Macro Recorder for Windows Changelog

• Support for environment variables in Macro Recorder variables.
• Improved proxy server password input box
• Variables with self-defined contents

• ChatGPT 4o ("Omni") support

• HTTP connections dismiss out-of-date TLS versions
• Support for very large desktops
• OCR language settings

• UTF8 without BOM file support
• Improved communication with PhraseExpress.

• OpenAI Vision and ChatGPT 4 support
• Improved variable exchange with PhraseExpress v17 beta
• User interface language now adapts to Windows settings.
• Window region definition
• Relative mouse position wiggle feature
• Image capture focus issues

Major new version with many new features.

• Image/text recognition improvements.
• Improved software update check.
• Minor cosmetic changes.

• Compatibility with PhraseExpress v16 user only installation (vs installation for all users).
• Accelerated highlighting/deletion of actions.
• Improved OCR/image detection.

You may need to reduce ImageFind tolerance settings in your scripts.

• Improved broken macro file detection.
• OCR engine update to latest version with improved detection performance.
• Rare issue when highlighting multiple actions.

• Fixed "Wait for keypress" action.

• Support for nested (time) loops.
• Many minor/cosmetic issues

• Various minor improvements

• Enhanced multi-monitor support.
• Improved OCR detection.

• Mouse movement duration is now separate from delay/threshold parameter change.
• Unauthorized files are filtered if being dragged onto the program window.
• Program window resizing issue fixed.

• Mac linebreak character issues in "parameter from file" action resolved.

• Updated OCR text recognition engine.
• Error message when loading Macro Recorder v1 files (cosmetic)

• Added additional OCR text recognition languages.
• Improved parameter randomization feature.
• Support for Windows UWP "Metro" Apps.
• Improved Multi-Monitor Support.
• Window resizing and positioning.
• Wait duration.

• Issue with manually defined focus change action resolved.

• Improved error handling with PhraseExpress
• Solved Crash issue if Macro Recorder is launched from PhraseExpress.

• Improved number input dialogs.
• Improved maintenance expiration behavior.
• Solved rare SmartClick playback crash issue.

• Playback repetition defaults to smaller number. It can now be set to 999.999 repetitions.
• Playback cycles have not reset the parameter list counter (thanks, Vojislav)
• issue with recent files memory

• Improved image search
• Text recognition now supports search for multiple words.
• Many minor improvements.

• Search and Replace now also includes X/Y coordinates.
• Error check for orphaned/non-existing labels in repeat actions.

• Macro Recorder now detects if it is launched from a USB stick.
• Status bar playback time indiciator
• Mouse buttons are not blocked on playback.
• Soved issues with modifier keys in keypress action.
• In rare cases, Macro Recorder blocked its own automation.

• Solved parameter change feature issue.

• Fixed playback filter issue in macro editor.

• Improved Copy & Paste performance within Macro Recorder

• Significantly improved loading time if macro contains many labels.
• Minimum delay reduced to 1msec.

• Macro Recorder allows you to continue testing all features of all major editions even after purchasing a smaller product edition. You will then receive occasional license notices. You can now deactivate testing of functions not included in your edition.
• Improved command-line parameter -close. It will now also allow you to close Macro Recorder by command-line parameter, even if no macro is running.

• Update notifications are now separate for Mac vs Windows edition.

• Solved random scroll issue in the macro actions section.

Major new version 2