Communicating between Autohotkey and python

Question

Is there a way to send some parameter from autohotkey to python.

Using Autohot key I read some number from the notepad and store in a variable and now I want to send th

Answer 1

Inter-process communication would be capable of sending the information while the Python script is already running.

Forum thread: http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic21699.html (there's a nice documentation link in that post)

You could also use TCP/IP Network communication (like in the post below), but that probably wouldn't be quite as slick as using IPC.

Forum thread: http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic13829.html

Answer 2

The way you got it working is the easiest, and probably best, method of accomplishing what you want.

Communication between applications can be done with more methods then you probably can imagine, but as long as it doesn't have to be realtime you can call your programs with arguments, as it is easy and reliable.