Front Matter -- Introduction -- The Very Basics of AutoIt -- Timed Scripts -- Interactive Scripting -- Scripting with Controls -- E-mail and Phone Alarms -- Using Low-Cost Equipment for Laboratory Automation -- Arrays and Strings -- Data Processing with Spreadsheets -- Working with Databases -- Simple Remote Synchronization -- Remote Synchronization Using Remote Control Software -- Text-Based Remote Synchronization -- Remote Synchronization Using IRC -- Remote Synchronization Using Windows LAN Tools -- Remote Synchronization Using Third-Party LAN Software -- Interacting with Devices via COM Ports -- Introduction to Graphical User Interface (GUI) -- Using GUI to Control Instruments -- Multitasking GUIs -- Adding Graphical Elements to a GUI -- Creating GUIs Using Koda -- Some Suggestions -- Other SciTE Features -- Optical Character Recognition -- Scripting with Nonstandard Controls (UIA).