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Macro Express News
August 14, 2009 You have received this message because you are subscribed to the Macro Express News email list. To unsubscribe or to change your email address visit www.macros.com/esubs.htm and click on the 'subscribe or unsubscribe' link. Contents 1 - Macro Express Pro v 4.1.0.1 2 - Uninstall before installing an older version over a new one 3 - The PGM Functions Library is now Free 4 - Tip: Fast editing using keyboard shortcuts & the Search box 5 - Tip: Press F1 for help 6 - Tip: Line up columns in a Text Box 7 - Fun: You did what?! 8 - Past issues of the Macro Express News 1 - Macro Express Pro v 4.1.0.1 ME Pro Macro Express Pro v 4.1.0.1 is now available from http://www.macros.com/download.htm. A total of 68 changes were made including:
A complete list of changes is available at http://www.macros.com/rev4_1_0_1.htm. 2 - Uninstall before installing an older version over a new one For one reason or another, customers sometimes decide to install an older version of Macro Express or Macro Express Pro after trying a new version. As with any program, it is generally a good practice to uninstall before installing an older version on top of a newer version. Many times installing an older version of top of a newer version does not cause problems but with some versions it will. If you have trouble after installing an older version on top of a newer version of Macro Express or Macro Express Pro, uninstall and reinstall. After installing Macro Express Pro v 4.1.0.1 you will need to uninstall if you decide to install an earlier version. This is discussed in more detail in this knowledgebase article http://www.macros.com/faq//5.13.html. 3 - The PGM Functions Library is now Free ME / ME Pro The PGM Functions Library enhances Macro Express by providing many pre-designed, callable, reusable functions which may be imported into your macro applications. This library was written for Macro Express 3 but, with effort, could be imported into Macro Express Pro. Recent changes to the PGM Functions Library installation allow it to be installed on more computers. It can now be installed on Windows Vista and Windows 7 and on a computer that has Macro Express Pro running but not Macro Express v 3.x. And the initial setup has been streamlined. After these changes, Professional Grade Macros, the publisher of the PGM Functions Library, has decided to offer the library without cost to the Macro Express community. Now you can integrate these functions into your own macros. To download it visit http://www.macros.com/products.htm. Thank you Joe Weinpert and others at Professional Grade Macros, www.pgmacros.com. 4 - Tip: Fast editing using keyboard shortcuts & the Search box Have you tried the keyboard shortcuts and Search box when editing macros? To quickly locate a macro command when editing a macro type Alt+Down Arrow. This places the cursor in the Search box. Then type a few letters of the macro command. The command will be highlighted in the command tree above the search box. A quick press of the ENTER key will insert the highlighted command into your macro. Try it! Open the Macro Script Editor. Press Alt+Down Arrow. Type 'Text Box D'. Press the Enter key. The Text Box Display macro command will be inserted into your macro. Quick and easy. This applies to both Macro Express and Macro Express Pro. 5 - Tip: Press F1 for help ME / ME Pro Do you want to know what a macro command does? Do you need to look up information about a command dialog? Are you unsure what to enter for a parameter? Press F1. The F1 key brings up context sensitive help for the currently highlighted command or dialog that is currently displayed. This is faster than clicking Help, Macro Express Help and navigating through all the help topics. 6 - Tip: Line up columns in a Text Box ME Pro When writing macros that contain a Text Box Display command, I often enter a series of spaces to line up columns in the box. Due to the proportional spacing of the fonts used in Windows, the columns do not always line up exactly. The Text Box Display command in Macro Express Pro understands Tabs. Tabs make it possible to line up columns. Set a variable to the Tab character like this: Variable Set to ASCII Char 9 to %TAB% Use it in the Text Box Display command like this: Windows Version:%TAB%%T[65]% For an example of how this works, see the 'Get Miscellaneous Information' macro in the samples.mex macro file installed with Macro Express Pro. Look for the 'Display results' section header. Samples.mex is installed in the same folder as the Macro Express Pro program files. 7 - Fun: You did what?! "A friend of mine said that I couldn't." That challenge motivated Arek Janicki. He wrote a Tetris game using Macro Express 3. He says "it took almost a thousand [lines] of instructions to make this game work" and "I suppose creating games in Macro Express is pretty sick." Sick, perhaps. Amazing, yes. Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjhwXQ9EwJ8 or from the link on the Macro Express home page at http://www.macros.com. After we watched this video several times in amazement, we sent Arek a Macro Express T-shirt. 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. 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