How to use a function from another .au3 file

[kcvinu]

Hi there,

Please forgive me if this is a silly question. I have a script named AutomatingWindowsExplorer.au3. It has so many functions. I need to use one function among them. How can i use it in my own script ?. Do i need to paste the script file inside include folder ?. Does this function acts like a built in function of AutoIt ?. I mean does it show a tooltip contains explanations about parameters. ?

[water]

You can either copy and paste the function from AutomatingWindowsExplorer.au3 to your new script.

Or you can create a new au3 file (example: SharedFunctions.au3) and include this file in both of your scripts using a #include statement.

 

Does this function acts like a built in function of AutoIt ?. I mean does it show a tooltip contains explanations about parameters. ?

That's a function of the SciTE editor. IIRC there is a wiki entry how to incorporate your own UDF into scite with highlighting and syntax tooltips.

[Melba23]

kcvinu.

water is referring to the Adding UDFs to AutoIt and SciTE tutorial in the Wiki.

M23

[water]

Got it:

Adding UDFs to AutoIt and SciTE

[JohnOne]

MyIncludes.au3 file might look like this

Func _MyAddFunc($n1, $n2)
    Return $n1 + $n2
EndFunc

MyScript.au3 file might look like this

#include "MyIncludes.au3"

$value = _MyAddFunc(12, 43)

MsgBox(0, "Result", $value)

[TheSaint]

@JohnOne - An excellent example and right to the point.

I don't recall ever having made my own Include file, though I've always known how, and included plenty by other people.

I probably should have a standard Include of my own, as many of my programs use a lot of the same functions, and so it would save me plenty of copy and paste. It's on the todo list ... you know ... the one that keeps falling down the back of the sofa.

[kcvinu]

Hi Thank you all.

Hi 

JohnOne, I am assuming that your "MyIncludes.au3" will be in C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Include\s. Am i right ?

[water]

Not necessarily. You can define a user directory where AutoIt searches for the include files as well.

[Melba23]

kcvinu,

I am assuming that your "MyIncludes.au3" will be in C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Include\s. Am i right ?

Wrong - read the tutorial to which water and I linked above.

M23

[TheSaint]

Also, have a look at the Keyword Reference section of the Help file, under #Include etc.

Edited February 23, 2015 by TheSaint

[kcvinu]

Success...!! this is my include file

Func Alert($msg)
    Local $title = StringSplit(@ScriptName,".")
    MsgBox(0,$title[1],$msg)
EndFunc

And this is my script file...

#include <Alert.au3>
Alert("Hello World!")

It works.. Thank you all...

[SadBunny]

@JohnOne - An excellent example and right to the point.

I don't recall ever having made my own Include file, though I've always known how, and included plenty by other people.

I probably should have a standard Include of my own, as many of my programs use a lot of the same functions, and so it would save me plenty of copy and paste. It's on the todo list ... you know ... the one that keeps falling down the back of the sofa.

 

Saving on copypaste is one of the weakest reasons to keep your frequently used functionality centralized in libraries Better reasons are standardization and the fact that if a bug in one of those turns up you only have to fix it in one place.

Edited February 23, 2015 by SadBunny