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You guys have some really good ideas here, I like them and it also gives me couple other ideas. One is you could number the text boxes. If you have 5 total, you could number them 1-5 then use Control-f to find the location later. You could also set a variable before the text box like the label idea and have the text box display it. It kind of combines the label/ section idea/ text box number idea. You could even use an integer and have it increase by one for each text box display.

I have some macros that call other macro and depending, other macros may be called. In case of an error or in certain situations I'll have a text box display pop up. I like to have the name of the macro and the line number. That way in case of an error I can go directly to the text box display in the script editor and make adjustments. Otherwise, when your dealing with multiple macros finding that particular text box display can be difficult. I can use the variable set from the name of the current macro, but it would be nice if I could set the current line number as a variable or just display it somehow. As it is now I just manually put the line number in. If code gets added or deleted though, that line number is just a general area of where the the text display box might be. So, the question is, is there a way to display the line number in a text box display or a complex pause?

A couple other notes: -"i" maps input boxes or fields - Timing can make a big difference. If the macro goes too fast the mapping can be effected ending with poor results on some slow loading menus.

Here is a video on Surfingkeys. It can do a lot of things! I will most likely only use a small amount of it's capabilities. https://youtu.be/QZO80CZB9Lw?si=8Yf_lGm2Vi7MTiL7

Lately, to navigate webpages I have been using surfingkeys. There is also Vimium C which is similar. It is an extension for Chrome browsers and maybe others too. The extension is for surfing the web without the mouse using mostly the keyboard. One feature is when you press "f" it marks all the links visible with a letter or letters. Then you can press that letter or letters on the keyboard and just like that you will have clicked on the link. Not only does it do links, but input fields or boxes as well. It has many other features too, which I have not used. So far for me, I like it and it seems to work pretty well with Macro Express. One con about it, the letters aren't attached to the page. You have to scroll if needed first then press "f". The amount of scroll would have to be the same each time so you end up with the same letter for the link each time. It only assigns letters to the visible links, the links further down the page aren't assigned a letter. So that would be the reason to scroll down the page first . I've only been using surfingkeys for a short time, but so far I don't miss the control f and tabbing to position. It does have some drawbacks but overall not bad.

Lately, to navigate webpages I have been using surfingkeys. There is also Vimium C which is similar. It is an extension for Chrome browsers and maybe others too. The extension is for surfing the web without the mouse using mostly the keyboard. One feature is when you press "f" it marks all the links visible with a letter or letters. Then you can press that letter or letters on the keyboard and just like that you will have clicked on the link. So far for me, I like it and it seems to work pretty well with Macro Express. Edit- I should have mentioned that not only does it do links but input fields or boxes as well. One con about it, the letters aren't attached to the page. You have to scroll if needed first then press "f". The amount of scroll would have to be the same each time so you end up with the same letter for the link each time. It only assigns letters to the visible links, the links further down the page aren't assigned a letter. So that would be the reason to scroll down the page first .

True, most of the time using <CTRLD>f<CTRLU> and also using the tab key is going to be the best way to get your target. There are times though, I've done automation on websites (example bank websites) where they are constantly making little changes that causes the normal way to go haywire. You fix your code only to have it go haywire again a couple months later. I have not employed the above tactic anywhere yet though. Also, I have found locations on websites where using the tab key to get to target can be inconsistent and you just can't find a way that works every time. What brought me to this was that I was trying out Python/ Selenium programming. Those languages and others use elements to get to target. They do it without opening the inspection window though.

I was playing around with Chrome elements and trying to get to a search box using wording in the element. The code below is what I came up with. It is a little unrefined and slow but may be a good solution in certain circumstances. You may have to tab to get the cursor on the body of the webpage to start off. The example below should put the cursor in the search box on this webpage. <WINDOW ACTIVATE Title="Navigating a webpage using Chrome and elements - Macro Express and Macro Express Pro - Macro Express Forums -" Exact_Match="FALSE" Wildcards="FALSE" _IGNORE="0x0006"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="1"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<CTRLD><SHIFTD>i<SHIFTU><CTRLU>" _COMMENT="Opens Inspect"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="1.5"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<CTRLD>f<CTRLU>"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="1"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="elSearchField" _COMMENT="Finds element in code. The key here is finding a unique id, name or other. The lettering in blue is what the search will be looking for."/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="1"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<TAB>" _COMMENT="To close find and highlight element"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<ENTER>"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="1"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<SHIFTD><F10><SHIFTU>" _COMMENT="Opens menu on selected element"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="1"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="ff" _COMMENT="Selects Focus on webpage"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<ENTER>"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="1.2"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<CTRLD><SHIFTD>J<SHIFTU><CTRLU>" _COMMENT="Closes Inspect"/>

