Miles, maybe you could share the template so that others may have a starting point for their templates? 
-jgpaiva
That's no problem. Usually if Scite4AHK is installed there's a file in Windows\ShellNew folder called Template.ahk. Next I have to work on templates for AutoIt3 and FreeBASIC. Although FB is more likely to be command line unless I start playing around with the dialog resource editors.
Here's my Template.ahk. Also since it uses a few routines in MilesAhead.ahk I'll include that as it helps to make some things generic.
Template.ahk
; AutoHotkey Script Template for MilesAhead
;#SingleInstance force
#SingleInstance ignore
#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
#Include MilesAhead.ahk
progname := _FileBaseName(A_ScriptFullPath)
Menu Tray,NoStandard
Menu Tray,Add,Donate,DoDonate
Menu Tray,Add,Visit Hotkey Page,DoVisit
Menu Tray,Add,About,DoAbout
Menu Tray,Add
Menu Tray,Add,Quit,DoQuit
Menu Tray,Default,About
Menu Tray,Tip,%progname%
; boiler plate ini file naming
;
;~ IniFile = %A_ScriptDir%\%A_ScriptName%
;~ IniFile := RegExReplace(IniFile,"i)ahk$","ini")
;~ IniFile := RegExReplace(IniFile,"i)exe$","ini")
;change hotkey and do something here
!+F10::
Return
DoAbout:
FileGetVersion,filever,%progname%.exe
MyMsg =
(
%progname% v %filever% Copyright (c) 2011 www.FavesSoft.com`n
Enter Usage info here`n
)
MsgBox, 4160, About %progname%, %MyMsg%
Return
DoDonate:
Run,"http://www.favessoft.com/donate.html"
Return
DoVisit:
Run,"http://www.favessoft.com/hotkeys.html"
Return
DoQuit:
ExitApp
MilesAhead.ahk
;
; MilesAhead include script with a few system related functions
;
; returns non 0 if program is running
_IsRunning(program)
{
Process,Exist,%program%
Return errorlevel
}
_LoWord(arg)
{
Return arg & 0xFFFF
}
_HiWord(arg)
{
Return arg >> 16
}
_LoByte(arg)
{
Return arg & 0x00FF
}
_HiByte(arg)
{
Return (arg & 0xFF00) >> 8
}
_WinVersionMajor()
{
Return _LoByte(_LoWord(DllCall("kernel32.dll\GetVersion", "UInt", -1)))
}
_WinVersionMinor()
{
Return _HiByte(_LoWord(DllCall("kernel32.dll\GetVersion", "UInt", -1)))
}
_WinVersion()
{
dwVersion := DllCall("kernel32.dll\GetVersion", "UInt", -1)
Return _LoByte(_LoWord(dwVersion)) . "."
. _HiByte(_LoWord(dwVersion))
}
;call EmptyWorkingSet in AHK
_EmptyWorkingSet()
{
Return DllCall("psapi.dll\EmptyWorkingSet", "UInt", -1)
}
;reduce memory footprint by calling EmptyWorkingSet
_ReduceMemory()
{
If _WinVersionMajor() > 4
{
Return _EmptyWorkingSet()
}
Return false
}
;function by HotKeyIt on AHK forums
FormatMessageFromSystem(ErrorCode)
{
VarSetCapacity(Buffer, 2000)
DllCall("FormatMessage"
, "UInt", 0x1000 ; FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM
, "UInt", 0
, "UInt", ErrorCode
, "UInt", 0x800 ;LANG_SYSTEM_DEFAULT (LANG_USER_DEFAULT=0x400)
, "UInt", &Buffer
, "UInt", 500
, "UInt", 0)
VarSetCapacity(buffer,-1)
Return Buffer
}
_GetWorkArea(ByRef left, ByRef top, ByRef right, ByRef bottom)
{
VarSetCapacity(work_area,16,0)
success := DllCall( "SystemParametersInfo", "uint", 0x30, "uint", 0, "uint", &work_area, "uint", 0 )
If success =
