Macro Recording and Automating Windows with Macro Scheduler – Tips & News
I just read this post on the Coding Horror blog and it struck a chord: In software circles, dogfooding refers to the practice of using your own products. It was apparently popularized by Microsoft: The idea originated in television commercials for Alpo brand dog food; actor Lorne Greene would tout the benefits of the dog […]
Every now and then, in the forums and in emails to us, there seems to be some confusion over what these terms mean. As a developer I take these terms for granted, but anyone else, depending on their walk of life, might think they refer to some kind of Modal Jazz; something to do with […]
What is Screen Scraping? Screen Scraping is a term used to describe the process of a computer program or macro extracting data from the display output of another application. Rather than parsing data from the database or data files belonging to an application, Screen Scraping pulls the data from the screen itself, extracting data that […]
When using the RunProgram command in Macro Scheduler to run an app you usually need to know the path (unless it’s a system app already in the path) and executable name. Sometimes it’s not obvious what that is. You might start Microsoft Word, or Internet Explorer several times a day without knowing or caring what […]
Thanks to Zazzle we can now offer MJT Net Logo T-Shirts and merchandise. Just what every Macro Scheduler user always wanted! View the products at the Zazzle store here. Oh, and by the way – Zazzle are currently offering an “Inauguration Weekend Sale!” which ends today. So act quickly if you want a good deal.
A while back I got this comment in an email: “I loved Macro Scheduler. Unfortunately, I’m now working exclusively on Mac and Linux boxes. I have kept a copy of Macro Scheduler, just in case I ever return to Windows, and have recommended it to many friends (2 of which have purchased copies). After 2 […]
Probably the biggest change in Macro Scheduler 11, though not visual, was Unicode support. For Macro Scheduler to support Unicode in scripts it has to save the script files with Unicode encoding rather than ANSI encoding. And if you open a Unicode file up in an ANSI editor it’s going to look garbled. Since older […]
Whenever Microsoft release a new operating system I’m always a little anxious to make sure we test Macro Scheduler on it as soon as possible and find out what, if anything, needs to be changed. I’ve been following news about Windows 7 for a while now and, reading that it was built on the same […]
Happy New Year everyone! And it’s not just a new year. Everything else is new too. Not content with a new release (Macro Scheduler V11) which we got out early in December we felt it was high time for a new look as well. So along with a nifty new logo we have a new […]
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 […]