AutoIt is a freeware Microsoft Windows automation language. In its earliest release, the software was primarily intended to create automation scripts (sometimes called macros) for Microsoft Windows programs.^[1] Such scripts proved useful for "hands-free" completion of highly repetitive tasks, such as rolling out a large number of PCs with identical installation instructions. With later releases, AutoIt evolved to include enhancements in both programming language design and overall functionality. Image File history File links Autoitlogo. ... Software development is the translation of a user need or marketing goal into a software product. ... A software release is the distribution, whether public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product. ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the. ... // An operating system (OS) is the software that manages the sharing of the resources of a computer. ... Windows redirects here. ... Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function, type, or field of use. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... “GUI” redirects here. ... Utility software (also known as service program, service routine, tool, or utility routine) is a type of computer software. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... The term Freeware refers to gratis proprietary software with closed source. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... The term Freeware refers to gratis proprietary software with closed source. ... Windows redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Macro (disambiguation) A macro in computer science is a rule or pattern that specifies how a certain input sequence (often a sequence of characters) should be mapped to an output sequence (also often a sequence of characters) according to a defined procedure. ...

There are a few omissions in the AutoIt programming language that more experienced programmers may find limiting. AutoIt lacks (or has only limited support for) Namespaces, object-oriented programming, abstract data types, reference types, classes, and advanced graphics functions. A namespace is a context in which a group of one or more identifiers might exist. ... Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm that uses objects and their interactions to design applications and computer programs. ... In computing, an abstract data type (ADT) is a specification of a set of data and the set of operations that can be performed on the data. ... This article is about a general notion of reference in computing. ... In object-oriented programming, a class is a programming language construct that is used to group related instance variables and methods. ...

With the release of AutoIt version 3, the syntax of the programming language was restructured to be more like the BASIC family of languages. A script can be compiled into a compressed, stand-alone executable which can then be run on computers that do not have the AutoIt interpreter installed. New features include the ability to: This article is about the programming language. ...

• Communicate via the TCP and UDP protocols.
• Use COM (component object modelling) objects.
• Call functions in Win32 DLLs.
• Run console applications and access the standard streams.
• Include files in the compiled file to be extracted when run
• Make GUI interfaces, create message and input boxes.
• Play sounds, pause, resume, stop, seek, get the current position of the sound and get the length of the sound
• Perform complicated mathematical calculations
• Automate sending user input and keystrokes to applications, as well as individual controls within an application.
• Unicode support from version 3.2.4.0

A popular use of AutoIt is for "botting" in online games.^{[citation needed]} Botting allows the user to run a script which automates some repetitive action in the game - usually so the script user can advance in the game more quickly. Use of AutoIt in this way is frowned upon by some in the AutoIt community as it can generate bad publicity, but many scripts can still be found in the official autoit forums. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the core protocols of the Internet protocol suite. ... User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is one of the core protocols of the Internet protocol suite. ... Component Object Model (COM) is a platform for software componentry introduced by Microsoft in 1993. ... Dynamic-link library (DLL), also referred to as dynamic link library (without the hyphen), is Microsofts implementation of the shared library concept in the Microsoft Windows operating systems. ... The standard streams for input, output, and error The standard streams are preconnected input or output channels between a computer program and its environment (typically a text terminal) when it begins execution. ... “GUI” redirects here. ...

Notes and references

See also

• Automator (for Macintosh)
• Visual Basic
• AutoHotkey

Automator is an application developed by Apple for Mac OS X that implements point-and-click (or drag-and-drop) creation of workflows for automating repetitive tasks. ... This article is about the Visual Basic language shipping with Microsoft Visual Studio 6. ... AutoHotkey is a free, open source macro and automation software which allows users to automate repetitive tasks and modify the Windows user interface. ...

External Links

• Official Homepage
• Autoit Forums
• AutoIt v3: Your Quick Guide by Andy Flesner - Published by O'Reilly Media September 2007 - Currently the only published work dedicated to the language