MacroScript WebRecorder

WebRecorder creates MacroScript macros to automate web activity and web form submissions.

WebRecorder is designed to assist in the creation of macros which automate Internet Explorer.

WebRecorder is designed to make web macro creation easier, but some manual edits of the resulting scripts may still be necessary. The most likely modifications will be timing issues.

Some websites might have redirects and background navigates, which are not always detectable; so one WaitIE function is not always sufficient.

WebRecorder makes it easy to create Macro Scheduler internet macros and scripts to automate web activity and web based applications. Many organisations are moving towards thin client front ends to their ERP systems using web clients (e.g. Internet Explorer) as the interface to their applications.

Automating and testing such environments require a different approach to automating traditional Windows GUIs due to their more dynamic nature and non-absolute positioning of GUI objects.

It is possible to write VBScript code to create internet macros that automate Internet Explorer. However there are limitations with this approach due to cross site scripting issues and accessing frame objects. More importantly the experience and time required to build and maintain such scripts is costly.

MacroScript WebRecorder solves this problem and creates internet macros by recording web activity and creating robust Macro Scheduler scripts which circumvent the issues surrounding VBScript IE automation.

WebRecorder removes the need for in depth programming skills, allows web based applications to be scripted in minutes rather than days and makes it easy to recreate scripts should the environment change.

WebRecorder also solves the issues inherent in automating at the GUI level by working with Internet Explorer's Document Object Model rather than by simulating user input.