Development notes

A piggy bank of commands, fixes, succinct reviews, some mini articles and technical opinions from a (mostly) Perl developer.

Macro recorders for Windows 7

Testing on Windows 7 Pro (SP1), in a Virtual Box (VM) window, running under Ubuntu 11.04.
  • AutoHotKey - scripting only, but users have built a recorder too.
    • Overall good. Free.
    • Steep learning curve, but users on IRC channel are very helpful
    • Note: Trying running program in "Administrator mode" if it doesn't seem to work.
    • How to develop scripts:
      • Use Recorder to get basic outline
      • Use included Window Spy to get precise coords (set "CoordMode, Mouse, Screen")
      • May need to fiddle with WinActivate parameters
      • Put sections of functionality into subroutines and test them individually
      • Use TrayTips as debug output
      • Make sure you make the script Sleep for at least 300ms between each action
  • Quick Macro - Couldn't get it to work. Shareware.
  • Auto Macro Recorder - Couldn't get it to work, either. Shareware.
  • PC Anywhere - Couldn't even download it.
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