Macro Recording and Automating Windows with Macro Scheduler – Tips & News
WebRecorder has been updated to version 2.2 with the following changes:
– If a form element has no NAME attribute WebRecorder will use the ID element if it has one. WebRecorder and IEAuto.DLL have been updated accordingly. This allows more forms to be recorded and played back.
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As you probably know, we’re running a T-Shirt design contest where you could win an Amazon Kindle worth $259.
Some people have had problems sending us a link to their T-Shirt design so I checked it out and found that the process for getting a public link to your shirt is not particularly obvious. So I thought I’d post instructions for the easiest way to do it:
If you’ve already created a design, do not fear, it is not lost. Log into Zazzle (click on My Account at top right). Click on the “Products” tab. On the left under “My Products” you will see “In Progress”, “Private” and “Public”. Your T-Shirt will be under one of these – probably the “In Progress” one. Click on it and then do the Email thing as in the above instructions.
I hope that clears up any confusion. It’s worth the effort – you could win a $259 Kindle!
A quick and easy way to remove HTML tags from a string:
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Test link Let>pattern=<(.|\n)*?> RegEx>pattern,Html,0,matches,numMatches,1,,plainText MessageModal>plainText
Happy New Year everyone!
What do you do when you’re snowed in and can’t get to work? Get creative that’s what! Enter our T-Shirt design contest and win an Amazon Kindle!
Yes, just in case you missed it, we’re running a T-Shirt design contest. Design a new MJT Net T-Shirt and you could win an Amazon Kindle. The competition closes 31st January. Take a look at the comments to see some of the entries so far, and then post your own.
There are only three days left for the 20% Christmas Discount. Coupon code: TIME2009
Macro Scheduler 11.1.19 is now available with the following changes:
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What would be the perfect gift? What is the one thing in such short supply? You might say it’s money. You could be right, but more precious than that in my opinion is time. And of course many will say that in business time is money anyway. Wouldn’t it be great if someone could give you more time? Another hour a day, an extra day a week.
I believe that what we do here at MJT Net is exactly that. We make software that gives you time. Time to do what you really want, time to invest in the things that matter, to concentrate on the important things in your business or home life.
That’s what we love about our products. Our customers are able to cut down the amount of time they spend on repetitive, cumbersome jobs. With our software they can make themselves and/or their employees more productive. Rid themselves of wasteful, mind numbing routines, boost productivity, and spend their new found time on what really matters to them.
With 2009 almost at an end, it’s a time to reflect and plan ahead for the New Year. I know we’ll be spending the quiet period between Christmas and New Year looking at improving our systems and automating some more of our processes.
If you have Macro Scheduler Pro you could give the gift of time to someone this Christmas by creating a macro for them. Take a look at what a friend or colleague does on their PC and see if you could improve it for them by writing a macro.
If you don’t yet have Macro Scheduler or would like to buy a copy for someone else, here’s a 20% discount coupon to give you even more time for your money:
Coupon Code: TIME2009
The coupon is valid until the end of 2009.
Give yourself, or someone else, the gift of time this Christmas and put it to good effect in 2010.
Happy Christmas!
Just a quick note to say we’ve now made a trial version of the MacroScript SDK available for download. We’ve also now published pricing and licensing details. For details please see:
http://www.mjtnet.com/macroscript_sdk.htm
You’ll notice there are two versions of the SDK. “Tethered” and “Untethered”. Tethered is linked to Macro Scheduler and requires Macro Scheduler to run. Tethered is available for a one-off low fee and allows you to use the SDK on any PC which has Macro Scheduler 11 installed. The Untethered version is unrestricted, for internal use, and does not require Macro Scheduler to be installed. Tethered would suit existing customers who already have Macro Scheduler or only need to use the SDK on one or two PCs. Untethered would be more suitable for larger roll-outs where having Macro Scheduler on every PC is overkill.
The SDK evaluation now includes Delphi, VB6, C#, C++ and VBScript examples.
I’ve often been asked by other application developers if there is a way they can run Macro Scheduler code from within their applications. They may need their software to automate some other application, or they may want to give their users the ability to write macros within their program. Sometimes developers just want to make use of some of the unique features available in Macro Scheduler from within their own applications.
Until now the only way another application could run a Macro Scheduler macro would be for it to shell a .scp or compiled .exe via the command line. But this has its limitations and licensing implications.
Today I can announce the availability of the MacroScript Software Development Kit. The MacroScript SDK allows application developers to integrate the Macro Scheduler language right into their software so that Macro Scheduler code can be executed directly and seamlessly. Code can be executed transparently, and the result of macros and variables retrieved.
The SDK provides two interface methods: a DLL and an ActiveX component. This means it is compatible with pretty much any development language/IDE, including Visual Studio (VB, C#, C++) and Borland IDEs (Delphi, C++). Anything that can use a DLL or an ActiveX component can use the SDK and execute Macro Scheduler code. That includes Microsoft Office VBA, and even plain old VBScript and web pages.
Naturally we need to be careful who gets hold of this. For obvious reasons we wouldn’t want someone using our SDK to create a product that competes with Macro Scheduler. For that reason we’re asking for people to contact us with their requirements if they are interested in giving it a go.
So for more info please go here.
If you know of a product that would benefit from having MacroScript built in why not send the developers a link to this blog.
Crumbs, is it really already December? Christmas always seems to creep up on me unprepared. Always so much to do and organise. Most people will be winding down and spending time with friends and family. But in our modern 24×7 culture many businesses still keep running. Web sites and servers still need monitoring, reports generating, data transferring, networks maintained, users, customers and holiday shoppers supported.
How many of us end up “on call” or remoting into the office network to check things over and ensure those pesky systems keep working and processes keep ticking over without causing us more work when we get back in the New Year?
A lot of these things can be automated. Macro Scheduler could be helping you relax this Christmas. It’s a good time to look at your processes and see what could be streamlined. What can be automated to prevent key staff having to log in from home, or made easier for skeleton staff to operate?
In the UK we have new VAT rules coming into effect on 1st January. I wonder how many people will be logging in on New Year’s Day to update their tax codes. We’ve already got a macro set up to do just that, scheduled for 1 minute past midnight.
What will you be automating this Christmas?