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From: raanan@bc-cis.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Keyboard macro software that can read the screen.
Message-ID: <858@bc-cis.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Mar-87 14:32:23 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 10 14:32:23 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 13-Mar-87 00:20:36 EST
Reply-To: raanan@bc-cis.UUCP (Raanan Herrmann)
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Organization: Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
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	Does anybody know of a software that allows you to create keyboard
macros ( like Prokey or Superkey ) BUT is smart enough to do things according
to what is displayed on the screen.
	For example: suppose I am in Word-Star and I want to create a 
keyboard macro that when I press a certain key, it will print my name. So far
that is easy. But, if I am in the middle of the sentence, and I am not insert
mode, I may overwrite my text. I want the macro to be smart and check if there
is the message "INSERT ON" on the screen and if not then enter insert mode
first.
	Also I need the following features: 
	- I want to know the location of the cursor on the screen.
	- I want to use text that is on the screen in a macro and have string
function to modify it.

	Thanks,
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