Is there a way to record a demo outside the frame?

[RGBreality]

Hey, folks!

Is there a way to record a demo (of mouse and keystrokes) that take place outside the frame space?

Or, alternatively, is there a way I can have my application minimized or hidden in some way such that I could record a demo of mouse and keystrokes that take place behind my application?

I am trying to record mouse and keystrokes to automate a software task. I could look into other tools (such as AutoIt), but I wanted to explore using MMF2 first (as it would be a more tidy solution).

Thank you!


Most graciously...

RGBreality

EDIT: Another question regarding demo recording... What is the keystroke to end the recording?

[LB]

For stopping demo recording you simply close your application...

Also you should use the Key object and Mouse obejct

[RGBreality]

Hey, LB!

Actually, this particular third-party application (one of my company's products) is really unruly when it comes to scripting its functionality. I have written a script using a combination of the Time/Date object, the Kernel object, the Control-X object, and the Mouse object... It was all controlled by timing, but it is really clunky, and unfortunately the script doesn't work 100% of the time. Since this particular project is for a marketing campaign, the script needs to work very reliably and cleanly.

I have been looking into free scripting tools like AutoIt (which looks nice, though it is entirely a text-based scripting tool with no GUI), but I thought that if I did the mouse and keyboard strokes myself using a MMF2 recorded demo, then it would be just as good as an automated script without the headache of timing everything!

Of course, my company's third-party application is outside of the MMF2 application frame, so the MMF2 recording would need to be able to capture mouse/keyboard strokes that way.

This marketing project, using MMF2 as the potential customer's guide, has been turning out pretty well (even if I do say so myself). Who knows--perhaps you might want to log on to our sandbox environment once the project is finished, just to check it out! ;-)



RGBreality

[RickyRombo]

You could use Java (the real Java not MMF2 build) which includes a robot class that can do exactly what you want