November 26, 2011

Upgrades are 60% off Regular Prices

Filed under: Uncategorized — Marcus Tettmar @ 11:06 am

I’m still getting questions about upgrade pricing.

Some people don’t seem to be aware that if they have an older version they can get version 13 for almost 60% off the regular price. Not 10%. 60%.

If you have an older version of Macro Scheduler (any version!) then right now you can purchase the upgrade to v13 at this huge discount.

To see the upgrade prices go to: http://www.mjtnet.com/upgrade.htm

To ensure you are eligible log into your secure download account at http://www.mjtnet.com/dldregd.htm

If you can’t get logged in, email us, and we’ll get you sorted.

November 22, 2011

How to get a Porsche 911 for the Price of a Honda Civic

Filed under: General — Marcus Tettmar @ 9:39 am

Just had to share this great feedback received from Antonius Momac of TriplePoint Technologies who has given me permission to share:

Time to fess up; I haven’t upgraded since version 10, and that’s because 10 is THAT good, but I wanted to take advantage of Easy patterns, and the New Event functions.

WOW!!! I can’t believe there have been so many awesome improvements. I’m so happy right now; discovering so many clever functions and all the integrated tool/builder add-ons. The workflow is *KICKASS*; I mean, listen: I was happy and set in my ways, but it only took one spin of the new image recognition wizard to change my thinking.

Image Recognition is a key function, but time consuming to set up and hard for newbies to get right. With the wizard however, its so streamlined (3x faster for me) and painless that I’m going to use it much more often. GREAT JOB Marcus and team!

I can’t wait to explore all the new features. Macro Scheduler 13 is like getting a Porsche 911 for the price of a honda civic si…

Antonius Momac, TriplePoint Technologies

November 18, 2011

Code Wizard Ideas

Filed under: Announcements, General — Marcus Tettmar @ 11:36 am

Hopefully by now you’ve had a chance to check out the new code wizards in Macro Scheduler 13. I know some of you are already using them and we’ve had some fantastic feedback about how much they will simplify and speed up code creation.

I forgot to mention in my newsletter that we’d like to add more wizards. But for this we need your feedback and suggestions. What kinds of wizards would you like? Think about what could be simplified and how it might be done. If you have some wizard ideas please let me know. Contact us here.

Any new wizards to v13 will be included in a point release, which of course will be free to those with a v13 license.

November 14, 2011

Macro Scheduler 13 Is Here!

Filed under: Announcements — Marcus Tettmar @ 8:17 pm

I am pleased to announce that Macro Scheduler 13 is now Shipping!

Here’s a quick round up of some of the exciting changes and new features in v13.

Easy to use Code Wizards

We’ve added new code wizards for simplifying image recognition, sending key strokes, performing mouse actions, and screen text capture. These code wizards are not just aimed at newcomers, but will also assist the most experienced developer in generating code more quickly. With these code wizards many tasks can be automated more quickly with less coding required.

To view these wizards in action please see the video demos listed below

Scripting Enhancements

Now you can locate UI objects by classname, get their screen position and send keystrokes directly into them even when they don’t have focus. The text capture functions have been improved so that more text can be retrieved from more applications including from 64 bit processes, plus a command to scan the screen for text and return its position. We’ve added a function to read data from an Excel file even if you don’t have Excel installed; more date and time functions; the ability to create your own error handler subroutines; faster – real-time – event handlers, more event handler types and the ability to create custom event handlers. V13 also has new variable/array management functions (and better handling of arrays in the debugger).

  • Locate UI Objects
  • Send Keystrokes to Objects Without Focus
  • Faster Event Handlers
  • More Event Types
  • More Native Date/Time Functions
  • Custom Error Handlers
  • Improved Text Capture Functions with 64 Bit Support
  • Find the position of text on the screen
  • Read Excel data natively
  • Improved Display of Arrays in Debugger
  • More 64 bit support

In total there are 32 new script functions!

