Macro Recording and Automating Windows with Macro Scheduler – Tips & News
Macro Scheduler 12.0.5 is now available with the following fixes: Fixed: PNG images added to custom dialogs not saving correctly and therefore not displaying when dialog opened or script run. Fixed: LClick and RClick not independent of left hand/right hand mouse settings (LCLick should always do primary button function). Fixed: GetDialogProperty not retrieving properties of […]
This was posted to the forum recently and I thought I would share: I’m currently using [Macro Scheduler] to pull aviation electronic manufacturing information from a SAP database, compile into a MS Access database, then generate a report such that the data becomes useful information needed to identify and prioritize manufacturing tasks and processes across […]
WebRecorder has been updated with a new version of the runtime component – IEAuto.DLL version 2.07. This fixes a small bug preventing the ExtractTagByName function from extracting form field values. ExtractTag was working correctly but the same functionality to retrieve form field values was missing from ExtractTagByName. Registered users can download the WebRecorder update from […]
Macro Scheduler 12.0.4 is now available with the following fixes: Fixed: _DUMP_VARS not working in all circumstances Fixed: XLSetCell help file topic has missing result variable Fixed: XLSetCell help file topic has missing result variable Fixed: XLSave not working if variable in filename Workflow Designer and the SDK have also been updated to the same […]
I have a few scripts which perform actions on files. Rather than have the script ask me what file to use, it is easier to associate the file type with the script so that I can just double click on the file (or right click and choose “Open with”) in Windows Explorer. For this to […]
Macro Scheduler 12.0.2 is now available with the following fixes: Fixed: Exit command not working inside dialog event sub when macro run outside of debug Fixed: Error when trying to save script opened in new tab Fixed: “Macro in command line does not exist” error when running, via command line, a macro which calls another […]
Well it was an eventful weekend here. At 0352 on Sunday morning – 6th June 2010 – my daughter, Maria was born. A quick and uneventful labour thankfully, so we were home at 7.30 in the morning! So all well, though mother (and father too) rather tired due to it happening over night. Essential work […]
Macro Scheduler 12.0.1 is now available with the following fixes: Fixed: Old style modal dialogs returning wrong result when run in debugger Fixed: Global vbscript not visible to event handler subroutines Fixed: Autologon username error even if autologon unchecked Fixed: Editing a macro belonging to a group when “All Macros” is selected causes macro to […]
As noted yesterday I have been waiting on Twitter to provide xAuth access. They declined, saying it was not appropriate. I’m not really sure why. No matter, I decided to make a small DLL to simplify Tweeting from Macro Scheduler. It uses the full oAuth interface. Implementing oAuth in Macro Scheduler code would require lots […]
A while back I posted an article showing how to Tweet via Twitter‘s API. It uses basic authentication which Twitter plan to turn off in the near future. The alternative, oAuth is awkward for desktop based apps, but xAuth is now available and should be doable in Macro Scheduler. I have requested xAuth access from […]