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#71
Help and Support / Re: How do we backup our actio...
Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - June 03, 2026, 05:47:55 PMI totally forgot about action backups. 
I promise to do it soon. I don't want to do the add-to-note thing because that's more of a custom request and I prefer to avoid those. To find backed-up actions, I'll see what I can do.
I promise to do it soon. I don't want to do the add-to-note thing because that's more of a custom request and I prefer to avoid those. To find backed-up actions, I'll see what I can do. #72
Help and Support / Re: How do we backup our actio...
Last post by oblivion - June 03, 2026, 01:02:18 AMCan I make a suggestion?
How about a (hopefully simple) right-click function that could take the currently selected action and copy it to a Note, with the action name as the first line of the note and a the hotkey as the second? Oh, maybe some element that could be used as a search criterion so you could find all your backed-up actions easily?
How about a (hopefully simple) right-click function that could take the currently selected action and copy it to a Note, with the action name as the first line of the note and a the hotkey as the second? Oh, maybe some element that could be used as a search criterion so you could find all your backed-up actions easily?
#73
Tips and Tricks / Re: Case modification anywhere
Last post by oblivion - May 31, 2026, 10:13:02 PMThe updated version of the code -- and I've added in the MiXeD cAsE block because removing unwanted blocks is easier than adding them -- is here:
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HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 Window: Assign active ""
0002 Wait: For action hotkey to be released ""
0003 Clipboard: Clear all content ""
0004 Keyboard: Copy ""
0005 Action: Abort if no clipboard text ""
0006 String: Assign from clipboard text ""
0007 Alert: Ask for a choice "Case modification type?~iNVERT~lower case~Sentence case~Title Case~AL¬
L CAPS~MiXeD cAsE"
0008 Action: Do next step if "alert$=iNVERT"
0009 String: Case swap ""
0010 Action: Do next step if "alert$=Title Case"
0011 String: Case title ""
0012 Action: Do next step if "alert$=Sentence case"
0013 String: Case sentence ""
0014 Action: Do next step if "alert$=lower case"
0015 String: Case lower ""
0016 Action: Do next step if "alert$=ALL CAPS"
0017 String: Case upper ""
0018 Action: Do next step if "alert$=MiXeD cAsE"
0019 String: Case mixed ""
0020 Clipboard: Assign text "string$"
0021 Keyboard: Paste ""
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#74
Tips and Tricks / Re: Case modification anywhere
Last post by oblivion - May 31, 2026, 10:08:29 PMAh. Now that gave me an idea.
Adding
at step 2 fixed it.
Adding
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Wait: For action hotkey to be released ""at step 2 fixed it.
#75
Help and Support / Re: Can Alomware Toolbox do th...
Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - May 31, 2026, 08:12:52 PMHi GrahamB. This can be done with an action like below. In the action, I'm using Winamp as the music player, so edit steps 2 and 3 to be what your music player's folder and exe name is.
Explanation of the steps:
Step 1 tells the action to remember the current active window (if any).
Step 2 launches the music player (Winamp).
Step 3 waits for Winamp's window to appear.
Step 4 waits for 25 milliseconds after Winamp's window opens to ensure it's ready.
Step 5 tells AlomWare Toolbox to silently end the action here if a window wasn't active in step 1.
Step 6 switches the focus back to the original active window (if a window was active in step 1).
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HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 Window: Assign active ""
0002 Computer: App launch "D:\[Apps]\Winamp\Winamp.exe"
0003 Wait: For a window to appear "Winamp.exe"
0004 Wait: For milliseconds to pass "25"
0005 Action: Allow failure messages "0"
0006 Window: Activate for use ""
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Explanation of the steps:
Step 1 tells the action to remember the current active window (if any).
Step 2 launches the music player (Winamp).
Step 3 waits for Winamp's window to appear.
Step 4 waits for 25 milliseconds after Winamp's window opens to ensure it's ready.
Step 5 tells AlomWare Toolbox to silently end the action here if a window wasn't active in step 1.
Step 6 switches the focus back to the original active window (if a window was active in step 1).
#76
Help and Support / Can Alomware Toolbox do this?
Last post by GrahamB - May 31, 2026, 05:19:11 PMI'm new to Alomware Toolbox but already paid for it because I've been blown away by it so far. It's one of the best software tools I've ever used. 
So far I've mainly used it for text autocompletion of things like my email and some website logins, but as a newbie I'd like to know if it's possible for me to open my music player but not lose the focus of the window that I'm currently using? Because it's annoying to click the taskbar to return to where I was after my music player opens. I'm guessing this is not a hard thing to do, but I'm not sure yet how to do it. Thanks in advance.
So far I've mainly used it for text autocompletion of things like my email and some website logins, but as a newbie I'd like to know if it's possible for me to open my music player but not lose the focus of the window that I'm currently using? Because it's annoying to click the taskbar to return to where I was after my music player opens. I'm guessing this is not a hard thing to do, but I'm not sure yet how to do it. Thanks in advance. #77
Help and Support / Re: Kill and restart a hung ap...
Last post by GrahamB - May 31, 2026, 03:42:37 PMSorry for my late response, but this works great and is just what I needed.
#78
General Discussion / Re: Hotkey oddity
Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - May 31, 2026, 01:12:57 PMThe "numpad#" trick has been there since the beginning.
Also for resizing a window, you can specify "numpad3" to resize the window to the bottom-third of the desktop, or as "numpad5" to center it in the middle of the desktop, and even as "numpad46" to resize it as a strip across the middle-third of the desktop (since keys 4 to 6 are across the middle of the numeric keypad).
