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ClickyMouse Professional Edition Changelog

What's new in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.6.9

Mar 20, 2016
  • Fixed: Macro text is passed twice during macro playback. The fix applies also to some commands (such as clppastetext).
  • Fixed: Hot-keys declared as cleared (not used) were activated in Windows 10 in different situations. This caused that, for example, list of all macros was suddenly open.
  • Fixed: Macros open in separate process caused that Windows context menus open were showing empty content.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.6.7 (Nov 24, 2014)

  • Fixed: _vActiveWindow system variable returns just first character of currently active window.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.6.6 (Nov 14, 2014)

  • Fixed: Unique macro and macro group identifier is not changed on drag & drop operation.
  • Fixed: Too long macro description caused macro file corruption.
  • Fixed: timed out on some web sites.
  • Fixed: [Professional edition only] FreeMacroPlayer macro file always contained toolbars even if no toolbar was created in source macro file.
  • Fixed: In some cases "Win" key was "hold down" after computer wake up.
  • Fixed: .4cm macro file is properly associated with the ClickyMouse program.
  • Fixed: command did not handle defined sub-menus properly.
  • Some small fixes.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.6.5 (Apr 5, 2014)

  • Fix: If text is passed through clipboard during macro playback then the keystrokes sending speed option in macro configuration does not affect how quickly the macro text is "pasted" to the target application. In previous versions the "Slow" option for keystrokes sending speed caused also the paste was slow.
  • Fix: New lines (enter "characters") in macro group description field do not cause macro file corruption.
  • Change: The program is installed by default to user application data folder (instead of "Program Files").
  • Several smaller fixes.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.6.4 (Jan 3, 2014)

  • Clipboard commands and operations are optimized to retrieve plain text faster
  • Smaller installation improvements
  • Stability improvements
  • Several smaller fixes

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.6.3 (Aug 18, 2013)

  • Fixed the problem with macro triggers that cause triggers were duplicated. This issue was introduced in version 7.6.2
  • Fixed the problem with and command that caused failure of the comparison of strings that contain single quote character (')

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.6.2 (Jul 23, 2013)

  • Fixed the problem when commands did not output valid time/date numbers when international (such as French or German) keyboard was used and with "through clipboard" option selected.
  • Fixed the problem with playback text macros "through clipboard" (and also clipboard macros) when MS Office clipboard collector is turned on
  • Fixed the problem with multiple triggers assigned to the macro.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.6.1 (Apr 23, 2013)

  • Fixed a new bug when macro could not be selected from menu using a numeric key.
  • Fixed the macro copy/paste problem when macro scope settings were not copied.
  • Additional minor fixes and changes.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.6.0 (Apr 14, 2013)

  • When macro is moved from one macro group to other it still keeps the same macro Id.
  • "How to insert macro text..." option was moved from "Macro Properties" tab to "Macro Text" tab.
  • If macro or macro group has defined "Macro Scope" then this is indicated by small overlay icon on the icon in macro list and macro groups tree.
  • When macro is called using "RunMacro.exe" program then it properly follows all the macro and group setting (for example, disabled macro does not start).
  • Default icon in the macro list now indicates how macro text is send to target application - either using clipboard or as a sequence of keystrokes.
  • Additional minor UI improvements.
  • Fixed the problem when a menu to select from multiple macro with the same trigger was not closing when no macro was selected.
  • Fixed the problem with generating FreeMacroPlayer file (Professional edition only).
  • Fixed the problem with highlighting macro command in editor when the command execution fails.
  • Fixed command.
  • Fixed the problem with problem with macro scope definition "...NOT listed below".
  • Fixed a problem with editing shared macros file.
  • Fixed a "Buffer Overflow" vulnerability.
  • Fixed the problem with macro recorder not overwriting selected macro.
  • Stability improvements.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.5.5 (Nov 20, 2012)

  • Auto-save feature was changed to only save file if the file was modified by the user

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.5.4 (Oct 15, 2012)

  • Several fixes on mouse triggers including "click", "hold", "mouse wheel forward/backward" triggers.
  • Fixed a problem with command that did not correctly handle file names containing spaces.
  • Added an option "run hidden" to command - this allows to start program, for example command prompt, hidden.
  • Fixed a problem when macros occasionally caused MS Word to crash.
  • Improved "paste through clipboard" option so that passing macro text using clipboard is faster and more reliable - sometimes it happened that instead of macro text the last text in clipboard was pasted.
  • Fixed a problem that caused "clipboard macro" data were on certain circumstances lost from macro file.
  • Logging functionality was extended so that more information - for example macro trigger that started macro - is logged.
  • Macro recorder was fixed to record macros more reliably. Especially options ("coordinates relative to active window" + "watch active window") that allow to record most reliable macros were significantly improved.
  • and commands were fixed to properly work with currently active window field that is receiving keyboard input.
  • All executables in the installation file are digitally signed now.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.5.3 (Jul 2, 2012)

  • Added multi-line edit field option to command.
  • Added a "from" field to command.
  • Added "wait for web browser is loading" option to command. This option allows to wait until web browser finishes loading of a web page after a link is clicked.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.5.2 (May 15, 2012)

  • Fixed a problem when multiple instances of the program could be started.
  • Fixed a problem when macro syntax was false recognized as invalid.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.5.1 (May 15, 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.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.5.0 (Feb 27, 2012)

  • 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: clipboard macros now works properly in Word 2010.
  • Added support for mouse wheel, including macro recorder.
  • multimedia> 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 with mouse triggers on dual screen computers
  • 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.
  • "Hold mouse button" trigger fixed.
  • 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

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.4.8 (Feb 8, 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.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.4.7 (Jul 8, 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)

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.4.6 (May 12, 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.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.4.5 (May 12, 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.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.4.0 (Dec 7, 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
  • - the same improvement as above
  • 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
  • New web site wwwMacroToolworkscom dedicated to Macro Toolworks family product was launched
  • More smaller fixes

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.3.8 (Jul 3, 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

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.3.7 (Jun 8, 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.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.3.5 (Jun 1, 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.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.3.0 (May 7, 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.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.2.6 (Feb 6, 2009)

  • Fixed a bug in command.
  • A few more small fixes.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.2.5 (Jan 12, 2009)

  • Fixed a problem when Microsoft office clipboard caused problems to expanding macros with "through clipboard" option checked.
  • Fixed: A wrong macro was executed when picked from a list/menu of macros with the same shortcut.
  • 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.
  • Other smaller changes and fixes.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.2.0 (Nov 18, 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

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.1.1 (Aug 15, 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.

New in ClickyMouse Professional Edition 7.1.1 (Aug 15, 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.