Any tools to perform a set of tasks?

[Eric]

Does anyone have any suggestions on any tools to perform a set of tasks?
For example, in Excel, I can record a macro for a set of tasks within Excel
environment. I would like to look for any tools without any specific
application to record any action a set of task wthin Window XP environment,
which include IE.
Does anyone have any suggestion?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Eric

 

[Andrew E.]

Try useing a script for that,scripts can be made specifically to perform
tasks,you can make them or use one already made.Find scripts at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet Locate the script center,look in the
library.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Does anyone have any suggestions on any tools to perform a set of tasks?
For example, in Excel, I can record a macro for a set of tasks within
Excel
environment. I would like to look for any tools without any specific
application to record any action a set of task wthin Window XP
environment,
which include IE.
Does anyone have any suggestion?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Eric

You could use AutoIT (http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/downloads.shtml)
as a macro language to perform your tasks. You should note, however, that
macros by their very nature are fragile and unreliable. They can be upset by
a number of things, e.g. by
- A virus scanner pop-up interrupting a routine
- Your environment not quite looking the way you expected it it
- An unexpexted dialog box popping up, requiring your input.

To perform a task reliably you need to script it, e.g. with VB Script.
Unfortunately these scripts are application-specific: One syntax applies to
MS Word, another to Excel, another to IE.

 

[Anteaus]

I would second the suggestion of AutoIt, it's far more flexible than VB. The
latest version can access control handles within windows directly, which
makes it less prone to outside interference. Although, this can still be
broken by program version-updates if these change the order or number of
window controls.