How to record a Pause ?

[jd]

Hello,

I am brand-new to this forum and to Mini Mouse Macro.  So new, in fact, that I have not even
downloaded, installed and tried it because I need to know the answer to the following scenario
before I jump in and go through a learning curve only to discover that I've wasted my time.

How does one record a pause into a macro?

A macro --as I understand them-- may be simply the recording of a series of keystrokes
and/or mouseclicks/movements to be played back verbatim later.

This would be the recording of 100% non-variable data.

On the other hand there could well be --and is-- the need to record a combination of non-variable
data plus the need to manually enter variable data at some point during the playback of the macro
and once done entering this variable data, to continue the playback of the macro either to the next
point where variable data is needed, or, to the completion of the macro.

Also, if a pause can be recorded into the macro, how to continue the playback after entering the
variable data?  A key-combo?  Mouseclick?

(I hope I have explained myself thoroughly and understandably as I am not a programmer )

I am a physician and the data-entry process during claims-entry/creation requires the entry of both
repetitive (montonous, tedious, error-prone and time-consuming) non-variable data as well as variable
data for each claim created for a particular patient.

The advantage of having the ability to pause a macro would be to greatly facilitate claims entry, reduce
or eliminate data-entry errors and basically to make the entire claims-entry process less prone to error
--due to user-fatigue from monotony-- and faster.

Looking forward to any suggestions!

Thank you!

[Steve]

Hi Jd,

A good way to get up to speed on MMM is to check out some of the youtube demos www.turnssoft.com/mmmyoutube.html, the program faq, and when your ready for some advanced conditions - the condition page.

How does one record a pause into a macro?

Depending on your use case is can be programmatically during the running of a macro based on a condition:
The pseudocode syntax is something like this:
IF CONDITION is TRUE then PAUSE

An example may be: (www.turnssoft.com/conditions.html#windowtitle)
1 | IF | WINDOW TITLE | Order 23 | EXIST | PAUSE

A pause may be deliberate:
2 | RUN ACTION | PAUSE

A pause can also be a delay in seconds/minutes/hours:
3 | RUN ACTION | WAIT SECONDS | 10

This delay can also be programmed based on a condition.

A pause can also programmatically be added to wait for certain conditions:
The pseudocode syntax is something like this:
IF CONDITION is TRUE then CONTINUE

An example may be: (www.turnssoft.com/conditions.html#pixelcolor)
4 | IF | PIXEL COLOR | At Location [X:2790 Y:456] | CHANGES::1::0::0 | CONTINUE


How to resume from a pause?
The PAUSE action (www.turnssoft.com/conditions.html#pause) is like a hard pause. The program requires the play/pause button/hotkey to be pressed in order to resume.

A delay (the CONTINUE action or WAIT ACTION) is resumed as the result of condition evaluation.


Does this help to clear somethings up?

[qeynos]

CTRL F9 too ?

[Steve]

May 28, 2019 6:29:01 GMT qeynos said:

CTRL F9 too ?

Yep - CTRL-F9 will pause a running macro