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TGMacro - How to Use Guide

Interface Introduction - Main Screen

1. File Menu

• Load Project: Closes the current project and opens a new one.
• Save Project: Saves the current project.
• Save Project As: Saves the project with a new name.
• Import Project: Merges another project with the current one.
• Clear Screen: Closes all projects.

2. Help Menu

• Updates: Redirects to the software’s update page.
• About: Displays version information.

3. Settings Window

• Enable on Start: Enables macros when software starts.
• Load Last Macro on Start: Loads the last saved macro on startup.
• Hide to Tray When Minimized: Moves software to system tray.
• Play On/Off Audio: Plays a sound when macros are enabled or disabled.
• Associate TGM Files: Associates TGM files with TGMacro, allowing them to be opened directly with the program.
• Activation Shortcut: Keyboard shortcut to enable/disable the TGMacro system.
• Record Shortcut: Keyboard shortcut to start/stop macro recording (works only when the macro editor window is open).

4. Always On Top

• This option keeps TGMacro on top of all windows.

5 / 6 Enable / Disable System

• This enables or disables TGMacro.

Why is this option available?

• This option acts as an emergency stop button to halt accidentally created infinite loops.

7. Add New MAcro

• This button opens the macro editor window to create a new macro.

Interface Introduction - Macro Editor

1. Macro Name

• You can set a name for your macro that will appear on the main screen. If no name is entered, it will default to 'Macro' followed by its number.

2. Trigger Settings

• This section defines how your macro will be triggered. You can trigger your macro using a key, key combinations, or screen color changes.

3. Record Settings

• In this section, you can select which actions to record and start/stop the recording process.

4. Mouse Position Capture:

• Save Current Position: Captures the cursor's exact position on the screen.
• Save Position Differences: Records the difference from the previous cursor position. For example, if the cursor moves from 50 to 70 on the X-axis, the recorded value will be 20.

5. This section allows you to select the actions you want to record

• Mouse Movement: Record mouse movements.
• Mouse Buttons: Record mouse button presses.
• Keyboard Keys: Record keyboard button presses.
• Waits / Delays: Record wait times between actions.

6. Save Macro

• This button checks your macro for any issues and alerts you if any are found. Otherwise, it saves your macro.

7-16 Action tools section.

This section can also be accessed via the right-click menu.

• 7: New action button: Opens the action editor window to add a new action.
• 8: Edit action button: Opens the action editor window to modify the selected action."
• 9: Duplicate action button: Creates a duplicate of the selected actions and adds them to the action list.
• 10: Delete action button: Removes the selected actions
• 11: Group button: Moves the selected actions into a newly created group action.
• 12: Move selected actions up button: Moves the selected actions one position higher in the list.
• 13: Move selected actions down button: Moves the selected actions one position lower in the list.
• 14: Clear actions button: Deletes all actions in the list.
• 15: Timing adjuster: Adds the entered value to all 'Wait' actions in the list. If the value is negative, it subtracts the entered amount from all 'Wait' actions.
• 16: Import AMC Script: This button converts your existing AMC script file into TGMacro actions.