home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- AutoMate Professional Edition 3.6b
- ==================================
- Copyright, 1997 Unisyn Corp.
-
- WARNING
- ===========
- For those upgrading from a previous version of
- AutoMate:
-
- Be sure to install into a different directory
- than the original in order to save your existing
- task files (tasks.ldb and tasks.mdb).
-
- Version 3.6b
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fixed more International date/time problems
-
- Version 3.6a
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fixed International date/time problems
- Fixed Missing tasks on startup
- Fixed various problems with auto-late task handling
-
- Version 3.6
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- New Enhanced Logging
- New easier to use Help File
- New Scheduling functions
- Helpful Hints for Macros
-
- Version 3.5j
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Hopefully fixed bug in tabctl32.ocx that caused
- error 429 to display on startup for some people.
-
- Version 3.5h
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Added functions to prevent task database
- corruption on startup.
-
- Version 3.5g
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Added new internal feature that automatically
- sets a launched application's working directory
- before starting the application.
-
- Version 3.5f
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fixed bug in Scripting language that caused lockup
- when 'sendkeys' function was used in a script.
-
- Version 3.5d
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Fixed bug that prevented automated processing of
- recorded events. Enhanced error handling implimented.
-
- Version 3.5c
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This version provides you with a hotkey to stop
- the event recorder from recording, rather than
- clicking the "Stop Recording" button manually.
-
- Version 3.5b
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This version fixes a bug in the Scripting Language
- that had to do with the "Sendkeys" command as well
- as a few other programmatical issues.
-
- New Features Added in Version 3.5:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A new "Event Recorder" will allow you to actually record
- and playback mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes,
- enabling you to build macros quicker and
- easier than ever!
-
- An improved Macro Builder interface provides you with
- iconic representation of your macro steps and more
- "English" terms for easier interpretation.
-
- A new Insert Button in the Macro Builder allows
- you to insert lines at any point in the macro without
- using the old arrow buttons for positioning.
-
- New Features Added in Version 3.2:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- AutoMate is now fully Internet automated. Two new
- macro commands under miscellaneous allow you to
- automatically dial and disconnect from your Internet
- connection. (No more hassling with your DUN folder!)
-
- AutoMate now allows you to insert macro data from
- any existing procedure, simply right click on the macro
- list in the Macro Builder and select "Insert Existing Macro"
-
- AutoMate now enables you to easily duplicate or "Clone"
- your existing tasks for fast re-creation of similar tasks.
- Simply select the task you would like to duplicate and then
- from the "Tasks" menu, select "Clone".
-
- Four new scripting commands make BASIC in AutoMate a
- pleasure to use:
-
- 1. LaunchProc: Launches an AutoMate procedure from
- within a script.
- 2. ExitProc: Exits an AutoMate procedure from within
- a script.
- 3. ConnectTo: Connects to your internet service provider
- automatically.
- 4. HangUp: Disconnects from an internet connection.
-
- For more info on these commands, see the "Scripting Additions"
- document.
-
- New feature added in version 3.0c:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Command line arguments are now accepted for
- manual launching of tasks. To manually launch
- a task from the command prompt, simply specify
- name of the procedure (or reminder) after the
- path and filename of automate.exe.
-
- For example...
- =======================================================
- "c:\program files\unisyn\automate.exe" sample procedure
- =======================================================
- (Quotes are needed only around the path and filename to
- AutoMate, the name of the procedure should not have
- quotes around it.)
-
- ...would start AutoMate, launch the Sample Procedure
- that is included, and then terminate AutoMate. The
- name of the task should not be case sensitive. There
- are many useful functions that are possible with this
- new feature:
- 1. Create shortcuts to AutoMated Tasks on your Desktop
- and then just double-click whenever you need them to
- execute.
- 2. Create shortcuts to AutoMated Tasks and place them
- in your StartUp Group for AutoMated "StartUp Tasks".
- 3. More knowledgeable users and consultants can now set
- up shortcuts to AutoMated tasks for less knowledgeable
- users to conveniently run.
-
- =================================
- Note that Unisyn can not provide support for the
- included scripting engine with regards to programming,
- syntax, structure, and debugging issues.
-
- For help with Scripting issues, see the Scripting
- Reference Manual, the scripting additions document,
- or press F1 at the Script Builder Dialog. Help in the
- Scripting Editor is very similar to most professional
- development tool in that you can highlight a word in
- you code and hit F1 to see context sensitive help.
- =================================
-
-
-
- GENERAL
- ===========
-
- AutoMate is a 'Tray Icon' application.
-
- This means that when it is loaded, it uses and
- will be located in the 'System Tray' (usually
- located on the lower right side of the screen
- on the Taskbar).
-
- For more information on using the System Tray,
- consult Windows help, or view the section named
- 'Installation' in the AutoMate help.
-
- GENERAL INFO
- ============
-
- AutoMate allows you to schedule your computer to perform
- any task on it's own at any time.
-
- This application can be found in the WINUSER
- Forum on CompuServe, an official distribution and support
- online resource for future updates. Search for automate.
-
- The Windows Users Group Network [WUGNET], operators of
- the oldest and largest independent support resource forum
- [WINUSER] for Windows users on CIS with over 1,000,000
- active members is recognized in the press, user groups,
- developers, and Microsoft as the foremost resource for
- shareware publishers on CompuServe and the Internet.
-
- For pricing, orders, site licenses, or additional
- information contact:
-
- Unisyn
- Voice: (213)738-1700
- FAX: (213)738-7556
-
- http://www.unisyn.com
- automate@unisyn.com
-
- 3450 Wilshire Blvd.
- Suite 316
- Los Angeles, CA 90010