AutoHotkey Help
AutoHotkey
Table of contents
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#AllowSameLineComments
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#ClipboardTimeout
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#CommentFlag
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#Delimiter
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#DerefChar
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#ErrorStdOut
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#EscapeChar
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#HotkeyInterval
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#HotkeyModifierTimeout
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#Hotstring
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#If
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#IfTimeout
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#IfWinActive
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#IfWinExist
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#IfWinNotActive
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#IfWinNotExist
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#Include
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#IncludeAgain
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#InputLevel
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#InstallKeybdHook
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#InstallMouseHook
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#KeyHistory
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#LTrim
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#MaxHotkeysPerInterval
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#MaxMem
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#MaxThreads
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#MaxThreadsBuffer
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#MaxThreadsPerHotkey
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#MenuMaskKey
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#NoEnv
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#NoTrayIcon
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#Persistent
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#SingleInstance
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#UseHook
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#Warn
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#WinActivateForce
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:=
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A_AhkPath
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A_AhkVersion
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A_AppData
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A_AppDataCommon
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A_AutoTrim
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A_BatchLines
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A_CaretX
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A_CaretY
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A_ComputerName
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A_ControlDelay
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A_CoordMode...
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A_Cursor
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A_DD
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A_DDD
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A_DDDD
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A_DefaultGui
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A_DefaultListView
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A_DefaultMouseSpeed
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A_DefaultTreeView
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A_Desktop
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A_DesktopCommon
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A_DetectHiddenText
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A_DetectHiddenWindows
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A_EndChar
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A_EventInfo
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A_ExitReason
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A_FileEncoding
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A_FormatFloat
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A_FormatInteger
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A_Gui
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A_GuiControl
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A_GuiControlEvent
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A_GuiEvent
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A_GuiHeight
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A_GuiWidth
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A_GuiX
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A_GuiY
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A_Hour
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A_IconFile
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A_IconHidden
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A_IconNumber
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A_IconTip
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A_Index
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A_IPAddress1 through 4
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A_Is64bitOS
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A_IsAdmin
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A_IsCompiled
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A_IsCritical
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A_IsPaused
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A_IsSuspended
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A_IsUnicode
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A_KeyDelay
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A_KeyDelayPlay
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A_KeyDuration
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A_KeyDurationPlay
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A_Language
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A_Language Values
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A_LastError
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A_LineFile
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A_LineNumber
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A_LoopField
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A_LoopFileAttrib
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A_LoopFileDir
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A_LoopFileExt
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A_LoopFileFullPath
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A_LoopFileLongPath
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A_LoopFileName
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A_LoopFileShortName
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A_LoopFileShortPath
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A_LoopFileSize
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A_LoopFileSizeKB
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A_LoopFileSizeMB
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A_LoopFileTimeAccessed
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A_LoopFileTimeCreated
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A_LoopFileTimeModified
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A_LoopReadLine
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A_LoopRegKey
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A_LoopRegName
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A_LoopRegSubKey
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A_LoopRegTimeModified
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A_LoopRegType
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A_MDay
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A_Min
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A_MM
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A_MMM
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A_MMMM
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A_Mon
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A_MouseDelay
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A_MouseDelayPlay
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A_MSec
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A_MyDocuments
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A_Now
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A_NowUTC
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A_NumBatchLines
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A_OSType
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A_OSVersion
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A_PriorHotkey
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A_PriorKey
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A_ProgramFiles
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A_Programs
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A_ProgramsCommon
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A_PtrSize
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A_RegView
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A_ScreenDPI
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A_ScreenHeight
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A_ScreenWidth
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A_ScriptDir
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A_ScriptFullPath
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A_ScriptHwnd
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A_ScriptName
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A_Sec
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A_SendLevel
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A_SendMode
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A_Space
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A_StartMenu
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A_StartMenuCommon
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A_Startup
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A_StartupCommon
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A_StoreCapslockMode
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A_StringCaseSense
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A_Tab
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A_Temp
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A_ThisFunc
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A_ThisHotkey
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A_ThisLabel
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A_ThisMenu
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A_ThisMenuItem
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A_ThisMenuItemPos
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A_TickCount
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A_TimeIdle
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A_TimeIdlePhysical
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A_TimeSincePriorHotkey
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A_TimeSinceThisHotkey
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A_TitleMatchMode
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A_TitleMatchModeSpeed
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A_UserName
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A_WDay
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A_WinDelay
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A_WinDir
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A_WorkingDir
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A_YDay
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A_Year
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A_YWeek
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A_YYYY
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abbreviation expansion
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Abs()
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absolute value, abs()
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Acknowledgements
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ACos()
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activate a window
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ActiveX controls (GUI)
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add
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Address of a variable
