doolysw2 Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 I recently upgraded computers and went to windows 7, and now my macros don't seem to be passing text type. I have one macro that I use constatnly to send e-mail from thunder bird. It activates the window, and presses alt m then n to start a new message, but now it only activates the window, waits the alloted time then ends. Once it ends, my computer acts like the alt key is stuck down, even if I exit macro express. Any one have any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samrae Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Have you tried adding delays? Macro programs type much faster than humans and many times programs can't keep up. Text Type: <ALTD>m<ALTU> Delay 0.1 Seconds Text Type: n Delay 0.1 Seconds Text Type: Your message goes here ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doolysw2 Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 I don't think this is the problem. I get this issue with macros that have the proper delays. These all worked fine under windows xp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samrae Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 These all worked fine under windows xp. Windows 7 works differently than Windows XP. Just one example is the Aero interface. There can be a lot more going on between keystrokes requiring longer delays. Just because a macro worked under Windows XP doesn't mean it does not need adjustments for Windows 7. Have you tried increasing the delays? You can always change them back if it doesn't help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doolysw2 Posted October 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 Yep, I even tried increasing them to really high levels. Even with several seconds worth of delays, it still doesn't work. I even tried making a macro that opens notepad, and types only one letter. Even with a delay of 5 seconds between opening notepad (it opens almost instanly) and the typed letter, it's still not passing the keys. Other parts of the macro that don't involve typing seem to work fine, it's just anything that's typed is not being passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samrae Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 Have you tried Ctrl-n to create a new message instead? How are you activating your macro? Have you tried a different activation? This attached sample macro works for me every time. Does it work for you? NewMessageThunderbird.mex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doolysw2 Posted October 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 I downloaded and tried that macro, and it doesn't work either. The first part of the macro, the part that checks to see if thunderbird is open and makes it the active window works, but the text typing does not, and after the macro runs, my keyboard acts like the alt key is stuck down. I also changed to a usb keyboard when I changed computers, could that have anything to do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doolysw2 Posted October 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Well I fixed it. It turns out that there is apparently some confilct between the latest version of Synergy, and macroexpress. I've used both side by side for years without any problems, but since I built my newest computer, I also updated my version of synergy. Without it running in the background, all of my macros now work fine. Just thought I would post this up in case any one else has a similar issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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