May 17th, 2012· Fixed a problem when multiple instances of the program could be started.
· Fixed a problem when macro syntax was false recognized as invalid.
May 5th, 2012· Fixed a problem that if program was locked using password this lock state was not persisted and the program was automatically unlocked after reboot.
· Added "confirm password" field to "lock mode" dialog.
· Improved new version notification window. It is possible to directly download new version or go to this page to read what is new first.
· Added , , , , and , commands (not in Free edition).
· Fixed "run as a different user" option.
· Fixed a problem with .mcr files that sometimes did not start execution after double-clicking on them.
· Fixed and commands. When "wait for application exit" option was set the system hung up.
· Fixed macro import when import file was saved as "Unix" or "Mac" (has different end-of-line).
· Fixed a syntax error when a command last parameter was empty.
February 27th, 2012· Time schedule trigger can wake up computer before macro is started. It is now possible to schedule macros that will be started also at the time when computer is in sleep or hibernate mode.
· Standard Edition can run Basic Script scripts.
· Fixed a problem when macros running in Excel sometimes caused the Excel to crashed.
· Mouse buttons are not automatically released after macro is finished.
· Performance was improved, the program does not consume CPU when active windows are switched.
· HTML export improved and an option to export all macro attributes was added.
· Exit code added to command.
· Fix: when copying scheduled macro the scheduling information are properly copied.
· "Folder" trigger now watches files also in subfolders
· Fix: clipboard macros now works properly in Word 2010.
· Added support for mouse wheel, including macro recorder.
· command fixed to properly work on Windows 7 and Vista.
· Added "disable" menu item to folder and macro context menus. It is possible to enable/disable folders and macros by holdong "Alt" key and click.
· Fixed screensaver related commands.
· Added "double-click" command .
· Added "square root" operation to (..., CALC_EXPRESSION, ...) command.
· Fixed a problem when window was not properly activated before macro was started.
· Fixed a problem with "File Save Operation Failed >>> OS reports error:....".
· Fixed a problem with indexing macro variable in arrays (when variable index is "01" or "02" instead of "1" or "2").
· Fixed window browse button to uses WIP.
· Fixed a problem when the program sometimes did not start minimized to tray as defined in settings.
· Fixed program crash when opening an old version file.
· Fixed a problem with expression evaluation.
· Fixed a problem when clipboard macros content was not loaded if macro file was "read only".
· Many other smaller changes and fixes
February 8th, 2011· Added parameters to limit search area in and commands.
· Added wildcards (* and ?) support to windows identification path (WIP). A window identification in window manipulation commands (such as ) is more flexible now.
· Added "always on top" parameter to the command.
· Added "show OK and Cancel buttons" parameter to the command. OK and Cancel button in user defined forms are now optional.
· Fix: Occasional hang ups in command (hybernate) fixed.
· Fix: Status bar in main window is properly updated.
· Fix: "Ctrl+V" (and "Shift+Insert") clipboard paste function is properly handled in macros that playback text (for example, "This is in clipboardvDid you know that?").
· Fix: Registration info is not reset when user open "Help/Register" dialog box without entering correct registration info.
· Fix: command fixed so that strings can contain brackets.
· Fix: Windows browser button in editor fixed.
July 8th, 2010· Macro syntax checker fixes
· Macro named "_xSharedMacroFileNotFound" (if exists) is called when shared macros file cannot be loaded (does not exist). If this macro is called then the error message is not showing. The macro is intended to allow programatically handle the situations when shared macro file is not accessible (network server down, for example).
· Startup macros various fixes
· Problem with windows loosing keyboard focus before macro was started was fixed
· ("FILE:....") command fixed
· Hidden windows can be accessed by window manipulation commands
· Comments in externaly called macros fixed
· , , commands fixed to work properly with 64-bit processes
· Fixed a problem when variable manipulated with a string containing bracket characters ( or )
· 20x slower macro playback added
· "_vMacroFileLoaded" can be used to programatically load other macro file
· Identify Windows version updated (Program correctly identifies Windows 7)
April 19th, 2010· Installation program is now checking whether a Macro Toolworks family program is running.
· Fixed a problem with running VBA-like script (the bug introduced in 7.4.5).
· Improved speed of some keystrokes.
· Improved clipboard related commands.
· A few additional smaller fixes.
April 19th, 2010· Significantly improved "send macro text through clipboard" feature. This feature can be now used also for macros containing macro commands without any limitation.
· New "How to send macro text to target application:" option added to settings dialog box. The user can select between "As keystrokes sequence" or "Using clipboard". This option is used as a default for each macro.
· command updated.
