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Macro Express News
July 7, 2003 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 3 version 3.4b is released 2 - Virus causes Macro Express PEV error 3 - Feature change: Backup 4 - Tip: System Tray shortcuts 5 - Tip: The order of files obtained with the Repeat with Folder command 6 - User Submitted Macro: Schmoooove - Move the mouse smoothly 7 - User Submitted Macro: Clipboard Helper 8 - User Submitted Macro: Define Text Macro - Revised 9 - Past issues of the Macro Express News 1 - Macro Express 3 version 3.4b is released Macro Express 3 version 3.4b 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: Improvements:
2 - Virus causes Macro Express PEV error Macro Express can detect if the Macro Express program files have been altered. When Macro Express detects that one of its program files has been altered, it displays a small dialog box that says 'PEV Error' and stops. This can prevent serious consequences that may occur because of the power Macro Express has in automating tasks. Another advantage of this technology is that Macro Express can detect if it has been altered by a virus. Recently a customer reported that Macro Express was displaying the PEV error. With our help, they discovered that a virus had infected every program file on their computer. Once the virus was removed and the program files restored, Macro Express worked properly. If Macro Express displays a PEV Error on your computer, check to make sure your computer has not been infected with a virus. 3 - Feature change: Backup Macro Express has the ability to back up your macro file each time Macro Express shuts down. There is an option to display a prompt before backing up the file. Because this prompt caused problems when Windows was rebooted or shutdown, Macro Express will no longer display the prompt when Windows is rebooted or shutdown. The prompt will still be displayed when Macro Express is closed. The new option 'Backup automatically when shutting down the computer' has been added. With this option checked, Macro Express will backup the macro file when Windows shuts down. 4 - Tip: System Tray shortcuts Have you ever wanted to write a macro to access the icons in the System Tray? Send these keystrokes:
Where is the System Tray? It is the area in the task bar just to the left of the clock. 5 - Tip: Repeat with Folder command The Repeat with Folder command is used to get the names of all the files in a specific folder. The files are returned in the order they appear on the hard drive. When you view the content of a folder in Windows Explorer, the list of files is sorted alphabetically, by modified date, by type, or by size. This does not represent the order that the files are stored on the hard drive and thus, the order that the Repeat with Folder command will find them. Customer Paul Thornett reports that if your hard drive uses NTFS, then the files are sorted alphabetically on the hard drive. So, if you use NTFS, the file names returned by the Repeat with Folder command will be sorted alphabetically. If files are added to or deleted from a folder in the middle of a Repeat with Folder loop, the names of newly added files may or may not be found and returned by the Repeat with Folder command. Thanks to Paul Thornett for his contribution. 6 - User Submitted Macro: Schmoooove - Move the mouse smoothly Smoothly move the mouse to a new position on the screen using Schmoooove. Ian Steele said, "I'm using Macro Express to run our test suite. One thing I noticed that I did not like was the way the mouse jumps from one point to another. This behaviour makes it difficult for an operator to see what's happening. "To this end I wrote a macro that moves the mouse pointer slowly from its current position to a new location. The macro is called Schmoooove - as in "smooth move" :-)." Read more about this macro and download it here http://www.macros.com/usermacs/umschmoooove.htm. Thank you, Ian, for sharing this macro. Ian wins a T-Shirt for this submission. 7 - User Submitted Macro: Clipboard Helper Derek Bench sent us a macro that will let you have 10 "fake" clipboards that will keep your information saved as long as Macro Express is running. It will also keep a record of anything you copy (with ctrl+c) and allow you to view the past 15 things that have been copied to your Windows clipboard. Read more about this macro and download it here http://www.macros.com/usermacs/umclipboards.htm. We would like to thank Derek for this useful macro. Derek wins a T-Shirt for this submission. 8 - User Submitted Macro: Define Text Macro - Revised Lance Neustaeter has revised the Define Word macro. He says "This is a modification to the user-submitted macro originally written by Mark Bender." Lance "added a 'blank clipboard' check to avoid accidentally sending blank requests to Merriam-Webster." Lance's macro shows there are many ways to accomplish the same goal. Both Mark's original macro and Lance's revised macro are available at http://www.macros.com/usermacs/umdefineword.htm. Thanks to Lance for submitting this revised macro. He wins a T-Shirt for sending us this macro. 9 - 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 The new features and commands included in Macro Express 3 are a result of feedback from customers like you. Let us know what you like and dislike about Macro Express. Send questions, comments and suggestions to info@wintools.com. Thank you for your continued support of Macro Express. The Macro Express Development Team Insight Software Solutions: http://www.wintools.com Macro Express: http://www.macros.com Email: info@wintools.com
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