RoboScripter is a Control Manager Extender companion program designed to automatically generate code, that interfaces with standard windows controls.

It allows near-complete access to all standard Windows controls displayed on the screen, and especially within Dialog Boxes presented by various applications.

Control types include: Check Boxes, Radio Buttons, Tabbed Dialogs, List Boxes and Combo Boxes.

• Check Boxes can be interrogated, checked, or unchecked.

• Radio buttons can be interrogated or set.

• A particular tab in a Tabbed Dialog can be selected.

• Contents of List and Combo Boxes can be interrogated and specific items within the List or Combo Box can be selected.

The following is a RoboScripter dialog. Click on the controls in the dialog for pop-up help.

How do I use it?

The basic technique is to run RoboScripter from the Windows 'Start Menu'.

To launch RoboScripter select 'Start | Programs | WinBatch | RoboScripter.

RoboScripter will prompt you to choose the application, you want to automate. RoboScripter will then launch that application. If you choose not to launch the application, select the 'Cancel' button on the 'Run Program' dialog.

You can then drag the cross-hairs to select the target window you want to automate. Choose the appropriate 'Action', then select the 'Perform' button. Continue this process until you are finished. When finished, select the 'Paste' button, which pastes the generated code into the clipboard. Press the 'Quit' button when complete.

Now, launch the WinBatch Studio editor. Type 'ctrl-v' to paste the generated code into a file. Save the file with the extension '.WBT'. Now you can either edit or run the script.

Robo Scripter Tutorial

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