Record fails

Niels Hove-Madsen · Post by **Niels Hove-Madsen** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 1:48 pm

I'm trying to record a macro but the PC does not rseem to respond to keystrokes and when I stop the 'recording' it displays an error message "File not found". I have to quit MS and start it before I can try again - but with the same result.

Lumumba · Post by **Lumumba** » Tue Apr 13, 2004 8:18 pm

Could it be that the file destination is write protected/restricted, so you try to create a file without the necessary permissions ?

Niels Hove-Madsen · Post by **Niels Hove-Madsen** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:51 am

I'm not trying to create a file, I'm just trying to record some few keyboard strokes.

Maybe MS is trying to create a file, but it's installed on the local PC and there are no write restrictions on my c-drive.

Lumumba · Post by **Lumumba** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 3:11 pm

Huh, philosophical

You don't want to create a file -> you only want to record keystrokes in a script which is a file -> but it's not you who creates that file which is a script which should contain the recorded keystrokes you've made -> it's MSched which creates a script which isn't a file -> ... OooKaay.
I think I got it

Have you tried to create that script/file manually ?
Have you tried to run it?

MyFirstScript.scp

CapsOff
Wait>3
//Set focus to the desktop
SetFocus>Program Manager
//Move the mouse to the topmost left corner of your screen
MouseMove>0,0
Wait>2
//Move the mouse to the screen coord. 10x100
MouseMove>10, 100
Wait>2
//Call the Startmenu
Press CTRL
Press ESC
Release CTRL
//Startmenu/Run
Send Character/Text>R
WaitWindowOpen>Run
Send Character/Text>Notepad
Wait>2
Press ENTER
MessageModal>A script is a file is a script - its that easy (Aristoteles).

Niels Hove-Madsen · Post by **Niels Hove-Madsen** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 3:16 pm

I've been using MS for quite some time and made several well functioning scritps - manually. Now I upgraded to the latest version (and the prof. version too). I wanted to try the record facility...

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 3:45 pm

"__debug.dbg" is a temp file that holds the contents of your current script until it is saved with a formal script name.

There may be a problem that the file "__debug.dbg" is locked. Try closing Macro Scheduler, go to folder where Macro Scheduler program is located. Look for "__debug.dbg" and rename it. Start Macro Scheduler and try again.

HINT: If your system crashes before you can save your work in a script, you can frequently come back and open this file in an editor, paste it into your Macro Scheduler editor and save it under the correct name.

Niels Hove-Madsen · Post by **Niels Hove-Madsen** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:21 am

No help there, I'm sorry. It seems like the screen does not get updated when I start recording. When I press Ctrl-Shift-S to stop the macro I get the error message, and I can see the result of my keystrokes and mouse-clicks.

Matheus · Post by **Matheus** » Tue May 25, 2004 2:24 am

the samething that he said is happening to me..... when i put record it just like freezes the computer and then when I press ctrl-alt-s it says file not found

plz need some help in this one

thanks

Matheus · Post by **Matheus** » Tue May 25, 2004 2:35 am

Lumumba I followed what u said about making a new folder i made it and it worked thansk

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Tue May 25, 2004 3:06 am

Huh?:?

What new folder was made and where was that recommended?

I cannot see that in the postings....

I know Lumumba is good, but I did not know he was also using telepathy. I'm impressed.

Lumumba · Post by **Lumumba** » Tue May 25, 2004 6:38 am

I guess Matheus meant this ...

Could it be that the file destination is write protected/restricted, so you try to create a file without the necessary permissions ?

... but I did not know he [Lumumba] was also using telepathy.

I've sent a buddha-like

Oooooooooom to all of you in this moment. Are you feeling it ?

Record fails

Record fails

The samething is happening to me!

Yey it worked thanks :)