Function Reference
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				Function Reference
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Core Functions
Language Features
- <Expression> =~ m/pattern/flags -- Match a string to a regular expression pattern and check if it matches and optionally return captured groups
 - <Expression> =~ s/pattern/replacement/flags -- Replace parts of a string using a regular expression pattern and optionally executing functions on the matched groups
 
Console Functions
- Print( <expression> ) -- Prints an expressions string value to the console window
 - Println( <expression> ) -- Prints an expressions string value to the console window and inserts a newline charactor at the end.
 - Printf( <expression>, <expressions>... ) -- Print a formatted string to the console window
 - Input( <expression> ) -- Capture a string typed to console window
 - InputC( <expression> ) -- Capture a char typed to console window
 - Cls( ) -- Clear all text from the console window
 
Multi-Threading Functions
- ThreadCreate( <name>, <function> ) -- Create a new thread and start it off executing a function or some code
 - ThreadSleep( <name> ) -- Freeze a thread and make it sleep
 - ThreadResume( <name> ) -- Unfreeze a thread and allow it to continue execution
 - ThreadState( <name> ) -- Returns state of a thread
 - ThreadKill( <name> ) -- Terminate a thread and remove it from the script
 - ThreadExists( <name> ) -- Check if a thread exists by this name
 - ThreadName( ) -- Returns the name of the current thread that is executing this code
 - Threads( ) -- Return an array of all threads
 
Variable Type Conversions
- Char( <expression> ) -- Returns the single letter representation of an expression
 - Byte( <expression> ) -- Returns the unsigned 8-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
 - SByte( <expression> ) -- Returns the signed 8-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
 - Short( <expression> ) -- Returns the signed 16-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
 - Int16( <expression> ) -- Returns the signed 16-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
 - Int32( <expression> ) -- Returns the signed 32-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
 - Int( <expression> ) -- Returns the signed 32-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
 - Int64( <expression> ) -- Returns the signed 64-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
 - Long( <expression> ) -- Returns the signed 64-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
 - UShort( <expression> ) -- Returns the unsigned 16-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
 - UInt16( <expression> ) -- Returns the unsigned 16-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
 - UInt32( <expression> ) -- Returns the unsigned 32-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
 - UInt( <expression> ) -- Returns the unsigned 32-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
 - UInt64( <expression> ) -- Returns the unsigned 64-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
 - ULong( <expression> ) -- Returns the unsigned 64-bit integer (whole number) representation of an expression
 - Float( <expression> ) -- Returns the 32-bit floating point representation of an expression
 - Double( <expression> ) -- Returns the 64-bit floating point representation of an expression
 - String( <expression> ) -- Returns the String representation of an expression
 
Common Variable Functions
Misc
- Unset( $variable ) -- Delete a variable
 - IsDeclared( <variable name> ) -- Check if a variable has been declared
 
Hash/Array
- Reset( $variable ) -- Reset the current array pointer to the first element
 - Next( $variable ) -- Set the array pointer to the next element
 - Prev( $variable ) -- Set the array pointer to the previous element
 
Type Checking
- isVarChar( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a char type
 - isVarByte( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is an unsigned 8-bit integer type
 - isVarSByte( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a signed 8-bit integer type
 - isVarShort( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a signed 16-bit integer type
 - isVarInt16( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a signed 16-bit integer type
 - isVarInt( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a signed 32-bit integer type
 - isVarInt32( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a signed 32-bit integer type
 - isVarInt64( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a signed 64-bit integer type
 - isVarLong( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a signed 64-bit integer type
 - isVarUShort( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is an unsigned 16-bit integer type
 - isVarUInt16( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is an unsigned 16-bit integer type
 - isVarUInt( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is an unsigned 32-bit integer type
 - isVarUInt32( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is an unsigned 32-bit integer type
 - isVarUInt64( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is an unsigned 64-bit integer type
 - isVarULong( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is an unsigned 64-bit integer type
 - isVarFloat( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a single precision floating point type
 - isVarDouble( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a double precision floating point type
 - isVarString( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a string type
 - isVarNumber( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is any integer or float/double type
 - isVarBinary( $variable ) -- Checks if a variable is a binary type
 - isVarRef( $variable ) -- Check if a variable is an reference to another variable
 - isVarArray( $variable ) -- Check if a variable is an array
 - isVarObj( $variable, <type> ) -- Check if a variable is an object type (This includes classes, file handles etc)
 - isVarClass( $variable, <type> ) -- Check if a variable's object type is a class
 - isVarGUI( $variable ) -- Check if a variable's object type is a GUI
 - isVarGUIObject( $variable, <type> ) -- Check if a variable's object type is a GUI Object (Buttons etc)
 - isVarDLLStruct( $variable ) -- Check if a variable holds a DLLStruct
 
