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Adrian Williams I bought PTFB on one of it previous listings on BDJ. It's one of those programs that fit the bill when you need it but you can also forget the power of it since you may not use it every day. I've not quite managed to program a macro that - at the cursor in file manager it presses F2 (rename), select all text, Ctrl-C (copy), ESC, move to another open window using Alt-Tab then create a new record(Ctrl-E) then - paste (Ctrl-V), Enter, cursor up.
I'm trying to create database entries from a directory listing. Several hundred records. Once the macro works, there's an option to repeat the macro x times. The problem i have is switching between windows. It may be a simple 'unticking a box' in the options but it's got me beat at the moment. Maybe Technology lighthouse can point me in the right direction. I've posted my email address, just in case.

The program is worth the money since it'll probably get the task done do to its flexibility. That's if I can get my macro to run :) Although you may not use it every day, it'll pay you back when you do need it.

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Susan Westlake Hi Adrian,

One thing you could try is creating separate macros for each of the windows e.g.

Macro#1 works in file manager to copy the filename text
Macro#2 works in your other app to add the new record.

You could then edit macro#1 and add a Run macro item to trigger macro#2. Also edit macro#2 and withdraw all triggers other than "Macro Run command".

Hope that makes some kind of sense!

Technology Lighthouse - May 24 2009 at 11:07pm Copy Link

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Adrian Williams Yes it does. I'll give it a try - thanks for the advice.

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Adrian Williams I've just upgraded to PTFB Pro v4 (50% discount for the upgrade). New features allow me to add commands that aren't in the software - for example I can minimse a window that opens automatically and create hot-keys for commands that aren't in the software. It's about time the software was feature again on BDJ.

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Harald Vogel Hi, do you also have an offer for upgraders?

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Susan Westlake That's a good idea, and it's certainly something we'd be happy to do; the only question is how to implement this so that it is done as part of the BDJ promotion. We're contacting BDJ now to work something out.

Technology Lighthouse - Dec 16 2016 at 5:03am Copy Link

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Harald Vogel Great! Thanks.

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Susan Westlake OK, if you're wanting to upgrade just send an email to support

ptfbpro.com during the promotion, saying that you want the Bits Du Jour discount on top of the normal upgrade discount, and we'll send you a special payment link!

Technology Lighthouse - Dec 16 2016 at 11:41am Copy Link

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random user Any multi-license discount?

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Susan Westlake You can increase the quantity on the order form and obtain the same 63% discount on each of those licenses, but the ready-made multi-packs on the PTFB website (5, 10 license packs) aren't included in the promotion.

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Benjamin User Sounds great. Can't wait to buy it!

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bvssunnydale Hi, since I have multiple cpus (like many) a single cpu license like this really isn't very useful - or, maybe, could you sell a "family" license. No one has a single cpu these days (I have work, home, laptop, hobby, etc ones). Thanks much.

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Benjamin User I already bought the single license, so if you ever decided to expand my actual license to multiple CPUs, please let me know about it as many prospects will probably not buy your product if you don't sell a family license.

In my case, I can use PTFB on all my computer session, but not multiple computers...

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Benjamin User BTW, when I bought PhraseExpress Enterprise license from Barthel Media, it was sold with Mouse Recorder Pro.

Is your program similar to Mouse Recorder Pro, or is it more powerful than this one?

Best Regards,
Benjamin

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
~ Albert Einstein

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Susan Westlake I'm not overly familiar with Mouse Recorder Pro, but from their site is looks like it's not nearly as sophisticated as PTFB Pro; take a look at the range of trigger options, window recognition options and macro types offered by PTFB.

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 28 2017 at 5:27am Copy Link

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Rick Hello,

Noting that I personally perceive the PTFB licensing scheme as a bit overly restrictive and that installation on two computers is the norm, thank you for extending the offer to PTFB Pro value packs.

Related, may I please receive answers to the following questions?

1. Is transfer of a license to another owned computer allowed?

2. If applicable, does PTFB Pro use an on-the fly/automated licensing method, or is transfer handled via a non-automated method (e.g. email)?

3. Can the software be installed/registered any time?

4. Assuming license activation is required, how many installations are allowed per hardware footprint?

Thank you.

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Susan Westlake Hi Frederick,

>> 1. Is transfer of a license to another owned computer allowed?
Yes of course.

>>2. If applicable, does PTFB Pro use an on-the fly/automated licensing method, or is transfer handled via a non-automated method (e.g. email)?

You uninstall from the old machine, install and register on the new machine. That's all there is to it.

>> 3. Can the software be installed/registered any time?
Yes.