Run Statistics and ROI Calculator

A new tab appears in Macro Properties called “Stats”. This shows you things like when the macro was last run, how many times it has been executed, how many lines were executed, total elapsed run time, average time per line. It also provides a simple ROI calculator so that now you can easily show your boss how much time and money
your macro has saved you!

Hotkey Scope

Now you can specify whether a hot key should be active all the time or only if the macro’s group is active. This means hot keys can be shared between groups. Choose which macro should run by activating the appropriate group.

And that’s not all. For a more complete and detailed list of changes please see the version 13 Release Notes.

Downloads/Upgrades

Registered Downloads/Upgrades | Evaluation Downloads | New License Sales

Registered users with valid, up to date, maintenance can download version 13 from the registered user area here.

November 9, 2011

What happened to good manners?

Filed under: General — Marcus Tettmar @ 3:54 pm

We are trialling a new live chat support system. It seems to be really popular. People seem to love getting answers quickly.

Of course it keeps us busy, but I do love talking to our software users and prospective customers.

The majority of people are polite and courteous. But I am amazed at a small minority.

On one occasion someone asked us if we had software which could record a sequence of events in an application in order to generate a user manual in Word document format. Of course this isn’t really what we do so I said so. I even said “Sorry, that’s not something we do.”. No more than a second later the user logged off without even a “Thanks for your time”. Not a word. I couldn’t believe it.

On another day someone was reporting an error during installation. He didn’t give me anything to go on and was quite rude. I asked what the problem was and said I’d be happy to help get it sorted. He said “it goes error” and then said “what the f*** is that all about”. I asked him not to swear and warned him that we won’t tolerate abusive language. He responded with some even more vile comments and then signed off.

And something I’m seeing more and more of are chat requests which appear to be little more than people asking us to do their home work for them. Yesterday I was asked to describe the internal format of a Linux .exe file. I explained we don’t support Linux and that was outside of our remit anyway. “Ok” he said “Please explain the difference between a .lib file and a .dll file”. When asked, politely, what the relevance was to our products and services he said “Nothing, I only want normal difference”.

Is this the nature of the anonymous web? Would these people be the same in a bricks’n mortar store?

I’ve talked about strange support requests and ones that require us to be clairvoyant before.

Sometimes people don’t even ask for help. Alwin over at Collectorz.com is seeing cases where people post complaints on other sites instead. He asks “What happened to asking for help?“. Why are people complaining anonymously when they encounter a problem rather than actually asking for help?

Small companies like us and Collectorz take support seriously. We strive to give the best support there is. It’s one way that small companies can differentiate themselves. But I guess that quick, helpful support is so unusual in the software world that people just assume it’s not even worth asking. That’s a real shame. I also wonder if the people who shout and scream anonymously on forums realise what it feels like to be on the other end. To be a small company, working flat out to do the best they can, worrying about what other people might read.

To get help it helps to help us help you. 🙂

Video Preview #6

Filed under: Announcements — Marcus Tettmar @ 1:02 pm

I’ve just uploaded another video preview to the Macro Scheduler Facebook page.

We’re close to releasing v13 now. So stay tuned for more news.

Don’t forget that if you buy v12 now you’ll get v13 for free when it is released. So if you are thinking of purchasing there’s no need to wait!

November 1, 2011

October 31, 2011

LinkedIn Products and Services Page

Filed under: General — Marcus Tettmar @ 1:57 pm

I’ve only recently discovered that LinkedIn lets you create company profile pages.

As if there’s not enough stuff to keep up with. Social Networking is becoming a full time job.

Anyhow, not wanting to be left out, I’ve created a company profile for MJT Net Ltd and have added Macro Scheduler as a product. It’s looking a little blank there. What it needs now are some recommendations.

MJT Net Ltd on LinkedIn

So if you’re on LinkedIn and feel like spreading a little love please give tireless little Macro Scheduler a recommendation. You can do that here.

Thank you!

October 28, 2011

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