Get Type Directly
- GetVarType( $variable ) -- Get the common type of a variable
 - GetVarObjType( $variable ) -- Get the common object type of a variable (If it is an object)
 - GetVarGUIObjType( $variable ) -- Get the common object type of a variable (If it is a GUI object)
 
Binary Data Management Functions
- Pack( <expression>, <expressions> ) -- Pack data into a binary array
 - Unpack( <expression>, <binary-array> ) -- Unpack data from a binary array
 - BinaryCreate( <size>, <fill> ) -- Create a new binary variable and its array size and fill data type
 - BinaryClone( <binary-array> ) -- Clone a binary variable 100% and return a new binary variable with exactly same data as the old one
 - BinaryWipe( <binary-array> ) -- Wipes a binary variables data 100% and sets the variable to a blank int containing just 0
 - BinaryStr( <binary-array>, <separator> ) -- Create a Hex string from a binary array
 - BinaryHex( <expression> ) -- Create a binary array from a hex string
 - BinaryLen( <binary-array> ) -- Returns the number of bytes in a binary variable
 - BinaryGet( <binary-array>, <index> ) -- Get the byte at an index of a binary variable
 - BinarySet( <binary-array>, <index>, <value> ) -- Set the byte at an index of a binary variable
 - BinaryReverse( <binary-array>, <start>, <length> ) -- Reverse the order bytes a binary variable
 - BinaryMid( <binary-array>, <start>, <length> ) -- Create a binary variable by extracting a number of bytes from another binary variable
 - BinaryAppend( <binary-array>, <binary-array2>, <flag> ) -- Append a binary variables data onto the end or beginning of another binary variables data
 - BinaryInsert( <binary-array>, <binary-array2>, <index> ) -- Insert a binary variables data into another binary variable at a specific location
 - BinaryUnshift( <binary-array>, <byte> ) -- Add a byte to the beginning of a binary variable
 - BinaryPush( <binary-array>, <byte> ) -- Add a byte to the end of a binary variable
 - BinaryShift( <binary-array> ) -- Delete the first byte from a binary variable
 - BinaryPop( <binary-array> ) -- Delete the last byte from a binary variable
 - BinaryResize( <binary-array>, <size>, <data> ) -- Resize a binary variables data array
 - BinaryCompress( <binary-array> ) -- Compress a binary variables data
 - BinaryUncompress( <binary-array> ) -- Uncompress a binary variable data
 - BinarySave( <binary-array>, <file>, <flag> ) -- Save a binary variable data to file
 - BinaryLoad( <file>, <flag> ) -- Create a new binary variable by loading binary data from a file
 
Math Functions
- Abs( <expression> ) -- Calculates the absolute value of a number
 - ACos( <expression> ) -- Calculates the arcCosine of a number
 - ASin( <expression> ) -- Calculates the arcsine of a number
 - ATan( <expression> ) -- Calculates the arctangent of a number
 - BitAND( <expression>, <expression2>, <n> ) -- Performs a bitwise AND operation
 - BitNOT( <expression> ) -- Performs a bitwise NOT operation
 - BitOR( <expression>, <expression2>, <n> ) -- Performs a bitwise OR operation
 - BitSHIFT( <value>, <shift> ) -- Performs a bit shifting operation
 - BitXOR( <expression>, <expression2>, <n> ) -- Performs a bitwise exclusive OR (XOR) operation
 - Ceiling( <expression> ) -- Returns a number rounded up to the next integer
 - Cos( <expression> ) -- Calculates the cosine of a number
 - Cosh( <expression> ) -- Returns the hyperbolic cosine of the specified angle
 - Exp( <expression> ) -- Returns e raised to the specified power
 - Floor( <expression> ) -- Returns the largest integer less than or equal to the specified number
 - Log( <expression> ) -- Returns the logarithm of a specified number
 - Math( <expression> ) -- Parse a string containing mathematical equations
 - Max( <expression>, <expression2> ) -- Find the greater number and return it
 - Min( <expression>, <expression2> ) -- Find the lesser number and return it
 - Mod( <expression>, <expression2> ) -- Performs the modulus operation
 - Pow( <expression>, <expression2> ) -- Returns a specified number raised to the specified power
 - Random( <expression> ) -- Get a random number from the defined area.
 - Round( <expression> ) -- Returns a number rounded to a specified number of decimal places
 - Sin( <expression> ) -- Returns the sine of the specified angle
 - Sinh( <expression> ) -- Returns the hyperbolic sine of the specified angle
 - Sqrt( <expression> ) -- Returns the square root of a specified number
 - Tan( <expression> ) -- Returns the tangent of the specified angle
 - Tanh( <expression> ) -- Returns the hyperbolic tangent of the specified angle
 - Turncate( <expression> ) -- Calculates the integral part of a specified decimal number
 