· "Macro Properties" tab was simplified by moving more advanced and rarely used options to a dialog box accessible using new "More" button.
· Link to web page with macro examples was added to "Macro Text" tab.
· command fixes.
· command fixes.
· (...,CALC_EXPRESSION,...) command fixes.
· command extended with "port" and "SSL" attributes so that the command now can send e-mails using GMail SMTP server.
· Expressions evaluation fixes.
· New "_vSharedMacros_ReloadNow" system variable. ("_vSharedMacros_ReloadNow=YES","") command causes the shared macro file is reloaded. Shared macro file reload now can be controlled programmatically using a macro.
· New "_vOpt_SharedMacros_Enable" system variable. ("_vOpt_SharedMacros_Enable=YES","") command causes the shared macro file is enabled while ("_vOpt_SharedMacros_Enable=NO","") command causes the shared macro file is disabled.
· New "_vOpt_SharedMacros_File" system variable to programmatically set shared macros file. ("_vOpt_SharedMacros_File=c:\macroFiles\shared.4tw","") command causes the shared macro file is set to "c:\macroFiles\shared.4tw".
· command enhanced so that it can put also file shortcut to the clipboard. Example: ("FILE:c:\temp\file.txt") command puts shortcut to "c:\temp\file.txt" file to clipboard so that the file then can be copied using Windows Explorer "Paste" menu command.
· Additional minor fixes.
December 7th, 2009· It is possible to define multiple images to search for using wildcards (* and ?) Searching for multiple images on the screen is much faster then doing this by multiple calls
· Added an option "Run as administrator" to the "Run macro in separate process" settings This allows to run macro "as administrator" (with higher priority) on Vista and newer The higher priority is necessary for certain operations Windows (the operations that were not restricted in XP and older - write to some registry locations, block keyboard and mouse, etc)
· Macro search dialog remembers last searched term
· Fixed a problem with starting program with parameters from network drive
· Fixed a problem when program did not responded correctly if CPU was overloaded
· Fixed a problem with entering characters with diacritic
· Macro ToolsWorks was renamed to Macro Toolworks
· A bug that caused scheduled macro were not started (a bug introduced in 738/739) was fixed
· New web site wwwMacroToolworkscom dedicated to Macro Toolworks family product was launched
· More smaller fixes
October 19th, 2009· Fixed a problem with sending certain keystrokes on international keyboards.
· - Fixed a problem with very large block of text.
· - Fixed a problem when multiple commands are called quickly. Is also faster now.
· - Fixed a problem when multiple commands are called quickly. Is also faster now.
· - Fixed a problem when multiple commands are called quickly.
· Macro execution (when ) is faster
· - if parameter is "1" then the sound is played asynchronously, if it is "0" the sound is played synchronously.
· returns -1 if the coordinates are out of range.
· A bug that caused item was unexpectedly disabled when clicked was fixed.
· - added exact/tolerant.
· - added exact/tolerant.
· - added exact/tolerant to "wait for image".
· A problem with command line file parameter starting with server (such as "\server1macros....") was fixed.
· Window trigger (open) fixed so that it reacts to multiple windows with the same title (WIP).
· Fixed a problem with activating different Excel files (Book1, Book2, etc.) using command.
· "Paste to end" added to macro editor right-click menu.
· "Preserve clipboard content during macro execution" option added to Options / More...
· visual editor fixed.
· A bug causing the program consumed too much resources was fixed.
· Many additional smaller fixes and changes.
July 3rd, 2009· On some systems it was necessary to install new runtime libraries from Microsoft. This is fixed in this version.
· Macros execution speed was improved.
· Changes in macros are saved automatically (not necessary to press OK button) when "Auto-save" feature is checked in main options dialog box.
· Significantly improved reliability of keystrokes sending when "as fast as possible" option is checked.
· "Lock keyboard and mouse while macro is running" was fixed. On Vista systems this option works only if the program was started "As administrator".
· macro command is much faster now.
· macro command is much faster now.
· A problem with comment macro command () followed by a command (such as (250)...) was fixed.
· macro command is more reliable now.
· Other smaller changes and fixes.
June 8th, 2009· (..."CALC_EXPRESSION",..) command fixed.
· Sending keystrokes "as fast as possible" in Windows XP optimized so that internal Windows keyboard buffer does not get overflowed.
· Smaller UI improvements.
· Other small fixes.
June 1st, 2009· Window Identification Path (WIP) failed to correctly identify child windows. This was fixed.
· command returns errors now.
· Macro syntax is checked automatically (optional).
· Macro syntax validation improved.
· UI improvements & fixes: Tooltips to main toolbar added, some better looking icons used....
