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This page lists sample macros that you can download and possibly use. These examples show how to accomplish specific tasks with Macro Express. However, real world uses need to come from our users. We encourage all Macro Express users to contribute macros that solve real-world problems. By sharing your macro, you will help others make better use of Macro Express and you may even win a Free Macro Express T-Shirt!

We are looking for macros that are unique and of interest to most Macro Express users. Simple macros that do obvious things are not generally posted. Macros need to be generic. If your macro requires fungame.exe we may not be able to publish it here.

You may submit user contributed macros at any time. Send them as an email attachment to info@wintools.com. Submit your macro in .mex or .mxe (playable macro) format. If the macro file is very large or if your sample contains more than one file please zip it.

Please give us a brief description of your macro including, what it does, how to use it, how it works, any limitations, and the information you want published in the "Submitted By" paragraph. You may want to look at the description of the Auto Correct macro for an example of the information you should include.

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We will periodically review the user contributed macro submissions, usually just prior to the release of a new version of Macro Express. The best user contributed macros may be featured in our Macro Express Email Newsletter. The author of any macros we feature will receive a free Macro Express T-Shirt. User Contributed Macros that we feel will be of interest to most other users of Macro Express will be published on our web site.

We reserve the right to post or not post a User Contributed Macro. Changes may be made to this policy without notice.

• Hide a Program - Demonstrates how to hide and unhide a window
• Maximize and Minimize - Demonstrates how to minimize, maximize and restore windows
• Menu and Question - Demonstrates how to place a question and a menu of choices in a macro
• Open Explorer Folder - Demonstrates how to open a folder in Explorer
• Paste Text - Demonstrates how to paste text into an application
• Process Folder - Demonstrates how to process all the file names in a folder
• Repeat Until - Demonstrates how to repeat a process until a certain condition is met
• Repeat With Prompt - Demonstrates how to request at macro run time how many times to repeat an operation
• Run Control Panel - Demonstrates how to run a control panel applet
• Variables and Mouse - Demonstrates how to use variables by saving the original mouse coordinates and moving the mouse back to them
• Window Resize and Reposition - Demonstrates how to resize a window and move it around on the screen
• Counter From Run To Run - Demonstrates how to have a macro remember a number and use that number each time the macro is run. This particular macro increments the number each time and tells you how many times you have run the macro.
• Wait For Mouse Or Key Press - This macro illustrates how to use different "Wait For" commands such as waiting for a key press or waiting for a mouse click. Note: This macro requires Macro Express v 3.4b or later.
• Launch Web And Fill Out Form - This macro illustrates how to launch a web site and fill out a form. It was tested using Internet Explorer 5.0 as the default web browser.
• Copy And Paste Repeatedly - This macro illustrates how to copy and paste a user specified number of text lines from one program to another.
• Scan for Banned Programs - Scans the processes running on your computer to see if a dangerous or banned program is running.
• Protect HOSTS file - Scan to see if the HOSTS file has been changed or if Windows is pointing to a different HOSTS file.
• Wait Web Page: Netscape - A macro to implement the Wait for Web Page functionality for Netscape 7.1.
• Variable Evaluation Level - Demonstrates using one variable to access another one with the Variable Evaluation Level feature.
• Remote Desktop Connection Demo - Demonstrates the behavior of Macro Express using a Remote Desktop Connection.
• Enable Disable touchpad - Enable/Disable the touchpad on a notebook computer.
• Tray Icon - Expand the System Tray so the 'Mouse Move to Tray Icon' command will function properly
• Display CPU Information - Displays the information from the Windows Registry about your computer's CPU(s)
• Context Menu Macros - Activate macros by right-clicking on a file, folder or drive

• Multiple Choice Menu - This macro illustrates how to use a menu where more than one choice can be made.
• Timer Alarm - This macro runs a timer that reminds you with a beep and a message when a prompted input number of minutes have expired.
• Autosave - Adds an automatic save feature to WordPad to demonstrate changing the icons in a floating menu to indicate the user's selection. Of course, this can be adapted to work in applications other than WordPad.
• Auto Correct - This macro will quickly and easily add a shortcut macro that can be used like the Auto Correct feature in MS Word. The advantage of doing this with Macro Express is that the Auto Correct function is available in all of your Windows programs.
• Define Word - Use Macro Express and your internet connection to look up the definition of a word.
• Lock Workstation - A macro to lock your Windows NT, 2000 or XP workstation.
• Auto Shutdown - Automatically shutdown your computer at a specified time each day.
• Macro Timer - Time how long it takes to run another macro.
• Upper/Lower Case - Convert selected text to upper or lower case.
• Schmoooove - Smoothly move the mouse to a new position on the screen using Schmoooove.
• Clipboard Helper - Save information in up to 10 "fake" clipboards.
• Photoshop & Acrobat Macros - A collection of macros to help Adobe PhotoShop and Acrobat users.
• HTML Match tags - Show the matched tag structure of a tags in an HTML file.
• Roman Numerals - Convert a decimal number in to roman numberals.
• Alert and Remind - Display an alert at a scheduled time and periodically display a reminder.
• Easy Login - This macro uses the shortkeys feature to simplify login/password entry to sites that require a username/password login sequence.
• Determine the size of a folder - A small macro that will determine the size of all the files in a folder.
• Escape from Help - This macro causes Esc to close any help screen.
• Escape to Close - This set of macros allow you to close certain Macro Express screens by pressing Esc.
• Text Type shortkeys - Use these easy-to-remember shortkey macros to avoid using the mouse when inserting keystrokes into the "Text Type" window in the Macro Express Editor.
• Heartbeat - Detect if a macro exits unexpectedly.
• Current Date - Captures the current date for reporting, logging, and saved file name functions with various macros.
• Random Desktop Background - Change the desktop background to one of your .jpg images.
• Calculator - A calculator with a "paper tape" feature.
• Time Code Calculators - 4 time code calculators useful to audio/video editors.
• Date Time - Demonstrates date/time calculation techniques. With a start and end time, calculate the total working time in seconds, and the time until closing time.
• Date Time Difference Calculator - Calculates the difference between two date/times.
• Reminders Multi - A versatile popup reminder system.
• Clip Express - Save up to 15 text items into an extended clipboard.
• IE Toolbar On/Off - Control which toolbars are loaded in Internet Explorer.
• Email Template Manager - Easily access and manage email templates on a convenient menu-based macro.
• HTML helper macros - Enter bold, italic, underline and link HTML tags.
• Define Word revised (again) - Another revision of the popular Define Word macro.
• Handy macros - Nudge an object, enable the select all (Ctrl+a) function, set text to upper case, and paste text from the clipboard without format information.
• RGB Color Evaluator - Allows you to evaluate a pixel color based off of the color name
• Timers - Use Macro Express to pop timers for doctor appts, streamed radio shows, home maintenance, background program execution, or any scheduled event.
• Define Word Revision 4 - The fourth version of the ever popular Define Word macro.