String Functions
- Asc( <expression> ) -- Returns the ASCII code of a character.
 - AscW( <expression> ) -- Returns the UNICODE code of a character.
 - Chr( <expression> ) -- Returns a character corresponding to an ASCII code.
 - ChrW( <expression> ) -- Returns a character corresponding to an UNICODE code.
 - Contains( <sting>, <string>, <casesense>) -- Check if string contains a sub string
 - Compare( <string>, <string> ) -- Compare two strings to each other
 - Dec( <expression> ) -- Returns a integer representation of a hexadecimal string
 - FDec( <expression> ) -- Returns a float representation of a hexadecimal string
 - DDec( <expression> ) -- Returns a double representation of a hexadecimal string
 - DecPad( <expression>, <count> ) -- Pads numeric string to a given number of chars (Filling in the gap with zeros)
 - EndsWith( <expression>, <expression2>, <flag> ) -- Check if a string ends with a substring
 - Hex( <expression>, <length> ) -- Returns a string representation of an integer type converted to hexadecimal
 - FHex( <expression> ) -- Returns a string representation of an float type converted to hexadecimal
 - DHex( <expression> ) -- Returns a string representation of an double type converted to hexadecimal
 - InStr( <string>, <substirng>, <casesense>, <occurrence>, <start>, <count> ) -- Checks if a string contains a given substring.
 - isAlpha( <expression> ) -- Checks if string contains only Alphabetic characters
 - isAlphaNumeric( <expression> ) -- Checks if string contains only AlphaNumeric(A-Z, 0-9), Characters
 - isASCII( <expression> ) -- Check if string contains only ASCII chars
 - isEmpty( <expression> ) -- Checks if a string is completely empty.
 - isFloat( <expression> ) -- Check if string contains a floating point and could be converted
 - isLower( <expression> ) -- Checks if string contains only lowercase letters
 - isNumeric( <expression> ) -- Checks if string only contains numbers
 - isSpace( <expression> ) -- Check if string contains only whitespace
 - isSymbol( <expression> ) -- Check if string contains only symbol chars
 - isUpper( <expression> ) -- Check if string contains only uppercase chars
 - isXDigit( <expression> ) -- CHeck if string contains only hex chars
 - LC( <expression> ) -- Returns string in all lower case
 - LCFirst( <expression> ) -- Lower Cases first letter of string
 - LCWords( <expression> ) -- Lower Cases first letter of each word in string
 - Left( <expression>, <count> ) -- Returns a number of characters from the left-hand side of a string
 - Match( <expression>, <charset> ) -- Check if a string contains only characters from a substring
 - MD5( <expression> ) -- Creates MD5 Hash of specified string
 - PadLeft( <expression>, <pad>, <count> ) -- Pad the left of a string a given number of times with another string
 - PadRight( <expression>, <pad>, <count> ) -- Pad the right of a string a given number of times with another string
 - RandStr( <count> ) -- Generate a random sequence of characters at a given length
 - Repeat( <expression>, <count>, <flag> ) -- Create a new string or new array containing repeats of a string provided
 - Replace( <expression>, <find>, <replace>, <replacecount> ) -- Replace substrings within a string with other strings
 - Reverse( <expression> ) -- Reverse all characters in a string
 - Right( <expression>, <count> ) -- Returns a number of characters from the right-hand side of a string
 - SFormat( <expression> ) -- Returns a formatted string (similar to the C sprintf() function)
 - SHA1( <expression> ) -- Returns SHA1 hash of string
 - Split( <expression>, <delim/pattern>, <flag> ) -- Splits up a string into substrings depending on the given delimiters.
 - SPrintf( <expression>, <expressions>... ) -- Create a formatted string
 - StartsWith( <expression>, <expression2>, <flag> ) -- Check if a string starts with a substring
 - StrInsert( <expression>, <index>, <expression2> ) -- Insert a string at a given index of another string and return the new string
 - StrIndex( <expression>, <index> ) -- Get or set a char from/to a string at a specific index
 - StrLen( <expression> ) -- Returns length of specified string
 - SubStr( <expression>, <start>, <end> ) -- Return part of a string
 - Trim( <expression> ) -- Removes whitespace from the beginning and end of a string
 - TrimLeft( <expression> ) -- Strip whitespace from the start of a string
 - TrimRight( <expression> ) -- Strip whitespace from the end of a string
 - UC( <expression> ) -- Returns string in all Upper Case
 - UCFirst( <expression> ) -- Upper Cases first letter of string
 - UCWords( <expression> ) -- Upper Cases first letter of each word in string
 
