHK forum my home page and then every time look in Ask for Help and Scripts & Functions section to increase my scripting language .

[BoBo]

@ PhiLho
valid point. Trapped on kinda chinese whisper (I've taken my colleagues statement unproven). Correct would have been: achievable

The above might be better know as Key Performance Indicators (KPI)