Macro stops after 60 seconds. I need help.

cello80 · Post by **cello80** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:47 pm

I record a macro which does following:

I have 2 progs, Prog A and Prog B (Editor).

If I press the Hotkey "F7" my recorded macro goes to Prog A copy a line
change the window to prog B and paste the copied line in it
then it goes back to Prog A goes a line down and copy this line
change to Prog B and past this line in it. An so on....I have totaly around 200'000 lines.

The macro runs, but after 60 seconds it stops for some reason. The macro scheduler hangs up
and I have to restart the macro scheduler and restart the macro.

Do anybody know how it could be the problem?

PS: Sorry for my bad englisch. I'm german speaking.

Me_again · Post by **Me_again** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:02 pm

Please post the code, it's very hard to help without it

cello80 · Post by **cello80** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:23 pm

My macro for Hotkey F7:

//Recorded Events
Let>WW_TIMEOUT=5
CapsOff
MouseMove>232,748
Wait>0.01
LClick
Wait>0.01
MouseMove>348,373
Wait>0.01
LClick
Wait>0.01
Press Down
Wait>0.01
LClick
Wait>0.01
Press CTRL
Wait>0.01
Press ALT
Wait>0.01
Send>c
Wait>0.01
Release ALT
Wait>0.01
Release CTRL
Wait>0.01
MouseMove>393,750
Wait>0.01
LClick
WaitWindowOpen>Ausgabe - Editor
MoveWindow>Ausgabe - Editor,137,103
ResizeWindow>Ausgabe - Editor,854,370
Wait>0.01
Press CTRL
Wait>0.01
Send>v
Wait>0.01
Release CTRL
Wait>0.01
Press Backspace
Wait>0.01
Press CTRL
Wait>0.01
Send>s
Wait>0.05
Release CTRL
Wait>0.01
Press F7
Wait>0.5

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:13 pm

I see at the end that you are pressing F7, your Hot Key. Is is possible that you are loading too many copies of the macro into memory? Try changing your Hot Key to something not called in your script.

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:16 pm

Ouch - that's asking for trouble. Instead, the script should either just loop back to the top, or be scheduled with a repeat interval.

cello80 · Post by **cello80** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:28 pm

okay, maybe it would be better i loop back to the top.
How can i write in the script to go to the top again?

Post by **Marcus Tettmar** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:30 pm

Like this:

Label>top
//Recorded Events
Let>WW_TIMEOUT=5
CapsOff
MouseMove>232,748
Wait>0.01
LClick
Wait>0.01
MouseMove>348,373
Wait>0.01
LClick
Wait>0.01
Press Down
Wait>0.01
LClick
Wait>0.01
Press CTRL
Wait>0.01
Press ALT
Wait>0.01
Send>c
Wait>0.01
Release ALT
Wait>0.01
Release CTRL
Wait>0.01
MouseMove>393,750
Wait>0.01
LClick
WaitWindowOpen>Ausgabe - Editor
MoveWindow>Ausgabe - Editor,137,103
ResizeWindow>Ausgabe - Editor,854,370
Wait>0.01
Press CTRL
Wait>0.01
Send>v
Wait>0.01
Release CTRL
Wait>0.01
Press Backspace
Wait>0.01
Press CTRL
Wait>0.01
Send>s
Wait>0.05
Release CTRL
Wait>0.05
Goto>top

cello80 · Post by **cello80** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:55 pm

At the moment it runs with your input.
I'll run the macro over the night and let you know if I become troubles.

Thank you very much.