Relative Paths for Portable Macros – SCRIPT_DIR and BMP_DIR Explained
I’ve added an article to the knowledge base. Please read it here: http://help.mjtnet.com/article/167-relative-paths-for-portable-macros-explaining-scriptdir-and-bmpdir
Category: Scripting
More SDK Examples – C++ and C##
Following on from my last post with some examples of using the MacroScript SDK within Python I thought I’d post a simple C# and C++ example. These are the same examples that ship with the MacroScript SDK: C# C++ More info on the MacroScript SDK is here.
The Macro Scheduler MacroScript SDK in Python
Did you know there was a Macro Scheduler SDK? It allows you to run Macro Scheduler code from right within your own apps. You can run and interact with MacroScript code within VB, C++, C#, Delphi, VBScript … or any other programming language which lets you use a COM object or Win native DLL. It […]
Detect Which Web Page IE Is On – Keep It Simple
Today we had two different support requests asking how to have a Macro Scheduler macro determine which page IE is on. One person was asking about using Image Recognition for that. You could also use the IE functions to examine the HTML or look for the existence of a specific HTML element. You could do […]
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.
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 […]