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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)
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
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