I often use Go To in Excel to get to a desired range or cell, use the F5 key. Macro Express code below for that. Save it as a Snippet, it comes in handy! Then I usually do what rberq describes. <COMMENT Value="Excel F5 Go To"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<F5>"/> <WAIT FOR WINDOW TITLE Title="Go To" Partial="TRUE" Wildcards="FALSE" Indefinite="TRUE" Hours="0" Minutes="0" Seconds="0"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="Sheet1!A1" _COMMENT="Change this to your desired range or cell"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<ENTER>"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time=".4"/>

Thanks Cory. Yes this is on point. You can imagine my surprise when I made a few minor changes to my macro including unchecking the “Wait for this macro to terminate before proceeding" box saving and assuming it would still work just fine. Two weeks later, what the heck! It's no longer working. Then it took a while to diagnose the problem because it had been working. There is no end to the learning with this stuff!

Confirmed, this does work! That is excellent! It looks like the work around is to Save All The Variables in macro one and then Restore All Variables in Macro 2. At first I thought it was only working because Wait="TRUE" and once Wait is unchecked it would not work, but it does in fact work! If you plug in the second Macro Run with the Wait ="False" instead of the one Wait="TRUE", it does still work and is easy to use. <MACRO RUN Use_ID="FALSE" Name="2Testing" ID="-1" Wait="TRUE"/> <MACRO RUN Use_ID="FALSE" Name="2Testing" ID="-1" Wait="FALSE"/>

If the "Wait for this macro to terminate before proceeding" is unchecked, it does seem apparent the variables cannot be passed from one macro to another using the Macro Run command. The '"Make this variable available to macros called by this macro" means nothing from my current testing. I found a thread from 2010 that came to this same conclusion as well. Basically they become they 2 stand alone macros? Is this still the case? What is the next best work around?

Try the command below, you'll want a lower case x as well: <WIND>x<WINU> If that doesn't work try: Keystroke Speed: 50 milliseconds Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <WIND>x<WINU> Keystroke Speed: 0 milliseconds Text Box Display: test Try a different command too, like: <CTRLD>a<CTRLU> It will highlight all your desktop icons. Just don't press delete afterwards

I did a little digging in the forum and found a couple of references to using Window Controls. To answer my own question, it seems like capturing the control was the answer. No matter how many ways I tried the wait for window and if window is running. It just does not work. It is mind boggling after awhile! Here is the resulting code. <COMMENT Value="Moves cusor over to command area"/> <KEYSTROKE SPEED Delay="50"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<ALTD><ARROW UP><ALTU>" _COMMENT="Moves cursor to the commands area under script"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<HOME>"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<ARROW DOWN><ARROW UP>" _COMMENT="Resets tree on \"All Commands\""/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<TAB>"/> <KEYSTROKE SPEED Delay="0"/> <COMMENT Value="End -Moves cusor over to command area"/> <COMMENT Value="Text Type Keyboard section"/> <KEYSTROKE SPEED Delay="50"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="0.3"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="k"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="0.3"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<ARROW RIGHT>" _COMMENT="Opens menu"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="t"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<ENTER>"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="0.3"/> <WAIT FOR WINDOW TITLE Title="Text Type" Partial="FALSE" Wildcards="FALSE" Indefinite="FALSE" Hours="0" Minutes="0" Seconds="2" _IGNORE="0x0014"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="0.3"/> <CAPTURE CONTROL Option="\x01" Control="%C[1]%" UseText="FALSE"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="0.3"/> <WAIT FOR CONTROL Control="%C[1]%" Option="\x01" Indefinite="TRUE" Hours="0" Minutes="0" Seconds="0"/> <IF CONTROL Option="\x02" Variable="%C[1]%"/> <TEXT BOX DISPLAY Title="Testing 1" Content="{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\deff0\\deflang1033{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fnil\\fcharset0 Tahoma;}{\\f1\\fnil Tahoma;}}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\f0\\fs20 Yes still exists.\\f1 \r\n\\par }\r\n" Left="Center" Top="Center" Width="400" Height="350" Monitor="0" OnTop="TRUE" Keep_Focus="TRUE" Mode="\x01" Delay="1" _COMMENT=" ***Testing"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="1"/> <ELSE/> <TEXT BOX DISPLAY Title="Testing 1" Content="{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\deff0\\deflang1033{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fnil\\fcharset0 Tahoma;}{\\f1\\fnil Tahoma;}}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\f0\\fs20 No longer exists.\\f1 \r\n\\par }\r\n" Left="Center" Top="Center" Width="400" Height="350" Monitor="0" OnTop="TRUE" Keep_Focus="TRUE" Mode="\x01" Delay="1" _COMMENT=" ***Testing"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="1"/> <END IF/> Commands Text: // Moves cusor over to command area Keystroke Speed: 50 milliseconds Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <ALTD><ARROW UP><ALTU> // Moves cursor to the commands area under script Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <HOME> Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <ARROW DOWN><ARROW UP> // Resets tree on "All Commands" Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <TAB> Keystroke Speed: 0 milliseconds // End -Moves cusor over to command area // Text Type Keyboard section Keystroke Speed: 50 milliseconds Delay: 0.3 seconds Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): k Delay: 0.3 seconds Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <ARROW RIGHT> // Opens menu Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): t Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <ENTER> Delay: 0.3 seconds Wait for Window Title: Text Type Delay: 0.3 seconds Capture Control from Focused Control into %C[1]% Delay: 0.3 seconds Wait for Control until %C[1]% "Does not Exist" If Control "%C[1]%" Exists Text Box Display: Testing 1 // ***Testing Delay: 1 seconds Else Text Box Display: Testing 1 // ***Testing Delay: 1 seconds End If

