Macro Recording and Automating Windows with Macro Scheduler – Tips & News
A page on Microsoft’s website currently lists almost 100 cases they are taking against software pirates that have been discovered through Windows Genuine Advantage. You can click on each case and see more details of their alleged crimes. This could be rather embarassing for companies that are distributing illegal copies of Microsoft Software and the […]
So Vista Beta 2 was made available to MSDN subscribers this week. We installed a copy yesterday and my first impressions are good. It installed quickly with the minimum of fuss and the performance is good – it seems pretty quick. Beta 1 was agonisingly slow so it’s good to note that beta 2 is […]
As a Macro Scheduler envangelist, I keep an eye on several usenet newsgroups for any reference to windows automation software, or anyone asking for help with automating some task. I also subscribe to Google Alerts so I know when a new article has been posted which contains certain key phrases. Now, of course, with my […]
By Keith Passaur. Three years ago I started eDocFile, a company that specializes in image enabling applications. Before then I was a salesman working for a document imaging company and the products I sold were too complex and expensive for most users. During my training I learned about how years ago people wrote programs that […]
[Update 23 Feb 2011: Click here for a video tutorial of the debugger in Macro Scheduler 12] The first thing I turn to when helping someone get their script working is the debugger. But I’m often surprised to hear people say they didn’t know about the debugger. The debugger is an invaluable tool to help […]
Recent research from Computacenter and Fujitsu Siemens finds that the 200 largest UK companies waste £61m a year on unneeded electricity by using power-hungry, inefficient PCs. This wasted electricity equates to over 2.8 million kWh of energy. Of course the recommendations from Computacenter and Fujitsu Siemens are that these businesses should throw out their desktops […]
As you know we have been working hard on ensuring Macro Scheduler is compatible with Vista and our latest 8.0.2 maintenance release is built with support for Vista. But what about other applications? Well, Microsoft’s “Application Experience Team” have started their own blog to provide resources for testing application compatibility and “To help make the […]
We have released Macro Scheduler 8.0.2 Maintenance Release. For more information see: http://www.mjtnet.com/usergroup/viewtopic.php?t=2879 As well as some small bug fixes this release has been prepared for Vista and has been tested under Vista beta 2. Please note however that we do not yet officially support Vista as it is still a beta product. Also note […]
Here’s a novel use for Macro Scheduler. TeleQuery have released an inexpensive new tool, powered by Macro Scheduler and msNet, which does instant directory look-ups in the USA, and it doesn’t matter where you are in the world. This tool uses the most up to date and reliable telephone company databases to return the actual […]
We have today made available WebRecorder 1.72 which adds the ability to hide and/or show Internet Explorer windows. IEAuto.DLL now includes the ShowIE function which lets you set the IE window to visible or invisible. This now means you can create WebRecorder scripts that automate IE transparently “behind the scenes” with invisible IE windows. http://www.mjtnet.com/webrecorder.htm