AutoIt is a Free Windows program in the Other category, developed by AutoIt Team. The current version is 3.3.18.0; you can download it safely from its official source with the download button above.
AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting. It uses a combination of simulated keystrokes, mouse movement and window/control manipulation in order to automate tasks in a way not possible or reliable with other languages (e.g. VBScript and SendKeys). AutoIt is also very small, self-contained and will run on all versions of Windows out-of-the-box with no annoying "runtimes" required!
AutoIt was initially designed for PC "roll out" situations to reliably automate and configure thousands of PCs. Over time it has become a powerful language that supports complex expressions, user functions, loops and everything else that veteran scripters would expect. Features:
- Easy to learn BASIC-like syntax
- Simulate keystrokes and mouse movements
- Manipulate windows and processes
- Interact with all standard windows controls
- Scripts can be compiled into standalone executables
- Create Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)
- COM support
- Regular expressions
- Directly call external DLL and Windows API functions
- Scriptable RunAs functions
- Detailed helpfile and large community-based support forums
- Compatible with Windows XP SP3 / 2003 SP2 / Vista / 2008 / Windows 7 / 2008 R2 / Windows 8 / 2012 R2
- Unicode and x64 support
- Digitally signed for peace of mind
- Works with Windows User Account Control (UAC)
AutoIt has been designed to be as small as possible and stand-alone with no external .dll files or registry entries required making it safe to use on Servers. Scripts can be compiled into stand-alone executables with Aut2Exe.
Also supplied is a combined COM and DLL version of AutoIt called AutoItX that allows you to add the unique features of AutoIt to your own favorite scripting or programming languages!
✨ Features
automateautomationhotkeymacrokeyboard-shortcutskeyboardshortcuts
📝 Release notes (3.3.18.0)
AutoIt:
- Changed: Windows 7/Server 2008 is now the minimum OS version required due to dev environment changes.
- Added #3891: DllCall() performance optimisation.
- Added: Standard Windows Fonts List for Win10/Win11.
- Added #3906: GUICtrlCreateXXX creation in example assign to $idXXX to reflect Ctrl type.
- Added: FileGetAttrib() retrieve Join folder (J) as created by FileCreateNTFSLink().
- Added: Split WindowsConstants.u3 in WindowsNotifsConstants.au3, WindowsStylesConstants.au3 and WindowsSysColor.au3.
- Added: #3984: GUICtrlSetGraphic() doc precision.
- Added: operator precedence doc precision.
- Fixed: Doc Chr(0) handling inside functions.
- Fixed #3923: Doc typo in "Send Key List".
- Fixed: Regression #3135 handle leak (Thanks Nano, Rudi, Nine).
- Fixed #3925: Doc With ... EndWith using DllStruct Type.
- Fixed: Links in Tutorials example code (thanks argumentum).
Au3info:
- Added: Display mouse coordinate mode.
- Fixed #3917: Crash under Win7.
SciTE-lite:
- Fixed: Folding Fix for #Preprocessor foldblock when followed by a CommentBlock.
UDFs:
- Added: script examples when running under Win11 with new notepad.exe.
- Added: _GUICtrlTreeView_GetItemByIndex() can retrieve handle of the list of main item ($hItem= -1).
- Added: _IsPressed() can be called with numeric value as in "WinAPIsvkeysConstants.au3".
- Added #3909: _DebugReportData() to report Array column formatted.
- Added: libExamples referring MemoWrite() now refer to _MemoWrite() defined in Extras\HelpFileInternals.au3.
- Added: _WinAPI_WaitSystemIdle(), _WinAPI_QueryDiskUsage(), _WinAPI_QueryProcessorUsage(), _WinAPI_QueryProcessCycleTime()
- Added: Doc _WinAPI_GetWindowSubclass() example (Thanks pixelSearch).
- Added: _WinAPI_GetKeyboardLayout() default value for the running thread.
- Added: _WinAPI_GetUserDefaultLCID() example.
- Added: _WinAPI_GetKeyboardLayoutLocale().
- Added: _WinAPI_GetKeyboardState() example (Thanks AutoXenon).
- Added #3932: Try to use file in HelpFile\Extras instead of @ScriptDir.
- Added #3934: _WinAPI_SetTimer() example.
