Macro Recording and Automating Windows with Macro Scheduler – Tips & News
A quick and easy way to launch a URL in the default web browser is just to use the ExecuteFile command: ExecuteFile>http://www.mjtnet.com/ However, I have recently discovered that ExecuteFile is currently limited to a command line length of MAX_PATH (260 chars) and that if more than 260 chars are passed it will cause Macro Scheduler […]
I have a few scripts which perform actions on files. Rather than have the script ask me what file to use, it is easier to associate the file type with the script so that I can just double click on the file (or right click and choose “Open with”) in Windows Explorer. For this to […]
As noted yesterday I have been waiting on Twitter to provide xAuth access. They declined, saying it was not appropriate. I’m not really sure why. No matter, I decided to make a small DLL to simplify Tweeting from Macro Scheduler. It uses the full oAuth interface. Implementing oAuth in Macro Scheduler code would require lots […]
A while back I posted an article showing how to Tweet via Twitter‘s API. It uses basic authentication which Twitter plan to turn off in the near future. The alternative, oAuth is awkward for desktop based apps, but xAuth is now available and should be doable in Macro Scheduler. I have requested xAuth access from […]
I thought I might start a weekly round up of some of the Macro Scheduler forum posts that caught my eye during the week. Not everyone gets a chance to browse the forums all the time, so it might help to link to some here. Then those that subscribe to the blog via RSS/Email will […]
Someone asked me today how to run all macros found in a folder. This simple script will run all macros it finds in its own folder in turn: GetFileList>%SCRIPT_DIR%\*.scp,MacroFiles Separate>MacroFiles,;,Macros If>Macros_count>0 Let>k=0 Repeat>k Let>k=k+1 Let>this_macro=Macros_%k% If>this_macroSCRIPT_FILE Macro>this_macro Endif Until>k=Macros_count Endif Note the check to make sure it doesn’t run itself! This could be useful where […]
Check out this screen magnifier, written by Dick Lockey in only 34 lines of Macro Scheduler code. Paste it into a macro, hit run and then as you move the mouse around your screen you’ll see a 5x magnification of the cursor area. Dialog>Dialog1 Caption=5X Magnify Width=800 Height=500 Top=500 Left=48 EndDialog>Dialog1 Show>Dialog1 LibFunc>user32,GetDC,HDC1,Dialog1.handle LibFunc>user32,GetDC,HDC3,0 […]
As you probably know Macro Scheduler scripts can include Microsoft VBScript. Not only can you CALL VBScript code you can also pass values into it and retrieve values out of it (I’ve seen many competitors claim you can use VBScript in their macros when what they really mean is you can only call external VBScripts […]
Here’s a quick and simple proof of concept for running Macro Scheduler macros via the web and having their output displayed in the user’s browser: 1) If you don’t already have a Windows based web server with PHP running, download and install WAMPServer. It’s easy. 2) Create a simple PHP script which takes an EXE […]
In More on Reading and Writing CSV Files and various other posts I have demonstrated how CSV data can be read via a SQL SELECT statement using DBQuery. In order to do this we used an ADO connection string in the DBConnect line: Let>ConStr=Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\My Documents;Extended Properties=’text;HDR=NO;FMT=Delimited’ DBConnect>ConStr,dbH “Proper” CSV files use the double quote […]