Also for resizing a window, you can specify "numpad3" to resize the window to the bottom-third of the desktop, or as "numpad5" to center it in the middle of the desktop, and even as "numpad46" to resize it as a strip across the middle-third of the desktop (since keys 4 to 6 are across the middle of the numeric keypad).
#79
General Discussion / Re: Hotkey oddity
Last post by oblivion - May 30, 2026, 10:50:09 PMIf you think I'm going to roll back to 24H2 (I do have a full backup, I could, but argh) you have another think coming.
The refresh trigger list: yes, that's a useful thing to know, I'll try to remember that.
By the way, I just spotted the move to numpad# option for windows and mouse movements (in your Toolbox vs Autohotkey comparison post) and yay! Is that newish, or is it just one of the (many!) things in Toolbox I'd failed to notice / register when I was writing things?
At a tangent: the comparison between Autohotkey and Toolbox is interesting and useful. I'd also add that Toolbox scripts mostly don't need to be completely rewritten when there's a Toolbox version change -- I have an extremely complex Autohotkey script at work that operates as an automation robot: takes data from one source and copies it to another, in the absence of a "proper" backend interface. It was written in Autohotkey v1 and fails so hard in Autohotkey v2 it'd make your head spin.
The refresh trigger list: yes, that's a useful thing to know, I'll try to remember that.
By the way, I just spotted the move to numpad# option for windows and mouse movements (in your Toolbox vs Autohotkey comparison post) and yay! Is that newish, or is it just one of the (many!) things in Toolbox I'd failed to notice / register when I was writing things?
At a tangent: the comparison between Autohotkey and Toolbox is interesting and useful. I'd also add that Toolbox scripts mostly don't need to be completely rewritten when there's a Toolbox version change -- I have an extremely complex Autohotkey script at work that operates as an automation robot: takes data from one source and copies it to another, in the absence of a "proper" backend interface. It was written in Autohotkey v1 and fails so hard in Autohotkey v2 it'd make your head spin.
#80
Announcements / AlomWare Toolbox vs AutoHotkey
Last post by Paul (Lead Developer) - May 30, 2026, 09:19:24 PMQuite often the question arises of how AlomWare Toolbox compares to AutoHotkey. Basically, AutoHotkey is a full programming language, whereas AlomWare Toolbox is more of a scripting tool that can achieve similar things to AutoHotkey but on a smaller and less technical scale. This is partly why AlomWare Toolbox was created: because AutoHotkey is just too hard and complicated for the everyday PC user to deal with. Not everybody is a programmer, and neither do they want to invest the time and effort into becoming one.
So, let's compare both products to see how they'd automate the task of opening the Windows Calculator, move it to the bottom-right of the desktop, and set its transparency level to 75%.
With AutoHotkey, the coding (which is always done by manual typing) is like this:
This is not very user-friendly to read, and has confusing data (specifying "191" for 75%), and as mentioned requires manual typing by hand.
No, thanks.
By comparison, here's the exact same thing with AlomWare Toolbox, with easy-to-understand plain-English steps that are picked from a list instead of typing:
Here's how the above action looks in AlomWare Toolbox:
As you can see, the AlomWare Toolbox version is much cleaner, clearer to understand, and has nice icons for visibility (unlike AutoHotkey).
FAQ: What does numpad3 mean in step 3 above? Well, think of your desktop as being like the numeric keypad on your keyboard. See how the numpad's "3" key is at the bottom-right of the keypad, as shown in the image below? This means to automatically position Calculator at the bottom-right of the desktop (no matter what size the desktop is at the time), saving you the hassle of calculating the bottom-right corner of the desktop manually. Nice! But having said that, you can always manually specify a desktop position by typing the screen co-ordinates in step 3 using an X,Y format instead of the numpad# format.
So, let's compare both products to see how they'd automate the task of opening the Windows Calculator, move it to the bottom-right of the desktop, and set its transparency level to 75%.
With AutoHotkey, the coding (which is always done by manual typing) is like this:
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Run, calc.exe
WinWait, ahk_exe CalculatorApp.exe
SysGet, WorkArea, MonitorWorkArea
WinGetPos, , , WinW, WinH, ahk_exe CalculatorApp.exe
NewX := WorkAreaRight - WinW
NewY := WorkAreaBottom - WinH
WinMove, ahk_exe CalculatorApp.exe, , %NewX%, %NewY%
; Set transparency to 75%
; 255 = fully opaque, so 75% = 191
WinSet, Transparent, 191, ahk_exe CalculatorApp.exe
This is not very user-friendly to read, and has confusing data (specifying "191" for 75%), and as mentioned requires manual typing by hand.
No, thanks.By comparison, here's the exact same thing with AlomWare Toolbox, with easy-to-understand plain-English steps that are picked from a list instead of typing:
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0001 Computer: App launch "calc.exe"
0002 Window: Assign and wait to activate "CalculatorApp.exe"
0003 Window: Move to desktop position "numpad3"
0004 Window: Transparency "75"
(End)Here's how the above action looks in AlomWare Toolbox:
As you can see, the AlomWare Toolbox version is much cleaner, clearer to understand, and has nice icons for visibility (unlike AutoHotkey).
FAQ: What does numpad3 mean in step 3 above? Well, think of your desktop as being like the numeric keypad on your keyboard. See how the numpad's "3" key is at the bottom-right of the keypad, as shown in the image below? This means to automatically position Calculator at the bottom-right of the desktop (no matter what size the desktop is at the time), saving you the hassle of calculating the bottom-right corner of the desktop manually. Nice! But having said that, you can always manually specify a desktop position by typing the screen co-ordinates in step 3 using an X,Y format instead of the numpad# format.