This solution is still a little quirky. Firstly, the actual escape keypress is not being read/absorbed by anything. The escape keystroke is still passed to the underlying windows system. If (say) notepad has focus then it doesn't matter (and isn't obvious) because notepad throws the escape away anyw...

"Marcus workaround" #2 - assigning a hot key to the encrypted macro and "pressing" the hotkey in the calling macro DOES work. Bob, reading a password from a hidden file using a plain text (unencrypted) macro would defeat the purpose of having a secret file. If the method is plain to see then so is t...

The "Marcus workaround" #1 does not work. The UNencrypted macro when invoked via "Run" works correctly. When it is ENcrypted, I see a flying Macro Scheduler icon dashing across the screen, but the macro does not execute. A "here I am" message within the macro fails to display. Run Program>C:\Program...

Well, unless I have misread you, what you've said directly contradicts the help file info. - "Macro Scheduler allows you to set a password for a script which must then be used to edit it." Edit it - not run it. "However, if you need to use Macro Scheduler to automate a process which involves sending...

I have a multi purpose macro invoked by F9 hotkey. Depending on the application underneath it performs different functions. One of them is intended to send a password through to Quicken. It does this by calling a further encrypted macro which contains the password. I've written and tested it all. It...

F9 is a common "do something" hotkey in several apps I run. Ie., in Delphi it "runs" the app being developed, in Zeus editor I use it to copy vertically, etc. So, I decided to make a macro to perform certain complex functions on the highlighted file when F9 is pressed within windows explorer. Great,...

Fantastic. I post my problem, go to bed and when I get up it's been bandied around and a workable solution found. Thanks Guys!

I first purchased Macro Scheduler Oct 1997 for automated testing but haven't used it for years. Just upgraded as I have new needs. Have been testing with F9 and F10 hotkeys and planning several other hotkeys all of which use a method to identify the focussed app and then call appropriate macros. Her...