Carmageddon
June 13th, 2009, 03:10 PM
Hi, I am trying to record a series of keystrokes, to create a macro that would allow me to automatically open a bookmark, fill the login details, then go and do few more things etc.
The idea is, to login into my VMware 2.0 server, then open the windows VM running on another computer from this old laptop, to open things that run really badly or not at all using Linux (such as special sites that only work on IE, or power point presentations that dont open in Open Office).
The user is my mom, for whom loggin into the VM is too complex as well.
I have attempted to use xmacro, using those instructions:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=108129
However it doesnt work.. I tried the recommended escape as exit trigger, and another button as well, all I get is this:
user@lappy:~$ xmacrorec2 > VMware.macro.txt
Server VendorRelease: 10600000
XRecord for server ":0.0" is version 1.13.
Press the key you want to use to end the application. This key can be any key,
as long as you don't need it while working with the remote display.
A good choice is Escape.
The chosen quit-key has the keycode: 49
XQueryPointer returned: 1
Got Start Of Data
Skipping...
`````````^C
user@lappy:~$
I of course tried to record the procedure and break recording, it did nothing, and I had to use ctrl-c to stop the terminal... the Skipping thing shows up as soon as I chose the preferred break key.. so I duno, perhaps I do something wrong? or someone has another idea on how to do it?
I wouldn't mind using a shell script for all of the above automation, if I knew how to do that.. and really mouse macro is fastest way to be honest, I hope we can make it work guys!
Thanks! :popcorn:
The idea is, to login into my VMware 2.0 server, then open the windows VM running on another computer from this old laptop, to open things that run really badly or not at all using Linux (such as special sites that only work on IE, or power point presentations that dont open in Open Office).
The user is my mom, for whom loggin into the VM is too complex as well.
I have attempted to use xmacro, using those instructions:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=108129
However it doesnt work.. I tried the recommended escape as exit trigger, and another button as well, all I get is this:
user@lappy:~$ xmacrorec2 > VMware.macro.txt
Server VendorRelease: 10600000
XRecord for server ":0.0" is version 1.13.
Press the key you want to use to end the application. This key can be any key,
as long as you don't need it while working with the remote display.
A good choice is Escape.
The chosen quit-key has the keycode: 49
XQueryPointer returned: 1
Got Start Of Data
Skipping...
`````````^C
user@lappy:~$
I of course tried to record the procedure and break recording, it did nothing, and I had to use ctrl-c to stop the terminal... the Skipping thing shows up as soon as I chose the preferred break key.. so I duno, perhaps I do something wrong? or someone has another idea on how to do it?
I wouldn't mind using a shell script for all of the above automation, if I knew how to do that.. and really mouse macro is fastest way to be honest, I hope we can make it work guys!
Thanks! :popcorn: