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Best for IM - Autoit, Autohotkey, C# ... ?

by IdeasThatExcel
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I have a little bit of programming background, some BASIC, some COBOL (years ago), writing macros in Excel using VBA.. so I thought why not learn something that I can use in IM.

So I'd like some opinions one what everyone thinks the best choice to learn for automating some things, mainly within an internet browser but also for some other basic functions.

Autoit and Autohoykey sound like they might be the answer for me but I also wonder if I should focus on something like vb.net or C#. I don't want to become an expert but I would like to be able to build some programs/bots to automate some stuff. I'm just not sure which one handles browser input the best.

I've considered Ubot but from what I've read it can really only automater browser functions and I would like something that can do a little bit more than just that.

Thanks
#autohotkey #autoit
  • Profile picture of the author nxtgencreative
    I have programmed in both c# and AHK(auto hot key). If your goal is automation, i would go with AHK. The tools that come stock with the download are very good and can get you started very quickly.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tim Brownlaw
      I have used Autoit in a number of applications years ago and found it very useful.

      I'd highly recommend that you search for and visit the sites for both Autoit and AHK (AutoHotKey) and see what features you need.

      Cheers
      Tim
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  • Profile picture of the author jgkelley
    Just FYI for anyone stumbling onto this page, UBot has significantly more potential than what was described and I don't want anyone to miss out on the automation opportunities it offers.

    Image Recognition, spinning, if-then and variables, working with lists, windows files, simple account creation, artificial intelligence - pretty powerful stuff!

    Way more optimized for IM than anything else out there.
    Jason
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