· German language pack updated.
· In Vista, the program starts with user privileges, however, it can be also started with Admin privileges using "Start...AsAdmin.exe".
· New "_vKeybdFocusControl" and "_vKeybdFocusControl_HWND" system variables that contain a window control that is currently receiving keyboard input.
· Smaller macro recording fixes.
· Other small fixes.
May 6th, 2009· Password option added to macro command.
· Password option added to macro command.
· Password option added to macro command.
· Macro syntax checker was improved to recognize possibly mistyped commands.
· Keystrokes sending was improved to be faster.
· By accident it was possible to start multiple instances of the program. This was fixed.
· command was improved to support bigger set of web forms.
· command was fixed to correctly handle window size (minimize, normal, maximize) settings.
· Other small fixes.
February 6th, 2009· Fixed a bug in command.
· A few more small fixes.
January 13th, 2009· Smaller installation program fixes.
· "Change multiple macros" was changed so that also text with multiple lines can be used.
· Alt+A hotkey can be used to activate "Commands and System Variables" window.
· "_vFileDate..." system variables fixed.
November 18th, 2008· German/Deutsch language added.
· Macro execution speed improved.
· Support for multiple monitors added: Multiple _vMonitor... system variables added.
· Key codes (KC:XXX) can be used in and commands. KC:XXX is showing in main window bottom right area when a key is hit - this is how user can get KC for particular key on keyboard.
· WIP (window identification path) fixes.
· F2 or click on macro in main window list enables edit macro name directly within the list.
· "Find image" commands behavior changed so that the commands do not fire an error when the image is not found. The commands only return -1 instead of image position.
· command was fixed so that the menus correctly react to key shortcuts.
· changed so that items can be sorted either alphabetically or by user defined order.
· Some fixes in help file.
· Small import/export fix.
· now supports also network paths (\server name...).
· Groups drag & drop enhanced so that if Ctrl key is held down a group can be moved as a child to other group.
· _vCurrTime_Second and _vCurrTime_Minute was changed so that always provide two digits numbers (01 instead of 1).
· If a macro execution is paused (by command or by user) the the execution can be exited directly in this pause state.
· command was enhanced so that it does not hide even if there are multiple subsequent macro calls using command.
· Program crash a new macro creation was fixed.
· to exit just a subsequent macro called using command was fixed.
· "Replace all" dialog box in macro editor fix.
· WIP (Window Identification Path) fixed so that also Window class and title starting with # can be used.
· Fixed problems when macro is outputing data using clipboard.
· Many other smaller changes and fixes
July 29th, 2008· Commands to capture screen/window image and save it to image file.
· Multilanguage support.
· Improved web form filling command.
· Improved macro recorder.
· Improved commands to manipulate windows.
October 10th, 2007· User interface was improved and simplified.
· The program is compatible with Windows Vista.
· FreeMacroPlayer (free to anyone) that allows to playback macros created in WinScheduler.
· Multiple triggers per macro - trigger macro multiple ways.
· file_zip command allows a user to put multiple files to a single .zip archive file.
· file_unzip command allows a user to retrieve files from a .zip archive.
· file_createselfextr command allows a user to create a self extracting executable file (.exe).
· display_findimage command allows a user to quickly find a section on the computer display that looks exactly the same as an image defined. The command allows a user to write macros that have "eyes". The command can be used to find controls or web links and then move mouse cursor to such a position.
· win_findimage the same as but the program searches only in the defined window.
· ini_file_read command reads data from .ini file.
· ini_file_write command writes data to .ini file.
· for command allows a user to write simple conditional loops.
· ftp_... commands works also with wildcards (*?).
· Expressions improved by _AND_ and _OR_ operands.
· msg command improved. It takes timeout parameter (optional) that closes the message box automatically after the timeout elapses.
· form_.... command extended by radio buttons.
· form_show command takes additional x, y, parameters that position the form on the computer screen.
· filecopy command significantly improved. The command can show progress window and has new parameters: (i) number of retries if the operation fails, (ii) the command returns number of successfully copied files and the number of failures, (iii) the command logs all failures in textual report file.
· dircopy - the same improvements as filecopy.
· filemove - the same improvements as filecopy.
· dirmove - the same improvements as filecopy.
· execappex command takes new (optional) parameter that allows the macro execution to wait until the program started by execappex finishes execution.
· Multi-dimensional arrays are supported now. The array looks this way: Variable[i1:i2:i3:....:iN]. For example: vMatrix[0:10].
· "Wait for web page loaded" - waitfor - command was improved and is much more reliable now.
· _vLastWebPageLoaded system variable added.
· Macro menu supports icons now.
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