A sign of life; a development update; Sven (SOLVE-SMART) says Goodbye to AutoIt (Community)!

[SOLVE-SMART]

𝙷𝚒 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 👋,

𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚠. 𝙰𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚍, 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗
𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛
𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚘𝙸𝚝
𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚘𝙸𝚝. 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘
𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚋𝚢𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝚃 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙰𝙸, 𝚘𝚛 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚎
𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝙸, 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚘𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚗
𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 - 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚘𝚛
𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚛. 𝙱𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢, 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚍
𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 (𝚂𝙰). 𝙰𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝, 𝙰𝙸, 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕-𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔
𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍
𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙸𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝: 𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚘𝙸𝚝 🥹.

𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚘𝙸𝚝 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎
𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚓𝚘𝚢. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜
𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝
𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 - 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 🤗.

𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎

• 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚏 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛
  𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎. 𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗 @𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝
  𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚝.
• 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚘𝙸𝚝 𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎
  𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚝 / 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚜 🤝.
  𝚑𝚝𝚝𝚙𝚜://𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍.𝚐𝚐/𝟻𝙳𝚆𝚃𝚙𝚉𝙺𝟹𝚀𝙽
• 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚒𝚝𝙷𝚞𝚋 𝙾𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚘𝙸𝚝-𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕
  𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 (𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜)
  𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏. 𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎
  𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚖𝚎.
  𝚑𝚝𝚝𝚙𝚜://𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚋.𝚌𝚘𝚖/𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚘𝙸𝚝-𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢
• 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚖𝚢 𝙶𝚒𝚝𝙷𝚞𝚋 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎; 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚘𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙳𝙼𝙴
  𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝙲𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚐, 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢
  "𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚓𝚘" 𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚒𝚝𝙷𝚞𝚋'𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚗𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜.
  𝚑𝚝𝚝𝚙𝚜://𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚋.𝚌𝚘𝚖/𝚜𝚟𝚎𝚗-𝚜𝚎𝚢𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚝

..𝚜𝚘, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎:

𝙱𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 💛
𝚂𝚟𝚎𝚗

𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚋𝚢𝚎!

 

Edited June 9 by SOLVE-SMART

[WildByDesign]

You have always been a fantastic, valuable member of this community. You've always been willing to share your time to help me and many others. And you've always been willing to share code that has been helpful.

And even more importantly from my perspective, you have always been one of the most polite and respectful people I've known. Those are values that I appreciate and I think that every person should have in life.

If every person on Earth was Sven (SOLVE-SMART), there would be no wars or terrible things happening in the world today. 

[donnyh13]

Sorry to hear you are moving on Sven, you will certainly be missed.

Though I haven't known you much, nor interacted all that much, I have to echo @WildByDesign's sentiments that you have definitely been one of the most polite people I've encountered on the web, let alone on the forum. You have also always been ever willing to go out of your way to help above and beyond, for which I am certainly grateful. Thank you for your great attitude, and your many contributions over the years.

My sincere best wishes for your journey ahead.

Take care, and kindest regards,

Donny

[SOLVE-SMART]

Thanks for these kind words @WildByDesign and @donnyh13 - I'm even a little moved 🤗 .

My contact informations are spread all over the internet (on GitHub, here etc.) - let's see where we might run into each other again 😅 .
Please folks, everybody here, let me know if AutoIt changes the road and support cross platform software development - then it could be a reason for me to find back.

Stay healthy and positive ✌️ .

Best regards
Sven

Edited June 12 by SOLVE-SMART

[genius257]

@Nine why so negative?

solve-smart was just giving a simple update for those interested.

The negativity in your message could just be another reason to not return, and is a general problem for some members on this forum.

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Anyway solve-smart, i was writing a message yesterday, but decided not to post it, since i did not have much to add.
But since I'm posting now anyways:

Thanks for the update, I'm sad to hear it, but understand your reasoning. AutoIt is a tool that no longer holds it appeal for your use cases, due to AI, that's fine

If you decide to return again for one reason or another, you are welcome as far as I am concerned 😄

Thanks for keeping the discord open, so i can post my occasional weird project updates 😛

Best wishes,

Anders

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spelling fix

[Jos]

Thanks for your contributions, and all the best Sven!

[SOLVE-SMART]

Thank you too @genius257 and @Jos. Of course also to all others who set a emoji reaction to the posts 😇 .
Also my best wishes to you guys and ones again stay healthy and positive ✌️ .

Best regards
Sven

[kumkum]

Really appreciate you leaving all these ways to stay connected even after stepping back from regular posting. Your work’s been a cornerstone for so many of us learning AutoIt, thank you for years of great advice and open source work. All the best with your full-stack architecture projects moving forward!

[Danyfirex]

See you along the way. stay safe.  A similar thing happens to me. Lately, I don’t really use AutoIt anymore. I only use it to answer questions, challenging ones entertain me. I’m even one step away from leaving technology behind and becoming a farmer. 👨‍🌾

 

Saludos

[Gianni]

On 6/15/2026 at 3:41 AM, Danyfirex said:

......  I’m even one step away from leaving technology behind and becoming a farmer. 👨‍🌾

...you could also do both... 

[jchd]

Today's "farming" is more technological every day.

[corz]

I code. I grow food. I leave this place for years. I return. I post.

I see no need for announcements, just get on with it.

 

[mLipok]

4 hours ago, corz said:

I leave this place for years.

oh. old account 2007.
Welcome back.

[Parsix]

We will miss you forever. 😥💔

[Confuzzled]

You've achieved a noble goal: To leave the world a better place for participating in it. Thank you. Best wishes for the future.