Month: November 2015

Inserting Future (or Past) Dates and Times with AutoHotkey GUIs and Hotstring Menus (continued), (Part 11, Beginning Hotstrings)

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Using the DateTime GUI to Enter Both Times and Dates into the AutoHotkey Hotstring Replacement Menus

Last time, I added the MonthCal GUI control to the DateMenus.ahk script which allows the selection of any date for the date formatting pop-up menu. The primary problem with using the MonthCal GUI was that there is no time component in the result. If all you need is the date inserted into a document, then MonthCal works great. However, to get an option for including any time of day, the DateTime GUI control does the trick. Continue reading →

Inserting Future (or Past) Dates and Times with AutoHotkey GUIs and Hotstring Menus, (Part 10, Beginning Hotstrings)

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Add Methods for Inserting Any Future or Past Date or Time into Your Windows and Web Documents with AutoHotkey GUI (Graphical User Interface) Pop-ups Using Hotstring Menus.

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Instantly Add Dates to Your Documents in Different Formats with Hotstring Menus, (Part 9, Beginning Hotstrings)

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Don’t Know Which Time or Date Format You Need for Your Next Document or Web Form? Pick from a Hotstring Menu of Options.

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More Pop-up Synonym Menu Tips for AutoHotkey Hotstrings, (Part 8, Beginning Hotstrings)

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The C Option (Case Sensitive)—An Easy Way to Limit Hotstring Action. Plus, How to Emulate Hotstring Capitalization in an Action Menu Subroutine.

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