Starting with AHK-H

[hasantr]

Hello. I like the features of AHK-H. AHK-L I'm new. I want to develop with AHK-H, but I don't know where to start. Which editors can I use?

I especially use AHK Studio. But it doesn't work with Studio AHK-H.

[pneumatic]

Put the AHK_H executable (x64w\Autohotkey.exe) alongside your .ahk file, then rename it to the same as your .ahk file, then run the executable.

x64w\Autohotkey.exe = 64-bit unicode
Win32w\Autohotkey.exe = 32-bit unicode
x64a\Autohotkey.exe = 64-bit ansi
Win32a\Autohotkey.exe = 32-bit ansi

_MT versions are some kind of portable versions which don't require the AutoHotkey.dll file to be alongside, and also doesn't require user to have installed Visual C++ runtimes from Microsoft. But dll features may not work properly.

I just use Notepad++, so I can't help you with a dedicated editor.

[HotKeyIt]

You can simply replace your AutoHotkey.exe with AHK_H one (backup yours before)
You can use any editor you like.

MT_ version does not require microsoft redistributable.

[hasantr]

I just wanted to run the simple example. But I'm taking errors.

Code: Select all

ahkdll:=AhkThread("Msgbox `% variable:=`"Thread`"") ; Loads the AutoHotkey module and starts the script.
While !ahkdll.ahkgetvar.variable
	Sleep 50 ; wait until variable has been set.
MsgBox % ahkdll.ahkgetvar.variable ; Display content of variable in thread
ahkthread_free(ahkdll),ahkdll:="" ; Stop execution in thread and free resources.

Script Exited, ExitCode: 2
E:\IDELER\AHK-Studio-master\* (6) : ==> The following variable name contains an illegal character:
"Thread"""

[swagfag]

Code: Select all

; v1
ahkdll:=AhkThread("Msgbox `% variable:=""Thread""") ; Loads the AutoHotkey module and starts the script.
While !ahkdll.ahkgetvar.variable
	Sleep 50 ; wait until variable has been set.
MsgBox % ahkdll.ahkgetvar.variable ; Display content of variable in thread
ahkthread_free(ahkdll),ahkdll:="" ; Stop execution in thread and free resources.

`" is a v2 exclusive way of escaping quoted quotes

[hasantr]

Code: Select all

; v1
ahkdll:=AhkThread("Msgbox `% variable:=""Thread""") ; Loads the AutoHotkey module and starts the script.
While !ahkdll.ahkgetvar.variable
	Sleep 50 ; wait until variable has been set.
MsgBox % ahkdll.ahkgetvar.variable ; Display content of variable in thread
ahkthread_free(ahkdll),ahkdll:="" ; Stop execution in thread and free resources.

`" is a v2 exclusive way of escaping quoted quotes

I thank you. Can you explain what the while cycle is doing?

[swagfag]

its explained already?

Code: Select all

; wait until variable has been set.

loop Sleep as long as the thread's ahkgetvar property doesnt contain a property called variable

[SOTE]

Hello. I like the features of AHK-H. AHK-L I'm new. I want to develop with AHK-H, but I don't know where to start. Which editors can I use?

I especially use AHK Studio. But it doesn't work with Studio AHK-H.

If you are using AHK_H v1, you will find that AHK Studio is quite compatible. This is because AHK_H v1 is a superset of AHK_L v1, and built on top of it. The few problems that I've seen have been:

1) AHK_H help files are not compatible with AHK_L

Meaning you primarily would use/configure for the AHK_L v1 help file, then use the AHK_H v2 file as a supplement (for extra features/keywords). This is because HotKeyIt focuses on updating AHK_H v2 documentation and not AHK_H v1, and only referring to his additional features.

The AHK_H v2 documentation is for both AHK_H v1 and AHK v2, which can be confusing. For greater clarity, it would probably be better (wish list) if HotKeyIt would make this clear, that the present AHK_H help file is referring to additional feature present in both AHK_H v1 and v2. And if syntax is different between his added features/keywords between the versions, he can simply show the distinction in the examples. Thus, there would be a combined AHK_H v1 and v2 help document.

Since AHK Studio is written in AutoHotkey (AHK_L v1), it can be modified by AutoHotkey users to open the AHK_H help file too or you can build a supplemental script that monitors for AHK_H keywords and opens the AHK_H help document when pressing a key of your choice. Like, F1 for AHK_L v1 help and F8 for AHK_H help.

2) Make sure the AHK_H lib folder has all the correct files

If your AHK_H lib folder is missing files, then the user can experience odd errors which causes confusion, when using AHK Studio. In addition, the AHK_H user might have also compiled AHK_H incorrectly or oddly, so are getting unexpected results. However, such problems are not the fault of AHK Studio, but are based on actions taken by the user.