>> 4. Assuming license activation is required, how many installations are allowed per hardware footprint?

We don't use license activation.

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 28 2017 at 7:12am Copy Link

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Benjamin User Susan, I already paid my license... how can I upgrade my currently license?

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Susan Westlake Hi Benjamin - what do you mean by upgrade? Do you want to change it to one of the bigger license packs? If that's the case, just buy the larger pack using the BDJ coupon; as soon as that goes through I'll give you a full refund for your original single license purchase.

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 28 2017 at 7:37am Copy Link

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Benjamin User Well, thank you for your offer. I think I'll make a good use of the single license. I thought I'd need multiple computer licenses but it doesn't work on iMac, and I just have one PC (at least 3 if I count those I use at school and office).

I suppose you'll offer a future discount on BitsDuJour. If you do, I'll consider buying multiple licenses if I ever need an additional one.

If you realize PTFB Pro 6, will I be able to upgrade using my actual license, or are major upgrades not included in the deal?

BTW, do you offer lifetime discount for student? If you do, I'll be willing to buy one and review your product in English, Japanese and French. I could even translate your program in one of these languages if you ever need translation. At least I could be proofreading these languages (most of the company forget to proofread translation made by an individual in exchange for a free license...)

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Guy Good Is Version 6 going to be released fairly soon? It doesn't look like the upgrade would be free if it was released quickly.

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Susan Westlake Major upgrades (as in 5.x to 6.x) are either free (if you bought reasonably close to the release date) or heavily discounted. Minor upgrades are always free. Version 6 isn't something we've thought about - there are still quite a few things that we're looking to add to version 5 over the next year or so. If you look at the release history on our site you''ll see that we don't put out major (paid) upgrades all that often (e.g. six years between v5 and v6) but minor upgrades are much more frequent, and often driven by user suggestions.

We don't actually have lifetime student discount, but it's something we'll consider. We have provided discounts to academic orders on request however.

Regarding translation, I think if we added support for another language the first on the list would probably be German; we have quite a few German customers and it must be pain always seeing things in UK English.

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 28 2017 at 8:51am Copy Link

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Susan Westlake Hi Guy Good,

Version 6 isn't something we've thought about - there are still quite a few things that we're looking to add to version 5 over the next year or so. If you look at the release history on our site you''ll see that we don't put out major (paid) upgrades all that often (e.g. six years between v5 and v6) but minor upgrades are much more frequent, and often driven by user suggestions.

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 28 2017 at 8:53am Copy Link

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Shazza Can you advise if the application relies on 3rd party libraries like java please.

Jul 29 2017 at 1:30am Copy Link

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Susan Westlake Hi Shazza,

No, it's completely self-contained: no java, and no .net either.

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 29 2017 at 2:34am Copy Link

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ciprian Hi guys, I have made a purchase through PayPal last night, and I ve got the confirmation that the payment went through. However no licence as yet. Can you please have a look at it"?

41926425229219254 transaction id.

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Susan Westlake Hi ciprian - please check your mail.

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 29 2017 at 3:30am Copy Link

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Susan Westlake Hi Ciprian,

Please check your email, we've responded to your query.

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 29 2017 at 3:31am Copy Link

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ciprian Thank you, Susan. It was my bank. I had to call them. Got my license.

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Susan Westlake Yep - saw it go through! Many thanks for buying!

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 29 2017 at 5:09am Copy Link

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Bob Schecter If all you're interested in is Pushing the Freakin Button, this works - but as a Macro generator ..... not so much.

Jul 29 2017 at 6:38am Copy Link

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Susan Westlake Hi Bob, if there's a specific problem you're having please get back to us at support

ptfbpro.com, I'm sure we'll be able to help.

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 29 2017 at 6:56am Copy Link

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wts Hi Susan. Can ptfbpro be registered on an XP VM that doesn't have internet access? Can ptfbpro work with a DOS program running under Cmd? Thanks!

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Susan Westlake Hi wts,

Yes to the XP VM, and yes to the DOS program, although PTFB Pro may not be able to "see" much of the window in question so target identification could be an issue. There are ways to get round that:

1) Use the "title" command in the cmd window prior to running the dos program to give it a unique name

2) You may be able to use the visual trigger to help with identification too.

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 29 2017 at 9:58am Copy Link

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Adam Bridge This deal should have been extended - many of us are busy over the weekends and don't always get onto the PC then. I note already 54 people want this deal. Revenue and customers potentially lost in my opinion. In addition it would be great if the Company posted some videos of what the program can do on it's website - textual information on software like this can be hard going to wade through and a video with examples would clarify that so much easier for customers.

