How to easily Apply Styles to AHK GUIs - throw some lipstick on them!

the AutoHotkey GUIs are very simple to create however they do look dated. In this video I show you how you can easily apply styles / themes to them and make them look more modern. In the download you get the 29 styles files as well as the dll file.

TLDR: The video teaches how to style windows and create modern GUIs in AutoHotkey using a simplified script and a drop-down list of different styles.

1. 00:00 💻 Learn to style windows and create modern GUIs in AutoHotkey.
1.1 Learn how to use styles to color windows and make GUIs look newer in AutoHotkey.

2. 00:55 💻 Learn GUI basics with an intro course and use a script that references a DLL.
2.1 The speaker recommends an intro to GUIs course for those new to GUIs and demonstrates a script that references a required DLL.

3. 01:34 🔍 Simplified script by removing paid-for elements and adjusting hard-coded paths due to broken hyperlinks and confusing references.
3.1 The speaker found broken hyperlinks and confusing references to dlls and styles, and simplified the script by removing paid-for elements and adjusting the hard-coded paths.

4. 02:37 💡 The mss styles files require launching AutoHotkey in 32-bit mode using a script.
4.1 To use the mss styles files, download the 32-bit version of AutoHotkey and use a script to launch it in 32-bit mode.

5. 03:40 🛠️ A new object is created to store data and minor adjustments are made to the skin form function.
5.1 An object is created to store data, a path is used to loop over MS styles files and put them into an array, and minor adjustments are made to the skin form function.

6. 04:28 💻 AutoHotkey GUIs can be styled with modern and visually appealing designs using a drop-down list of different styles.
6.1 The speaker demonstrated a drop-down list with different styles for AutoHotkey GUIs, showing how they can make the GUIs look more modern and visually appealing.

7. 05:44 💻 Adding a dll can be risky, but a check mark feature is cool.
7.1 Adding a dll for people to download can increase the likelihood of being flagged as spam or a virus, but adding a check mark functionality is pretty slick.

8. 06:35 👨‍💻 Applying dark theme to GUIs in AutoHotkey for visually appealing interfaces.
8.1 The speaker demonstrated how to apply a dark theme to GUIs in AutoHotkey, making it easy to create visually appealing interfaces.

[Kynuko]

It cant work for me, when i click on Change Styles the GUI goes to the background and doesnt appear again

[zektrix]

The basic GUI is definitely dated. I have been trying so much to make these things clean yet could only go so far. I'm starting to shift into making images to spice up the GUI and it's working pretty well.

[genjip]

hi joe, for me the script is working but the style is kind of mess, icons are not working and some styles are very different, missing things. Do u have any ideia why's that? my other computer is running fine and have the same configuration

[LeonAlkoholik]

Doesn't seem to fully work on my end. 64-Bit AHK here with latest Windows 10 but have the 32-Bit Binaries on default path. It just says " - of" in titlebar and when clicking on "Change Style" the GUI goes to the background and doesn't reappear

[LeonAlkoholik]

Wish there was a 64-Bit version of the DLL :/

[kenshinhimura]

hello sir, I downloaded the folder in the link, although I open the skin7 ahk in it, the patterns are not loaded. Do you have a chance to make a detailed video on this subject?