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I have a macro and want to set it up with a repeat command. The amount of times I process the macro will change each and every time I run it. I want to run it and have it abort any time the Esc key is hit. What is the best way to handle this? Thanks in advance for your help.

This is one of the often requested features that did not make it into this release of Macro Express Pro. We still hope to be able to implement this feature in a future update.

Really would like to see it in ME.

Ok, I just pulled up a local news website in Firefox and tried it again (both versions). I discovered a minor problem. If I

clicked manually on the text immediately before running the triple-click macro, then I had some problems. I introduced a

0.4 second delay before the triple-click series to prevent the problems.

 

Ideally there is no need to click first, though. You just put the cursor where you want it, then run the macro. 0.4 seconds

isn't very long, though, so the delay could be advantageous to prevent yourself from inadvertently positioning the mouse,

and clicking the button before running the macro.

 

Other than that, I had no problem with the triple-click macro as I built it up above, even in Firefox. I don't know how

individual mouse-speed settings within your Control Panel might be affecting the functionality of the macro, or if maybe your

computer itself just isn't processing the clicks fast enough. I'm running a pretty fast computer at home, so I will try it again

on my considerably less exciting work computer tomorrow to see if I can duplicate the problem (I don't have access to a

Firefox browser at work, however).

Steve,

Thanks for the follow up and testing. I was in fact clicking on the text prior to running the macro. Thus it would not work. I did change it based on the above and it looks like we are good to go. Need to test out later in my full macro but looks promising. Thanks again.

No, the 'wait for webpage' command in Pro only works with IE. I agree that it would be nice to have it work with Firefox, but there are ways to determine when a page has loaded in Firefox, for example waiting for the Stop button to grey out.

 

No command for triple left mouse click, but you could simply do three single mouse clicks in a row.

That is too bad. Can you please provide the code to check the Stop button color? That sounds like a very nice work around. Also, I have tried the 3 left clicks but it is not fast enough to do what I intend. I even tried a repeat command to see if that would speed up a single click 3 times to no avail.

Does the new pro version allow for better integration with Firefox. I would like to use the wait for web page command now available for IE but not for Firefox. Also, does it have a command for triple left mouse click?

There is a left-click and a double-click, but no triple-click.

 

However, a work-around that may work (depending on the speed setting of your mouse, computer, etc.):

 

Repeat Start (Repeat 3 times)
 Mouse Left Button Click
Repeat End

<REP3:01:000001:000001:00003:0:01:><LCLK><ENDREP>

Or maybe this could work for you:

Mouse Left Button Double Click
Mouse Left Button Click

<LDCLK><LCLK>

 

I tested them both on my system, and they both triple-clicked. I tested them on both a .wpd document as well as a .doc

document accessed through OpenOffice.org Writer. No problems encountered.

I am using the Firefox browser and trying to triple click on a text body and can't get it to work. Tried both ideas above. Just not registering fast enough.

Can't seem to find it but need to have a triple-click left mouse button option. Anybody know if ME has it? If not, is there a work around?

Thanks for the great idea Alan. Will put this in play ASAP. Now to deal with timing issues.

I have done it this way, and the approach is do-able, but scripts to automate the process tend to be flaky. Searches in Firefox work differently (and are more customizable) than searches in IE, so you may need different macros for each browser.

 

Depending on the page, it may be more reliable to search for text AFTER the checkbox, and press Shift+Tab to reach it.

 

See whether the the authors of the page use the "accesskey" attribute. Open the source, and search for "accesskey." If yes, you are in luck, because accesskey provides an elegant way to navigate to form controls. If the accesskey for the checkbox you want to activate is, say, "T", then you can navigate directly to the checkbox by pressing Alt + T (IE) or Shift + Alt + T (Firefox).

 

Even if there is no accesskey to the particular checkbox, but there are accesskeys to other form controls or links, you will have an navigational "anchor" available. For example, if there is an accesskey (say "X") that puts focus on the link 10 tabs before the checkbox, you could write a script like this:

 

Text Type Alt + X

Repeat 10 times

Text Type Tab

Repeat End

Type Text spacebar

Looking to find the best way to initiate a check box (click it) on a webpage. The problem is getting the mouse to the check box location. There are a ton of links on the page and I have use the page down command to just see the check box. I used the mouse locator by it does not take the page down command into place. So I am at a loss at this point to get my mouse on the check box. What is the best way to handle this?

Thank you very much. Just got to get used to the power all the features of this great program.

Easy, once you know how. In the Scripting Editor, choose "Text Type." Then wrap a variable name in percent signs. The resulting script will look something like this:

 

// Insert T1 - Shipping Address

Text Type: %T1%

// Tab to the next field...

Text Type: {Tab}

// Insert T2 - Email Address

Text Type: %T2%

Hello all, I have been working with ME for the past few days. I am new to all of this and so far have been able to get a few things to work and save some time automating my business. However, I need to to understand something regarding variables. I don't know if I even need to use them but I am doing some testing. I have put a small macro together that sets two variables, T1 and T2.

T1 is the shipping address for a customer order and T2 is their email address. I want to take these items and paste them into my shipping software using the variables that were assigned. Is this possible or am I missing the bigger picture when it comes to variables. I would of assumed that there would be a paste variable command somewhere. For the life of me I can't find it. I think I am missing the big picture.

Thanks in advance for your help.