id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
2436	AutoIt Command Line Interpreter	anonymous		"AutoIt3.exe is a GUI application so a console isn't allocated for it when it is runs. All console output (i.e. ConsoleWrite) is ignored. You HAVE to compile a .au3 as a console application for it to run in a command prompt.

We need a console AutoIt3Console.exe that can be called from the command prompt. .au3c files (or whatever) could be registered to run AutoIt3Console so that you could natively run .au3c files from a command prompt by simply typing ""clean_temp.au3c"".

I think using AutoIt to make command line programs would make AutoIt way more useful for creating administrative and miscellaneous utilities.

AutoIt3 isn't really designed for GUIs. I mean, it's difficult to use AutoIt to create a proper GUI application that's event driven. Using input and message boxes are very similar to using console write and read.

Are most AutoIt3 scripts event GUI applications? Mine aren't. Most scripts would run better as console applications, hence why I believe '''full support''' for command line interpretation should be added.

I can't run .au3 files from a command prompt and would like to!

Thanks for such fantastic software!"	Feature Request	closed		AutoIt		None	Rejected