PokerPad - AHK hotkey script

[Xanderz]

Now supports IPoker, Poker Stars and Full Tilt. Note that for IPoker the pot bets are only supported for the mini tables.

Download: http://www.autohotkey.net/~Xander/PokerPad/

Absolute Poker is next scheduled to be supported. I am not aware of any AHK scripts for Absolute Poker, so Party and Prima will be delayed.

[_dave_]

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c) GPL - not so sure - be careful not to try and subvert any of the Free code already posted here, which leads to:

[/ QUOTE ] I missed this the first time. I am not sure what you mean here? Everything in my code has been developed independent of any other code. I use the license so that the code can't be put into proprietary software.

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Indeed - but it means more than that. AFAIK, it means any code can not be put in to anything that is not GPL - which may or may not be proprietary.

You have at least got me thinking about licensing for the first time in ~5 years [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Note I am generally a big fan of the GPL / FSF - just not entirely sure it is ideal for scripting... But I also don't see a better alternative after a quick browse.

Thing is, I could not GPL BetPot at this point - not without consent from everyone that has ever suggested modifications... which is quite a list now.

But it is currently unlicensed - so I guess I have to do something...

dave.

[_dave_]

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I am not aware of any AHK scripts for Absolute Poker


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I have BetPot code for absolute - incomplete, however. It is tricky to read/write from the bet box (your OCR stuff should handle this easily enough) - But I put it on hold while focusing on other scripts...

There is good reason no-one in their right mind should be playing on Absolute until someone figures out what went on / it will not happen again.

dave.

[_dave_]

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They aren't configurable to my liking


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I'm gonna optimistically take that to mean you didn't try BetPot / TableNavigator [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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You can also find me at the AHK forums.


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Your name is different!!! I found you only after reading you 0.3 code with the link to the AHK forums.

Anyhow, welcome to these forums [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Do not take my tone as offensive - it is not meant to be - we certainly value new poker scripters round these parts - I do have my reservations on the GPL in this circumstance, however... it would seem to be I can eiter GPL my own stuff - or actively monitor yours to make sure in anything new I write I am doing *nothing* in the same way that you are. Am I reading this wrong?

dave.

[Xanderz]

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I'm gonna optimistically take that to mean you didn't try BetPot / TableNavigator [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[/ QUOTE ]Ahh, I didn't mean it like that. I like to enter bets manually sometimes rather than using a pot percentage and AFAIK there aren't scripts that will redirect numpad digits to the bet box when the bet box isn't focused. That was the main reason I wrote my own script.
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Your name is different!!!

[/ QUOTE ]Ahh, Xander was taken. I hope it isn't an active poster that I may be confused with.
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Anyhow, welcome to these forums [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[/ QUOTE ]Thanks.
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I do have my reservations on the GPL in this circumstance, however... it would seem to be I can eiter GPL my own stuff - or actively monitor yours to make sure in anything new I write I am doing *nothing* in the same way that you are. Am I reading this wrong?

[/ QUOTE ]Licensing isn't the same as patenting [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] You can write similar code. The license is just for whole-sale copying and making modifications.

[Xanderz]

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I have BetPot code for absolute - incomplete, however.

[/ QUOTE ]It appears we find ourselves in similar situations (incomplete code). Not only is it practically impossible to predict the placement of the pot size text, it also seems to get partially covered up for 6 and 2 seat tables on the river for the smallest table size [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

Thus Absolute is on hold indefinately for now. Perhaps when/if their reputation is restored I'll revisit supporting the site.

[_dave_]

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Not only is it practically impossible to predict the placement of the pot size text, it also seems to get partially covered up for 6 and 2 seat tables on the river for the smallest table size


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Yeah, it is at times ridiculous.

I think I had it at some point - but then the BBV threads exploded and I just thought "lol, back burner for now".

Still need to clear the deposit bonus I have there after trying it out, so maybe I'll have a crack again sometime... I can't play there without getting super paranoid now though [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

dave.

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Xanders - is it within the GPL to edit your script (and publish as GPL obv.) so that it just runs in the background and responds with a numerical value to a SendMessage of screen co-ordinates (from a non-GPL script) to scan? I think it would be?

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I was originally calling the Java code through a Run command but found that there was considerable lag loading java everytime. (I don't know how to load a Java app and leave it running while communicating back and forth between AHK and Java).


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SendMessage?

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Instead of doing that, I figured 100% AHK code would be better anyway.

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100% agree [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Xanderz]

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Xanders - is it within the GPL to edit your script (and publish as GPL obv.) so that it just runs in the background and responds with a numerical value to a SendMessage of screen co-ordinates (from a non-GPL script) to scan? I think it would be?

[/ QUOTE ]Not sure how SendMessage communicates between scripts, I thought it was just to send messages to native controls. Either way, feel free to use the ODR_ functions however you want. They are published for general use: http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic24222.html

[_dave_]

Awesome, TYVM [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

SendMessage / PostMessage are probably one of the most fantastic features of AHK - If you are unfamiliar with them (I am at best noob myself) they are well worth spending a few days learning.

Basically you can use SendMessage to communicate / call functions in other scripts / processes. PostMessage is similar, but only in the outgoing direction.

An axample would be as above - I run a #persistent script containing your OCR functions, with an OnMessage function, that returns the value from the OCR function.

The script wanting to OCR something fires a SendMessage to the OCR script, and recieves response from OCR script.


That is probably not very clear [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

A decent example is the way BetPot can SendMessage TableNavigator for the ahk_id of the currently highlighted table - that is done with the TableNav function in BetPot and the OnMessage 0x5555(I think) function in tableNavigator.

Very useful feature, allows AHKs to communicate with other AHKs / probably any other app [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

EDIT: Sendmessage is pretty much the only method for inter-script communication - and relies upon the existance of an OnMessage handler function in the receiving script - unless the sent message is low-numbered enough to be a standard Windows message.

dave.