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Okay, it's been exactly 3 years since I posted this, and this week I have a new client who needs exactly the same thing. When they submit an ASP form on our server, I need the server's MacroExpress to run a macro to look up the information on a remote site, massage the data, and email them a response. EVERY part of my process works, except there's no way I can find to run MeProc.exe from the ASP page - not even running Perl to do a system call, Yes I have IIS5 and IUSR_Machinename in the security of every macro and file it touches, etc. Hasn't anyone ever needed to do this yet? Can someone please figure it out? I know I can watch a directory for a file to drop in, but I have to run the Macro constantly or every hour to watch it, and i've other macros running, so I would love to save my server the hassle and just run it on demand: Hi all, i've scoured the topics and google for something like this. My clients only have web cenncections to our server, they should not open a client of any kind to run macros. I need ME to run on the server, log in to a secure web site, lok up a value for them and stick it in a form - all of that part is done already. What i cant do yet is fire the macro to run n the web server (yes its always logged in) unbeknownst to them. I've looked for ISAPI filters to put into our IIS to no avail, and i can only connect ISAPI (if i used the extension .mex or some such) to a DLL to run, not an exe like MeProc.exe. In the past i got analog.exe (processing exYYMMDD.log files) to run from our ASP calling a perl script anlgform.pl that would run the analog, and i put MeProc into that same folder, and its still not initiating. It could just be that analog.exe works with perl's CGI library and MeProc doesn't, who knows? So can anyone help me? run a macro up on a web server from an ASP page? Ah, and he one solution watching a folder for someting to process won't work, i need this on demand click on a form turnaround time, to fill in that value. Thanks all, this is an awesome forum!

Hi all, i've scoured the topics and google for something like this. My clients only have web cenncections to our server, they should not open a client of any kind to run macros. I need ME to run on the server, log in to a secure web site, lok up a value for them and stick it in a form - all of that part is done already. What i cant do yet is fire the macro to run n the web server (yes its always logged in) unbeknownst to them. I've looked for ISAPI filters to put into our IIS to no avail, and i can only connect ISAPI (if i used the extension .mex or some such) to a DLL to run, not an exe like MeProc.exe. In the past i got analog.exe (processing exYYMMDD.log files) to run from our ASP calling a perl script anlgform.pl that would run the analog, and i put MeProc into that same folder, and its still not initiating. It could just be that analog.exe works with perl's CGI library and MeProc doesn't, who knows? So can anyone help me? run a macro up on a web server from an ASP page? Ah, and he one solution watching a folder for someting to process won't work, i need this on demand click on a form turnaround time, to fill in that value. Thanks all, this is an awesome forum!

Also, regarding the crash for those of you who also get it:

I think there is a bug in the process of the install program: Because I use the Windows colors scheme High Contrast #2 on my XP machine, when I ran the installer and clicked "Custom", I couldn't tell if the items were checked or not (black checkboxes on black background). Now, I did NOT touch any of the checkboxes, then I hit Back and changed to Standard/Default installation and continued. My best guess is that viewing the custom checkboxes clears them, and even if one goes back and chooses Standard Install at that point, I believe the boxes don’t get reset at that point, which is why nothing installed for me even though I chose Standard ultimately. I suggest you try this sequence and see if the WISE script might need a tweak somewhere. To get my install to work, I changed color schemes, uninstalled completely, deleted the Program Files Macro Express folder, did a reinstall with Custom and all boxes checked, then everything has worked terrifically. It's just extremely disorienting to install a product and not be able to do anything the online help says you can, don't ya know.

Hi all, excited about the product but it won't do anything for me. I'm a web & software developer so tech talk is welcome. I installed the product, restarted, i see the red and blue icon in the system tray, left clikc/double clikc on it does nothing, right click on it gets Suspend Macro Express thru Terminate Macro Express, i even installed the macexp3.chm file directly from the website, but i'm still stuck. The Tutorial section mentions 3 ways to make a macro and i can not find nay of them. Making a Scheduled MAcro section mentions the Macro Express Explorer menu, but theres no window with any such menu. When i run MacExp.exe only the systray icon shows up. ow can i try the software is it won't run? I found Ctrl-Shift-Alt-W in the help section somewhere, and opening that gets me the Licencse Info window asking for name and code. If i enter my name and click OK thew program blows up abnormal termination. If i click Cancel to "continue with the 30 day trial period" nothing happens at all. My only non-standard features on my XP machine are that Firefox is my default browser, and i use High Contract Black #2 as my color scheme. Please help, i need a macro for a client to run on my server in the next few days, thank you! From my support request: Platform: Windows XP Windows 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2 Memory: Total Physical: 1015 MB Starting Available: 483 MB Ending Available: 479 MB Program: Macro Express Player v 3.6.0.1 Error Type: EStringListError Message: List index out of bounds (0) Address: 0x004216E1