Recording

Recording mode within any software or Web page is a unique feature of WinTask.

When you have started Recording mode, all of your actions (menu selections, keystrokes, Web navigations, etc.) are automatically recorded into a WinTask script (a text file with the extension .SRC). Those actions are recorded in an object-oriented manner (the name of the menu option is recorded, not its absolute position), so whatever position/size of the application when you run the script, the actions are replayed properly.

To record a script:

  1. Launch WinTask. If "Your First Script Wizard" screen comes up, click Cancel button.

  2. From the Start menu, select Recording after launching a program, or just click the rec.jpg icon in the toolbar. A dialog box appears asking "What do you want to start before recording"; click either An application or Internet Explorer, and click OK button. In the next dialog box, specify the name of the application you want to launch or the Web page you want to display and click OK button. The WinTask Edit module is minimized, the specified application is started (or Internet Explorer is started with the specified Web page loaded) and now all your actions are recorded to create the script. A small blinking icon appears in the System Tray (at the right or bottom end of your Windows taskbar) to remind you that all your actions are being recorded, and the WinTask toolbar is displayed (see below each icon within WinTask toolbar).

  3. Perform the actions you wish to record.

  4. Stop the recording by pressing the blinking WinTask icon at the bottom right of the taskbar, or click the first icon in the WinTask toolbar.

  5. Review the script which has been automatically generated.

 

The WinTask toolbar displayed during Recording

From the left to the right, it invokes:

See also :

Execute a script

Recording, low level mode