Recent Updates

AutoIt v3 has been released!

Go to the new AutoIt v3 home page now.

AutoIt2 will continue to be available for download and supported to enable legacy scripts to be used. However, new development will now be focused on version 3. 

Both AutoIt2 and AutoIt3 can be installed on the same machine and will not conflict with each other.

•  AutoIt v3 released. (29th Feb, 2004)
•  Website look updated (no frames, no java) (28th Mar, 2003)
•  Added French help file for AutoIt v2.64 (28th Dec, 2002)
•  Added German help file for AutoIt v2.64 (28th Dec, 2002)
•  AutoIt v2.64 released (18th Dec, 2002) (History)
•  AutoItDLL v1.11 released (18th Dec, 2002)
•  AutoItX v1.51 released (18th Dec, 2002)

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Introduction

AutoIt is a simple tool that can simulate keystokes, mouse movements and window commands (maximize, minimize, wait for, etc.) in order to automate any windows based task (or even windowed DOS tasks).

AutoIt was primarily designed to assist in automatically installing software that cannot be automatically installed by other means. This is most useful during a PC rollout where hundreds or thousands of client machines need to be automatically installed. However, AutoIt is not limited to software installation and can be used to automate most simple windows tasks.

When AutoIt is executed, it reads a specified script file. This script file allows AutoIt to perform a number of functions, these include:

• Executing programs (Windows applications, DOS commands, etc.)
• Sending keystrokes and mouse clicks (all characters, keyboard layout independent).
• Window functions (e.g. minimizing, hiding, restoring, waiting for, activating).
• Simple text clipboard functions.
• Simple registry functions.
• Simple string and variable functions.

Scripts can also be compiled into standalone executables using Aut2Exe.

Best of all, its small (self contained .exe, no DLL's, no registry entries) and FREE!

There is also an ActiveX control version of AutoIt called AutoItX. This is a stand alone control that can be used to great effect under other scripting languages such as WSH/VBScript.

A pure DLL version of AutoIt called AutoItDLL is also available for adding AutoIt functionality to your own programs and scripts. It includes full function documentation.

Downloads

Click here to go to the AutoIt downloads section.

Mailing List

Use the mailing list to discuss AutoIt with your fellow AutoIt users, e.g. script ideas and solutions to problems, etc. The mailing list has been set-up so that any member can send messages to it. Click here to join.

Example Scripts

This page has some example scripts sent to me by users of AutoIt.

AutoIt v1.x Scripts (obselete)

AutoIt v2.x Scripts

These examples are no longer being updated, the "files" section on the mailing list will be the new home for AutoIt example scripts.

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