Here is an example that opens the Text Type in Macro Express Script Editor. It seems to freeze after the Repeat Exit at the end of this example. Once the Text Type is open I would like to be able to manually open the Variables (Button) then close that window and be able to open the Misc Keys (button) then close that window and have the macro wait till the Text Type window closes. Just for simulation, you can manually close/cancel the Text Type Window. Then the macro should continue on to Repeat Exit and on to Text Box Display, but it freezes on multiple computers. Hopefully someone knows a better or different way to accomplish this. Command text version below too. Thanks! <COMMENT Value="Moves cusor over to command area"/> <KEYSTROKE SPEED Delay="50"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<ALTD><ARROW UP><ALTU>" _COMMENT="Moves cursor to the commands area under script"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<HOME>"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<ARROW DOWN><ARROW UP>" _COMMENT="Resets tree on \"All Commands\""/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<TAB>"/> <KEYSTROKE SPEED Delay="0"/> <COMMENT Value="End -Moves cusor over to command area"/> <COMMENT Value="Text Type Keyboard section"/> <KEYSTROKE SPEED Delay="50"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="0.3"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="k"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="0.3"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<ARROW RIGHT>" _COMMENT="Opens menu"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="t"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<ENTER>"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="0.3"/> <WAIT FOR WINDOW TITLE Title="Text Type" Partial="FALSE" Wildcards="FALSE" Indefinite="FALSE" Hours="0" Minutes="0" Seconds="2" _IGNORE="0x0014"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="0.3"/> <COMMENT Value="Problem area"/> <VARIABLE SET STRING Option="\x05" Destination="%T[1]%"/> <REPEAT START Start="1" Step="1" Count="50" Save="FALSE"/> <IF WINDOW Option="\x01" Title="%T[1]%" Partial="TRUE" Wildcards="FALSE"/> <WAIT FOR WINDOW TO LOSE FOCUS Title="%T[1]%" Partial="TRUE" Wildcards="FALSE" Indefinite="TRUE" Hours="0" Minutes="0" Seconds="0"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time=".1"/> <VARIABLE SET STRING Option="\x05" Destination="%T[2]%"/> <WAIT FOR WINDOW TO LOSE FOCUS Title="%T[2]%" Partial="TRUE" Wildcards="FALSE" Indefinite="TRUE" Hours="0" Minutes="0" Seconds="0"/> <ELSE/> <REPEAT EXIT/> <END IF/> <END REPEAT/> <TEXT BOX DISPLAY Title="test 2" Content="{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\deff0\\deflang1033{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fnil\\fcharset0 Tahoma;}{\\f1\\fnil Tahoma;}}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\f0\\fs20 %T[1]% is no longer running.\\f1 \r\n\\par }\r\n" Left="Center" Top="Center" Width="278" Height="200" Monitor="0" OnTop="TRUE" Keep_Focus="TRUE" Mode="\x01" Delay=".75"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time=".75"/> // Moves cusor over to command area Keystroke Speed: 50 milliseconds Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <ALTD><ARROW UP><ALTU> // Moves cursor to the commands area under script Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <HOME> Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <ARROW DOWN><ARROW UP> // Resets tree on "All Commands" Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <TAB> Keystroke Speed: 0 milliseconds // End -Moves cusor over to command area // Text Type Keyboard section Keystroke Speed: 50 milliseconds Delay: 0.3 seconds Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): k Delay: 0.3 seconds Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <ARROW RIGHT> // Opens menu Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): t Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <ENTER> Delay: 0.3 seconds Wait for Window Title: Text Type Delay: 0.3 seconds // Problem area Variable Set String %T[1]% to topmost window title Repeat Start (Repeat 50 times) If Window "%T[1]%" is running Wait for Window to Lose Focus: %T[1]% Delay: .1 seconds Variable Set String %T[2]% to topmost window title Wait for Window to Lose Focus: %T[2]% Else Repeat Exit End If End Repeat Text Box Display: test 2 Delay: .75 seconds