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administrator privileges for scripts
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ahk2exe
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ahk_class
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ahk_exe
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ahk_group
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ahk_id
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ahk_pid
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AllowSameLineComments
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alnum
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alpha
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AltGr
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AltTab
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AlwaysOnTop (WinSet)
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append to file
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Arrays
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Asc()
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ASCII conversion
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ASin()
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assigning values to variables
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ATan()
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attributes of files and folders
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auto-execute section
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auto-replace text as you type it
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AutoIt v2 compatibility
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AutoTrim
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balloon tip
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base (Objects)
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beep the PC speaker
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between (check if var between two values)
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Bind method (Func object)
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bitwise operations
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blind-mode Send
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BlockInput
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blocks (lines enclosed in braces)
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BoundFunc object
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Break
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buffering
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built-in functions
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built-in variables
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Button controls (GUI)
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button list (mouse and joystick)
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button state
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ByRef
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Call method (Func object)
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callbacks
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case sensitive strings
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Catch
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Ceil()
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Changelog
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Checkbox controls (GUI)
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choose file
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choose folder
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Chr()
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class (Objects)
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class name of a window
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Click a mouse button
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Clipboard
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ClipboardAll
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ClipWait
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Clone method (Object)
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close a window
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CLSID List (My Computer, etc.)
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color names, RGB/HTML
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color of pixels
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COM
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ComboBox controls (GUI)
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comma operator (multi-statement)
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command line parameters
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commands, alphabetical list
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CommentFlag
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comments in scripts
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ComObj...()
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ComObjActive()
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ComObjArray()
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ComObjConnect()
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ComObjCreate()
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ComObjError()
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ComObjFlags()
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ComObjGet()
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ComObjQuery()
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ComObjType()
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ComObjValue()
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Compatibility
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compile a script
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ComSpec
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concatenate, in expressions
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concatenate, script lines
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context menu (GUI)
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continuation sections
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Continue
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Control
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ControlClick
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ControlFocus
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ControlGet
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ControlGetFocus
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ControlGetPos
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ControlGetText
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ControlMove
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ControlSend
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ControlSendRaw
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ControlSetText
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convert a script to an EXE
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coordinates
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CoordMode
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copy file
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copy folder/directory
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Cos()
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create file
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create folder/directory
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Critical
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current directory
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current thread
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cursor shape
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custom combination hotkeys
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Custom controls (GUI)
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dates and times (compare)
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dates and times (math)
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dates and times (of files)
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DateTime controls (GUI)
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debugger
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debugging a script
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decimal places
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delete files
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delete folder/directory
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Delete method (Object)
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Delimiter
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DerefChar
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DetectHiddenText
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DetectHiddenWindows
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dialog FileSelectFile
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dialog FileSelectFolder
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dialog InputBox
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dialog MsgBox
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digit
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disk space
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divide (math)
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DllCall()
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download a file
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DPI scaling
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drag and drop (GUI windows)
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drag the mouse
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Drive
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DriveGet
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DriveSpaceFree
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DropDownList controls (GUI)
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Dynamic function calls
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Edit
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Edit controls (GUI)
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Else
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Enumerator object
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EnvAdd
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EnvDiv
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EnvGet
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environment variables
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environment variables (change them)
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EnvMult
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EnvSet
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EnvSub
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EnvUpdate
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ErrorLevel
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ErrorStdOut
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escape sequence
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EscapeChar
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Exception()
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Exit
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ExitApp
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Exp()
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expressions
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ExtractInteger -> NumGet()
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False
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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
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file attributes
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File object
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file or folder (does it exist)
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file pattern
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file, creating
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file, reading
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file, writing/appending
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FileAppend
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FileCopy
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FileCopyDir
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FileCreateDir
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FileCreateShortcut