Array Functions
- Join( <array>, <separator> ) -- Join an array into a string with an optional separator
 - UBound( <array/binary-array> ) -- Returns the size of array (How many elements it currently has stored)
 - Push( <array>, <expressions> ) -- Add items to the end of an array
 - Insert( <array>, <id>, <expressions> ) -- Add items to an array at a given location
 - Unshift( <array>, <expressions> ) -- Add items to the beginning of an array
 - Pop( <array> ) -- Delete the first item in an array
 - Shift( <array> ) -- Delete the last item in an array
 - Remove( <array>, <start-id>, <end-id> ) -- Delete items from an array starting at a given location and stopping at a given location
 
Hash (Dictionary) Functions
Process Functions
- DLLCall( <dll>, <function>, <returntype>, <paramtypes>, <params> ) -- Dynamically call a function in a DLL
 - DLLStructCreate( <def string> ) -- Creates a C/C++ style structure to be used with DLLCall
 - DLLStructGetData( <dllstruct>, <element>, <index> ) -- Returns the data of an element of the struct
 - DLLStructSetData( <dllstruct>, <element>, <index> ) -- Set the data of an element of the struct
 - DllStructGetSize( <dllstruct> ) -- Returns the size of the struct in bytes
 - DllStructGetPtr( <dllstruct>, <element>, <index> ) -- Returns the pointer to the struct or an element in the struct or even a specific index of an array object within an elment
 - DllStructGetVars( <dllstruct> ) -- Create an array of all items and their array size with total byte size
 - Run( <file>, <workdir>, <flag> ) -- Runs an external program
 - RunWait( <file>, <workdir>, <flag> ) -- Runs an external program and waits until the program finishes
 - RunAsSet( <user>, <domain>, <password>, <options> ) -- Initialise a set of user credentials to use during Run and RunWait operations.
 - ProcessClose( <pid/name> ) -- Terminates a named process
 - ProcessExists( <pid/name> ) -- Checks to see if a specified process exists
 - ProcessList( <name> ) -- Returns an array listing the currently running processes (names and PIDs)
 - ProcessSetPriority( <pid/name>, <priority> ) -- Changes the priority of a process
 - ProcessWait( <pid/name>, <timeout> ) -- Pauses the current thread until a given process exists or optional the timeout expires
 - ProcessWaitClose( <pid/name>, <timeout> ) -- Pauses the current thread until a given process no longer exists or optional the timeout expires
 - Shutdown( <shutdown code> ) -- Shuts down the system
 
Environment Management
- EnvExpand( <expression> ) -- Convert a string containing %name% env tags and return complete string with names resolved
 - EnvGet( <tag> ) -- Get the value of an environment variable
 - EnvSet( <tag>, <expression> ) -- Set the value of an environment variable
 - EnvUpdate( ) -- Refreshes the OS environment
 
