Griever

Is there a script that can cover the desktop and write text on it? Not a window or a picture, but just a blank screen and something being typed on it that covers the entire screen? or maybe an avi?

But is there a way to pop up a .avi .mov or mpeg that takes over the entire desktop like the slideshow? I would make ESC key to return to normal. I can do with .jpg and I tried an avi but the screen just went blank. Maybe it's cause playing a video file isn't the same as displaying a picture file I guess.

Thanks for the comments, I'm off to class but I'll probably run through the help files, some one else mentioned Koda's GUI, I'm gonna run through the tutorials and then I'll study some example scripts.

Hi again, I've been learning quite a bit with the short time I have off work and school, all thanks to the example scripts from other people. I learned how to delete files, but I wonder if how can I add a schedule task function to it, and is it possible to copy the files to another directory just in case I need them back. I'm very new at programming so I know it may sound silly but I'm still learning the functions of Autoit. I tested a script and it deletes specific or extensive files...however I was expecting them to go to the recycle bin for some reason, it made me realize a copy or re-direct script can come in handy to learn. In addition, I learned to pop a picture of my vacation pics that takes the whole screen with a set timer...how can I make a picture take the desktop screen with a press of a key, like a slideshow and all I have to do is press a key and every other picture can pop up like it was a screen saver, that way it's like a little mini slideshow of pics at the press of a button, with that said, can .avi or video be done too? I'm going to try it myself right now and maybe I'll figure it out, I just thought I would ask in case some one wants to speed up my learning road lol. I also don't know how to add Graphical Interfaces, as like a menu for the functions of the programs I want to create instead of just pop message boxes that work, but they don't like a complete program, yeah I know, this sounds like basic stuff and I should look at the tutorials again, so if this question feels like a bother, than you don't have to reply, I just preffer human contact rather than searching through articles that I might have missed. Thanks! I'm going to run through the example scripts and maybe I'll find the function there, I could've sworn I saw something similar but I can't find it agian >.> oh well.

Well creating such a thing when some one is determined can't be stopped, but I see now how it complicates things, people fear what they don't understand, and I guess that's how legitimate scripts get blacklisted... In that case I'll put my mischievous pranks aside and learn something useful for now . I'll just make a new topic about a program idea I've been having that's not a prank.

OK, well everyone starts somewhere, we all have ideas and things we would like to create, from playing with legos and playdoh to advanced computer programming or web building. I'm trying to learn Autoit before I learn Python, both which seem pretty easy languages so far. So hopefully I'm in the right forum spot to provide some questions and some ideas of the things I want to create. Maybe some one can explain and help me out with keeping in mind that the concept of programming is still pretty new to me, it still makes me think how can people mess around with code and come up with new stuff they didnt know before, but anyway here it goes: I want to create a prank program, fun for any occassion to my little bastard friends who play the same online game I do. It's nothing harmful just something cool. I want the program to excecute and copy itself in the C drive or somewhere easy to find. I don't want it to be hidden, I just want it in case the user deletes the first program in the Desktop or something. This prank program will start but umm not activate unless the person clicks a key on the keyboard, like if they go to the internet and type porn or something, it will open and black out the screen, it will display in green font the same thing Trinity said in the movie the Matrix. After that it will ask a custom question like... why are you looking at porn? or why does your breath smell like your dogs butt? and the person can type back... ohhh! maybe it can be a real chat! and if the person tries to CTR+ALT+DEL the screen will start displaying the Matrix code in green font! lol wouldnt that be funny/cool/cruel/interesting to program? Perhaps it can have an auto-reboot function after a while to end the prank. Ok now that Im done with the kiddy stuff, I would like to know if its possible to create a program that can help me press keys or mouse clicks automatically, like when uploading pics from myspace I dont want to keep going to the folder select screen, or perhaps a program that can automate keyboard keys.