Having gone through a period of closed beta testing Macro Scheduler 11 Beta is now available to all registered customers. All registered users can log into their account and download the beta now.

Just a summary of some of the main new features:

• Unicode support in the UI as well as the script language.
• A superb new script editor with better syntax highlighting, code folding and persistent bookmarks.
• The script editor and macro properties windows have been combined into one – much easier to use – with everything under the one roof.
• SSL/TLS support for the FTP functions as well as support for more flavours of FTP server.
• SSL support for HTTPRequest.
• Ability to easily embed any binary file into scripts and export them at runtime.
• Ability to compile macros to console apps in order to write to STDOUT.

You’ll find a fuller list and release notes here. Please read the release notes before installing.

Please help test this version and report any issues to the Macro Scheduler Beta forum.

Questions:

When will the beta expire? The beta expires 31st December 2008.

So, when will Macro Scheduler 11 be released? All being well beginning of January 2009, possibly sooner.

And how much will it cost? Those with valid upgrade protection will get v11 at no additional cost. Otherwise you will need to purchase an upgrade. Current upgrade prices can be viewed on our upgrade page. There are no plans to change these prices at this stage. If you have v10 but don’t have upgrade protection you can purchase it by logging into your account.