12-12-2011, 10:21 PM
Well, I think I am in a parallel universe...... I can't find Tips and I also don't have File | Web as mentioned in the blog.
I think I might be in over my head. While this software really looks great, I don't know where to start. There are just so many categories on the left and no explanation to me of what they all are. I don't mentally see a clear line of "start here, select from these, here are examples of functioning commands....."
For example, a so simple one of
web "http://www.quickmacros.com" 1
will open IE. I hate IE - super slow. I really want Chrome, but understand that will be more difficult. So okay, I'll use FF. According to the help, I should be able to do
web firefox "http://www.quickmacros.com" 1
but that does not work.
I'm not an idiot, but this sure makes me feel like one. Right now, I'm just trying to put together something to help me and save me time... I donate my "spare" time doing fund raising for animal rescues and I was trying to automate what I do everyday that takes about 45 minutes each day. Perhaps I need more GUI than this program offers.
I've tried AutoMate, but it only runs in IE and just crawls, taking 5 times longer than I can do manually (not to mention the price and I don't know if they would donate a license to a 501©3). WinAutomation works with Chrome and is 98% good, but I cannot select by object, just image, and that does not work due to zoom levels have to always be the same, screen must be maxed, etc. I need to select by object so I can imitate the click. And I need to be able to create an exe so I can send it to my helpers who also do the same things everyday.
You guys are in the biz, is there maybe a different one I should try?
I think I might be in over my head. While this software really looks great, I don't know where to start. There are just so many categories on the left and no explanation to me of what they all are. I don't mentally see a clear line of "start here, select from these, here are examples of functioning commands....."
For example, a so simple one of
web "http://www.quickmacros.com" 1
will open IE. I hate IE - super slow. I really want Chrome, but understand that will be more difficult. So okay, I'll use FF. According to the help, I should be able to do
web firefox "http://www.quickmacros.com" 1
but that does not work.
I'm not an idiot, but this sure makes me feel like one. Right now, I'm just trying to put together something to help me and save me time... I donate my "spare" time doing fund raising for animal rescues and I was trying to automate what I do everyday that takes about 45 minutes each day. Perhaps I need more GUI than this program offers.
I've tried AutoMate, but it only runs in IE and just crawls, taking 5 times longer than I can do manually (not to mention the price and I don't know if they would donate a license to a 501©3). WinAutomation works with Chrome and is 98% good, but I cannot select by object, just image, and that does not work due to zoom levels have to always be the same, screen must be maxed, etc. I need to select by object so I can imitate the click. And I need to be able to create an exe so I can send it to my helpers who also do the same things everyday.
You guys are in the biz, is there maybe a different one I should try?