sunilvedula Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Hi all, Just a quick question. Is it possible to pause a macro whenever the user wants while it is running. I see that user can resume pause a macro which is a system given macro. But is it possible to pause whenever the user wants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yehnfikm8Gq Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 See Options/Preferences/Playback and the associated Help. If the macro is zipping through commands you may not have much choice where it pauses but it's good if you are running round an endless loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunilvedula Posted January 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 I checked the option but i could not find playback as i am using ver 3.2. This goes through bunch of actions with multiple macros which gets executed based on window names that it finds. Now i want to pause the macro by the user if he requires to do it for any other reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yehnfikm8Gq Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 I don't have that version installed. Did you try searching for "Pause" or "Pause Macro" (no quotes) in Help (Index or Search tabs if 3.2 has them)? It may be in another section in 3.2. It may also be called "Pause Macro HotKey". It will be some combination of Scroll Lock, Pause/Break, ', Win, as will be the "Abort Macro Hotkey". Even back then, ME's Help was good as far as I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunilvedula Posted January 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 My macro version 3.2.0.2. There is an option to resume the pause which scrolllock+pause/nbreak but to pause none. I even tried the help but . The normal pause and complex pause exists but i want the user to be able to pause by hot key or any other way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yehnfikm8Gq Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 It would help if someone with access to your version could chip in. Did you try the resume pause hotkey to pause it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunilvedula Posted February 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 It would help if someone with access to your version could chip in. Did you try the resume pause hotkey to pause it? since i did not get to pause i have asked the users to abort the macro by using pause/break key. very sad that i could not figure out any other way... if anyone has any idea please let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunilvedula Posted February 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 the resume pause key works only if the macro is paused... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yehnfikm8Gq Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 I extracted the Help from the versions I still have on file. ME2.1 did not have a Pause Key setting, ME3.4 did. that's as far as I can go. The four current combos which I already described are Stop: Scroll lock + Pause Win + ' Pause Ctrl + Pause Same for Pause Macro. If there is no setting box for Pause Macro, you are out of luck. You can upgrade for free to the current 3.8 version. I know some people like to stick with what they know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunilvedula Posted February 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 yeah maybe i will be required to upgrade... maybe that is the only option left i guess... thanq for all your replies.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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