File Functions
File Create/Read/Write Functions
- FileOpen( <FileName>, <flag> ) -- Opens a file for reading or writing
 - FileClose( <file> ) -- Closes a previously opened file
 - FileWrite( <file>, <expression> ) -- Write text to previously opened file at the current File Steam pointer location
 - FileWriteBinary( <file>, <binary-array> ) -- Write the data from a binary variable to previously opened file at the current File Steam pointer location
 - FileAppend( <file>, <expression> ) -- Append a line of text to the end of a previously opened text file
 - FileAppendBinary( <file>, <binary-array> ) -- Append the data from a binary variable to the end of a previously opened file
 - FileSeek( <file>, <offset>, <flag> ) -- Change the POSITION of the File Stream pointer
 - FilePos( <file> ) -- Get the current POSITION of the File Stream pointer
 - FileRead( <file>, <expression> ) -- Read a number of characters from a previously opened text file starting from current File Steam pointer location
 - FileReadBinary( <file>, <expression> ) -- Read a number of bytes from a previously opened file starting from current File Steam pointer location
 - FileReadLine( <file>, <expression> ) -- Read a line of text from a previously opened text file (Or specify a name of a file)
 - FileReadLines( <file> ) -- Read all lines of text from a previously opened text file (Or specify a name of a file)
 - FileSave( <file>, <expression> ) -- Save all text to a file
 - FileLoad( <file> ) -- Load all text from a file
 
Misc
- FileCopy( <file1>, <file2>, <flag> ) -- Copy a file
 - FileDelete( <file> ) -- Delete a file
 - FileExists( <file> ) -- Check if a given file exists
 - FileCreationTime( <file>, <flag> ) -- Get the creation time of a file
 - FileWriteTime( <file>, <flag> ) -- Get the last write time of a file
 - FileAccessTime( <file>, <flag> ) -- Get the last access time of a file
 - FileEncrypt( <file> ) -- Encrypt a file so only the windows account used to encrypt it can decrypt it
 - FileDecrypt( <file> ) -- Decrypt a file previously encrypted by this windows user account
 - FileMD5( <file> ) -- Calculate the MD5 checksum of a file
 - FileSHA1( <file> ) -- Calculate the SHA1 checksum of a file
 
Dialogs
- FileSaveDialog ( <title>, <dir>, <filter>, <options>, <default name> ) -- Initiates a Save File Dialog
 - FileOpenDialog ( <title>, <dir>, <filter>, <options>, <default name> ) -- Initiates a Load File Dialog
 
Directory Functions
Dialogs
- FolderSelectDialog ( <text>, <dir>, <flag>, <init dir> ) -- Initiates a Browse For Folder Dialog
 
GUI Functions
Dialog Creation Functions
- GUICreate( <Title>, <Width>, <Height>, <Left>, <Top> ) -- Create new GUI window
 - DoEvents( ) -- Keep GUI window active by dispatching all messages in the queue
 
Dialog Properties Get/Set Functions
- GUIState( <expression> ) -- Gets current GUI state
 - GUISetState( <expression> ) -- Sets GUI state
 
Control Creation Functions
- GUICreateButton( <gui/container>, <name>, <text>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a button
 - GUICreateTextBox( <gui/container>, <name>, <text>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a Textbox
 - GUICreateTextBoxEx( <gui/container>, <name>, <text>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a multiline Textbox
 - GUICreatePassword( <gui/container>, <name>, <text>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a Passweord Box
 - GUICreateLabel( <gui/container>, <name>, <text>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a Label
 - GUICreateCheckBox( <gui/container>, <name>, <text>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a CheckBox
 - GUICreateTimer( <gui/container>, <name>, <interval> ) -- Create a timer
 - GUICreateDataGrid( <gui/container>, <name>, <left>, <top>, <width>, <height> ) -- Create a Data Grid
 
Event Linking Functions
- GUILink( <gui/guiobject>, <linktype> ) -- Links an event to a GUI or GUI Object
 
Common Dialog/Control Properties Get/Set Functions
- GUIGetProp( <gui object>, <prop> ) -- Get the value of a GUI objects property
 - GUISetProp( <gui object>, <prop>, <value> ) -- Set the value of a GUI objects property
 
Control Properties Get/Set Functions
- GUITimerStart( <timer> ) -- Starts specified timer
 - GUITimerStop( <timer> ) -- Stops specified timer
 - GUIDataGrid( <datagrid> ) -- Properties & Functions specifically for Data Grid
 
Other GUI Functions
- MsgBox( <message>, <title>, <flag>, <timeout> ) -- Show a message dialog
 - InputBox( <title>, <message>, <default text> ) -- Shows a box to input text.
 - ToolTip( <text>, <x>, <y> ) -- Creates a tooltip anywhere on the screen.
 - ToolTipKill( <ToolTip> ) -- Delete a tooltip that was made using ToolTip().
 
