AutoHotkey Vs AutoIT
What is AutoHotkey and AutoIT? What is the difference between them? These two programs are similar. In fact, AutoHotkey has been derived from AutoIT. AutoHotkey and AutoIT are two programming languages like Basic, Java, C, PHP, etc.
I found that AutoIT is more structured than AutoHotkey and this is something that can be useful to create and modify bigger Windows applications. But, the difference lies in the fact that for a casual-user, AutoHotkey is probably easier to start and to work with. It is also more powerful than AutoIT when it comes to managing shortcuts and/or hotkeys linked to simple tasks.
So, if you intend to create full-featured Windows applications, I would suggest AutoIT. But, if your intention is to create several small tasks activated by hotkeys and/or shortcuts, I would suggest AutoHotkey. Some examples would be like using one key to sign your name, to access your bank account, access Google Homepage, type canned answers, etc.
The wonderful thing about AutoHotkey is that you are able to create so many hotkey-to-macro tasks like the examples shown above. But, after the creation of a few hotkeys, we usually find that remembering these hotkeys is quite complex. The good news is that Cedeq created a keypad, the Enterpad with 120 keys that can be used out-of-the-box with AutoHotkey. That way, you won’t have to remember what your hotkey is since you’ll only have to press on the corresponding touchkey of the Enterpad. And, believe me, after you create a few hotkeys, you will definitely want to create more and more. They really simplify any work we have to do.
Sonia
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October 15th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Autohotkey has many more features, but autoit has a DLL that can be used in programming languages like VB and C+, wish autohotkey had this feature!
October 18th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
From the AutoHotkey website, you can have English, French, Deutsch, Russian, Japanese and Greek documentation. I didn’t found something like this in the AutoIT website. Je parle français et c’est très intéressant. Merci AutoHotkey
April 5th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
im not very familiar with autohotkey, but AutoIt is great!
It can overtake and, if u dig deep enough, fully automate some repetitive time based tasks in any windows enviroment (while u work on a beer consuming or whatever else important, vuola)!
a lil good hammer to rip bureaucracy monster