Whats the best book? Resource?

[wretchedkat]

Hi yall,

     First time caller and what not.   

     I need to learn this language.    I have dabbled in C a tiny bit and done some basic Visual Basic in MS Access.    (mostly copy and paste via others)    I have wandered around looking for resources today and it seems like a jungle.     I downloaded a book online and it was from 2007.    I need to know the best resources to learn Autoit for someone who doesn't have a background in coding.     Basic step by step that will quickly get me in the land of usefulness at my job.    I struggled all day with just opening and logging in to certain proprietary software at my company.    I also couldn't get the mouse control recorder to even work.    

Whats the best book?   Resource?   Website for beginners?    I don't even understand the questions on here at the moment.    Totally lost.    I don't want to waste any more money on programs that pop up "Hello World" on the screen.   

I need to open up and manipulate different programs in a Windows 7 environment.   Some of those are MS office products, others are unix windows and websites.   We have other scripts at my job that can do that.    I need to get up to speed.  

Any suggestions?

CD

 

[wretchedkat]

OK,   No responses.  

First question.  

I can open any window on my computer

run("program.exe")

I can even minimize that window

WinMinimizeAll

What is the code for maximize the window?  I cannot find it?

CD

[BrewManNH]

WinSetState("your window here", "window text here (or blank string)", @SW_MAXIMIZE)

[wretchedkat]

What am I doing wrong?

 

; This is going to be an experiment to see how much I can do with Notepad

 

; Open Notepad

 

run("notepad.exe")

 

;WinSetState("your window here", "window text here (or blank string)", @SW_MAXIMIZE)

 

WinSetState("Untitled - Notepad","", @SW_MAXIMIZE)

 

 

Last question of the night.  

[Malkey]

When the line 'WinSetState("Untitled - Notepad","", @SW_MAXIMIZE)' is executed the "Untitled - Notepad" window does not exist because Notepad does not start instantaneously. Notepad is still starting up when the WinSetState function is executed.

; This is going to be an experiment to see how much I can do with Notepad

; Open Notepad
Run("notepad.exe")

WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")

;WinSetState("your window here", "window text here (or blank string)", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
WinSetState("Untitled - Notepad", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)

Edit: Changed "Then the line ..." to "When the line ...". Edited August 8, 2013 by Malkey

[Myicq]

Hey, you post between 1AM and 2AM forum time (which is probably Western Europe) and wonder why there is no answer ? At least I was sleeping.

Tip: put your code between tags like this: (leave out spaces)

[ autoit ]

your code here

[ / autoit ]

There are many many examples included in the default installation. These are all linked to, and actually directly runable from the help file.

Once you have been through that, there is a good wiki which links to tutorials etc.

Finally it's good to have a goal before you start your journey. What are you trying to do ? People here are helpful, but nobody can tean anybody a programming language if the goal is not defined. ("how can you guide a man to Rome if you don't know he wants to go there")

Edited August 8, 2013 by Myicq

[Melba23]

wretchedkat,

Welcome to the AutoIt forum.

 

OK, No responses

After just over an hour? What do you expect?

Remember this is not a 24/7 support forum - those who answer are only here because they like helping others and have some time to spare. You just have to wait until someone who knows something about your particular problem, and is willing to help, comes online. Be patient and someone will answer eventually, as indeed they did.

By the way, the etiquette here is not to bump your own thread within 24 hrs. No harm done, but something to remember for the future. And you might also want to take a look at the Forum rules (there is also a link at bottom right of each page) before too long.

As to learning AutoIt: Reading the Help file (at least the first few sections - Using AutoIt, Tutorials and the first couple of References) will help you enormously. You should also look at this excellent tutorial - you will find other tutorials in the Wiki (the link is at the top of the page). And the forum is an invaluable resource once you have a handle on AutoIt syntax and structure. Just be more patient when you post.

Good luck!

M23

Edited August 8, 2013 by Melba23
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