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Version 1.5f

1. Bug Fix: Positioning of Main Window on startup was not remembering last position correctly.
2. Bug Fix: Search & Replace in the "Modify Directly" and the "Text Editor" did not work properly on longer macros.
3. The "Browse Only" mode was not blocking out all of the new ways to add and modify macros that were introduced with v1.5.

Version 1.5e

1. Allow "Menu of Macros for Top Most Program" to be executed from a command prompt.
2. Save screen size values immediately after a re-size.
3. Bug Fix: When entering coordinates for a "Pause Window", the "top coordinate" label should have read "left coordinate" and the "left coordinate" should have read "top coordinate".
4. Bug Fix: Placing a macro on the desktop no longer worked if an icon had been chosen for the macro. This problem was introduced in v1.5d.

Version 1.5d

1. When placing a macro on the "Desktop", the icon assigned to the macro is now used for the desktop icon.
2. Now allow a user specified amount of time for the "Launch and Activate" commands which indicates the time to wait for a program window to activate after the program has been launched. This was previously hard coded at 12 seconds. However, some larger programs could take longer than this to load all of the elements of the program into memory the first time the program was run. This resulted in an error message by Macro Express indicating that the program Window to Activate could not be found. This 12 second limit can now be overridden by the user.
3. The delay option available with the "Launch Program Only" command was ignored by the program.
4. Bug Fix: If choosing a "Screen Resolution" through the scripting editor that happened to be one of the first 9 choices, it would produce an incorrect macro command internally to Macro Express.
5. Bug Fix: When editing a macro in the "Directly Modify" editor and you entered more than the 5000 character limit, the macro was not being truncated properly. Also, you are now prompted in this condition to stay in the editor or exit having the macro aborted.
6. Bug Fix: There were a couple of conflicting underlined characters (Alt Key Activators) on the Set Schedule window.
7. Bug Fix: On the Macro Modify Directly Window, some of the Actions in the Menu did not bring up the dialog box. The dialogboxes were always accessible from themain screen buttons.
8. Bug Fix: If a Timed Macro Option of "Play Macro after XX minutes of idle time" was created, it could cause the pull down menus in Macro Express to become unresponsive under Windows 95 and 98.
9. Bug Fix: The "Quick Info" screen would not properly show the type of Timed Macro if the timed macro was a "Play Macro after XX minutes of idle time".

Version 1.5c

1. Added new "Wait For Time Elapse" command which is similar to the delay command. The two primary differences of the new command versus the delay command are: 1. Up to 9999 minutes (about 7 days) can be specified. 2. Macro Express goes into a wait state where virtually no CPU cycles are used thus allowing CPU intensive programs to process uninhibited.
2. Added new mouse move command "Move Mouse To Caret". This can be particularly useful for applications which do not support the SHIFT and Arrow Keys for highlighting text for clipboard copying. You can use the keyboard to tab to the desired field and the arrow keys to position the caret (cursor) and then use the "Move Mouse To Caret" to position the mouse cursor to the same location. A mouse down and a mouse move relative to position followed by a mouse up will allow you to highlight text for a clipboard capture.
3. The "Macro Running" icon in the system tray now allows you to right click on it to abort the macro. Left clicking on this icon no longer brings up Macro Express (which could cause an error).
4. Added "Menu Bar" to the Scripting Editor Window.
5. Bug Fix: Command line macro (i.e. macros from the desktop) would not work if the macro was a popup menu. Also, more testing with the command line macros is now done such as checking to see if a macro is in use, being captured, a popup menu being displayed, etc as these conditions will cause an error if not checked for.
6. Bug Fix: The "Wait For Program To Terminate" command would sometimes only execute after a program terminated AND focus was given to something else (i.e. something else was clicked on).

Version 1.5b

1. Bug Fix: When deleting macros that were created earlier than macros listed in a popup menu, the popup menu could end up with a changed list of macros in it.

Version 1.5a

1. Bug Fix: The first printer defined in Windows did not appear in the list of printers when selecting a default printer.
2. Bug Fix: The "Prompt For Repeat" command could repeat a portion of its items to repeat prior to repeating all the items it was to repeat. This problem was introduced with v1.5.
3. Bug Fix: Icons on the macro list window always showed up when the program was started even if the setting was to not show the icons.
4. When listing all programs available on a computer, duplicate entries are now filtered out.

