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AutoIt by 4ern

AutoIt by 4ern

4ern

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5,238 installs
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AutoIt language extension for VSCode
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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AutoIt for Visual Studio Code

This has been forked and developed from loganch release.

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Features | Configuration | Keyboard Shortcuts

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Syntax Syntax

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Features

  • AutoIt Syntax highlighting
  • IntelliSense (code hints and completion)
  • Launch, compile and build scripts from VSCode
  • Launch AutoIt Help for highlighted text
  • Symbol search, press Ctrl+Shift+R to see where Functions have been declared in the current file

Configuration

By default, this extension is set up for the default installation of AutoIt and SciTe4AutoIt on a 64-bit system. For alternate setups, you can access the user settings by navigating to File-> Preferences-> Settings or invoking the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) and searching for Preferences, and changing the following options:

Config Description Default
autoit.aiPath Path to AutoIt Executable "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\AutoIt3.exe"
autoit.wrapperPath Path to AutoIt3Wrapper "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.au3"
autoit.tidyPath Path to Tidy "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\Tidy\Tidy.exe"
autoit.checkPath Path to AutoIt Syntax Checker (Au3Check) "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\AU3Check.exe"
autoit.helpPath Path to AutoIt Help "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\AutoIt3Help.exe"
autoit.infoPath Path to Au3Info Executable "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Au3Info.exe"
autoit.kodaPath Path to Koda Form Designer "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\Koda\FD.exe"

Keyboard Shortcuts

  • Run Script: F5
  • AutoIt Check: Ctrl+F5
  • Compile Script: Ctrl+F7
  • Build Script: F7
  • Run AutoIt Help: Ctrl+F1
  • Run Au3Info: Ctrl+F6
  • Debug to MsgBox: Ctrl+Shift+D
  • Debug to Console: Alt+D
  • Run Koda: Alt+M

NOTE:

Run, Compile and Build Script functions require the full install of SciTE4AutoIt3 alongside AutoIt.

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