Loops and Looping
A new article has been added to the knowledge base: Loop the Loop – all about the different ways you can create loops in Macro Scheduler.
Category: Scripting
Why doesn’t SHIFT-ESC stop my compiled macros?
You might find that when you run a compiled macro and you also have Macro Scheduler running, Shift-Esc – the default stop key sequence – doesn’t stop the compiled macro. This is because the stop key sequence is a system wide hot key. And system wide hot keys can only be registered for use by […]
Recursion – Get A List of All Subfolders
Someone was asking how to get a list of subfolders. You can do that with the GetFileList command by setting GFL_TYPE to 1. That gives you the folders in the specified path. But it turns out he wanted a recursive list – i.e. one that drills down through all levels. To do that you need […]
Problems Sending Keystrokes to Citrix?
If you’re seeing odd results when trying to send keys to Citrix Receiver windows try going into legacy mode: Let>SK_LEGACY=1 Send>some text
Reading from System Event Logs
Just been asked how to read from the system event log (what you see in Windows Event Viewer) using Macro Scheduler. As it happens there’s already an example of monitoring the event log for specific event types and responding to them in the Scripts n Tips forum here. So I’ve taken that code and modified […]
Christmas Morning 1972 – Macro Scheduler Arcade – From JRL
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I expect many of you are still enjoying some holiday time. Well if you are here’s some Macro Scheduler fun from forum regular JRL. Yes, it’s a two player 1970s computer game written entirely with Macro Scheduler code. Here’s the code See JRL’s forum post and grab the […]
Print Excel File Automatically
Thanks to Alberto Voli for this little tip. The code below can be used to print an Excel file without having to manipulate the printer dialogs. It uses VBScript to interface with Excels’ COM object model to call it’s PrintOut method. Place the VBSTART .. VBEND lines near the top of your script ready for […]
Making your macros intelligent with If, Else, and Endif
I’m often asked how to make a macro behave differently based on certain criteria. The power and flexibility of Macro Scheduler makes this an easy task. There are hundreds of different reasons you might want to do this. Maybe it’s dependent on : The answer to a question. The success/failure of an operation. The contents […]
Automating Google
This has come up a few times lately so I thought I’d post it here. One or two people have been asking about writing a Macro Scheduler script that performs a Google search and pulls back the resulting URLs. They have discovered that trying to automate Google can be awkward because of the dynamic nature […]
From the Archives: Making EXEs Respond to Hotkeys
How do you make compiled macros respond to hotkeys? Here’s how: http://www.mjtnet.com/blog/2007/11/20/exes-and-hotkeys/