I'm creating a script to open and run with a program that has no help files but comes with a huge PDF manual. There is no way to open it from the program, so I have set up a command to open it. The command opens the PDF when run on its own, but when I assign a hotkey, it does not work. What very basic information am I missing?
thanks,
Ellen
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
runwait C:\Program Files\FontLab\TypeTool3\TTool3.exe, , max
IfWinExist TypeTool 3
Return
ExitApp
Return
#ifWinActive, TypeTool 3
$wheeldown::wheelup
$wheelup::wheeldown
F1::
Run, C:\Documents and Settings\Ellen\My Documents\TypeTool3WinMan.pdf
Return
#ifWinActive
Do you have a Return before your #IfWinActive statement? If not then during startup the script will run every line until it hits the first Return, which seems to be all the way to the end for you. So also place a return after your Run, C:..... command
And oh.. Are you sure about that weird long ahk_class? It could be correct but it looks strange and if this is just a littlebit off, your hotkey would never work, so try it first with the #IfWinActive line commented out.
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
;All the stuff you want to run at startup....
Return
#ifWinActive, (part of) the window name here e.g. Excel
$wheeldown::wheelup
$wheelup::wheeldown
F1::
Run, C:\Documents and Settings\Ellen\My Documents\TypeTool3WinMan.pdf
Return
#ifWinActive
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I'm trying to build a script that allows me to open and use OneNote (The store app not OneNote 2016) with a hotkey, but I would like to use the same hotkey to switch the the app from another window. I have accomplished this with many other programs, but never with windows store app. Here is the code I'm trying to use.
#If WinExist("OneNote ahk_class ApplicationFrameWindow", "OneNote")
{
WinActivate,
}
Else
Run, C:\Users\ChrisCochrun\Documents\OneNote
#If
Unfortunately it's not detecting that the window exists and it'll only just launch a new instance of onenote. I've looked for answers, but I'm having trouble making it so that AHK actually sees the window already running and jumping to it.
Thanks very much for any help at all!
If the window's title doesn't start with "OneNote", you need to use
SetTitleMatchMode 2.
The #If-directive is only used for creating context-sensitive hotkeys and hotstrings.
F1:: ; or a hotkey of your choise
SetTitleMatchMode 2
If WinExist("OneNote ahk_class ApplicationFrameWindow", "OneNote")
WinActivate
Else
Run, C:\Users\ChrisCochrun\Documents\OneNote
return
rshfit::
SetTitleMatchMode 2
If WinExist("OneNote for Windows 10")
WinActivate return
;If I use rshift to activate Onenote for Windows 10
When testing AutoHotkey scripts, I sometimes forget to reload my scripts after making changes. This leads to me accidentally testing old, outdated versions of my scripts.
Instead of manually reloading the script, I would like to have scripts automatically reload if they have been modified.
How can I make AutoHotkey reload the current script any time a .ahk file is modified?
Somewhere near start of the script, in the auto-execute section
#SingleInstance force
FileGetTime ScriptStartModTime, %A_ScriptFullPath%
SetTimer CheckScriptUpdate, 100, 0x7FFFFFFF ; 100 ms, highest priority
Anywhere in the script (usually somewhere at the bottom):
CheckScriptUpdate() {
global ScriptStartModTime
FileGetTime curModTime, %A_ScriptFullPath%
If (curModTime == ScriptStartModTime)
return
SetTimer CheckScriptUpdate, Off
Loop
{
reload
Sleep 300 ; ms
MsgBox 0x2, %A_ScriptName%, Reload failed. ; 0x2 = Abort/Retry/Ignore
IfMsgBox Abort
ExitApp
IfMsgBox Ignore
break
} ; loops reload on "Retry"
}
This is how I've done it:
#If WinActive("AHK.ahk - Notepad") or WinActive("*AHK.ahk - Notepad")
~^s::
Reload
Return
#If
Checks if the current window is the script that I want autoreloaded whenever I hit Ctrl-S.
The ~ means the default action of Ctrl-S (saving the file) is preserved, and then we simply reload it.
I'm still new at AHK but here's what I've come with.
If you're using Notepad++ to edit AHKS this will run any ahk that's open and currently in focus in Notepad++ on saving with Ctrl-S and won't effect any other file types.
This script only has to be in one running ahk to work on all ahks being modified in Notepad++.
