Sorry for the poor title but it's hard to explain in a few words what I'm looking for hence Google can't show me what i'm looking for.
I'm under the impression that many Windows applications can be run with arguments via command line. My question if there is a log or a program that would show you the commands that have just been ran after you have interacted with a program via the Window's GUI.
So for instance if I:
opened Media Center -> Live TV
The log or program would give me the resulting console commands in order to run the GUI actions via CMD
If I could see what actions were being taken behind the scenes of the GUI I could really automate many menial tasks.
21 Answer
For automating GUI tasks, you can use AutoHotkey. For example, the following script will run Notepad, wait until it is active (has focus), and then select Help > About Notepad:
Run, notepad.exe
WinWaitActive, ahk_class Notepad
SendInput, !h
SendInput, a
ExitAppBreakdown:
Run, notepad.exe: launches NotepadWinWaitActive, ahk_class Notepad: waits until Notepad is activeSendInput, !h: opens the Help menu by pressing Alt+hSendInput, a: selects About Notepad by pressing aExitApp: the script is done, so it exits.
Now, this is a a boring example, but it gives you an idea of what can be done with AutoHotkey.
You can run scripts by double-clicking on the .ahk file, or even from the command line! You can also compile scripts into .exe files for portability.
Documentation:
(AutoHotkey is one of my favorite utilities. You can find more script examples on Super User by browsing the autohotkey tag or my profile.)