Keyboard Control Functions
- HotKeySet( <keydef>, <expression> ) -- Create a custom hotkey to run custom code or execute a function.
 - SendKeys( <keydef>, <flag> ) -- Sends simulated keystrokes to the active window
 
Mouse Control Functions
- MouseClick ( <button>, <x>, <y>, <clicks>, <speed> ) -- Perform a mouse click operation
 - MouseClickDrag ( <button>, <x1>, <y1>, <x2>, <y21>, <speed> ) -- Perform a mouse click and drag operation
 - MouseDown ( <button> ) -- Perform a mouse down event at the current mouse position
 - MouseUp ( <button> ) -- Perform a mouse up event at the current mouse position
 - MouseMove ( <x>, <y>, <speed> ) -- Moves the mouse pointer
 - MouseGetPos ( ) -- Retrieves the current position of the mouse cursor
 - MouseGetCursor ( ) -- Returns a cursor ID Number of the current Mouse Cursor
 - MouseWheel ( <direction>, <clicks> ) -- Moves the mouse wheel up or down
 
Window Management Functions
- WinActivate ( <title>, <text> ) -- Activates (gives focus to) a window
 - WinActive ( <title>, <text> ) -- Checks to see if a specified window exists and is currently active
 - WinExists ( <title>, <text> ) -- Checks to see if a specified window exists
 - WinGetHandle ( <title>, <text> ) -- Retrieves the internal handle of a window
 - WinGetPos ( <title>, <text> ) -- Retrieves the position and size of a given window
 - WinGetCaretPos ( ) -- Returns the coordinates of the caret in the foreground window
 - WinGetTitle ( <title>, <text> ) -- Retrieves the full title from a window
 - WinGetText ( <title>, <text> ) -- Retrieves the text from a window
 - WinGetState ( <title>, <text> ) -- Retrieves the state of a given window
 - WinGetProcess ( <title>, <text> ) -- Retrieves the Process ID (PID) associated with a window
 - WinClose ( <title>, <text> ) -- Closes a window
 - WinKill ( <title>, <text> ) -- Forces a window to close
 - WinMove ( <title>, <text>, <x>, <y>, <width>, <height> ) -- Moves and/or resizes a window
 - WinWait ( <title>, <text>, <timeout> ) -- Waits until the requested window exists
 - WinSetTitle ( <title>, <text>, <newtitle> ) -- Changes the title of a window
 - WinSetState ( <title>, <text>, <flag> ) -- Shows, hides, minimizes, maximizes, or restores a window
 - WinSetTrans ( <title>, <text>, <transparency> ) -- Sets the transparency of a window.
 
Controls
- ControlSend ( <title>, <text>, <controlID>, <string> <flag> ) -- Sends a string of characters to a control
 - ControlGetFocus ( <title>, <text> ) -- Returns the ControlRef# of the control that has keyboard focus within a specified window.
 - ControlGetPos ( <title>, <text>, <controlID> ) -- Retrieves the position and size of a control relative to it's window.
 
Pixel Functions
- PixelGetColour ( <x>, <y> ) -- Returns a pixel colour according to x, y pixel coordinates
 - PixelSearch ( <left>, <top>, <right>, <bottom>, <colour>, <shade>, <step> ) -- Searches a rectangle of pixels for the pixel colour provided
 - PixelChecksum ( <left>, <top>, <right>, <bottom>, <step> ) -- Generates a checksum for a region of pixels
 
Misc Functions
- Return <expressions> -- Returns a result from a Function.
 - Throw( <expression> ) -- Throw an exception.
 - Die( <expression> ) -- Gives an error and terminates the program.
 - Eval( <expression>, <flag> ) -- Evaluate a string as Sputnik code.
 - GC( <flag> ) -- Use the garbage collector.
 - Require( <file>, <flag> ) -- Add all functions etc from a file for use.
 - Include( <file>, <flag> ) -- Add all functions etc from a file for use and execute all expressions.
 - Opt( <option>, <value> ) -- Changes the operation of various Sputnik functions/parameters
 
User Defined Functions
These functions are created using Sputnik and are not part of the Sputnik core language.