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    AutoIT Scripting For Beginners
    AutoIT Scripting For Beginners
    AutoIT Scripting For Beginners
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    AutoIT Scripting For Beginners

    By Rajan

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    About this ebook

    AutoIT is one of the best window application automation tool available in the market as an open source. Using AutoIT you can automate any window application by its simple scripting.

    What this book offers...

    This book doesn't make any assumptions about your background programming knowledge. You don’t need any prior knowledge to benefit from this book. You will be guided step by step starting form how to install AutoIT, how to record and playback, where to write the script, how to compile the script, how to make it as executable file, how to identify the window object, how to automate any window application using a logical and systematic approach.
    Complex concepts are broken down into simple steps to ensure that you can easily master the AutoIT scripting even if you have never coded before.

    Examples are carefully chosen to illustrate all concepts. In addition, outputs for all examples are provided immediately so you do not have to wait till you have access to your computer to test the examples.

    What you'll learn:

    •Introduction to AutoIT
    •Record and Play back
    •AutoIT V3 Window Info Tool
    •Scintilla Editor
    •Declaring Variables
    •Operators
    •Selection statements
    •Iteration statements
    •Jump statements
    •Declaring and calling Functions
    •String Functions
    •Windows functions
    •Calculator Automation

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRajan
    Release dateAug 15, 2015
    ISBN9781310947209
    AutoIT Scripting For Beginners
    Author

    Rajan

    Rajan has been working in Corporate firm and has rich knowledge in scripting and automation tools like VBA, selenium and AutoIT. He has keen interest in developing and programming areas. He loves to automate task which is repetitive and time consuming.His hobbies are blogging, writing and reading books. He is passionate in programming languages and develop useful things out of it. He always love to share known information and knowledge with others.

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    AutoIT Scripting For Beginners - Rajan

    AutoIT scripting for Beginners

    By Rajan

    © Copyright 2015

    All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

    Preface

    AutoIT is a scripting language well suited to beginners. This book is written to help you learn AutoIT in a simple and easy way. If you are an absolute beginner in programming, you’ll find that this book explain complex concepts and terminology in an easy to understand manner with practical illustrations.

    Since AutoIT is one of the best open source tool available in the market, now most of the IT company start using it in QA , networking and maintenance field for automating routine task. So, it will be right time to start learning AutoIT.

    Writing this book has been a challenge and a pleasure. I hope that you find the same challenge and pleasure in learning AutoIT.

    Contents at a Glance

    1) Introduction to AutoIT

    2) Record and Play back

    3) AutoIT V3 Window Info Tool

    4) Scintilla Editor

    5) Declaring Variables

    6) Operators

    7) Selection statements

    8) Iteration statements

    9) Jump statements

    10) Declaring and calling Functions

    11) String Functions

    12) Windows functions

    13) Calculator Automation

    What’s Inside

    1) Introduction to AutoIT

    Why AutoIT?

    How AutoIT works?

    Download and installation of AutoIT

    2) Record and Play back

    How to record and play back?

    3) AutoIT V3 Window Info Tool

    What is the use of identifying properties and objects of windows?

    Finder Tool

    Basic Window Info

    Basic control Info

    Window properties

    Control properties

    Visible Properties

    Hidden text

    Status bar

    Tool bar, mouse and Summary tab

    4) Scintilla Editor

    How to open new SciTE editor?

    Starting a new Script

    Syntax check

    Compilation

    Comments

    1) Single line comments

    2) Multi line comments

    5) Declaring Variables

    Naming convention of variable

    Variable Declaration

    Dim

    Global

    Local

    Constant

    Enum

    Arrays

    Two Dimensional Arrays

    6) Operators

    Mathematical Operators

    Addition Operator (+)

    Subtraction Operator (-)

    Multiplication Operator (*)

    Division Operator (/)

    Exponentiation Operator (^)

    Assignment Operators

    Simple Assignment Operator (=)

    Addition Assignment Operator (+=)

    Subtraction Assignment Operator (-=)

    Multiplication Assignment Operator (*=)

    Division Assignment Operator (/*)

    Concatenation Operators

    Simple Concatenation Operator (&)

    Concatenation Assignment Operator (&=)

