autohotkey - Is there a way to read a variable from a .ahk file and use it in another batch script file

Question

I dont know of a good way to read another variable in another file

FileReader.bat

    @echo off

:: Some how read VarX in the ahk file and then save it as another variable

SET VarXReading=%VarX%

echo %VarXReading%

pause

FileToBeRead.ahk

VarX = 69420

Answer 1

You could pass the variable as a parameter to the batch file. For example

The ahk script:

SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

; Do whatever you need to here
VarX := 69420

Run batch.bat %VarX%

The batch script:

@echo off
SET VarXReading=%1
echo %VarXReading%
pause

Just make sure that the batch script and ahk script are in the same directory for this to work