Macro Recorders not working in SAWStudio

[Dave Labrecque]

Never had this problem before. I have a highly repetitive task for a project in SAW that I want to automate with a macro recorder. I've been successful in the past many times doing such a thing. This time, though, I tried five different macro recorders, and none would work. I finally tried recording a macro outside of SAW, and it worked fine. Has there been some change in a recent SAW version that has altered the way mouse and keyboard activity is reported to Windows? Almost nothing gets recorded.

I'm on Windows 10 Home Premium x64, FWIW.

[cgrafx]

Never had this problem before. I have a highly repetitive task for a project in SAW that I want to automate with a macro recorder. I've been successful in the past many times doing such a thing. This time, though, I tried five different macro recorders, and none would work. I finally tried recording a macro outside of SAW, and it worked fine. Has there been some change in a recent SAW version that has altered the way mouse and keyboard activity is reported to Windows? Almost nothing gets recorded.

I'm on Windows 10 Home Premium x64, FWIW.

No changes.

I don't have any clue why it wouldn't work.

[Dave Labrecque]

No changes.

I don't have any clue why it wouldn't work.

So strange. I just spent a half hour manually programming each mouse click and keystroke, and only a few of those commands seem to get through to SAW on playback. I've put plenty of delay time in between each step, too.

[Dave Labrecque]

UPDATE: I appear to be experiencing the same macro recorder issues in Sound Forge (i.e. -- it's not working).

RE-UPDATE: It seems that Windows Defender is blocking recording of clicks. For some reason, it only blocks clicks within programs, not within, for example, File Explorer, which is where I'd done my outside-of-SAW testing, earlier. The solution is to run the macro program as administrator. Found the answer with some googling. Yeah, I guess it's been that long (pre-Windows 10, certainly) since I've used a macro recorder program.

Take note, folks.

Thanks for chiming in, Phil.

[cgrafx]

UPDATE: I appear to be experiencing the same macro recorder issues in Sound Forge (i.e. -- it's not working).

RE-UPDATE: It seems that Windows Defender is blocking recording of clicks. For some reason, it only blocks clicks within programs, not within, for example, File Explorer, which is where I'd done my outside-of-SAW testing, earlier. The solution is to run the macro program as administrator. Found the answer with some googling. Yeah, I guess it's been that long (pre-Windows 10, certainly) since I've used a macro recorder program.

Take note, folks.

Thanks for chiming in, Phil.

Always happy to chime in with useless info..

[aludra]

Hey Dave,

Which Macro Recorder have you found to work best with SawStudio? Thanks!

Mike