{"id":33,"date":"2011-09-07T12:51:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T09:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/?p=33"},"modified":"2011-10-07T14:50:50","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T11:50:50","slug":"autoit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/?p=33","title":{"rendered":"Autoit, Tool for automating GUI tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Autoit<\/a> for Windows is great tool for GUI task automation.<\/p>\n

I used it for facilitating repetitive “every day” tasks. I used for opening tools, for filling in data. These are normally needed when mounting encrypted files, synchronizing folders or calendars and when opening your project notes.<\/p>\n

Autoit is BASIC type of scripting language, and getting started is easy because of the great help file with ready-to-run examples. In addition to controlling windows, one can also create complex GUI application and compile it into an executable.<\/p>\n

For example, with one line of code, one can open a message box with text:<\/p>\n

MsgBox(0, “AutoIt Example”, “This is line 1” & @CRLF & “This is line 2” & @CRLF & “This is line 3”)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

The outcome looks like this<\/p>\n

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And a more complex GUI application presenting available GUI controls for programming is included in example file “SampleControls.au3”. (Figure below).<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

\"autoit003-samplecontrols\"<\/p>\n

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The installation includes example “.au3” files, and SciTe editor which helps the programming by syntac highlightning and command shortcuts. (Other editor can be used as well). For a screenshort, see figure below.<\/p>\n

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\"autoit002-scite-editor\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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There is build-in support for ini-files, and there is some basic (RC4) support for encryption functions. However, for storing passwords in ini-files, one could consider to use User Community provided additional open source packages which provides more encryption functions.<\/p>\n

ini file could look like this:
\n
\n[Passwords]
\npassword_keepass = \"C91E1E89AC4DB710A3E219E284137521757D6AED4AD72C21\"<\/code><\/p>\n

[Config]
\nrevision=”1.0″<\/p>\n

[Old values]
\nmy_old_message_of_the_day=”I did not fail the test, i just found 100 ways to do it wrong”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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