/AutoIt-VSCode

AutoIt Extension for Visual Studio Code

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AutoIt for Visual Studio Code

Welcome to the AutoIt extension for Visual Studio Code! This has been forked and developed from Damien122's release.

Features | Configuration | Keyboard Shortcuts | Contributing

Features

  • AutoIt Syntax highlighting

  • IntelliSense (code hints and completion)

    Intellisense

  • Launch, compile and build scripts from VSCode

  • Launch AutoIt Help for highlighted text

  • Symbol search, press Ctrl+Shift+O to see where Functions and Variables have been declared in the current script

    SymbolSearch

  • Diagnostics (Problems Tab) showing Warnings & Errors

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 (example), and changing the following options:

Config Description Default
autoit.aiPath Full path to the AutoIt executable, e.g. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\AutoIt3\\ or C:\\Program Files (x86)\\AutoIt3\\AutoIt3.exe "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\AutoIt3.exe"
autoit.wrapperPath Full or relative path to the AutoIt3Wrapper script, e.g. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\AutoIt3\\SciTE\\AutoIt3Wrapper\\AutoIt3Wrapper.au3. Leave blank to use default, relative to #autoit.aiPath# path. ""
autoit.tidyPath Full or relative path to the AutoIt syntax Checker (Au3Check) executable, e.g. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\AutoIt3\\AU3Check.exe. Leave blank to use default, relative to #autoit.aiPath# path. ""
autoit.checkPath Full or relative path to the AutoIt syntax Checker (Au3Check) executable, e.g. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\AutoIt3\\AU3Check.exe. Leave blank to use default, relative to #autoit.aiPath# path. ""
autoit.helpPath Full or relative path to the AutoIt3Help executable, e.g. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\AutoIt3\\AutoIt3Help.exe. Leave blank to use default, relative to #autoit.aiPath# path. ""
autoit.infoPath Full or relative path to the AutoIt Window Info executable, e.g. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\AutoIt3\\Au3Info.exe. Leave blank to use default, relative to #autoit.aiPath# path. ""
autoit.kodaPath Full or relative path to the Koda FormDesigner executable, e.g. C:\\Program Files (x86)\\AutoIt3\\SciTE\\Koda\\FD.exe. Leave blank to use default, relative to #autoit.aiPath# path. ""
autoit.showVariablesInGoToSymbol Determines whether to show or hide variables when using Ctrl+Shift+O (added in v0.1.9) true
autoit.showRegionsInGoToSymbol Determines whether to show or hide regions when using Ctrl+Shift+O (added in v1.0.9) true
autoit.includePaths File paths for additional include folders [""]
autoit.consoleParams A string of parameters passed to the console when the Run Script command is launched (added in v0.2.1) ""
autoit.enableDiagnostics Tells AutoIt-VSCode to provide diagnostics from Au3Check on document open, switch or save true
autoit.UDFCreator The name that will be added as Author when Insert Function Header is used "Your Name"
autoit.smartHelp Defines prefixes, paths & sources for additional help files { "_yourUdfFuncPrefix_": { "chmPath": "", "udfPath": [""] } }
autoit.multiOutput Enable separate output panel for each running script true
autoit.multiOutputMaxFinished How many output panels to keep after script finished 2
autoit.multiOutputFinishedTimeout How long (in seconds) to wait until output panels of finished scripts discarded (0 = indefinitely) 0
autoit.multiOutputReuseOutput Reuse output for the same file false
autoit.clearOutput Clear output panel before each run. (only applicable when autoit.multiOutput is disabled or autoit.multiOutputReuseOutput is enabled) true
autoit.terminateRunningOnClose Terminate running script when script file is closed true
autoit.multiOutputShowProcessId Show process ID in the Autoit (common) output "Single"
autoit.outputCodePage If you see incorrect text encoding in the output, set this option to match your system code page ""
autoit.outputShowTime Show time when each output line was received "None"
autoit.outputMaxHistoryLines Number of output lines to keep 5000
autoit.enableParenTriggerForFunctions Adds the ability to use ( to select a function completion suggestion, which will add the function with open and closed parens, place the cursor between them and trigger signature help. Requires window reload to take full effect. true

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
  • Set Command Line Parameters: Shift+F8
  • Kill Running Script: Ctrl+Pause/Break
  • Go To Definition (Jump to Variable or Function declaration): F12
  • Peek Definition (Show declarations in pop up): Alt+F12
  • Open Include file (On the current line): Alt+i
  • Insert UDF Header: Ctrl+Alt+h
  • Debug Remove lines: Ctrl+Alt+z

NOTE:

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

Contributing

Check out the code, leave feedback and feature requests now on GitHub/loganch

Please fork the repository and contribute using pull requests.


Features | Configuration | Keyboard Shortcuts | Contributing