Works with Vista – Official
We’ve recently entered the Microsoft Windows Logo Program and just obtained the Works with Vista logo for Macro Scheduler 9.0 🙂
Archive: December 2006
Mindless, illogical bureaucracy
My sister and her partner are emigrating to New Zealand. Her partner went out there a few weeks ago. In order to ensure his legal and financial affairs could be easily dealt with he gave his mother power of attorney. So he gets to New Zealand and opens a bank account, then asks his mother […]
Web Automation in Vista
To run WebRecorder, or VBScript macros which automate Internet Explorer in Vista (IE7), you will first need to disable “Protected Mode”. Consider this simple VBScript code: Dim IE Set IE = CreateObject(“InternetExplorer.Application”) IE.Visible=1 IE.Navigate “http://www.mjtnet.com” In IE6 and in IE7 under XP this code would create a new IE instance and then navigate it to […]
Running Legacy Apps Under Vista
If you’re thinking about upgrading to Vista and want to know if your favourite apps will run, here’s a very simple test to try first. In XP create a standard, restricted user account. Now try and run your apps. If they fail to run, or pop up access denied errors when trying to save data […]
Free Copies of Vista and Office 2007!
But only if you’re in the USA. If you are, you might want to check this out: http://www.powertogether.com/. According to this you just have to watch three webcasts on each product within 30 days of registering and Microsoft will send you Vista Business and Office 2007 Pro, for free!
Running Vista
So I downloaded the final version of Vista last week and I’m now running Vista as my main environment. Am I mad? Let’s see how it goes. Lots of my favourite apps need to be run as admin because they write to the programs folder, or HKLM. For years, developers have made the bad habit […]
MD5/SHA1 Hash DLL
I’ve just uploaded a new Macro Scheduler MD5/SHA1 hash library to the libraries and plugins page. If you ever wanted a macro to verify the MD5 or SHA1 checksum of files, or need to hash strings, you can now use this DLL. Download it here.
Sorting Bubbles
I’ve just posted a tip to Scripts ‘n Tips showing a simple Bubble Sort subroutine. The example sorts a list of files returned by the GetFileList function. I hope it’s useful. Here it is.
QuickButtons One Day Sale
Scoop: QuickButtons will be on Bits du Jour next Monday (20th November) with a one-day 50% discount! Less than $10!? We must be mad.
Success Story – Advent Capital Management
By Ashley Henry. My name is Ashley Henry; I’m a Network Admin at Advent Capital Management, which is a hedge fund managing billions of dollars. We deal nationally as well as internationally. There are several reports and processes that need to run several times per day; most of which require several redundant manual inputs. There’s […]