I can run Macros (hotkey activated) when focused on Task Manager, but if I go to system settings, macros will not activate! I have Windows 11 Arm Windows 11 Home / 22H2 build:22621.1413 running on a Mac via Parallels.

Actually, here is the one I was thinking of that I always check that seems to work best with Macro Express and showing the green running man. The only downside is that it shows all, you can't turn off individual icons. As long as you don't have that many icons, it's not so bad.

Pretty much all of my macros seem to work without adjustments. I don't use the recorder so I'm not sure how that would work. The mouse pointer move is a little bit of an issue. It can still move and click things it just doesn't move the visible on screen pointer. Here is one possible fix. Check here, Parallels knowledge base: https://kb.parallels.com/122903 I have not tried it.

There used to be a "Show All" switch in windows 7 in the taskbar settings. I thought there was one in windows 10 too. I have Windows 11 now. I could be wrong, I think the "Hidden icon menu" switch shows all in the W11 version. Unfortunately "showing all" may show more than what you want, it may take up too much room.

Here is one I use for filling out forms. One section is for business info and another for personal info. You would need to fill in the appropriate places in the code for your business and work names and addresses. When your cursor is in the first name field, you would put in "fx", last name field "lx" and so on. "x" is the trigger. The macro clears out the "fx" and types in the corresponding information. h= Home Address or w= Work Address fx= First Name lx= Last Name ax= Street address cx= City zx= Zip px= Phone # ex= Email address vx= Visa bx= Business Name ox= Business Name x, pressing x is the trigger qx= Quit <COMMENT Value="h= Home Address or w= Work Adress\r\nfx= First Name\r\nlx= Last Name\r\nax= Street address\r\ncx= City\r\nz= Zip\r\npx= Phone #\r\nex= Email adress\r\nvx= Visa\r\nbx= Business Name\r\nox= Business Name\r\nx, pressing x is the trigger\r\nqx= Quit\r\n"/> <TEXT BOX DISPLAY Title="Enter a digit" Content="{\\rtf1\\ansi\\deff0{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fnil Tahoma;}}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\lang1033\\f0\\fs20 F for first name\r\n\\par L for last name\r\n\\par v- visa\\fs10 \r\n\\par }\r\n" Left="Center" Top="Top" Width="278" Height="200" Monitor="0" OnTop="TRUE" Keep_Focus="TRUE" Mode="\x02" Delay="0"/> <VARIABLE SET STRING Option="\x01" Destination="%T[2]%" Prompt="w= Work\r\nh= Home" Mask="FALSE" OnTop="FALSE" Left="Center" Top="Center" Monitor="0" Lines="\x00"/> <REPEAT START Start="1" Step="1" Count="10" Save="FALSE" Variable="%N[1]%"/> <WAIT FOR KEY PRESS Key="X" Indefinite="FALSE" Hours="0" Minutes="10" Seconds="0"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<BACKSPACE>"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<SHIFTD><ARROW LEFT><SHIFTU>"/> <CLIPBOARD CUT/> <VARIABLE SET STRING Option="\x02" Destination="%T[1]%" NoEmbeddedVars="FALSE"/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[2]%" Condition="\x00" Value="w" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="b" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <OR/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="o" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="Business Name"/> <END IF/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="f" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="Your first name here"/> <END IF/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="l" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="Your last name here"/> <END IF/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="e" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="Your email address here"/> <END IF/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="a" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="Your street adddress here"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<TAB>"/> <END IF/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="c" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="Your city here"/> <END IF/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="p" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="Your phone # here"/> <END IF/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="z" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="Your zip code here"/> <END IF/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="v" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <ENCRYPTED TEXT