- Added: _IsPressed() can wait on one of several keys.
- Added: _WinAPI_SendInput().
- Added #3960: _Div() integer division.
- Added #3963: _WinAPI_OpenEvent().
- Added: _GDIPlus_ImageSaveToFile() doc precision for compression level.
- Added: _WinAPI_GetCursorSize() and _WinAPI_SetCursorSize().
- Added: $FOLDERID_Documents Constants in APIShellExConstants.au3.
- Added: Support _GUIToolTip*() to be used to external process.
- Added: Support _GUICtrlHeader*() to be used to external process.
- Added: Support _GUICtrlStatusBar*() to be used to external process.
- Added #3988: _WinAPI_GetSystemPowerStatus() return Battery status saver.
- Added #3985: _ArrayDisplay() + $WS_EX_TOPMOST.
- Added #3991: _SQLite_ForeignKeys() and Add a parameter in _SQLite_Open() to set it also.
- Added #3990: _IsPressed() return in @extended if the key is still pressed.
- Added: _DebugSetup(..., 1) does not interact with script being debug, Report infos copied to clipboard
- Added: _WinAPI_SetWindowTheme() example to demonstrate Checkbox or Radio controls coloring.
- Added #3997: _WinAPI_RegisterShellHookWindow() example improvement.
- Added #3999: _WinAPI_OemToChar() performance improvement.
- Added #3946: _ChooseFont() updated defaults (thanks argumentum).
- Added: _DateDiff(), _DateAdd() using array for [days, hours, minutes, seconds].
- Added: _DebugSetup() Type 6, same as 1 but a timeout to close the report log windows.
- Added: _WinAPI_MultiByteToWideChar() using DllStructSize.
- Added: $MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS for _WinAPI_MultiByteToWideChar().
- Fixed #3894: _WinAPI_GetProcessName() returns incorrect result when process ID is invalid.
- Fixed: "Then SetError()" in several standard UDF.
- Fixed #3921: Missing _GUICtrlStatusBar_SetParts() examples.
- Fixed: Doc typo $GPIP_ERR* >> $GDIP_ERR*.
- Fixed #3926: _GUICtrlTreeView_SetChildren() not set/reset chidren flag.
- Fixed: _WinAPI_DisplayStruct() elements containing chr(124).
- Fixed #3945: StringRegExp() /s include VT.
- Fixed #3949: _ArrayDisplay() does show multiple subscript of an array.
- Fixed #3954: links in libfunction constants.
- Fixed: missing doc description $iSubItem = - 1 in _GUICtrlListView_SetItemText().
- Fixed #3959: _WinAPI_ShellUserAuthenticationDlg() example.
- Fixed #3975: unrelated link in Pcre doc.
- Fixed #3903: _GuiCtrlTab_GetItem() does work on external process.
- Fixed #3940: _GuiCtrlTab_GetItemText() does work on external process.
- Fixed #3992: _WinAPI_DwmSetWindowAttribute() does not support all MSDN attributes.
- Fixed #4001: _GUICtrlListView_*() example ($tagNMITEMACTIVATE).
- Fixed #4003: _ArrayPush() doc precision.
- Fixed: _GUICtrlButton_SetSplitInfo() example crash.
- Fixed: Support of Notepad under Win11 for _DebugSetup().
- Fixed #4022: Various doc duplicated words.
- Fixed #4031: _DebugArrayDisplay() buttons display.
- Fixed: _DebugArrayDisplay() not executed if @error on entering ($ARRAYDISPLAY_CHECKERROR if no display wanted on @error).
- Fixed #4033: _DateTimeSplit() setting $aTimePart[0] whem no time defined.
- Fixed #4024: _DebugSetup(,, 5) (notepad window) not working under Windows 11.
- Fixed: _WinAPI_IsElevated() @extended return value (Thanks Argumentum).
- Fixed #4039: _GUICtrlTreeView_Delete() with $hWnd.
- Fixed #4038: _GUICtrlRichEdit_StreamToFile() extra new paragraph.
- Fixed #4029: _Date_Time_SystemTimeToDateTimeStr() Wrong output.
- Fixed #4040: _GUICtrlRichEdit_SetZoom() parameter limitation bug.
- Fixed #4041: _GUICtrlStatusBar_SetIcon() not shown.
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