Archive: March 2013

Automating Ubuntu Desktop

March 14, 2013 by Marcus Tettmar in General

Here’s a quick video showing how easy it is to use Macro Scheduler‘s image recognition to control a Linux Desktop (Ubuntu in this case):

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Macro Scheduler 14 Is Here!

January 31, 2013 by Marcus Tettmar in Announcements

After many months of development we are pleased to announce that Macro Scheduler 14 is now available. There are lots of new improvements in this version and the full change list can be found here. But here’s a summary of the main new features: Improved Tolerant Portable Image Recognition Engine This uses a clever pattern […]

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Macro Scheduler Pricing Change – Beat It

January 24, 2013 by Marcus Tettmar in Announcements

Just a heads-up that when version 14 is released our prices for new licenses will be going up. BUT, those who buy, or have bought, Macro Scheduler within one month of v14 being released, will get v14 at no extra cost. Therefore, if you are considering purchasing Macro Scheduler now, or thinking of getting additional […]

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How to tell if the current session is a Remote Desktop session

by Marcus Tettmar in Automation, Scripting

Here’s a small piece of code which will tell you whether the current session is a Remote Desktop/Terminal Services session or not: Let>SM_REMOTESESSION=4096 LibFunc>User32,GetSystemMetrics,isRemote,SM_REMOTESESSION If>isRemote>0 MessageModal>Current Session is RDP/Terminal Services Session Else MessageModal>Current Session is Local Session Endif

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Why Don’t People Backup?

January 21, 2013 by Marcus Tettmar in General

Every now and then someone will email us to let us know that they have overwritten one of their important scripts and now need to recover their old work. They write asking what we can do about it. Well. Not much really. If the script wasn’t backed up and has been changed we can’t somehow […]

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Snow!

January 18, 2013 by Marcus Tettmar in General

Heaps of snow here this morning. Will be working from home today! My home office looks more like Santa’s Grotto:

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Powerful, Tolerant, Portable Image Recognition Coming Soon

January 17, 2013 by Marcus Tettmar in Announcements

Macro Scheduler 14 is right round the corner and with it comes a super new Image Recognition engine with a pattern matching algorithm which can cope with changes and differences in target images. This makes it more portable across different display settings and operating system versions. To whet your appetite here’s a video from Antonius […]

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Happy New Year

January 7, 2013 by Marcus Tettmar in Announcements

2013 – the first year since 1987 to have four different digits in the name.  There’s a useless bit of info for you. It is also our 16th year in business.  16 years of Macro Scheduler!  Still going strong. I say it every year but I’ll say it again: We wouldn’t still be here if […]

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