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Macro Express News
August 13, 2004 You have received this message because you are subscribed to the Macro Express News email list. To unsubscribe from this email list go to http://www.macros.com/esubs.htm, click on the unsubscribe link and follow the instructions. Contents 1 - Macro Express v 3.5b is released 2 - Macro Express Discussion Forum 3 - Tip: Capture the Position of a Mouse Click 4 - User Submitted Macro - Calculator macro 5 - Your Macros Can Speak - Text to Speech for Macro Express 6 - New Lower Price for the PGM Functions Library with Source 7 - Macro Express Explained Special for Macro Express News subscribers 8 - Past issues of the Macro Express News 1 - Macro Express v 3.5b is released Macro Express 3 version 3.5b has been released and is now available for download from our site at http://www.macros.com/download.htm. All licensed Macro Express 3 users can download and install this update without cost. Changes include: - Made a modification to reduce the amount of memory consumed when saving a macro. - Improved the security when importing macros from a password protected macro file. After installing Macro Express 3, you can click Start | Programs | Macro Express | What's New for a complete list of changes. You may also view the list of changes on the web by visiting http://www.macros.com/revise.htm. 2 - Macro Express Discussion Forum The Macro Express Newsgroup discussion group has been replaced by the Macro Express Discussion Forum. The new forum is web-based and can be accessed from your browser. It does not require the use of newsreader software. As with the old forum, the new forum is hosted by Professional Grade Macros. Joe Weinpert, of Professional Grade Macros, says that the change was made to reach a wider audience. Everyone has access to a browser but many do not have access to newsgroups. This seems to be the case since there has been a lot more activity on the new forum than there was on the old forum. The new forum software allows you to be notified, via email, when new topics are created and when a reply is posted in a topic you are interested in. Visit http://www.pgmacros.com/community to access the Macro Express discussion forum. An archive of the messages from the old forum is available here: http://pgmacros.com/community/index.php?showtopic=71. 3 - Tip: Capture the Position of a Mouse Click A user asked "How would I prompt a user to click on the screen, capture that location, and assign variables to it to be used later...such as in a copy and paste routine?" The answer is: Use the Get Mouse Position command to do this. The sample macro below shows how this works. Use a text box display command (Floating Box until close command or end of macro) and instruct the user to click on the screen where required. Then insert a wait for left mouse click command. When the user clicks on the location the text box will close and the mouse coordinates will be saved to variables such as N1 and N2. Text Box Display: Mouse Move 4 - User Submitted Macro - Calculator macro Jörgen Nydahl submitted a calculator macro. It can calculate +-*/ and you get your calculation on a "paper strip". This is a cool use of the Prompt for Variable command. Download this macro from http://www.macros.com/usermacs/umcalculator.htm. Thank you Jörgen for sending us this macro. Jörgen wins a Macro Express T-shirt for his macro submission. 5 - Your Macros Can Speak - Text to Speech for Macro Express I often use sound files in my macros. It can be very helpful for a macro to tell me which part of the macro is running. And spoken error messages really grab your attention. In many cases I prefer spoken messages over text messages that pop up on your screen because when a message pops up it can interfere with the macro. Now you can have your macros speak using SpeakIt, the new Text to Speech option for Macro Express. See http://www.macros.com/speakit.htm for more information. 6 - New Lower Price for the PGM Functions Library with Source Professional Grade Macros has reduced the price of the PGM Functions Library with Source Code from $99.95 to $69.95. See http://www.macros.com/products.htm for more information. 7 - Macro Express Explained Special for Macro Express News subscribers Professional Grade Macros is offering a special price for "Macro Express Explained, The First Book About Macro Express" to Macro Express News subscribers. Through the end of August, 2004, Macro Express News subscribers receive $10.00 US off the regular price. Bonus: We will continue our current policy of free shipping to the US and Canada (and reduced shipping costs to the rest of the world). More information about Macro Express Explained is available at http://www.macros.com/macexplained.htm. Macro Express Explained can be purchased from our shopping cart, by mail, phone or fax: http://www.macros.com/ordermacexplained.htm. To receive the discounted price, you must enter the coupon number kJW5VeFC11 into the "Resellers and Affiliates ID" box exactly as shown when you get to the Shopping Cart Contents page. The coupon is good only for "Macro Express Explained, The first Book About Macro Express." Do not attempt to use it for Macro Express, bundled or otherwise, or any other products offered by Insight Software Solutions. It will not be honored. This sale ends midnight EST (-5 GMT) Tuesday, August 31, 2004. 8 - Past issues of the Macro Express News Are you a new subscriber to the Macro Express News email newsletter? Did you miss an issue? Past newsletters are available online at http://www.macros.com/newsletters/MENews.htm. Comments and Suggestions We welcome customer feedback. Let us know what you like and dislike about Macro Express. Send questions, comments and suggestions: Insight Software Solutions Home Page: http://www.wintools.com Macro Express Home Page: http://www.macros.com Email: mailto:info@wintools.com Mail: Insight Software Solutions, Inc. PO Box 106 Kaysville, Utah 84037-0106 Thank you, The Macro Express Development Team |
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