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Keystrokes not working in an MMC window
Samrae replied to AndyF's topic in Macro Express and Macro Express Pro
Macro Express cannot interact with another program running with admin privileges unless it too is running with admin privileges. -
Thank you acantor! Until now I did not know that incremental searches work in that list. Upon further experimentation it turns out that if you type quickly enough it works. But, if you type too slowly it may not. For example, if I type "ve" it brings up "Venmo" but if I type "v" ... "e" it brings up Enphase. Now that I know I'll try to get these old fingers to type quicker. 😉
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Text Type truncates values of variables
Samrae replied to msibleyj's topic in Macro Express and Macro Express Pro
The Wait for Text Playback may help: Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): %dirNG%%T[1]% Wait for Text Playback -
simple, Simple, SIMPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Samrae replied to itsall1energy's topic in Macro Express and Macro Express Pro
Do this: <CONTROL>p Note the lower case P. When you manually press Ctrl+Shift+P in Excel it brings up the Format Cells dialog. When you press Ctrl+p it brings up the Print dialog. -
When you click the Run Macro Now it doesn't ask you which window to type in. Since the first line is a Text Type command Macro Express is typing into it's own window. The text is typed into the window that has focus. The log entry "Tuesday, November 21, 2023 11:18:18:668 AM: TMainWin.tmrFixFirstLineTimer: An error in the first line of the script has been fixed" happens when there was a problem displaying the first line of a macro in the Script Editor. It has no effect on the macro running. Log entries that include MacScript are events that occur in the Script Editor. Entries that include MacEdit are events that occur in the Macro Express Explorer. For events that occur in the Player look for log entries that include MacExp. Here are some things to try: 1. Press and release the Ctrl key and then type the shortkey activation again. 2. Make sure you are typing the correct characters to activate the shortkey. Highlight the shortkey macro in the Macro Express Explorer window. In the yellow box under the list of macros the keys needed to activate the shortkey are displayed. For example, it may show something like Shortkey //ps To activate the shortkey macro type all the keystrokes shown. 3. You can adjust what is needed to activate shortkeys in the Activations, Shortkeys preferences. Depending on those settings you may need to press space before or after the shortkey characters. 4. To see if the macro is activating put something at the top of your macro like a Text Box Display. You could also have Macro Express play a sound when a macro is activated. This is found in the Playback, Miscellaneous preferences. But it is annoying to have a sound played every time a macro is activated so you will probably want to turn this off after your test.
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Start Debugger in a Different Window
Samrae replied to cardena's topic in Macro Express and Macro Express Pro
When you activate a macro the window where the macro runs already has focus (is active). However, when you are debugging a macro Macro Express has focus. When debugging a macro, Macro Express does not know which window to work with so it asks which window the macro should run in. Choose the name of the window where you want the macro to run. -
Macro Express Pro Portable questions
Samrae replied to cardena's topic in Macro Express and Macro Express Pro
Macro Express Pro Portable takes up around 65 MB without macros, backup copies of macros, or other temporary files. I have other portable programs on the USB drive where Macro Express Pro Portable is installed. So, the size of thumb drive you need depends on what other programs you put on it. -
Visible counter & Visible Timer (countdown)
Samrae replied to Frank's topic in Macro Express and Macro Express Pro
When posting macro code it works best to include it in a Code box. Click the <> icon and paste your macro into it. -
Visible counter & Visible Timer (countdown)
Samrae replied to Frank's topic in Macro Express and Macro Express Pro
Using the example posted by ACantor, highlight the part that begins with <VARIABLE SET all the way through and including <TEXT BOX CLOSE Header="Testing"/> and type Ctrl+c. Then create a new, blank macro and press Ctrl+v to paste the macro into it. -
How get desktop icon to activate a macro?
Samrae replied to Ben Lunder's topic in Macro Express and Macro Express Pro
When you right click on a macro there is an option to "Place on Desktop". An icon will be created on your desktop that will run the macro when you double click on it. If Macro Express is not already running when you double click on the icon then Macro Express will be launched. This may take some time but the macro should run once Macro Express loads. Are you sure that the macro is not running? Put a Text Box Display command at the top of your macro. It should be displayed when you double click on the macro icon. If you still have trouble contact support here: Request Support -
Request a Feature Report a Bug Request Support Other Support resources.
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Macros don't work in Microsoft Edge
Samrae replied to GDZ's topic in Macro Express and Macro Express Pro
Macro Express does not work in the classic version of Edge. Microsoft has since replaced Edge with a new version based on the Chromium engine. Macro Express works on the current version of Edge. -
Later versions of Macro Express include Win + End, Win + Alt +End, and Win + Ctrl + End. These are selected in Preferences under Playback.
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Sect & copy text using mouse
Samrae replied to azurtem's topic in Macro Express and Macro Express Pro
You could also consider using the HTTP Get macro command. You would still need to parse the HTML. Sample: HTTP Get: https://www.macros.com to %WebPage% Text Box Display: Webpage <HTTP GET Option="\x00" URL="https://www.macros.com" Destination="%WebPage%" NoEmbeddedVars="FALSE"/> <TEXT BOX DISPLAY Title="Webpage" Content="{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\deff0\\deflang1033{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fnil\\fcharset0 Tahoma;}{\\f1\\fnil Tahoma;}}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\f0\\fs20 %WebPage%\\f1 \r\n\\par }\r\n" Left="Center" Top="Center" Width="1591" Height="768" Monitor="0" OnTop="TRUE" Keep_Focus="TRUE" Mode="\x00" Delay="0"/> -
Pressing CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+V to terminate Macro Express should close the Macro Express program. However, if a macro is running or something is stuck, Macro Express may not close right away.
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There is an abort macro hotkey defined in the Playback area of preferences. Does that work? If you can move your mouse you should be able to right-click on the running man to halt a macro. But sometimes nothing halts a macro.
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Mouse Move on multiple Monitors and negative values
Samrae replied to Alexis's topic in Macro Express and Macro Express Pro
When you have multiple monitors one is designated as the primary monitor. If a second monitor is positioned to the left of the primary monitor the X coordinate is negative relative to the primary monitor. Similarly, if the second monitor is positioned above the primary monitor the Y coordinate is negative.