Macro Recording and Automating Windows with Macro Scheduler – Tips & News
Recently in a forum post, “Getting New Email Message counts” terencepjf asked: Does anyone know a way to get a count of New Email messages: 1) Without downloading all the messages 2) Count of messages in Inbox Sub-Folders RetrievePOP3 works but the files need to be downloaded.” My answer is to use the Telnet functions. […]
WebRecorder and IEAuto.DLL have been updated to 2.06 and 2.04 respectively with the following changes: WebRecorder: Fixed URL address combo box to correctly autocomplete. IEAuto.DLL: Added ExtractTagByName function to extract tag data by name or ID IEAuto.DLL: Added ExtractTableByName function to extract table by name or ID Workflow Designer was also updated for the latest […]
Because Macro Scheduler 11 saves scripts with Unicode encoding, and previous versions understand only ANSI encoding the decision was made to install Macro Scheduler 11 into its own folder, with its own data folder and registry hive. By keeping it entirely separate from previous versions it can run side by side with a previous version […]
Macro Scheduler 11.0.32 Update is now available with the following fixes: Fixed: Issue with Base64 sometimes not decoding properly. Fixed: News Feed Notification showing error if no connection. Fixed: -HIDE for compiled macro showing taskbar icon when dialog displayed. Registered Downloads/Upgrades | Evaluation Downloads | New License Sales
Version 2.0 of Direct Access, a great text replacement, text shortcut tool, was released by our friends at Nagarsoft today. Direct Access lets you assign actions and autoreplacements to text abbreviations. I use it to launch frequently used applications. E.g. I’ve assigned the text “ftp” to Filezila, my FTP client. So now, wherever I am […]
Macro Scheduler 11.0.31 Update is now available with the following fixes: Added: SetDialogObjectColor function Change: Binary File Import now surrounds label and data in block comment to prevent an attempt to execute it Fixed: SMTPSendMail not setting result code correctly Fixed: Shift-Esc to Stop Window showing in GetWindowList Fixed: Error in compiled macro if /NOSTOPKEY […]
A couple of great posts in the new Software Testing forum are demonstrating the power of Macro Scheduler for automated testing. Antonius Momac says in this post: I’ve looked at more than 8 other automation tools. Some were from the big companies with many products like IBM (rational), HP/Mercury, and other more focused shops like […]
I’ve just made another update available – 11.0.28: Fixed: Issue with StringReplace could cause unresponsiveness Fixed: SMTPSendMail: some email clients not deciphering attachment filenames Apologies for two updates so soon after release. Doesn’t seem to matter what we do something crops up after release. We do need to work on improving testing in the future, […]
Macro Scheduler 11.0.27 Update is now available with the following fixes: Fixed: SMTP failing to connect if SMTP_TIMEOUT not set. Fixed: Syntax highlighting being halted by “dialog” keyword. Fixed: _WRITE_LOG_FILE missing from syntax highlighter. Registered Downloads/Upgrades | Evaluation Downloads | New License Sales
I’m pleased to report that Macro Scheduler 11 is now available! Here’s a summary of what’s new. * A completely overhauled script editor with even better code folding and bookmark support and improved syntax highlighting. The advanced editor and macro properties windows have been combined into one to make things much simpler and give easy […]