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Subject :FTP function.. 17-05-2010 06:01:28

murraymd

Joined: 17-05-2010 03:31:48
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Hi Petr,

Macro ToolWorks has been a very practical automation tool for me and I've been using it
for years. I was wondering if you could add more functionality to it in two ways:

(1) Develop the ftp functions to allow users to search the other platform folder to pick
out what folders or files they want to transfer over. The last time I tried to do that I
had to copy the entire containing folder and it got messy so I got a commercial FTP
program and automated that instead.

(2) Build a 'screen scraper' for copying and pasting text where CTRL-C won't work.
'Kleptomania' sells a developer version of their product that's a powerful macro tool
for acquiring information on which the macro can make decisions.

(3) Allow functions to be built and saved. Sometimes I have to build a lot of code
around functions that open programs, windows, etc. to make sure they don't get ahead
of the event they're supposed to make happen when the network is especially slow. It
would be nice to bundle up the function and just call it rather than have to write it
out all the time. Better yet, choose options like how long it's supposed to wait, etc.
A lot of people I've talked to about your product are not inclined to use it because
they think it's too complicated. I like the product a lot but so far I haven't been
able to convince people I sometimes work with to use it as well. Thanks,

Malcolm

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Subject :Re:FTP function.. 31-05-2010 14:16:20

petr

Joined: 15-10-2009 11:48:52
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Hello,

>>>
(1) Develop the ftp functions to allow users to search the other platform folder to pick
out what folders or files they want to transfer over. The last time I tried to do that I
had to copy the entire containing folder and it got messy so I got a commercial FTP
program and automated that instead.
<<<

I believe that what you are missing is some sort of <ftp_enum> command that is similar to the <file_enum> command, right?

>>>
(2) Build a 'screen scraper' for copying and pasting text where CTRL-C won't work.
'Kleptomania' sells a developer version of their product that's a powerful macro tool
for acquiring information on which the macro can make decisions.
<<<

As for the Kleptomania, our macro engine does not have an OCR engine built in yet. But this is something that we would like to add too.
However, it seems that Kleptomania maker (Structurise) is out of business....

>>>
(3) Allow functions to be built and saved.
<<<

I'm not sure what exactly you mean here... There are some means that allows users to build macros from pieces (procedures, external macros, external commands):

<-include->
<proc_def_...>
<run>
<extcmd>
<extmacro>

I would definitely appreciate If you could be more specific in what you are missing.
Thanks.

Best regards,
Petr

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Subject :Re:FTP function.. 28-02-2011 03:50:23

murraymd

Joined: 17-05-2010 03:31:48
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Petr,

You're right about the ftp command; it would allow me to use Toolworks rather than 3rd party software to perform the FTP functions I need.

I currently use the ABBYY Screenshot Reader to grab text from places that <ctrl>-c can't. Your <win_findimage> function has been very useful for me; extending the <win_captureimage> function with an OCR reader would make it pretty powerful. I hope that is possible without too much trouble. The ABBYY product uses the open-source Tesseract reader which seems to be available from Google.

As far as functions that can be saved, perhaps I need to start using the advanced edition features more. What I meant was that I would like to build a lot of regular routines and basically make commands out of them instead of repeating code snippets. It would probably make my code simpler and easier to read.

Thanks for your great product and the progress you've made on it. All the best,

Malcolm

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