How I run another AHK script from another AHK script

[xMaxrayx]

Hi ,I tired this but didn't work

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Run "A_AHKPath" " MsgBox()"

does ahk support arguments?

[xMaxrayx]

ok this worked but it says script file not found

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Run A_AHKPath ' -MsgBox("Hi")'

[Datapoint]

it says script file not found

The error is saying -MsgBox("Hi") is not a script file.

It is expecting a file path like:

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Run A_AHKPath ' C:\path\to\some\file.ahk'

[niCode]

Does this work for you?

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Run('AutoHotkey.exe /restart ' A_ScriptName ' ' MsgBox('hi'))

If you want to pass a string as a parameter and check it to conditionally do something, see this page.

[xMaxrayx]

it says script file not found

The error is saying -MsgBox("Hi") is not a script file.

It is expecting a file path like:

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Run A_AHKPath ' C:\path\to\some\file.ahk'

Yeah thanks, I dont want save as file because it's bad for hard-drive if it was spammy save.

[xMaxrayx]

Does this work for you?

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Run('AutoHotkey.exe /restart ' A_ScriptName ' ' MsgBox('hi'))

If you want to pass a string as a parameter and check it to conditionally do something, see this page.

Oh yea thanks for some reason it still gives me "didn't find the file"





so I did this:

• - create new empty ahk file (I namm-ed it as DebugEmpty.ahk)
  
  - I use this code

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  Run('AutoHotkey.exe /force ' (A_ScriptDir "\DebugEmpty.ahk") ' ' MsgBox('hi'))

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? Example 8

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2

ExecScript('Msgbox("Hi")')
ExecScript('
(
Msgbox("Hi again")
Msgbox("and again Hi")
)')

ExecScript(Script, Wait := True) {
    shell := ComObject("WScript.Shell")
    exec := shell.Exec("AutoHotkey.exe /ErrorStdOut *")
    exec.StdIn.Write(Script)
    exec.StdIn.Close()
    if Wait
        return exec.StdOut.ReadAll()
}

[Datapoint]

Yeah thanks, I dont want save as file because it's bad for hard-drive if it was spammy save.

I wasn't suggesting that. I was showing you why you were getting an error.

[xMaxrayx]

? Example 8

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#Requires AutoHotkey v2

ExecScript('Msgbox("Hi")')
ExecScript('
(
Msgbox("Hi again")
Msgbox("and again Hi")
)')

ExecScript(Script, Wait := True) {
    shell := ComObject("WScript.Shell")
    exec := shell.Exec("AutoHotkey.exe /ErrorStdOut *")
    exec.StdIn.Write(Script)
    exec.StdIn.Close()
    if Wait
        return exec.StdOut.ReadAll()
}

Hi thanks ,do you know how to run the new script under different name other than *, I tired replace it with another name but failed.

it seems more easy with Run class

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That * asterik is not meant for a file name, it is meant to execute a given code as a new process without the need to create an ahk script.
If you like to run a new ahk script, you just use Run(Path/To/Your/New/Script) in the case that AutoHotkey is installed on your system.

[xMaxrayx]

That * asterik is not meant for a file name, it is meant to execute a given code as a new process without the need to create an ahk script.
If you like to run a new ahk script, you just use Run(Path/To/Your/New/Script) in the case that AutoHotkey is installed on your system.

I see thank you , I found this mothed with A_ScriptName

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ExecScript('
(
A_ScriptName := "Pizza store"
Msgbox("Hi again")
Msgbox("and again Hi")
)')

ExecScript(Script, Wait := True) {
    shell := ComObject("WScript.Shell")
    exec := shell.Exec("AutoHotkey.exe /ErrorStdOut *")
    exec.StdIn.Write(Script)
    exec.StdIn.Close()
    if Wait
        return exec.StdOut.ReadAll()
}