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FileDelete
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FileEncoding
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FileExist()
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FileGetAttrib
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FileGetShortcut
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FileGetSize
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FileGetTime
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FileGetVersion
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FileInstall
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FileMove
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FileMoveDir
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FileOpen
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FileRead
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FileReadLine
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FileRecycle
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FileRecycleEmpty
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FileRemoveDir
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FileSelectFile
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FileSelectFolder
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FileSetAttrib
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FileSetTime
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Finally
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find a file
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find a string
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find a window
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floating point (check if it is one)
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floating point (SetFormat)
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Floor()
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focus
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folder/directory copy
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folder/directory create
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folder/directory move
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folder/directory remove
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folder/directory select
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Fonts
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For-loop
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Format()
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format (defaults)
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FormatTime
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free space
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FTP uploading example
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functions (defining and calling)
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functions (libraries)
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function objects
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Func object
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Func()
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g-label (responding to GUI events)
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game automation
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GetAddress method (Object)
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GetCapacity method (Object)
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GetKeyName()
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GetKeySC()
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GetKeyState
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GetKeyVK()
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global variables in functions
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Gosub
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Goto
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GroupActivate
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GroupAdd
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GroupBox controls (GUI)
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GroupClose
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GroupDeactivate
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Gui
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Gui control types
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Gui styles reference
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GuiClose (label)
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GuiContextMenu (label)
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GuiControl
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GuiControlGet
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GuiDropFiles (label)
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GuiEscape (label)
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GuiSize (label)
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HasKey method (Object)
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HBITMAP:
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hexadecimal format
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hibernate or suspend
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HICON:
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hidden text
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hidden windows
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HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
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HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
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HKEY_USERS
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hook
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Hotkey
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Hotkey command
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Hotkey controls (GUI)
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Hotkey, ListHotkeys
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Hotkey, other features
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HotkeyInterval
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HotkeyModifierTimeout
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hotstrings and auto-replace
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HTML color names
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HWND (of a control)
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HWND (of a window)
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icon, changing
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ID number for a window
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If
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If (expression)
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If var [not] between Low and High
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If var [not] in/contains MatchList
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If var is [not] type
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IfEqual
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IfExist
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IfGreater
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IfGreaterOrEqual
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IfInString
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IfLess
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IfLessOrEqual
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IfMsgBox
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IfNotEqual
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IfNotExist
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IfNotInString
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IfWinActive
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IfWinExist
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IfWinNotActive
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IfWinNotExist
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IL_Add()
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IL_Create()
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IL_Destroy()
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Image Lists (GUI)
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ImageSearch
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Include
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infrared remote controls
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IniDelete
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IniRead
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IniWrite
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Input
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InputBox
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Insert method (Object)
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InsertAt method (Object)
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InsertInteger -> NumPut()
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Install
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installer options
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InstallKeybdHook
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InstallMouseHook
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InStr()
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integer (check if it is one)
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integer (SetFormat)
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Interrupt
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IsByRef()
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IsFunc()
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IsLabel()
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IsObject()
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Join (continuation sections)
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Joystick
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JScript, embedded/inline
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key list (keyboard, mouse, joystick)
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key state
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keyboard hook
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KeyHistory
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keystrokes, sending
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KeyWait
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labels
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last found window
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length of a string
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Length method (Object)
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Length method (File object)
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libraries of functions
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license
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line continuation
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Link controls (GUI)
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ListBox controls (GUI)
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ListHotkeys
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ListLines
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ListVars
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ListView controls (GUI)
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ListView, getting text from
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Ln()
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lnk (link/shortcut) file
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LoadPicture
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local variables
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Locale
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Log()
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logarithm, log()
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logoff
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long file name (converting to)
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Loop
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Loop (until)
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Loop (while)
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Loop, Reg (registry)
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Loop, Files and folders
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Loop, Parse a string