    Comparison Operators

    Equivalence Operator

    Not Equal to Operator

    Greater than operator

    Greater than or equal to Operator

    Lesser than operator

    Lesser than or equal to Operator

    Logical Operators

    AND Operator

    OR Operator

    NOT Operator

    Order of precedence

    7) Selection statements

    If..Then statement

    If… Else Statement

    If...ElseIf...Else...EndIf

    Nested If statement

    Select case statements

    Switch Statement

    8) Iteration statements

    For..To..Step…Next

    For..In..Next

    Do…Until

    While..Wend

    9) Jump statements

    ContinueCase

    ContinueCase in Select statement

    ContinueCase in Switch Statement

    Continue Loop

    ContinueLoop in Do..Until Loop

    ContinueLoop in For..Next Loop

    ContineLoop with Level

    ExitLoop

    Exit Loop in For..Next Loop

    Exit Loop with Level

    Exit

    10) Declaring and calling Functions

    Built in functions

    Msgbox function

    Sleep function

    User Defined Functions

    11) String Functions

    StringLower

    StringIsLower

    String Upper

    StringIsUpper

    StringLen

    StringIsDigit

    StringLeft

    StringRight

    StringMid

    StringInStr

    StringReverse

    String Replace

    12) Windows functions

    WinActivate

    WinActive

    WinClose

    WinExists

    WinGetClassList

    WinGetHandle

    WinGetState

    WinGetTitle

    WinKill

    WinMinimizeAll

    WinMinimizeAllUndo

    WinSetState

    WinWait

    WinWaitActive

    Control Click

    13) Calculator Automation

    Task To Perform

    Pre-Requisite

    Properties

    Automation script

    1) Introduction to AutoIT

    AutoIT is an open source automation tool for Windows GUI. It has its own BASIC scripting language for writing scripts, and is typically used in the administration, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, monitoring and system management fields for automating routine tasks. AutoIT can manipulate the simulation of keyboard input, mouse movement and other controls to reliably automate tasks, unlike other programming languages.

    Scripts written in AutoIT can be converted into compressed standalone executable files with the help of the Aut2Exe application, so it almost mimics Java’sWrite Once and Run Anywherebehavior. Once scripts are written and converted into executable files, they can be run on any windows systems that don’t have AutoIT interpreter. This tool comes with a pre-installed SciTe editor for writing the script which has many features including syntax highlighting, syntax folding, auto complete, auto indentation etc.

    Why AutoIT?

    It is available for free in the market.

    Automate all window applications.

    Non programmers can easily learn AutoIT script.

    Online forums for beginners.

    Many inbuilt functions for automation.

    It allow user to build own user defined functions.

    Compatible with all Window OS

    Simulate mouse, keyboard movements.

    Sending user inputs to individual controls in an application.

    Easy to interact with Component Object Modeling (COM) objects.

    Create Stand alone application

    Object oriented approach

    Easy debugging

    QA testing

    How AutoIT works?

    Users are able to interact with components such as textboxes, radio buttons, check boxes, buttons and many other controls in applications with the help of the keyboard, mouse and human eyes. AutoIT interacts with all of these components by simulating the keyboard and mouse events. Instead of human eyes, AutoIT has its own eye called AutoIT window info tool, which helps the programmers identify the properties of each control as they interact with it. After identifying the properties and controls of the window, the user has to write the script in Scite Editor. AutoIT converts the script into executable file or au3.

    Download and installation of AutoIT

    AutoIT is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008/2008 R2, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Below are instructions on how to install AutoIT:

    Step 1

    Navigate to https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/downloads/ and download the most recent version by clicking Download AutoIT. You can also download AutoIT as a zip package (which doesn’t need installation), but it is recommended that you download the executable file.

    Fig 1.1 AutoIT download page

    Step 2

    Save the downloaded file anywhere in your local drive for installation

    Fig1.2 AutoIT set up file

    Step 3

    Start installing the file and click theNext button

    Fig 1.3 AutoIT installation window 1

    Step 4

    Click on the I agree button

    Fig 1.4 AutoIT installation window 2

    Step 5

    Choose the option most convenient to you and click the Next button.

    Run the script-When you click on the script (.au3 file) it will execute the script

    Edit the script-When you click on the script (.au3 file) it will open the script for editing.

    Fig 1.5 AutoIT installation window 3

    Step 6

    You can check both of the options for reference and click the Next button.

    Fig 1.6 AutoIT installation window 4

    Step 7

    Choose the destination folder for AutoIT’s installation and click the Next button.

    Fig 1.7 AutoIT installation window 5

    Step 8

    Click on the Finish button to complete the installation.

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