Macro Recording and Automating Windows with Macro Scheduler – Tips & News
These are my tips for getting started with writing an automation script. While I’m, writing this with our Windows Automation tool, Macro Scheduler, in mind, these tips will be appropriate whichever automation tool you are using. The most important thing before attempting to write a routine to automate a software process is to be familiar […]
As mentioned in my last post, the easiest, most reliable way to automate an application is via keyboard shortcuts. But I’ve found that many people are so used to using the mouse that they don’t even realise you can use the keyboard to move around Windows applications. Some things I take for granted are completely […]
One of the best ways to learn to use a software product fully is to try to automate it. Testers and automators have to learn the software’s interface really well, possibly better than the people who wrote it. Ok, the developers know the algorithms better than anyone else, but it is the person automating it […]
What has Macro Scheduler got to do with Zebra fish? Well, it seems Macro Scheduler was used to automate some of the experiments written about in this book: The Zebrafish: Cellular and Developmental Biology Amazing huh? Macro Scheduler has been used for all sorts of incredible things. Unfortunately I’m not always able to get permission […]
We should have a couple of language packs available on the site very soon. Japanese and Norwegian translations are done for the software and we have others in various states of completion. We’re keen to get any help we can, so if anyone would like to volunteer please step up. The help file is perhaps […]
Someone recently asked if we could add a new feauture to AutoLogon that would allow several macros to be scheduled one after the other without logging off in between. At present AutoLogon works at the macro level. It logs in, runs the macro and then logs out again. What if you want to schedule several […]
The eagerly awaited new version of Macro Scheduler, version 8.0, was released this morning. We’ve added some really cool new features which allow macros to be scheduled even when Windows is logged out and automatically log back into Windows (or unlock the workstation) when needed. AutoLogon will automatically log into Windows, run the macro and […]
When we are automating Windows applications we nearly always need to be able to detect new windows and wait for windows to open and close and be ready etc. Unfortunately there are times when this is not possible. Flash applications for example are just exposed as graphics and expose no windowed controls that we can […]