Full Tilt Shortcuts - new ahk script

[nanochip]

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I have a general question about downloading .exe's... while I trust nanochip b/c of all the work he's done on these awesome scripts, how can one be sure they're aren't getting anything malicious when they're downloading and running an .exe like the ones for the latest versions of FTTO and FTShortcuts?

I'm not asking for people to vouch for nanochip, that's not necessary, I'm asking as a computer noob who wants to learn how to protect himself.

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I personally don't worry too much about this. However, I never open unsolicited attachments (in emails) and I back up my computer every day to another hard drive. In 30 years of programming personal computers I've never had a virus (and I've never known anyone to have one, but people always see their computer do something strange and then think it is a virus). The hard drive backups have saved me several times from my own mistakes and hardware failures.

There isn't much incentive for someone to write a poker program and put something malicious in it. There is such a small market for this software, that it would be a very poor choice. A game or music program would have much broader distribution.

So, my advice is to run a virus checker if you are concerned (I don't because they take up too many computer resources), and then only download items that you searched for. I view like the telephone: if someone calls me unsolicited, I never give them any personal info, but if I call some company, I'll give them the minimum that they need to identify me.

That being said, you should be aware that I'm an optimist and I think life is too short [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

nano

[Hensa]

I agree that a .exe is a real problem.
There are really poker players hacked this way .
That is one of the reasons that AHK scripts have such a great success.

[Hensa]

I tried to enter the same key for check and call, it seems it doesn't work properly. Did I made something wrong ? ( I have written TAB in the 2 differents box )

[nanochip]

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I tried to enter the same key for check and call, it seems it doesn't work properly. Did I made something wrong ? ( I have written TAB in the 2 differents box )

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The software will not operate properly with the same key used for two actions. In the next version I plan to have the call action default to check if the call button is not visible.
nano

[zook]

Thanks for the reply nano. And for all the work you've put into these scripts.

Is there any chance you could post the ahk source code for the lastest releases on your website, like you used to? What functionality would be lost if these were run as .ahk's instead of .exe's?

[nanochip]

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Thanks for the reply nano. And for all the work you've put into these scripts.

Is there any chance you could post the ahk source code for the lastest releases on your website, like you used to? What functionality would be lost if these were run as .ahk's instead of .exe's?

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I had been getting swamped with emails and PMs from people that are having problems using the .ahk versions. They often have an old version of AutoHotKey (or no version) or they don't get all of the files put in the right folders. As more an more people start using this program the support issue is getting a lot worse. After I started supplying the easy to install .exe file, the number of support questions dropped considerably.

[zook]

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Thanks for the reply nano. And for all the work you've put into these scripts.

Is there any chance you could post the ahk source code for the lastest releases on your website, like you used to? What functionality would be lost if these were run as .ahk's instead of .exe's?

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I had been getting swamped with emails and PMs from people that are having problems using the .ahk versions. They often have an old version of AutoHotKey (or no version) or they don't get all of the files put in the right folders. As more an more people start using this program the support issue is getting a lot worse. After I started supplying the easy to install .exe file, the number of support questions dropped considerably.

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Point taken. Would it be a lot more work to post both? Maybe part of the reason you aren't getting as many support questions is that some people are uncomfortable downloading and running an .exe [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]