Text="A9B66887BF7BA08BA26E878DF727D61020CA76DA29E93AC5" Store="TRUE" Variable="%T[23]%"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="1" Text="%T[23]%"/> <TEXT BOX DISPLAY Title="Info" Content="{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\deff0{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fnil\\fcharset0 Tahoma;}{\\f1\\fnil Tahoma;}}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\lang1033\\f0\\fs10 Exp Date: xx/xx\\f1 \r\n\\par \\f0 security code is: xxx\\f1 \r\n\\par }\r\n" Left="Right" Top="Top" Width="278" Height="200" Monitor="0" OnTop="TRUE" Keep_Focus="TRUE" Mode="\x02" Delay="0" _COMMENT="Displays credit card exp date and security code"/> <PAUSE Flags="\x10" Left="CENTER" Top="CENTER" Monitor="0"/> <TEXT BOX CLOSE Header="Info"/> <END IF/> <COMMENT Value="Home"/> <ELSE/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="f" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="Your first name here"/> <END IF/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="l" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="Your last name here"/> <END IF/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="e" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="Your email address here"/> <END IF/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="a" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="Your address here"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<TAB>"/> <END IF/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="c" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="Your city here"/> <END IF/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="p" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="Your phone here"/> <END IF/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="z" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="your zip here"/> <END IF/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="v" IgnoreCase="TRUE"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="your credit card # here"/> <TEXT BOX DISPLAY Title="Info" Content="{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\deff0{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fnil\\fcharset0 Tahoma;}{\\f1\\fnil Tahoma;}}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\lang1033\\f0\\fs10 Exp Date: xx/xx\\f1 \r\n\\par \\f0 security code is: xxx\\f1 \r\n\\par }\r\n" Left="Right" Top="Top" Width="278" Height="200" Monitor="0" OnTop="TRUE" Keep_Focus="TRUE" Mode="\x02" Delay="0" _COMMENT="Displays credit card exp date and security code"/> <PAUSE Flags="\x10" Left="CENTER" Top="CENTER" Monitor="0"/> <TEXT BOX CLOSE Header="Info"/> <END IF/> <END IF/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time=".3"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<TAB>"/> <IF VARIABLE Variable="%T[1]%" Condition="\x00" Value="q" IgnoreCase="TRUE" _COMMENT="Quit"/> <MACRO STOP/> <END IF/> <END REPEAT/>

After you set the variable, under the command- "Variable Modify String", choose "Trim" and trim any extra junk off the variable. On the next line I would recommend displaying a Text Box with the variable in it so you can see what you are capturing, then you can disable the "Display Text Box" line later when things are working properly.

New revelation about the mouse move issue. I have a macro that clicks on the green running man to abort a macro. I noticed this still works, but the mouse pointer on the screen that I can see (on the screen) does not move. It operates in ghost mode, spooky! So, I suspect the pointer (mouse move) still actually moves, it is just happening in an alternate universe.

I just notice this update came out and works well! More👍for the devs!!!

I have a new MacBook Pro M1 (Apple Silicone) running Parallels with Windows 11 Home 22H2 64bit ARM based. Yes, this is a VM, not an expert at all though. Like most things, I landed in this new configuration by accident. I've run a few macros now without issues but, I just ran into the issue of the mouse move not working at all. I usually try to stay away from the mouse as well, but I do have one macro that does a mouse move and color check. I had to eliminate that part of the macro. I have only run a handful of macros so far, but the mouse move issue has been the only issue that I noticed so far. Glad to see other people are running similar configurations. Previously I ran 2012 MacBook Air with Bootcamp and Windows 10. It ran Macro Express really well with no issues. From what I understand, Bootcamp doesn't work with the newer Apple chips and Windows. It required an ARM based windows version, whatever that is.

I noticed this the other day. It kind of threw me off at first. We need this choice! The one with the blue check mark on the picture below.