AutoHotkey vs AutoIT

What is the difference between AutoHotkey and AutoIT? These two scripting (programming) languages are similar. In fact, AutoHotkey was derived from AutoIT. AutoHotkey and AutoIT are like many other scripting languages (e.g. VBA, JavaScript, PHP) but they are specialized for Windows automation.

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Prevent RSI with AutoHotkey

If you are anything like me, you probably spend an upward of 14 hours on your computer, and even with the best ergonomically designed hardware, you are still well on your way to having RSI.

How many times have you wished that you could get your work done by just glaring at the screen when your wrists or neck began to ache? That the pop-up windows would close on their own; that the typos would correct themselves; that the abbreviations you typed would magically turn into words/phrases especially when writing official emails (this last one is my fantasy and I suspect of quite a few corporate executives too).

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Auto-Hotkeys for AutoHotkey

Are you manually doing these simple tasks over and over again?

  1. Starting webpages like “google.com”, “yahoo.com\currency”…
  2. Typing special characters like †, ‡, ™, ®, ©, é, ê, ç…
  3. Typing account or department numbers like “237UJ65”…
  4. Starting programs like “dictionary.exe”, “email.exe”, “fax.exe”…
  5. Opening specific folders like “c:\windows\user\images”…
  6. Opening files like “ToDo.txt”, “Phone.txt”, “ToBuy.txt”…
  7. Typing canned answers like “You can reach me at 800-123-4567”…
  8. Selecting menu commands like “ALT+F+S”…

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