mark_miller66@bellsouth.ne

Thank you both. You help me see other issues which I blindly ignore such as nuance in pixel colors and in overloading the processor. You guys are brilliant!

SOMETIMES WHEN PERFORMING A SEARCH FOR PIXELS - THE PIXELS CANNOT BE FOUND - THE USER MUST STOP THE ROUTINE MANUALLY BY PRESSING PAUSE OR CLICKING ON THE GREEN MAN. THIS ROUTINE IS DESIGNED TO TIME OUT A SEARCH FOR A SET PIXEL COLOR AT AT SET LOCATION WITH A SET COLOR. THE ELAPSED TIME IS SET (IN THIS CASE TO 10SEC). IF THE PIXEL COLOR IS NOT FOUND AT THE SET LOCATION WITHIN 10 SECONDS THE SEARCH FOR PIXELS TIMES OUT There are certainly better ways to accomplish the same = please post. SEARCH FOR PIXEL TIME-OUT ROUTINE.mex

I have found batch file shut down and restart an alternative that works even if MacroExpress is locked up...Search the forum thread: how to kill a macro without clicking on green icon?started by stackexchange (worth a view just for a view of stackexchange)

Here is an example 'running' macro where the routine is move 5 pixels repeatedly every 3 seconds unless the registry key 'stopmacro' exists. If the registry key stopmacro exists, the key will be deleted (so that it can be re-created in the future by the 'stopper' macro) <REPEAT UNTIL Variable="%macro%" Condition="\x00" Value="-12"/> <IF REGISTRY Key="TRUE" Exists="TRUE" Path="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Insight Software Solutions\\Macro Express 4\\Miscellaneous\\stopmacro\\"/> <DELETE REGISTRY KEY Key="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Insight Software Solutions\\Macro Express 4\\Miscellaneous\\stopmacro\\" _IGNORE="0x0022" _IGNORE="0x0023"/> <MACRO STOP/> <END IF/> <MOUSE MOVE Option="\x03" X="5" Y="1" _PROMPT="0x000A"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="3"/> <END REPEAT/> here is an example 'stopper' macro, the first line creates the registry key 'stopmacro' and then you can put whatever else you want afterwards: <CREATE REGISTRY KEY Key="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Insight Software Solutions\\Macro Express 4\\Miscellaneous\\stopmacro" _IGNORE="0x0022" _IGNORE="0x0023"/>