My son is still gaming on my dad’s PC
This morning my son, Jamie, asked me for help with his PC. He’d installed FC27, but it kept giving him a graphics driver warning and then refused to connect to the EA servers. The graphics driver...
View ArticleAI Can Write the Script. But What Runs It?
AI Can Write the Script. But What Runs It? A few weeks ago I wrote about how AI is changing Windows automation. One of the most obvious changes is that it’s becoming remarkably easy to generate code....
View ArticleAI Is Changing Windows Automation – But Not in the Way You Might Think
If you’ve worked in IT over the past year, you’ve probably asked ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor to write some code for you. I certainly have. AI has become an incredibly useful programming assistant. Need a...
View ArticleMacro Scheduler 15.5.07: SMTPSendMail Now Supports OAuth2
Macro Scheduler 15.5.07 introduces an important update to the SMTPSendMail command, adding support for OAuth2 authentication and improving timeout handling for more reliable email automation. These...
View ArticleLevel Up Your Automation: XPath and JSONPath Explained (With Macro Scheduler...
If you automate websites, APIs, or online services with Macro Scheduler, you’ll quickly run into two recurring challenges: Finding the right element on a web page Extracting the right value from...
View ArticleMacro Scheduler 15.5 Released
Macro Scheduler 15.5 update is now available. Macro Recorder Added ability to select an open window to activate Added option to constrain mouse events to selected initial window when recording Added...
View ArticleHow to call REST APIs from Macro Scheduler (with JSON, headers, error handling)
TL;DR: Use HTTPRequest for GET/POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE, set HTTP_POSTJSON=1 for JSON bodies, add HTTP_CUSTOM_HEADERS for auth, HTTP_TIMEOUT for reliability, and parse responses with JSONParse. Why call...
View ArticleLet Us Automate It For You
At MJT Net we’ve been helping people automate Windows applications for more than 25 years with Macro Scheduler. Thousands of users have built their own scripts to save time, eliminate repetitive...
View ArticleAnnouncing – Macro Scheduler WebRecorder Extension – Beta
Announcing the Macro Scheduler WebRecorder Chrome Extension. Old timers will remember the WebRecorder. Well it’s back. Kinda. What is it? A Chrome browser extension that records user interactions on...
View ArticleIntroducing Macro Scheduler Agent — AI-powered help for your scripts (Beta)
We’re excited to share an early Beta version of something we’ve been experimenting with here at MJT Net: Macro Scheduler Agent — an AI-powered web tool to help you write, improve, and troubleshoot...
View ArticleMacro Scheduler 15.0.29 Available
Macro Scheduler 15.0.29 update is available. Added: EDGEDRIVER_OPTIONS variable to specify Edge startup switches Added: CHROMEDRIVER_DOWNLOADPATH variable to specify Chrome download folder...
View ArticleMacro Scheduler 15.0.25 Update Available
Macro Scheduler 15.0.25 update is now available. Added: ONERROR (custom error routine) capture added for complex if statements Added: experimental TMSWebBrowser and TMSAcroPDF (requires Adobe Acrobat...
View ArticleMacro Scheduler Update 15.0.23 Available
Macro Scheduler 15.0.23 is now available with the following changes: Added: EdgeExecute function Added: RP_CAPTURESTDOUT and RP_STDOUT variables for capturing STDOUT from RunProgram process. Warning:...
View ArticleUniversity Hospitals Dorset Saves Up to £15,000 Automating Maternity...
University Hospitals Dorset (NHS) recently automated the transfer of data from their existing maternity records system into BadgerNet Maternity using Macro Scheduler. The NHS trust was able to save...
View ArticleMacro Scheduler 15.0.20 Available
Seasons greetings! Last week we released Macro Scheduler maintenance update 15.0.20: Added: ChromeGetWindows, ChromeSwitchWindow, EdgeGetWindows, EdgeSwitchWindow functions Added: Copy Let assignment...
View ArticleAutomating Windows 11 with Macro Scheduler
If you are signed up to the Windows Insider program you can already try Windows 11. Here’s Macro Scheduler 15 running happily in Windows 11: The post Automating Windows 11 with Macro Scheduler...
View ArticleRecording Excel macros for Macro Scheduler
Did you know that since v15 you can run Excel VBA macros from directly within your Macro Scheduler code? We’ve added a helpdesk article showing you how it works here. The post Recording Excel macros...
View ArticleMacro Scheduler, my lockdown assistant.
The world has changed during the past 9 weeks or so, and some of the MJT staff have been putting Macro Scheduler to good use to help them during lockdown. Soon after lockdown was announced people began...
View ArticleAssisting the UK National Health Service
We find ourselves in challenging times. At MJT Net we’re all working from home, with the difficulty of trying to educate and entertain our children at the same time. Of course there is also a great...
View ArticleCovid-19 Response – Free Macro Scheduler Licenses for NHS Establishments
We find ourselves in challenging times. Things here in the UK seem to be changing rapidly every day. Only last night we heard that our schools will close tomorrow and this morning it was announced they...
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