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Loop, Read file contents
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lParam
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LTrim (continuation sections)
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LTrim()
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LV_Add()
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LV_Delete()
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LV_DeleteCol()
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LV_GetCount()
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LV_GetNext()
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LV_GetText()
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LV_Insert()
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LV_InsertCol()
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LV_Modify()
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LV_ModifyCol()
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LV_SetImageList()
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macro
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math functions
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math operations (expressions)
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Max()
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MaxHotkeysPerInterval
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MaxIndex()
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MaxThreads
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MaxThreadsBuffer
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MaxThreadsPerHotkey
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Menu
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MenuGetHandle
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MenuGetName
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Menu Bar (GUI)
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Menu Icon
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message list (WM_*)
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messages, receiving
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messages, sending
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meta-functions (Objects)
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Min()
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MinIndex()
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Mod()
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modal (always on top)
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modulo, mod()
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MonthCal controls (GUI)
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mouse hook
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mouse speed
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mouse wheel
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MouseClick
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MouseClickDrag
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MouseGetPos
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MouseMove
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move a window
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move file
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move folder/directory
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MsgBox
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multiply
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mute (changing it)
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NewEnum method (Object)
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NoTimers
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NoTrayIcon
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number
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number format
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NumGet
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NumPut
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Objects (general information)
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Object functions and methods
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ObjAddRef()
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ObjBindMethod()
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ObjClone()
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ObjDelete()
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ObjGetAddress()
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ObjGetCapacity()
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ObjHasKey()
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ObjInsert()
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ObjInsertAt()
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ObjLength()
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ObjMaxIndex()
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ObjMinIndex()
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ObjNewEnum()
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ObjPop()
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ObjPush()
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ObjRawSet()
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ObjRelease()
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ObjRemove()
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ObjRemoveAt()
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ObjSetCapacity()
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OnClipboardChange
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OnExit
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OnMessage()
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open file
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operators in expressions
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Ord()
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OutputDebug
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OwnDialogs (GUI)
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Owner of a GUI window
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parameters passed into a script
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parse a string (Loop)
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parse a string (StringSplit)
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Pause
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performance of scripts
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Picture controls (GUI)
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PID (Process ID)
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PixelGetColor
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PixelSearch
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play a sound or video file
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Pop method (Object)
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PostMessage
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power (exponentiation)
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prefix and suffix keys
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print a file
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priority of a process
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priority of a thread
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Process
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ProgramFiles
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Progress
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Progress controls (GUI)
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properties (Objects)
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properties of a file or folder
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Push method (Object)
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quit script
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Radio controls (GUI)
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Random
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RawRead method (File object)
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RawWrite method (File object)
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read file
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Read method (File object)
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READONLY
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reboot
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Reference-Counting
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REG_BINARY
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REG_DWORD
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REG_EXPAND_SZ
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REG_MULTI_SZ
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REG_SZ
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RegDelete
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RegEx: Quick Reference
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RegEx: Callouts
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RegEx: SetTitleMatchMode RegEx
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RegExMatch()
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RegExReplace()
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RegisterCallback()
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registry loop
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RegRead
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Regular Expression Callouts
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regular expressions: Quick Reference
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regular expressions: RegExMatch()
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regular expressions: RegExReplace()
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regular expressions: SetTitleMatchMode RegEx
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RegWrite
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Reload
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remap joystick
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remap keys or mouse buttons
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remote controls, hand-held
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remove folder/directory
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Remove method (Object)
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RemoveAt method (Object)
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rename file
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resize a window
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restart the computer
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Return
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RGB color names
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RGB colors
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Round()
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rounding a number
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RTrim()
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Run
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RunAs
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RunWait
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SB_SetIcon()
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SB_SetParts()
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SB_SetText()
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scan code
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scientific notation
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Script Showcase
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Scripts
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select file
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select folder
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Send
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SendEvent
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sending data between scripts
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SendInput
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SendLevel
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SendMessage
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SendMode
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SendPlay
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SendRaw
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SetBatchLines
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SetCapacity method (Object)
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SetCapsLockState
