Run script by specifying path to an ahk file

[spyoungtech]

Currently, the only way to run arbitrary autohotkey scripts is to use run_script, which only accepts a script as a string of the full script.

Functionality should be added to specify the path of an autohotkey script. Something like this should be possible

ahk.run_script('C:\\Path\\To\\MyScript.ahk')

I think this can safely/reasonably be added to the run_script method without issue.

[dcwong]

Is there a way to pass arguments to the script?

[spyoungtech]

Good question! Right now there's not an easy way to pass arguments to an AHK script. Something I can think of when implementing this feature.

I imagine it might take the form of a new keyword argument like script_args or something like that.

[ZepherusFF]

@spyoungtech :

I was trying to use this run_script command with a path and its not working. Here is what I get with the debug option :

DEBUG:ahk.script:Running script text: C:\Users\user.user\Desktop\ahk_scripts\Res.ahk
DEBUG:ahk.script:Stdout: b''
DEBUG:ahk.script:Stderr: b'C:\\Users\\user.user\\Desktop\\ahk_scripts\\* (1) : ==> This line does not contain a recognized action.\r\n     Specifically: C:\\Users\\user.user\\Desktop\\ahk_scripts\\Res.ahk\r\n'

The .ahk file is your example :

#Persistent

data := "Hello Data!"
FileAppend, %data%, * ; send data var to stdout
ExitApp

Do you have any idea why it seems to do this ?

PS : Thanks alot for this project !

[spyoungtech]

Hi @ZepherusFF this feature is not implemented yet, hence you get this error. Right now, run_script only supports a string containing a script :)

Right now you have to do

ahk = AHK()
with open('my_file.ahk') as file:
    script_text = file.read()

ahk.run_script(script_text)

or

script = """
#Persistent

data := "Hello Data!"
FileAppend, %data%, * ; send data var to stdout
ExitApp
"""
ahk.run_script(script)

[thainq3127]

i cant use #include CompletedProcess(args=['D:\\Programs\\AutoHotkey\\AutoHotkeyU64.exe', '/ErrorStdOut', '*'], returncode=2, stdout=b'', stderr=b'D:\\workspace\\auto\\* (7) : ==> Call to nonexistent function.\r\n Specifically: Gdip_Startup()\r\n')

[peterstavrou]

I have tried to use the below but nothing executes

ahk = AHK()
with open('my_file.ahk') as file:
    script_text = file.read()

ahk.run_script(script_text)

Update: I got around this issue by executing the script using subprocess

import subprocess
subprocess.call([C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe, AHK_Script.ahk])

[digfish]

Or you can simply do: ahk.run_script(open('script.ahk','r').read(os.path.getsize('script.ahk')))

[spyoungtech]

Implemented in v1. 🎉