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03-28-2000, 02:17 AM
I had a need for a macro program and went looking for one. I found this: Macro Express (http://www.macros.com/index.htm) This is a pretty cool utility and by sheer coincidence it's also endorsed by our friend Steve Gibson.
This thing is very powerful. You can do many of the traditional things you'd do in a batch file, like accept input from the user, run a counter (n=n+1), store/read data from files, use IF/THEN/ELSE statements, and all in the Windoze enviorment. Of course it also does the typical macro stuff like recording/playing-back mouse movements & keystrokes.
One cool feature is it identifies windows by the text in their title bar, which means it can automatically run a task whenever a specific window appears. It also means you can use the same key strokes to activate the appropiate macro for that window. Example is I can hit ctrl+alt+B here at SysOpt.com to make things bold using UBB code, but on another board the same ctrl+alt+B might make things bold using html code.
Something else that's kinda cool is the many ways you can trigger the macros. Of course the traditional <ctrl>+<alt>+<shift>+<anykey> can be used, but other triggers can be; a specific window coming to focus or losing focus, or on a time schedule, or even mouse clicks at user defined areas of the screen. Which means one could have a complete "icon-less" desktop and still have everything just a click away. Neat stuff.
Needless to say I'm having fun with this toy. I'm seriously considering purchasing it. I'm curious if anyone uses or knows of similar software I should check out before buying this?
This thing is very powerful. You can do many of the traditional things you'd do in a batch file, like accept input from the user, run a counter (n=n+1), store/read data from files, use IF/THEN/ELSE statements, and all in the Windoze enviorment. Of course it also does the typical macro stuff like recording/playing-back mouse movements & keystrokes.
One cool feature is it identifies windows by the text in their title bar, which means it can automatically run a task whenever a specific window appears. It also means you can use the same key strokes to activate the appropiate macro for that window. Example is I can hit ctrl+alt+B here at SysOpt.com to make things bold using UBB code, but on another board the same ctrl+alt+B might make things bold using html code.
Something else that's kinda cool is the many ways you can trigger the macros. Of course the traditional <ctrl>+<alt>+<shift>+<anykey> can be used, but other triggers can be; a specific window coming to focus or losing focus, or on a time schedule, or even mouse clicks at user defined areas of the screen. Which means one could have a complete "icon-less" desktop and still have everything just a click away. Neat stuff.
Needless to say I'm having fun with this toy. I'm seriously considering purchasing it. I'm curious if anyone uses or knows of similar software I should check out before buying this?