{
Return 0
}
left := NumGet(work_area,0)
top := NumGet(work_area,4)
Right := NumGet(work_area,8)
Bottom := NumGet(work_area,12)
Return 1
}
_MarginWorkArea(ByRef left, ByRef top, ByRef right, ByRef bottom, ByRef margin = 4)
{
If _GetWorkArea(left, top, Right, Bottom)
{
If Margin is Integer
{
If (Margin < 0) or (Margin > 12)
Margin := 4
}
Else
Margin := 4
left += Margin
top += Margin
Right -= Margin
Bottom -= Margin
Return 1
}
Return 0
}
_TaskbarGapArea(ByRef left, ByRef top, ByRef right, ByRef bottom, percentgap = 5)
{
_GetWorkArea(left, top, right, bottom)
If (right - left = A_ScreenWidth) And (bottom - top = A_ScreenHeight)
{
Return
}
Else If (bottom < A_ScreenHeight)
{
bottom -= (bottom // 100 * percentgap)
}
Else If (top > 0)
{
top += (bottom - top) // 100 * percentgap
}
Else If (left > 0)
{
left += (right - left) // 100 * percentgap
}
Else
{
right -= (right - left) // 100 * percentgap
}
}
_GlassEnabled()
{
isEnabled = false
If _WinVersionMajor() < 6
{
Return false
}
DllCall("dwmapi.dll\DwmIsCompositionEnabled", "UInt", &isEnabled)
Return %isEnabled%
}
_EnableBlurBehind(hwnd)
{
VarSetCapacity(struct, 16, 0)
NumPut(1, struct, 0, "UInt") ; dwFlags=DWM_BB_Enable
NumPut(1, struct, 4, "Int") ; fEnable=TRUE
DllCall("dwmapi.dll\DwmEnableBlurBehindWindow", "UInt", hwnd, "UInt", &struct)
}
;returns string, wrapped in quotes when conataining spaces
_WrapQuotes(str)
{
If InStr(str," ")
{
str := """" . str . """"
}
Return str
}
_FileBaseName(path)
{
SplitPath,path,,,,basename
Return basename
}
_FileDir(path)
{
SplitPath,path,,fdir
Return fdir
}
_FileDirWithSlash(path)
{
Return _FileDir(path) . "\"
}
_CheckForUpdate(url="http://www.favessoft.com/",ininame="FavesVersions.ini")
{
urlfile := url . ininame
localfile := A_ScriptDir . "\" . ininame
param := _FileBaseName(A_ScriptFullPath)
If (FileExist(localfile))
{
FileDelete,%localfile%
}
;MsgBox, 4160, , localfile is %localfile%
URLDownloadToFile,%urlfile%,%localfile%
If ErrorLevel
{
MsgBox, 4112, %param%, Server access failed!
Return
}
IniRead,onlinever,%localfile%,Versions,%param%,%A_Space%
IniRead,zipfile,%localfile%,Downloads,%param%,%A_Space%
FileGetVersion,localver,%A_ScriptFullPath%
If localver =
{
MsgBox, 4112, %param%, local Version Info Not Found!
Return
}
If onlinever =
{
MsgBox, 4112, %param%, Online Version Info Not Found!
Return
}
;MsgBox, 4160, URLDown Online Verson, %onlinever%
;MsgBox, 4160, URLDown local Verson, %localver%
If (onlinever > localver)
{
If zipfile =
{
MsgBox, 4112, %param%, Could not determine Download Filename!
Return
}
MsgBox, 0x1024, %param%, Current Version is %localver% : Download %onlinever% ?
IfMsgBox Yes
{
urlfile := url . zipfile
ziplocalfile := A_ScriptDir . "\" . zipfile
URLDownloadToFile,%urlfile%,%ziplocalfile%
If ErrorLevel
{
MsgBox, 4112, %param%, Download attempt failed!!
Return
}
Run,%ziplocalfile%
Run,%A_ScriptDir%
If (FileExist(localfile))
{
FileDelete,%localfile%
}
ExitApp
}
}
Else
{
MsgBox, 4160, %param%, %localver% is the Latest Version
}
If (FileExist(localfile))
{
FileDelete,%localfile%
}
Return
}
