I have never programed anything any mor complicated than a simple batch and am looking for help in designing an automous code for the CHR3 hexapod but have no idea where to start 
? HELP PLEASE! 
Thanks Josh
Are there any languages, compilers, etc. available?
Step one should always be to go to the Information section of this website and check out all the tutorials. There are a lot of hexapod related tutorials and such here. Often, there will also be direct links from the section for the robot kit you have to tutorials and assembly guides. You will also often find software for your specific robot there.
Once you find a program for your robot, and you are not limited to just those programs for your specific robot. Try programs for the type of robot you have, such as hexapod in your case. You can modify code once you understand how it works and then go on and create new features you want for your robot.
You won’t hurt your robot by loading in a hexapod program from here.
This is how I first learned to program my robot, which is a two wheeled rover. I found programs here that have code I started out with. I fiddled with those until I got the results I wanted and now have what I think is a real good piece of software for two wheeled rovers like mine.
I started out with just a single sensor (an IRPD and great first sensor), worked with that for awhile and then added some IR Ranging sensors. Now my rover has a pan/tilt turret also that it uses to scan for clear paths.
I got started totally from example programs I found right here. 
8-Dale
How about a windows program that can create a custom autonomous program for you. The program creates a “template” for control, then you just add the simple behaviour routine for your robot.
lynxmotion.com/images/html/build99b.htm
This tutorial is brand new! We just added it Friday. Hope this helps!