This can be used on multiple text editor programs too like win Notepad just get rid of the ++ associated with Notepad++
~^s:: ; Saves and Runs ANY AHK open in Notepad++
Sleep 150
WinGetTitle, Title, A
Needle := "ahk - Notepad++"
IfInString, Title, %Needle%
{
StringReplace, xxx, Title,- Notepad++, , All
run %xxx%
return
}
else
return
I just want to have a simple function where Ctrl+F8 kills sublime text 3.
This is what i have so far, which doesn't work.
^F8::
WinClose, "C:\Users\Eduardo\My Programs\Execs\Sublime Text 3\sublime_text.exe"
return
I've also tried:
^F8::
Winclose, Sublime Text 3
return
and:
^F8::
WinClose, Sublime Text
return
Please help me with this. Ive looked at other examples and can't find what I am doing wrong.
WinClose command works with the window, not with the process. If you want to use WinClose command then you have to specify WinTitle and/or WinText of window you want to close. Also it is convenient to use SetTitleMatchMode command with WinClose. SetTitleMatchMode command sets the matching behavior of the WinTitle parameter of several commands, including WinClose. Particularly SetTitleMatchMode, 2 allows us to match not exact WinTitle for WinClose command. In that case a WinTitle can contain any part of actual WinTitle to be matched. Here is working example for notepad:
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
^F8::
WinClose, Notepad
return
To work with process you can use Process command. Particularly, Process, close, notepad.exe will close notepad.exe process. Here is code:
^F8::
Process, close, notepad.exe
return
If my examples are not working for you:
Use AutoHotkey and its documentation from http://ahkscript.org/ . You should always use AutoHotkey and its documenatation from http://ahkscript.org/ (current uptodate version, new official website)! AutoHotkey and its documentation from autohotkey.com is outdated and you may have some problems using them!
Run it with administrator privileges.
Make sure you saved script before running it.
I am trying to use the Autohotkey autocomplete script here: http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/60998-autocomplete-updated-26713/ but limit it to certain windows. Enclosing the entire script within #IfWinActive does not seem to work. I really like this completion script but would not want it showing up all over the place. Is there a way to limit the autocompletion to specific windows?
A quick study of the source code showed that every keypress results in a call of the Suggest subroutine. This seems to be a good place to check for the active window. I've implemented a minimal change in the source, you can check it out here.
First, you have to define which windows you want to exlude from the functionality, I achieved this by defining a window group:
GroupAdd, excludedWins, ahk_class CabinetWClass ; windows explorer
GroupAdd, excludedWins, ahk_class DV2ControlHost ; start menu search bar
GroupAdd, excludedWins, ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass ; console
Please note that I'm using Windows 7; maybe, the windows have other identifiers in other versions.
Second, you need to tell the Suggest subroutine to ignore these windows:
Suggest:
IfWinActive, ahk_group excludedWins
{
return
}
It seems to work, but I only tested very superficially and didn't investigate the source code dependencies. Let me know how it works for you.
Say I have an autohotkey script C:\path\to\my\script running. Is there a way to define a hotkey that re-starts it?
In order to prevent duplicate instances, I normally do not re-launch a script but use the build-in function Reload. I launch this with Ctrl+Win+Alt+R and use Ctrl+Win+Alt+E to edit the main AHK script.
^#!r::Reload
Actually, my script looks like this:
^#!r::
Send, ^s ; To save a changed script
Sleep, 300 ; give it time to save the script
Reload
Return
^!#e::Edit
As a matter of fact, all the way at the top of my script I have this to give me a visual and audio indication that the script was restarted:
#SingleInstance Force
#installKeybdHook
#Persistent
Menu, Tray, Icon , Shell32.dll, 25, 1
TrayTip, AutoHotKey, Started, 1
SoundBeep, 300, 150
Return
Make a hotkey that runs a script, which in this case is the same script and then exit.
somehotkey::
Run, C:\path\to\my\script.ahk
ExitApp
return
I found this to be the safest option of them all, because it takes care that the correct script is reloaded when you have multiple scripts running simultaneously, which was a recurring issue for me. The combination of the following also ensures that only one instance of a script will ever run at a time. The ScriptFullPath variable includes the name of the script.
#SingleInstance Force ;put this at the top of the script
^r::run, %A_ScriptFullPath%