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Susan Westlake Hi Adam, that's a great idea about the videos. Regarding extension of the deal, it was always set for 48 hrs but watch this space - I'm just checking with BDJ on this.

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 30 2017 at 1:53am Copy Link

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Susan Westlake Adam: OK,we can keep the deal open for two more days (until end of 1st July UK time) via the following two links:

Single license deal:
http://sites.fastspring.c...-PTFB-FSPG

Five license deal:
http://sites.fastspring.c...-PTFB-FSPG

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 30 2017 at 2:09am Copy Link

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Adam Bridge That's great Susan and many thanks for going out of your way to extend the offer. Purchasing now and hope many of the other 54 who wanted the software see the opportunity.. :-)

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Dunking Not often I comment on apps I've acquired via BDJ, but this one deserves a mention. I originally acquired it for the sole purpose of clicking 'OK' in a Skyp popup dialgog that warns about a trouter or something (can't remember because PTFB Pro has meant I don't have to deal with it any more!). As you might have guessed, it worked great and I then discovered other things that needed its attention, and... well, it's now an indispensible tool for my day-to-day PC use.

This is one of those apps you don't realise you need until you use it to fix something you didn't realise needed fixing. I encourage a test drive a while before the offer day since it can take a bit of time to appreciate its benefits.

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Susan Westlake Thanks Dunking, really glad you like PTFB Pro!

Technology Lighthouse - Feb 2 2018 at 1:42am Copy Link

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Andrew Griffiths How much of a drain is this on CPU, memory, etc., please?

Feb 2 2018 at 5:09pm Copy Link

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Susan Westlake Hi Andrew,
For CPU, that's going to vary hugely with things like:
- how many macros are set to trigger automatically
- how many of them use visual triggers, which are a bit more costly
- high tightly (faster) or loosely (slower) each macro's identification settings are
- how much grunt your cpu has

The bottom line is that PTFB gives you lots of controls to minimize the cpu hit: you can reduce the response speed (number of checks per sec), make your macros do more fast easy checks on candidate windows, and let PTFB Pro identify and disable macros that haven't been used for a long time. As a guide, one of our PCs has a decent Intel I5 and 100 or so macros loaded in PTFB; it typically shows about 0.2% cpu in Task manager.

Memory-wise, the same install consumes about 11mb. This goes up temporarily if you open the help file or open a macro for editing, but it goes back down afterwards.

Technology Lighthouse - Feb 3 2018 at 1:49am Copy Link

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ciprian Great program. Here are some things that ptfb does for me:
1. Login into my pcloud at windows start up
2.closing nag screen from trial programs
3. Filling up with light speed web forms
Please share yours

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Charles Beauchamp Can macros be pushed out to Windows 10 Mobile?

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Susan Westlake Hi Charles,
No, there's no support for Windows 10 Mobile.

Technology Lighthouse - Feb 3 2018 at 4:10am Copy Link

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Nico Westerdale Great News! Technology Lighthouse has agreed to extend this deal for another day - Enjoy!

BitsDuJour Admin - Feb 4 2018 at 12:11am Copy Link

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DH007 Is it portable?

Feb 4 2018 at 6:37am Copy Link

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Susan Westlake Hi DH007,

On Windows 7 and later, PTFB Pro really needs to be installed in the official Program Files folder in order to function correctly, as it's marked internally as an "assistance" app (Windows will curtail its ability to act on certain target windows otherwise).

However, there are facilities for putting some/all of your macros on a shared space and having them load automatically from there.

Technology Lighthouse - Feb 4 2018 at 7:56am Copy Link

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bvssunnydale Hi, (1) my biggest irritation with Windows is that when I'm working in app "A" another app 'B' will pop up and steal focus. Can PTFB do anything to help with this specific issue? Also, do you think the macro functionality can copy from a cell in Excel and move specifically to my accounting software, paste the contents of the Excel cell and then go back to Excel, tab over to the next value, and repeat the process (until I tell it to stop obviously). Thanks much.

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Susan Westlake Hi bvssunnydale,

For the first part, if you get PTFB to close app "B" then focus should automatically revert to the window that previously held focus. I find this to be much less of an issue with later versions of Windows however; 7 and especially 10 are quite good at making the intrusive app wait (though the flashing taskbar is an irritation in itself).

For the second part, it's certainly possible but I'd recommend using a screen-based macro and driving the process through keystrokes rather than mouse actions, as they're not position-dependent. Also, this might be a good case for triggering via hotkey (you would certainly want to turn off the automatic trigger for this!)

Technology Lighthouse - Feb 4 2018 at 10:49am Copy Link

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StitchTech Testing this now but apparently have missed the deal (didn't check my email until this AM!). Will this be reoffered soon?

