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Macro Express News
June 3, 2003 You have received this message because you are subscribed to the Macro Express News email list. To unsubscribe from this email list go to http://www.macros.com/esubs.htm, click on the unsubscribe link and follow the instructions. Contents 1 - Macro Express 3 version 3.4a is released 2 - Where was the notification for Macro Express v 3.4? 3 - New Commands: If and Wait Mouse Cursor commands 4 - New Feature: Text Type to a Control 5 - Tip: Use Activate Window to make your macros more reliable 6 - Feature change: The Program Scope is now exact 7 - User Submitted Macro: Macro Timer 8 - Past issues of the Macro Express News 1 - Macro Express 3 version 3.4a is released Macro Express 3 version 3.4a has been released and is now available for download from our site at http://www.macros.com/download.htm. All licensed Macro Express 3 users can download and install this update without cost. Changes include:
After installing Macro Express 3, you can click Start | Programs | Macro Express | What's New for a complete list of changes. You may also view the list of changes on the web by visiting http://www.macros.com/revise.htm. 2 - Where was the notification for Macro Express v 3.4? No, you did not miss a newsletter. We did not send an announcement about Macro Express v 3.4 because a bug was reported in that version before the email newsletter had been sent. We decided to wait until Macro Express v 3.4a was available before sending the announcement via the Macro Express News. 3 - New Commands: If and Wait Mouse Cursor commands The new If Mouse and Wait Mouse Cursor commands allow you to wait until the mouse changes to or from the hourglass. Now your macro can determine when another program has finished processing. 4 - New Feature: Text Type to a Control Have you tried the option to Text Type to a Control? Using this feature, you can send information to a program that does not have focus. 5 - Tip: Use Activate Window to make your macros more reliable If you have a macro that should enter information into a specific program and something happens to cause that program to no longer have focus, your macro can fail. To make macros more reliable, we recommend you use the Activate Window command before sending Text Type information to a program. For example: Activate Window: "Notepad"However, because the Activate Window command takes a few moments to execute, this can slow your macro down. The "If Not Window Title on top" can help speed things up and keep your macro reliable. For example: If Not Window Title "Notepad" on top 6 - Feature change: The Program Scope is now exact The Program Scope used to do a partial comparison rather than an exact comparison. For example, if you have two programs: pro.exe and nbpro.exe. In previous versions of Macro Express, if you set the Scope of a macro to only launch if pro.exe is running, the macro would also launch if nbpro.exe is running. Now that Macro Express v 3.4a does an exact match, the macro with a scope of pro.exe will no longer launch when nbpro.exe is running. However, if you are taking advantage of the partial comparison, you may need to revise the scope of your macros. Using this example, you would enter both nbpro.exe and pro.exe in the Scope for your macro. 7 - User Submitted Macro: Macro Timer We had several great user macros submitted for consideration. Unfortunately, due to time and size constraints, we can only feature one of them. Watch for more User Submitted Macros in the next Macro Express News email newsletter. Kim Stocksdale says, I needed a way for Macro Express to tell me how much time has elapsed for it to execute the macro. I wrote Macro Timer that does just what I wanted. Read about and download this macro here http://www.macros.com/usermacs/ummacrotimer.htm. Thank you Kim for sharing this macro. Kim wins a T-Shirt for this submission. 8 - Past issues of the Macro Express News Are you a new subscriber to the Macro Express News email newsletter? Did you miss an issue? Past newsletters are available online at http://www.macros.com/newsletters/MENews.htm. Comments and Suggestions The new features and commands included in Macro Express 3 are a result of feedback from customers like you. Let us know what you like and dislike about Macro Express. Send questions, comments and suggestions to info@wintools.com. Thank you for your continued support of Macro Express. The Macro Express Development Team Insight Software Solutions: http://www.wintools.com Macro Express: http://www.macros.com Email: info@wintools.com
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