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Is there a way to set a pixel color with MEP? Perhaps using Post Message? (I want to draw a rectangle on the screen).

I've had the same thing happed Alan, and have to create the variables again in the Sub Macro. The interesting thing is that if you just have a text box in the Sub Macro, the variables can be read without having to declare them.

Hi Alexis, try this: Edited: The variable FileCount is first set to zero. Replace "C:\\TestFolder" with the path to your own folder. Cheers <VARIABLE SET INTEGER Option="\x00" Destination="%FileCount%" Value="0"/> <REPEAT WITH FOLDER Path="C:\\TestFolder" OnlyFiles="TRUE" Destination="%MyStr%" FullPath="FALSE" ProcSubfolders="FALSE"/> <VARIABLE MODIFY INTEGER Option="\x07" Destination="%FileCount%"/> <END REPEAT/>

I should point out that the macro I'm using runs for hours and repeatedly calls other macros to perform tasks. The machine slows down only after most of the available memory is used up. Bug Report Issued.

Further to my previous post, the problem is not just with imported macros, but can be reproduced in MEP by running a repeat loop that calls another macro repeatedly as follows: Create a macro using the code below, then create a second macro called "MySub". The variable "MyVar" will always be zero so the macro will run indefinitely for this test. The called macro "MySub" does not need any code in it (leave blank) for this demo. Open the Windows Task Manager and watch the available memory decrease as the macro is running. <REPEAT UNTIL Variable="%MyVar%" Condition="\x00" Value="1"/> <MACRO RUN Use_ID="FALSE" Name="MySub" ID="-1" Wait="TRUE"/> <END REPEAT/>

Have had the problem of MEP slowing machine dramatically and it appers to happen only with macros converted from ME3. Still investigating but it appears that the macro is using up heaps of memory when calling another macro that contains a repeat loop. Will look into it further...

Hi Scasper, I have recently been working on a database of greyhound race results which are stored in a text file. I needed to calculate the start and end dates for evaluating a particular set of results. This macro counts back the number of days from today's date. I have set the variable LastNoteDate for the demo. The date format can be changed in the date/time variable if required. Hope this helps. <VARIABLE SET STRING Option="\x00" Destination="%LastNoteDate%" Value="01 Mar 2009"/> <VARIABLE SET INTEGER Option="\x00" Destination="%DayCounter%" Value="0"/> <REPEAT UNTIL Variable="%TodaysDateAdjusted%" Condition="\x00" Value="%LastNoteDate%"/> <VARIABLE MODIFY INTEGER Option="\x08" Destination="%DayCounter%"/> <DATE/TIME Format="dd mmm yyyy" Flags="\xB2" Date="30/Dec/99" Day_Offset="%DayCounter%" Month_Offset="0" Year_Offset="0" Hour_Offset="0" Minute_Offset="0" Second_Offset="0" Left="Center" Top="Center" Monitor="0" Variable="%TodaysDateAdjusted%" IsDateVar="FALSE"/> <END REPEAT/> <TEXT BOX DISPLAY Content="{\\rtf1\\ansi\\ansicpg1252\\deff0\\deflang1033{\\fonttbl{\\f0\\fnil\\fcharset0 Tahoma;}{\\f1\\fnil Tahoma;}}\r\n\\viewkind4\\uc1\\pard\\f0\\fs16 LastNoteDate \\f1 %LastNoteDate%\r\n\\par \\f0 Days Since Last Note \\f1 %DayCounter%\r\n\\par }\r\n" Left="Center" Top="Center" Width="278" Height="200" Monitor="0" OnTop="FALSE" Keep_Focus="TRUE" Mode="\x00" Delay="0"/>