MBone

Is it possible to get infomation from a screen shot

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I am trying to read text off a screen shot.

mbone

ME cannot burrow very deep into the window detail so would be of limited value for making bots and miners (I think). I suppose if you get it to click all over the screen looking for stuff it could be a nuisance to others. Not everyone plays online.

 

Jamess' problem sounded to me more like he's using the colour value for something and it's causing the 800x600 window to resize. We'll have to wait and see.

Jamess let me know what game and i can see if i can work it out. I have this doing bots and it works wonderful.

MBone

I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to do but writing to a text file is quite easy:

 

Variable Modify String - Save to Text File saves the variable over any existing content

Variable Modify String - Append to Text file saves the variable in the next line below existing content

 

You will probably need to do add a trailing CRLF after each entry - checkbox provided.

 

You can create the text file in advance using Notepad or if you enter the full path and filename in the Variable Modify String dialog it will create the file for you.

 

If you have a number of text variables that you want to update overwriting previous values, an ini file may be better. I'll not go into those at this stage as text files may be good enough.

i want to make it so that i never loose focus on the current window. as if the text/ini file can be in the background with never having to open it up on the screen to read but in just a process that would do it just like calling a variable from a saved location in the macpro.

does this explain, if it dont then that is as basic as i can get as i dont understand it enough to break it down to what i want to ask.

thanks john

you are on the fast track to getting high ranking on the forum.

mbone

i have been looking but i cant seem to figure out how to create the txt file so that i can track the variable string. What i would like to do is create a txt file to track a set of variable and write to it so that i dont have to complete certain steps again.

is this an easy task or a very complicated one?

mbone

Thanks, I will test it tonight and let you know. Again thanks, i will get to work and it will do what i need it to do.

 

MBone

works like a charm, thanks,

MBone

Some here also use AutoIT and evidently it can create executables that will work like you want.

yea i was looking at AHK but i know MacPro way better. Thanks

MBone

Thanks, I will test it tonight and let you know. Again thanks, i will get to work and it will do what i need it to do.

MBone

is there a way that i can create a stand alone program with macro pro, i would like to create gui and exe to do be able to be used by someone that dont have macro pro installed, is this possible or not?

thanks

Mbone

Check out the Mouse to Tray command. The only proviso is that it has to be Visible for the stop to work.

i changed to not hiding icons a while back, i would grab it at the wrong time and mess up program.

<MOVE MOUSE TO TRAY ICON Icon="Macro Express Pro - mouse to tray" Exact="FALSE" Center="TRUE" Left="0" Top="0"/>
<DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="5"/>
<MOUSE LEFT CLICK/>
<DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="5"/>
<MOUSE LEFT CLICK/>
<DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="5"/>

i used this to find it but, i cant get it to work even if i use the selection.

any suggestions.

What's wrong with the Mouse to Tray? Works fine, the extra macro is two lines and that's it. The read/write method is fine for stopping specific macros (macros without the extra code will continue to run). The idea was to stop all and Mouse to Tray does it so easily.

I use this on one of my production computers and Forest moves into different spots depending on what i have running at the time.

I missed that one before or i would have address it as it did come across the ways to stop it but that Forest is not always running in the same location.

MBone

Yes, this is how I would approach the task.

 

One macro cannot directly stop another. However, a second macro can set an 'external something' that the first macro interprets that it is time to stop. This 'external something' can be a file or a registry entry. Some may even suggest using a variable but unless both macros were called by a 'top level' macro you would need to use the Save Variables and Restore Variables command. Some who have used these have had difficulties.

i just added a time check at the beginning of the overhead macro, and then add another one to break the page that it would be looking at to get info. I will go back later and add a more detail time check later, just wanted to get it up and going now and see if there was a way to do it with a single command.

thanks for the helps guys.

MBone

I was trying not to go back and add anything to any one of the modules (i build in parts), I think i will just add it to the begining. I just could not find the macro command that i seen before. I upgrade from 3.x to pro and when i did some imports at least one of them added the "stop all other macro command" to the beginning.

thanks and i just found it. it was the lock player command, i just could not find one that it was on before. I am going to see about creating around it.

Mbone

the problem with xp pro, from the way tested it, seem to be that it would show until you restarted the program and it would like a "new" forest. Correct me if i am wrong but that is the only thing that seem to be steady and it was hit and miss at best.

