Macro Recording and Automating Windows with Macro Scheduler – Tips & News
I’ve been developing software for over 30 years. These days, as well as developing Windows software, I also build and maintain a number of cloud-based applications. Most of the time everything runs smoothly and I can get on with what I enjoy doing — writing code. Last week was a little different. Monday Morning At […]
This morning my son, Jamie, asked me for help with his PC. He’d installed FC27, but it kept giving him a graphics driver warning and then refused to connect to the EA servers. The graphics driver turned out to be from 2024. Windows insisted it was completely up to date. It wasn’t. After a fair […]
Macro Scheduler 15.5.07 introduces an important update to the SMTPSendMail command, adding support for OAuth2 authentication and improving timeout handling for more reliable email automation. These changes help ensure Macro Scheduler scripts continue working with modern email services as providers increasingly move away from basic username/password authentication. Why OAuth2 Support Matters Many email providers — including Microsoft 365, Outlook.com and […]
If you automate websites, APIs, or online services with Macro Scheduler, you’ll quickly run into two recurring challenges: Two technologies solve these problems: We’ve published two practical primer articles that go deep into both topics: 👉 An XPath Primer for Web Automation (with Macro Scheduler examples)https://help.mjtnet.com/article/554-an-xpath-primer-for-web-automation-with-macro-scheduler-examples 👉 A JSONPath Primer (with Macro Scheduler examples)https://help.mjtnet.com/article/555-a-jsonpath-primer-with-macro-scheduler-examples Below is a […]
Announcing the Macro Scheduler WebRecorder Chrome Extension. Old timers will remember the WebRecorder. Well it’s back. Kinda. What is it? A Chrome browser extension that records user interactions on web pages and generates Macro Scheduler automation scripts with Chrome WebDriver commands. Beta Installation Instructions Download here: https://www.mjtnet.com/software/macro-scheduler-extension-1-5-7.zip Since this extension is in beta testing and […]
It may not be immediately obvious that as well as setting the value of elements with ChromeSetElementValue and EdgeSetElementValue you can also send non-character keystrokes, such as Enter, or Page Down. To do this, use the key codes for Edge and Chrome listed here. For example: ChromeSetElementValue>session_id,message_elements_1,First line //Press enter on the element … ChromeSetElementValue>session_id,message_elements_1,\uE006 […]
The new Chrome and Edge functions in Macro Scheduler 15 make it possible to locate frames and iframes and then manipulate elements within them. Switching Frames The ChromeSwitchFrame and EdgeSwitchFrame functions allow you to specify a frame or iframe element, by index or element reference, to switch the “browsing context” to. What this means is […]
Macro Scheduler 15 now has native Chrome and Edge functions. You may be wondering how they work. There are a couple of sample scripts included with v15 but if you’re not sure how to get things set up or how to identify elements in the page this article is for you. I wanted an example […]
With Macro Scheduler 14.4.10 we have added new 128 and 256 bit AES Encryption methods which interoperate well with other languages. Cross-platform/cross-language encryption/decryption can be tricky. Different text encodings, different padding formats and understanding how different algorithms derive keys and initialisation vectors can make encrypting and decrypting between one language and another a bit of […]
If you ever need to send a path as a URL parameter in an HTTP request, be sure to “escape” it to avoid the path delimiters (“\” symbols) being seen as delimiters in the URL path. E.g. let’s say you need to send a filename as a parameter in a GET request, like this: https://someserver.com/resource?filename=c:\my […]