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Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by SvenBent » 06 Jul 2016, 11:23

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Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by Guest » 06 Jul 2016, 06:29

SvenBent wrote::problem:
joedf wrote:My Win10 blocks it and says Trojan:Win32/Pocyx.C!cl :b
Probably false positive due to internal compression (mpress)
Try using virustotal.

Also the linked version had a typo in it in critical spot so it doesn't always work.
Fixed version is comming up this weekend

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by Elesar » 05 Jul 2016, 13:15

I found AHK back in the Battle Field 2 days, and learned bit making a script for a temporarily disabled friend so he could continue playing.

Since then, I have automated several tasks at different jobs around the country in a few different industries.

The only public script that I use on a regular basis is Columbus by Run1e: https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3478

Everything else I use currently is written by myself for my current job, and is normally pretty specialized to a specific task (parsing an odd file, monitoring server backups and uptimes, etc.)

Some scripts that I have that could probably be made public if I bothered are:
  • IP Scanner (Similar to Angry IP but doesn't require Java :D )
    Visual remote host up/down indicator (pings a remote host every n seconds and shows red/green, handles 200+ hosts at a time)
    Visual backup monitor (queues windows logs for backup completion time and results, shows red/green)
    SSH Launcher (LV that displays SSH hosts name/description/IP, Doublclick a host to launch putty to that host - because I'm lazy and can't remember stuff :P )
One of these days I'll get around to cleaning some of them up and releasing them, but not yet...

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by 17kimv » 03 Jul 2016, 13:46

So I wanned to make a bot that would make dank memes for me, guess who spams redit 24/7 now. jk jk it failed. D:

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by florisvos » 28 May 2016, 15:01

Everytime I get a office job I use it to automate my work so I can daydream the day away from 9 to 5.

AHK is fine, it was easy to learn so I never bothered with something else.

I share my scripts with collegaes, and can easily make the scripts perfect according to their wishes in a matter of minutes.

Right now I got a few scripts that make accounts for mobile phone users, where they can see their invoices. There's one script getting the requests from outlook. Then I got an excel sheet that does some V-lookupping in our main database. Then there's some hotkeys for validating data, and finally making the accounts, making log-files etc.

I'm also working on a big GUI that can replace my desktop. Main reason to start making it was the fact that we can't change our background picture at the company. But more importantly I could do all kinds of usefull stuff like making a little notepad (like stickynotes but better), building in little chat screen, and who knows what else.

The only thing is that sometimes it feels like I'm wasting my time because when I don't have an office job I almost never use computers :P But I enjoy programming.

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by SvenBent » 08 May 2016, 23:57

Jest letting you know that i fixed the bug in the old version Project Mercury and made some changes to the GUI

V1.2.4.0
- New Settings GUI
- Increased CPU priorty level can now be adjusted and saved
- Fixed typo Ballon to Balloon

Can download it from www.techcenter.dk
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/CPU- ... cury.shtml should be updated withing 24 hours

coolykoen wrote: Too bad it isn't open source :P But tnx it seems like a really nice addon to any standard windows installation :)
It makes a huge difference for me since i sometimes have my PC running for week nonstop on compression task and I'm still able to play games with this utility.

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by coolykoen » 07 May 2016, 10:47

SvenBent wrote: I do but its not Open source :)

The program is however free
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/CPU- ... cury.shtml
Too bad it isn't open source :P But tnx it seems like a really nice addon to any standard windows installation :)

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by SvenBent » 06 May 2016, 15:25

:problem:
joedf wrote:My Win10 blocks it and says Trojan:Win32/Pocyx.C!cl :b
Probably false positive due to internal compression (mpress)
Try using virustotal.

Also the linked version had a typo in it in critical spot so it doesn't always work.
Fixed version is comming up this weekend

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by joedf » 02 May 2016, 10:34

My Win10 blocks it and says Trojan:Win32/Pocyx.C!cl :b

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by SvenBent » 01 May 2016, 14:40

coolykoen wrote:
SvenBent wrote:The main script i use mostly is my CPU priority enhancer. It makes sure whatever program I'm currently in gets above normal CPU priority so im able to play games even thoug I'm doing heavy brute force compression in the background.
May i ask if you still have the source of that script? I'm very interested :P
I do but its not Open source :)

The program is however free
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/CPU- ... cury.shtml

Please not currently do to a typo. it doesn't work on a lot of machines. I'm currently about to put out next version with it fixed and some other GUI improvements

IMHO it pretty nifty. it uses less memmory then any alternative program out there and also it respondes faster because its not based on a looping timed check.
and also its reduce minimize program to below normal priority

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by joedf » 23 Apr 2016, 21:01

Very nice :+1:

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by Jovannb » 22 Apr 2016, 08:15

Hi,

we have

# Company-Address-Database which dials that numbers direct via Phone-system or open Emails in Outlook, exports complete address-data to outlook on demand, access-database behind

# saving Emails to Email-Archiv as PDF

# export marked appointments from users Outlook-Calendar and shows that appoinment for all others in company (we have no Exchange)

# elabortes our project numbers (out of excel sheets) and creates project-structure on our file server for each new project

# gets all work-schedule data from an external source (via soap/wsdl) and produces final excel sheets on demand

# checks file server every night for greater changes on our structure - new directories, deleted directories, directory increase/decrease - and stores that in an access-database

# template handling companywide for excel and so on - all users reach the same templates via shared structure

# produce a database regarding each project (in file structure on server) file size and shows it centrally

# complete backup handling for our server to external usb-drives with notification, scheduling ...

and much more which is all based on some AHK-Scripts, elaborated within 5-6 years.

