Using AutoIt with AlwaysUp

AutoIt is a free and very powerful automation utility that enables AlwaysUp to automatically interact with your running application.

With your customized AutoIt script, AlwaysUp can automatically:

• fill in forms (such as a prompt for login information),
• click buttons (such as the common 'are you sure' prompts),
• dismiss dialogs (such as the error messages unique to your application),
• perform almost any interactive task that a user sitting at the keyboard would normally have to do.

Your AlwaysUp application can run entirely unattended - even in the face of windows that would normally stop the action when no one is around.

Some useful AutoIt links:

• Home page
• Download page
• Online documentation

Configuring AlwaysUp

Edit your application in AlwaysUp and activate the "Automation" tab to access the AutoIt settings:

Please review the AlwaysUp User's Manual (PDF) for details on the settings.

Sample AutoIt Scripts

Please feel free to use these scripts for your own applications, adapting them for your unique situations as necessary. Note that in many cases, it may be best to create executables from your scripts using the AutoIt compiler (Aut2Exe.exe) so that sensitive information (such as passwords) are not stored in the clear.

ClickOK.au3

This script will click the "OK" button on the message box below.

AutoLogin.au3

This script will enter a username, enter a password and click the OK button on the "Login" form below.

ClickButton.au3

This script will click a button on a specified window. It is invoked with two arguments, the name of the window and the name of the button. It can be used to dismiss the message box below by invoking it like this:

		ClickButton "Error Message" "OK"

Please contact us if you need help setting up AutoIt with your application.