How to Wake Up Macro Pro every 33 minutes

[suzzie12]

Have Macro Pro 6.5 on Xp Pro.

I have a need to visit a web site, navigate through several windows and then type the same text in to text box every 33 minutes.

I have a macro that opens the browser and navigates the site Ok. But what do I need to do to Wake UP Macro Pro every 33 minutes while im doing other programming? I have put in a repeat specifying the 33min...BUT...macro pro does not run...maybe Ive closed the program or something. Does it need to be minimized to run? Do I need to keep Macro open and running continuously all day long? Or do I need to do anything else to wake it up, do its thing, then get back out of my way again? Scheduler seems to only launch it once during the day im thinking.

Thanks for your help.

Suzzie.

[forumsupport]

Hello,

Yes, using scheduler you can only start running macro un-attended at a pre-defined time. However, to repeat the macro you can set the repeat option, time between repeats. In the mean time (i.e. in the time between two repeats), you can see Run Time window(displayed while Workspace Macro Pro is running the macro.) at bottom-right corner of desktop so you cannot close Workspace Macro Pro otherwise macro will not repeat.
If you don't want to see that status window (Run Time Window) then you can hide the status window by following below mentioned steps.

1) Go to Tools->Options->View.
2) Uncheck the checkbox that says, Show Run Time Window.
3) Press 'Ok' button in 'Options' window.

Hope that helps.

[suzzie12]

Thanks for your reply.

Im still not having success in having the macro come to life at repeated intervals.

I need to open firefox, navigate to a text field, then add in some text every 33 minutes throughout the day to make an announcement. Pretty repetitive.

I can create a basic macro that does that no problem. I can schedule that macro once in the scheduler, and I can say to the repeat function - do this every 33 minutes for the next 12 hours. IT DOESNT WORK LIKE THAT FOR ME. I have a user account in windows and I gave it a passoword like suggested. But it never runs. I leave macro pro open in the task bar. Sometimes my computer times out and I need to log back in...but thats why I figured I needed to give macro pro the windows account name and pass.

What am I missing? Why doesnt that 1 macro just wake up every 33 minutes and load that web page, fill in that text, and then close the browser for the next run?

What am I missing??? What can I do to be successful?

Suzzie

[suzzie12]

Additional feedback. My macro just ran once at the scheduled time successfully. Good so far.

However, I dont see that there is an entry in the Last Run Time, There is no Status like ran once, successful once...the column is blank.

The created at time is correct, but there is no status info or Last Run Time info in the repeat box.

I originally left macro... live and running on the desktop, but i minimized the application down to the task bar...and it ran the first time OK...BUT NOW...Its gone from the task bar. Its in the little task icon area on the lower right...I can see the icon. Theres nothing I can see where I told it to go away after running for the first time....I told it to run for the next 10 hours.

Help!

Suzzie,

I maximized the application again from the task icon area icon...now im going to minimize it...but I feel like this is cheating. I want macro pro to run unattended all day long every 30 minutes without needing me to fix up something.

[forumsupport]

Hello,

Regarding scheduled macro does not start. If your machine is locked at scheduled time of macro, unfortunately, Workspace Macro Pro cannot unlock machine to perform mouse or keystroke actions of macro. However, our advanced automation product, Automation Anywhere 4.0 provides a feature of Auto-Login wherein you can run your task even when the computer is locked. If you use Auto Login, when any task runs, Automation Anywhere will check if the computer is locked or not. If it is then it will unlock the computer using the username and password you have provided and start executing your task. Once the task completes successfully, it will lock the computer again.

Regarding repeat option does not work. This is very strange, as we have never heard about such behavior before. However, to set the macro repeat after 33 minutes for 10hrs, you need to select repeat option, 'Repeat for Time'. Specify 10hr in 'hh' box and from right side, select option, 'Time between repeats'. Specify 33mins in 'mins' box (for reference see attached file, Repeatoption.png).

Last Run Time and Status on main screen would update after macro finishes execution completely i.e. after 10hrs. After macro executes for the first time, it waits for 33 minutes (for repeating) and still running (you can see Run Time Window at the bottom-right corner of screen).

Hope that helps. If you still have problems, please give us your contact number and one of our experts will contact you. Alternatively, you can also reach us at 1-888-484-3535.

[suzzie12]

The nice people at workspace macro got in touch with me! How great pro-active service!!!

The solution was found after a brief discussion.

The solution was to create the macro in workspace macro (which it does a great job of...tracing all the mouse movements is phenomenal!) and then to schedule an event.

BUT, the schedule event needed to be tied into the Control Panel version of Scheduled Events. Here the event is scheduled, the programs gets loaded, the macro runs, then the program is exited. This is great because I can do other things...and then at the perfect time the macro6.5 wakes up, runs the macro, then quits.

beautiful!

Thanks for your help support team!!!

Works great!