J.B.

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by guest3456 » 22 Apr 2016, 08:04

here's a use-case that just came up for me

tomorrow there is going to be a gotomeeting webinar that i want to watch. unfortunately i am busy all day and i will miss it. so i've set up CamStudio to record my screen/audio, and i'll have an AHK script running to simply click record and stop at the appropriate time ;)

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by Xeo786 » 22 Apr 2016, 06:54

I use it to route data between excel files, vba was no enough :(

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by Gio » 20 Apr 2016, 12:00

cristiansc93 wrote:You can't emulate two cursor inputs at the same time, like when you connect two usb mouses and both show up in the screen. Well... I guess someone could but it won't be efficient in anyway.
EitherMouse.

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by codybear » 19 Apr 2016, 23:34

I use it to script my daily computer use. Whether that's spamming repetitive key strokes / mouse clicks on games, expand commonly used text acronyms, building little utilities I use, to working on full fledged programs. It's especially useful when writing code or html/css/etc. I am also starting to write some stories, so it's helped me out with certain aspects of that with hotkeys/hotstrings/etc.

Unfortunately during my moving process all of my externals got damaged so I get to rebuild scripts / utilities that I had created over the past 5 years or so. Thankfully I've been able to recreate most that are needed, at least in a quick and dirty way for now. There's only one that has been bugging me lately, which may end up being posted in the help section if it takes me too long to remember how I got it to work.

TL;DR: I use it for anything on Windows; Lost all of my scripts so I'll be on the forum again.

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by cristiansc93 » 19 Apr 2016, 22:28

scriptor2016 wrote:Put it this way... I haven't found anything it can't do yet
You can't emulate two cursor inputs at the same time, like when you connect two usb mouses and both show up in the screen. Well... I guess someone could but it won't be efficient in anyway.

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by Jovannb » 19 Apr 2016, 02:25

Hi

I'm using it because it is

# simple from an installation point of view

# easy to maintain (on a network share for all users)

# amazing comprehensive

and I can automate almost anything we need in our small company (less than 15 people, civil-engineering domain).

J.B.

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by kczx3 » 18 Apr 2016, 15:43

Gio wrote:
Johnny R wrote:
I haven't found anything it can't do yet
With AHK you can't build modal windows. I don't know, why...
Care is advised when using "can't" in the same sentence as "AutoHotkey" :lol:

Seriously now, i use AutoHotkey for almost any task relating to windows. From programming full fledged programs with clients that run on multiple computers (DataBase managing functions enable communication between instances) to automating relatively small tasks.

In my company, i currently have:

1 - An application that manages a fleet of trucks (controling costs, usage and maintenance).
2 - An application that displays realtime workforce production of our main warehouse in a TV.
3 - An application that generates QR Codes for box and pallet labels (with info regarding expiration date, number of items in them, etc. to be read by a third party warehouse managing program).
4 - An application that enables data from excel sheets to be automatically entered in a third-party Human Resources program (inter-program automated communication).
5 - An application that automatically enters data from the same excel sheets to another third-party program that handles the company obligations (to automatically schedule workforce payments).
6 - An application that displays the location of clients in Google Earth for the logistics department to control their delivery routes (they have filters to select clients in the same route, etc). Clients are displayed with all kinds of usefull logistic information (route, address, phone, etc).
7 - An application that displays truck paths retrieved via GPS in Google Earth (to compare with client locations, etc).
8 - An applications that displays the location of clients in Google Earth for the commercial team (with filters to select number of orders, ammount ordered in a period, etc).
9 - An application that control the stocks on our secondary warehouse.
10 - An application that controls accounting.

And some tons of other small scripts that i use only in my computer for a multitude of small tasks :)
These all sound extremely interesting. Especially the ones involving Google Earth and locations/routes.

Re: Why do you use AHK?

Post by Gio » 18 Apr 2016, 10:58

Johnny R wrote:
I haven't found anything it can't do yet
With AHK you can't build modal windows. I don't know, why...
Care is advised when using "can't" in the same sentence as "AutoHotkey" :lol:

Seriously now, i use AutoHotkey for almost any task relating to windows. From programming full fledged programs with clients that run on multiple computers (DataBase managing functions enable communication between instances) to automating relatively small tasks.

In my company, i currently have:

1 - An application that manages a fleet of trucks (controling costs, usage and maintenance).
2 - An application that displays realtime workforce production of our main warehouse in a TV.
3 - An application that generates QR Codes for box and pallet labels (with info regarding expiration date, number of items in them, etc. to be read by a third party warehouse managing program).
4 - An application that enables data from excel sheets to be automatically entered in a third-party Human Resources program (inter-program automated communication).
5 - An application that automatically enters data from the same excel sheets to another third-party program that handles the company obligations (to automatically schedule workforce payments).
6 - An application that displays the location of clients in Google Earth for the logistics department to control their delivery routes (they have filters to select clients in the same route, etc). Clients are displayed with all kinds of usefull logistic information (route, address, phone, etc).
7 - An application that displays truck paths retrieved via GPS in Google Earth (to compare with client locations, etc).
8 - An applications that displays the location of clients in Google Earth for the commercial team (with filters to select number of orders, ammount ordered in a period, etc).
9 - An application that control the stocks on our secondary warehouse.
10 - An application that controls accounting.

And some tons of other small scripts that i use only in my computer for a multitude of small tasks :)

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