Macro Recording and Automating Windows with Macro Scheduler – Tips & News
MJT Net Ltd, and Macro Scheduler, will be 10 years old this year. The company was officially incorporated on 15th August 1997, though Macro Scheduler itself was launched sometime in March. So 2007 will be a special year for us. When I first created Macro Scheduler back in 1997 I never imagined that it would […]
My sister and her partner are emigrating to New Zealand. Her partner went out there a few weeks ago. In order to ensure his legal and financial affairs could be easily dealt with he gave his mother power of attorney. So he gets to New Zealand and opens a bank account, then asks his mother […]
So I downloaded the final version of Vista last week and I’m now running Vista as my main environment. Am I mad? Let’s see how it goes. Lots of my favourite apps need to be run as admin because they write to the programs folder, or HKLM. For years, developers have made the bad habit […]
Update 26th April 2011: We are now able to offer our customers a discount on Comodo Code Signing certificates through our Partners K Software. For details and coupon code please log into the registered user area. What is Code Signing? In Windows XP when you download an executable file from the Internet the browser checks […]
Someone emailed me a link to a page on a crack site which purported to offer a crack for the Macro Scheduler 8.1 evaluation version. So I fired up Windows 2000 in Virtual PC and downloaded the “crack”. It contained two executable files. I scanned them with AVG Antivirus. One of the files contained a […]
I’ve been thinking about creating an area of the site for people to upload tools they’ve created with Macro Scheduler Pro to. It could be free tools and utilities, or even demo versions of commercial products you’ve created. It would be a great way to demonstrate some of the things Macro Scheduler can do, as […]
Wow it’s been a busy few weeks since we announced the beta. But I’m pleased to say that pretty much all of the issues found so far have been minor UI tweaks. There have been no reported backwards compatible problems with running old scripts and the new functions and scripting features are working well. I’ve […]
Over here in the UK, climate change and the environment are finally well and truly on the agenda. Green issues get a mention in almost every TV evening news bulletin and our political leaders, gearing up for the next general election, are giving green policies great importance. But this time it appears to be more […]
The trouble with a Tablet PC is the lack of a keyboard. Ok, you can use the stylus, but some applications rely on awkward keystroke combinations which just aren’t readily available on a Tablet PC. There’s one particular website I often access with my Tablet PC which never seems to remember my password, and also […]
Wells Anderson posts: “Image Recognition is a brilliant new feature in 9.0. It allows you to write macros that press buttons that are “invisible” or have unpredictable locations. For example, add-ins to MS Outlook and other MS Office applications may have no menu equivalents and cannot be found using PushButton or FindWindowWithText. Image Recognition lets […]