Version 1.5

1. Added new macro command: Wait For Window To Lose Focus
2. Added new macro command: Wait For A Program To Terminate
3. Added new macro command: Wait For A Key
4. Added new macro command: Wait For Text
5. Added new macro command: Wait For Left Mouse Click
6. Added new macro command: Wait For Right Mouse Click
7. Added new macro command: Wait For Middle Mouse Click
8. Added new macro command: Wait For Text Playback -- This command waits for any previous text typing commands to finish prior to continuing with the macro.
9. Added New Desktop Command: Suspend Computer
10. Added New Desktop Command: Undock Computer
11. Added New Desktop Command: Run the Date & Time Dialog Window
12. Added New Desktop Command: Run the Find Computer Dialog Window
13. Added New Desktop Command: Run the Find Files Dialog Window
14. Added New Desktop Command: Run the Run Program Dialog Window
15. Added New Desktop Command: "Open Explorer Window To" any of the following: Control Panel, Desktop, Desktop Programs, Favorites, Fonts, My Computer, Network Neighborhood, Printers, Programs, Recent Documents, Recycle Bin, Start Menu, Startup Folder, User Documents
16. Added Network Mapping Commands
    • Map a network drive permanently (maps on bootup/login).
    • Map a network drive on a temporary basis.
    • Disconnect a network drive permanently (maps on bootup/login).
    • Disconnect a network drive on a temporary basis.
    • Option to Force a disconnect even if files are open over the connection.
    • Option to Display the Status of the map/unmap.
    •  Toggle Command for map/unmap.
17. Added CD-ROM multi-media player commands--play, stop, pause, next track, previous track, Goto Track, eject CD, Step, Back, Close CD Tray.
18. Added Windows System Commands
    • Screen Saver Off/On
    • Set Desktop Wallpaper
      • Tile
      • Center
      • Stretch
      • Position
    • Set Screen Saver Time Out
    • Set Keyboard Repeat Delay
    • Set Keyboard Repeat Speed
    • Set Window Sizing Border.
19. Set Default Printer Command
20. Added set Screen Display Resolution Command
21. Added Open Explorer Folder Command
22. Add Logoff Commands
    • Logoff
    • Reboot
    • Shut Down
    • Power Off
23. Added Desktop Commands
    • Cascade
    • Tile Vertically
    • Tile Horizontally
    • Minimize Windows
    • Restore Windows
24. Added Video Clip Play command.
25. Added Text Box Command for informative Purposes.
26. Added Wait For Window Title command.
27. Added Copy Bitmap to Clipboard command.
28. Added new Audio Device Commands.
    • Audio Volume Off
    • Audio Volume On Full
    • Audio Volume Up
    • Audio Volume Down
    • Audio Volume Mute Toggle
    • Audio Balance Left
    • Audio Balance Right
    • Audio Balance Centered
    • Audio Treble Up
    • Audio Treble Down
    • Audio Bass Up
    • Audio Bass Down
    • MIDI Volume Off
    • MIDI Volume On Full
    • MIDI Volume Up
    • MIDI Volume Down
    • MIDI Volume Mute Toggle
    • MIDI Balance Left
    • MIDI Balance Right
    • MIDI Balance Centered
29. Added Dial-Up Networking commands
    • Dial up a connection
    • Hang up
30. Added Delete Macro command.
31. Added Activate Macro command.
32. Added Deactivate Macro command.
33. Added Type Contents of Clipboard Command (useful for programs which do not support clipboard paste).
34. Added Create Directory/Folder command.
35. Added Quick Wizard for creating Reminders.
36. Added Quick Wizard for typing text.
37. Added Quick Wizard for pasting text or bitmaps.
38. Added Quick Wizard for typing a symbol.
39. Added Quick Wizard for launching Programs, Documents and activating windows.
40. Added Quick Wizard for launching a web site.
41. Added Quick Wizard for typing date or time.
42. Added Quick Wizard for capturing a macro.
43. Added Quick Wizard for setting network connections.
44. Added Quick Wizard for logging off, rebooting, shut down.
45. Added Quick Wizard for Dial-Up networking.
46. Added Quick Wizard for deleting, copying, renaming files.
47. Added Quick Wizard for selecting a screen resolution.
48. Added Quick Wizard for selecting a default printer.
49. Added Quick Wizard for opening an explorer folder.
50. Added Quick Wizard for Audio CD commands.
51. Added Quick Wizard for playing a video clip.
52. Added Quick Wizard for adjusting audio device (volume, balance, treble, etc).
53. Added Quick Wizard for filling out sweepstakes on the web (pending).
54. Added Quick Wizard for maximizing, minimizing, restoring windows.
55. Added Quick Wizard for positioning or resizing windows.
56. Added Quick Wizard for changing the desktop wallpaper.
57. Added Quick Wizard for cascading, tiling, minimizing the desktop.
58. Added Quick Wizard for screen saver settings.
59. Added Quick Wizard for building a popup menu.
60. Added Quick Wizard for constructing macros from macros.
61. Added Quick Wizard for creating a macro with any macro command.
62. Add new hot Key "Win+Space".
63. Added ability to position a Window in a negative position. Expanded the positioning coordinates to 5 digits so that a maximum of -9999 can be used.
64. Added option to completely hide Macro Express (no entry in taskbar and no entry in the system tray)
65. Added option to "hide/minimize" the program when clicking on the "X" in the top right corner instead of closing the program down.
66. Made Scroll Lock, Pause, Num Lock and Caps Lock keys available to be sent as keystrokes.
67. Added new activate command--start a macro when a window is activated (based on the window title).
68. Added ability to call a macro from inside another macro using the Nickname of the macro.
69. Created "Building Block" macros that have no activation associated with them. These macros are either activated from a popup menu or are used as pieces to create bigger macros.
70. Added Quick Wizards to quickly add small macros or quickly build "building blocks"
71. Added "Quick Start" setup when first using the program.
72. Allow embedding of repeat loops.
73. Allow counter starting number for repeat loops and counter increment.
74. Added option of capturing mouse clicks only. This option recognizes the mouse position only at the time of a click (up or down) and does not record any other mouse movements.
75. Added option of capturing the mouse relative to the last position the mouse was at.
76. Added option to launch "Mouse Locator" utility to the Mouse Movement Input screen.
77. All macro commands now available through the command wizard
78. Added option of running a macro on startup of Macro Express by passing a command line parameter using the macro's nickname. A macro can be run in this fashion even if Macro Express is already running.
79. Added an option to place a macro on the desktop (so it can be run by clicking on the icon using the mechanism described above).
80. Allow a text file to be processed in the scripting editor via the "Insert Text" Command.
81. New Timed Macro Option: Start a macro after x amount of minutes of idle time.
82. Find, Find Again, Search and Replace options were added to the "Add Text" editor and the Modify Directly Editor.
83. System Tray icon now changes when a macro is playing back to indicate that a macro is playing.
84. Allow you to select a "Program Specific" macro by selecting from a list of all installed programs on your computer.