Autoit Recorder not available

Question

From here I downloaded:

1. SciTE4AutoIt3.exe
2. SciTE.exe

But AutoIt Recorder is not in the tools menu. Also tried downloading AutoIt Recorder, though I could not. How to get AutoIt Recorder?

Celina

Have you saved the script your trying to create? The tools menu will not show the Au3Recorder until you do so, unless you downloaded SciTE - light. – Senega

Exactly, you have to have a blank script to write to the script. So, you will need to have a saved file to have Au3Recorder put the code into. Try just saving the file before doing anything, then checking tools -> Au3Recorder – Senega

You use tools on an unsaved file, it must be saved to a location on your computer first. Also, if that does not work then you will need to download the full version of the SciTE editor here - autoitscript.com/cgi-bin/getfile.pl?../autoit3/scite/download/… – Senega

Answer 1

As of AutoIt v3.3.14.1 AU3Recorder is not included anymore. The only way is:

1. Download AutoIt v3.3.14.0.
2. Copy
   autoit-v3.3.14.0.zip\install\Extras\Au3Record
   to
   {AutoIt-Install-Dir}\Extras\Au3Record.
3. Start AU3Recorder:
   • Run {AutoIt-Install-Dir}\Extras\Au3Record\Au3Record.exe.
   • Or open SciTE and click Tools > AU3Recorder (Alt + F6):
     
     

Notes:

• Version 3.3.14.0 has AU3Recorder.
• Version 3.3.14.2 does not.
• Changelog / history does not mention it.
• Explained here and here.

Grab

Without the recorder, AutoIt's usefulness just decreases by 99%. Nobody wants to use the AutoIt Window Info tool to find/copy/paste type into/name etc into the script with thousands of controls to do. – Placement

Answer 2

It has been removed from the main installer from v3.3.14.1 as it triggers many AV false positives. You can find an old version here:

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/files/archive/autoit/autoit-v3.3.14.0.zip

A little explanation of the rather strange link above:

If we give you a direct link to the file (or the zip file which includes it) the site gets flagged as hosting malware (yes really!) - so what you have is a link to the AutoIt archive page and the name of the zip file you need to download from it.

https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/176009-where-is-au3recordexe/

It is then located in the zip file at: .\install\Extras\Au3Record

Pains

Without the recorder, AutoIt's usefulness just decreases by 99%. Nobody wants to use the AutoIt Window Info tool to find/copy/paste type into/name etc into the script with thousands of controls to do. – Placement

Answer 3

It sounds like you might be looking for the AU3Recorder. You'll find this in one of the following paths (depending on your build), so long as you went with a full installation.

• C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Extras\Au3Record
• C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Extras\Au3Record

Septi

This is no longer included in those folders (and yes, I chose the full installation). – Greensand

Answer 4

1. Install AutoIt v3 (This is the latest version as for now)
2. After installation:
   2.1 Click Windows Start icon -> Click "AutoIt v3" -> Click "Browse Extras"
   2.2 Extras folder of AutoIt will open in Windows Explorer. Click on "Au3Record" folder -> Double click on "Au3Record.exe"
3. AU3Record will open

Another way using AutoIt Script Editor(SciTE4AutoIt3.exe):

1. Download AutoIt Script Editor from https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit-script-editor/downloads/
2. Install it
3. After installation:
   3.1 Open AutoIt Script Editor
   3.2. Click Tools menu -> click AU3Recorder from context menu

Raincoat

For me it is not there – Impiety