cyberchief Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 I am trying to figure out how to utilize the "Pause" function in ME. No matter what I do... my Macros do not seem to Pause... I read the help file... but maybe I am doing something wrong. I hit the Ctrl-Alt-Shft-Y key... but the Macro continues to run. Am I doing something wrong or misunderstanding the "pause" function? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 (edited) The pause command will halt Macro Express from sending commands to Windows, but any commands that have already been sent to Windows will be executed. Edited April 11, 2006 by jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberchief Posted April 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 The pause command will halt Macro Express from sending commands to Windows, but any commands that have already been sent to Windows will be executed. That is fine... but here is the deal. To test this... I created a simple looped macro... Repeat Until %T1% <> %T1% Macro Playback Speed: Normal Speed Mouse Move Screen 673, 468 Mouse Move Screen 676, 462 Delay 10 Milliseconds Mouse Move Screen 678, 454 Delay 9 Milliseconds Mouse Move Screen 682, 449 Delay 10 Milliseconds Mouse Move Screen 684, 441 Delay 10 Milliseconds Mouse Move Screen 686, 430 Mouse Move Screen 688, 423 Delay 9 Milliseconds Mouse Move Screen 688, 412 Delay 10 Milliseconds Mouse Move Screen 688, 399 Delay 10 Milliseconds Mouse Move Screen 688, 388 Delay 10 Milliseconds Mouse Move Screen 688, 378 Mouse Move Screen 685, 367 Delay 9 Milliseconds Mouse Move Screen 681, 356 Delay 10 Milliseconds Mouse Move Screen 677, 348 Delay 10 Milliseconds Mouse Move Screen 673, 339 Delay 10 Milliseconds Mouse Move Screen 668, 331 Mouse Move Screen 663, 325 Delay 9 Milliseconds Mouse Move Screen 657, 320 Delay 10 Milliseconds Delay 5 Seconds Repeat End I try and hit the pause activation... but the macro continues to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 The Control+Alt+Shift+Y hotkey is the Resume Pause hotkey, meaning if the macro is paused, you can press this hotkey to resume the macro after it has been paused. This is designed to be used in conjuction with the pause message that can be posted with a macro in the Scripting and Direct Editors. It can also be used to resume Macro Express after the global pause command has been issued by pressing Win+`(This hotkey can be changed by clicking on Options|Preferences and selecting Playback). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted April 11, 2006 Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 The hotkey you're hitting is actually the Resume Pause hotkey which will continue a macro after pause. I think it should be renamed to "Resume after pause" or just "Resume macro" to avoid confusion. To pause a macro, you can choose from 4 hotkeys which can be configured under prefs->Playback. (see screencapt) To resume, hit the hotkey mentioned above. Yea, this could have been better documented. -Lemming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberchief Posted April 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2006 Thanks Jason and Lemming. That solved it. Jason, a suggestion for future releases/versions..... I think that the Pause and Resume functions should be centrally located (together) to save on confusion. Doesn't make sense to have them in 2 different areas. Thanks again guys!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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