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From: franklin@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP (Katherine Franklin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Is there a better macro utility out there ?
Message-ID: <909@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP>
Date: 5 Feb 90 23:58:52 GMT
Reply-To: franklin@uvicctr.UUCP (Katherine Franklin)
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. Canada
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Apple's MacroMaker utility, that comes on with the Mac, just doesn't do
what I want it to. Is there a better tool that I can use instead ? Some
of the things that I want to do (and can't seem to in MarcoMaker - correct
me if I'm wrong)

	1. Build a composite macro that use macros already saved.
	2. Multiple Macro files open at a time (changing files constantly
	   can be a pain!!)
	3. Editable scripts (I hate having to re-do the entire script to
	   remove one click), or Macro tools that can be inserted into
	   the script; like forcing a pause [clicking to interupt doesn't
	   always work, because the screen is frozen when the click occurs
	   so I don't always see what I want, and it's too difficult to 
	   place the click correctly]
	4. Along this vein, some way of "viewing" the script to see that it
	   does without actually playing it.

I recognise the difficulties of the last two, but I have seen products for
other machines that can handle these.

	Thanks
	   Katherine
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Katherine Franklin			franklin@uvicctr.uvic.ca
University of Victoria			franklin@uvunix.bitnet
Victoria, BC, Canada