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SetControlDelay
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SetDefaultMouseSpeed
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SetEnv
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SetFormat
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SetKeyDelay
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SetMouseDelay
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SetNumLockState
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SetRegView
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SetScrollLockState
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SetStoreCapslockMode
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SetTimer
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SetTitleMatchMode
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SetWinDelay
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SetWorkingDir
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short file name (8.3 format)
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short-circuit boolean evaluation
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shortcut file
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Shutdown
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Silent Install/Uninstall
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Sin()
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SingleInstance
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size of a file/folder
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size of a window
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Sleep
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Slider controls (GUI)
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Sort
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SoundBeep
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SoundGet
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SoundGetWaveVolume
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SoundPlay
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SoundSet
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SoundSetWaveVolume
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space
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speed of a script
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spinner control (GUI)
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SplashImage
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SplashTextOff
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SplashTextOn
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SplitPath
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splitting long lines
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Sqrt()
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standard library
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standard output (stdout)
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static variables
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StatusBar controls (GUI)
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StatusBarGetText
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StatusBarWait
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StrGet()
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string (search for)
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string: InStr()
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string: SubStr()
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StringCaseSense
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StringGetPos
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StringLeft
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StringLen
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StringLower
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StringMid
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StringReplace
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StringRight
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StringSplit
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StringTrimLeft
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StringTrimRight
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StringUpper
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StrLen()
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StrPut()
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StrReplace()
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StrSplit()
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structures, via DllCall
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styles for GUI command
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SubStr()
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subtract
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Super-global variables
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Suspend
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suspend or hibernate
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SysGet
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Tab controls (GUI)
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Tan()
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terminate a window
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terminate script
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ternary operator (?:)
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Text controls (GUI)
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Thread
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threads
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Throw
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time
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Timer (timed subroutines)
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times and dates (compare)
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times and dates (math)
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times and dates (of files)
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title of a window
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ToolTip
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Transform
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transparency of a window
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tray icon
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tray menu (customizing)
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TrayTip
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TreeView controls (GUI)
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Trim
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Trim()
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True
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Try
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Tutorial
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TV_Add()
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TV_Delete()
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TV_Get()
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TV_GetChild()
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TV_GetCount()
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TV_GetNext()
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TV_GetParent()
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TV_GetPrev()
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TV_GetSelection()
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TV_GetText()
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TV_Modify()
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TV_SetImageList()
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Unicode text and clipboard
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Until
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UpDown controls (GUI)
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URLDownloadToFile
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UseHook
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user (run as a different user)
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user library
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variables
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variables, assigning to
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variables, built-in
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variables, comparing them
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variables, ListVars
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variables, type of data
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variadic functions
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variants (duplicate hotkeys and hotstrings)
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VarSetCapacity()
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version of a file
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virtual key
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volume (changing it)
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wait (sleep)
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wait for a key to be released or pressed
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Wheel hotkeys for mouse
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Wheel, simulating rotation
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While-loop
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whitespace
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wildcards (for files & folders)
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WinActivate
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WinActivateBottom
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WinActivateForce
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WinActive()
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Winamp automation
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WinClose
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window group
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window messages
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WinExist()
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WinGet
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WinGetActiveStats
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WinGetActiveTitle
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WinGetClass
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WinGetPos
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WinGetText
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WinGetTitle
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WinHide
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WinKill
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WinLIRC, connecting to
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WinMaximize
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WinMenuSelectItem
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WinMinimize
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WinMinimizeAll
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WinMinimizeAllUndo
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WinMove
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WinRestore
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WinSet
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WinSetTitle
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WinShow
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WinSize (via WinMove)
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WinTitle
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WinWait
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WinWaitActive
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WinWaitClose
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WinWaitNotActive
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WM_* (Windows messages)
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WM_COPYDATA
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working directory
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wParam
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write file
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Write method (File object)
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WS_* (GUI styles)
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XButton
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YYYYMMDDHH24MISS
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