Mbone

i want to use a timed command to stop all macros running. I set up one tonight and use the "macro stop" command but it just runs but have yet to stop anything. is there a way to run the all stop macros and then start again on "time of the day"

recap:

I want the macro to run non stop until it is told to stop by a scheduled macro. i tried to create "stop macro" at stop running at 0700 (example) and the main macro just kept running. How do i made it stop all active macro and i will start a new macro after i get all to stop.

thanks

MBone

Thanks, i think i will as a delay in it just to test it out. I have not had the bug in a couple days now.

thanks for the advise.

Mbone

Hello guys,

i have been away for a while and just wanted to say hi to all the people that have helped out before. I am thinking about upgrading to the newest build as the one, i am using is 4.0.1.1 and has been steady for a while. But now i am getting a few gliches in it when switching to a new macro.

I have had no problems out of it for several months and the last two weeks a bug or something has come into the play every few days. It will finish a step and move the next step being the next macro tied to a larger string of macros and hang. I pause the macro and the correct name pops up but it will not do anything else.

So should i upgrade or not. i have a very efficient program running now and i live by the "if it aint broken, dont try to fix it" life style.

thanks

MBone

Need a little direction on how to create a macro that copies from a txt document and adds text to it on both sides.

example

doc 1 has a list of website address with icons for it.

doc 2 is where the stuff will be copied to.

<a href=" (to be copied) " img src=" (second part to be copied)"></a>

the problem that i have is that the links are not all the same size. I dont know how to limit the capture.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

MBone

i use the macro run for the function of adding modules to MX3 and MXPRO.

MBone

hello guys,

Ran into a little bit of a problem. I started testing out the MXPRO and creating modules to use for my steps. I was about half way done with my completed round and i get error box saying "macro dont exsist." The first time i thought that i just didnt save it correctly so i wrote the macro again and save it. I added it back to the module and let it run to test it out. I get the pop up again. The program deleted it and didnt save it into the trash bin.

Anyone else having this problem.

MBone

Kevin, thanks for the info. Get control doesnt work with the game.

Cory, yea it is cheating. And it is doing the not so fun part of the game. This is not a FPS style game. The game i play does change but i use the Optical patterns to get away from using it to read files to react to changes. The use of this is for crafting style of items. And yes i do play the game to relax and this give me more time to go "PK" hunting and get away from the "grinding".

thanks

MBone

and i use this to play while i am not there to do the " work" and then i get to do the "fun"

Just wanted to know before i upgrade if it is going to be able to do what i want it to do. I use this on a game that i play in windowed mode. If i can run two macro at the same time i could in theory run two windowed game sessions. They will overlap and i need the mouse for it to work proper. Just want to clear up things

thanks

MBone

If you want to contact us directly about pricing, you can send an email to info@wintools.com.

Cory, Might have been my fault to start out with...14 hour jet lag and two days of travel can get to you.

Stan, i was just wondering if i was doing the math right. I dont mind pay for a good product.

MBone

Huh? To buy MEP outright is $70 and you bought ME3 for $40. The upgrade from ME3 to MEP is $30, right? So how is it more to purchase outright? It appears to me that $30+$40 is $70.

 

I think what ISS is doing here is very generous essentially allowing any licensed ME3 user to upgrade to MEP for the difference in retail pricing. Often software developers only allow this in the case of recent purchases. EG if you purchased the product in the last 90 days. Otherwise the upgrade price is usually more than the difference.

Not to call you on it but to buy it out right is 59.95, not $70. 40 plus 30 is 70 and cost 10 more. And i bought the product less than 60 days ago.

mbone

I got the ME3 for 39.95 and was look at the upgrade which is 30 more. Why is it cheapier to buy it out right than to give the paying customer the upgraded version for 69.95. ( I am a not even a two month customer) I think this is the first time that i have seen a upgrade cost more than the actual full product. Just wondering if i am look at this wrong or are they going to raise the price up after Feb? The running two macros at the same time is something that i do like.

Before i start rewriting my macros just wondering if it was more cost effective to wait or buy the upgrade now?

MBone

Not sure of the answer to your question. You could test it out by appending the current value to a text file in each macro, then look at the text file and see if it is changing.

 

To be sure of keeping the value from macro to macro, do Save All Variables at the end of each macro, and Restore All Variables at the beginning of each macro.

Didnt know that command was there. I guess that will solve my work around. I was working my way up the numbers to keep from things crossing over. This should work out for what i need.

thanks

MBone

I will test it out and find out.

Hopefully will get enough of the test to find out tonight....