When thinking about windows automation the question, “how many ways can you skin a cat?” springs to mind, because there are so many different scripting languages and tools. Visual Basic Script (or VBS) for example is built-in to Windows making it very accessible.

But one that I have rediscovered recently is a tool called AutoIt which is now in its 3rd generation. It’s compatible with all versions of Windows old and new (including Vista), and those of you that are familiar with BASIC are going to love it.

AutoIt is completely free and a reasonable 4MB download provides you everything you need to get started. Read more…