Newbie Question

[CZ]

I just got the trial version of the Macro Scheduler. It seems like a great program. I am very new to macros and programming. I was trying to be able to get the screen saver to activate w/ hot keys and also password protect on resume. Just like in Control Panel. I was able to get the screen saver to start, but I don't know how to get the password protect on resume. I would really appreciate any assistance in this. Also are there any books that I could get to assist in writing the macros or is this a learn as you go, trial and error.

Thanks

[Marcus Tettmar]

Hi CZ,

I'm not clear on what you are trying to do - something to do with the screensaver, are you trying to control a screensaver from Macro Scheduler? Can you try to explain what you want to achieve and then we may have a better idea of how to help you.

In regards books, there is the manual, a PDF version of which is available on the support page if you don't want to purchase the printed book. You should definitely read the Scripting Windows for Beginners section in the manual/help file. Also read this:
http://www.mjtnet.com/blog/2006/01/17/h ... on-script/

After that you can search these forums and Scripts & Tips section for a heap of example code. And then of course feel free to ask any questions here. There are many experienced coders here only too happy to help.

[CZ]

I really appreciate the very quick response. Thank you very much. Sorry probably didn't explain the question very well. What I'm trying to do is activate the screen saver on the fly w/ it having password protection. This is so when there is mouse movement or key pressed the password screen pops up requesting a password to be able to continue. I was able to get the screen saver to execute on a hot key combination, but when I move the mouse or a key is pressed the password screen doesn't pop up. I would like to have the password protection to prevent others from being able to look or get at info on computer while I am away from the computer. I would appreciate any response. Hope this is more clear than what I had written before.

Thanks

[Marcus Tettmar]

Why not just lock the workstation:

Run Program>rundll32 user32.dll,LockWorkStation

That one-line macro will lock the workstation.

[CZ]

Thanks for the quick reply. I tried and it works great. Again thanks for the help.

[jpuziano]

Hi CZ,

The following three lines of code will do the same thing as the above:

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Press LWinKey
Send>l
Release LWinKey

This is just automating the keyboard shortcut method of manully locking the workstation... by pressing WindowsKey-L (hold down a "Windows Key" and tap the L key). Very handy to know this keyboard shortcut if you just want to step away from the machine for a bit.