Feb 5 2018 at 9:04am Copy Link

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Susan Westlake Hi StitchTech,
We're checking with BDJ just now.

Technology Lighthouse - Feb 5 2018 at 10:19am Copy Link

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Matt Hello,

Do you have any plans for releasing version 6 in the near future? If so, when might that happen?

Thanks.

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Susan Westlake Hi Matt,
We'll be sticking with v5 releases for at least another year.

Technology Lighthouse - Oct 18 2018 at 5:09pm Copy Link

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Matt Hi Susan,

Great news!

Thanks!

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Robert Crombie Can it prevent W10 from running Windows Defender ?
In W7 I can install Avast Free, and that tells W7 to never run Defender (Even if I decide to disable Avast until windows restarts)
HOWEVER in W10 that trick does not work.
Even with Avast installed it insists on running Defender whenever it feels like it.
If MS stopped using Programmers for analysis/design, and instead re-hired the Analysts, we would not have to suffer this disregard for our desires.
Ideally we should have the ability to tell Defender when to run, and when not to run.
Can your program compensate for the lack of Analysts at MS ?
Rob
PS My main objection to Defender running when it feels like it, is it slows my machine down drastically

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Susan Westlake PTFB's ProgMon macros can kill a running process, but in the specific case of Windows Defender I think it might be blocked, since killing AV processes would be an obvious means of attack by malware. I suspect there's a more direct way to disable Defender if that's what you want to do.

Technology Lighthouse - Oct 19 2018 at 5:12am Copy Link

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John User I have version 5.2.2.0, and if I use its built-in "check for newer version" feature it tells me that this is the latest version. Now I see from this offer that there's a newer version after all, contradicting my installed version. Why is that?

More to the point, is my copy not telling me about the newer version because it's not eligible for this update, perhaps? As far as I know, it should be eligible for minor version upgrades, which to me it sounds like 5.2 -> 5.3 should be classified as.

Thanks

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Susan Westlake Sorry about that - we just forgot to update the online version file at the last release - it's done now. The omission didn't affect eligibility for upgrades at all, it just let 5.2.2.0 think it was the latest.

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John User @Susan Westlake, my copy still insists it's the latest version, even after quitting and restarting it. Odd. But I should just be able to download and install 5.3.0.0 and install, right? It's a point-revision that my copy is eligible for?

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Susan Westlake I don't why your copy is not seeing the later release, but yep, just grab the latest installer from our site and run it to update to 5.3.

Technology Lighthouse - Oct 20 2018 at 6:14pm Copy Link

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Mark Krieger I am trying to buy it since an hour, but FastSpring is down for maintenance - and they are down longer now than what they had scheduled and posted.
I don't know if I can wait them out tonight any more :(

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Susan Westlake Sorry about that Mark, Fastspring are usually pretty good. Looks like got through in the end though?

Technology Lighthouse - Oct 21 2018 at 1:53am Copy Link

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Rich D I missed this deal. Any plans on doing it again soon?

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Mark Krieger @Susan Westlake
Yeah. I just managed to check back later after all and Fastspring managed to get out of maintenance before the deal ended.

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Susan Westlake Hi Rich D,
I'm not sure when the next one will be but when BDJ has a free slot we'll certainly take it.

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bvssunnydale Hi, it's very difficult to find reviews for this software (it looks very promising). I'm wondering how it compares to AutoHotkey (I'm looking for something that doesn't require learning a scripting language). Thanks much.

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Susan Westlake Hi bvssunnydale,
It's odd there aren't more reviews, after all PTFB has been around in one form or another for about 20 years now! Rather than using a scripting language, PTFB lets you record macros which you can augment by adding in special actions and by joining macros together. So there's no language to learn, but a bit of procedural thinking is required if you want to put together more complex sequences.

Technology Lighthouse - Mar 19 2019 at 11:06am Copy Link

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Vanessa User Hi Susan Westlake,
I am a Happy User from Ptfbpro.
I only Miss a Option to record and Stop record macro with hotkey ,Please insert this Feature in next Future Versions.
Thank you so mutch,for this Great Peace of Software.and Great Support.
PTFBPRO -a every Day Time saver.

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Susan Westlake Hi Vanessa - thanks and great suggestion that's gone straight onto PTFB's ToDo list!

Edit: Couple of things you can do currently which might help:

1) Define a hotkey to create a new macro, which will start recording automatically: Options -> Configure, top section of Hotkeys page (you'll need to scroll down through the list a bit)

2) During recording hit the Pause/Break key on your keyboard to stop recording.

Technology Lighthouse - Mar 19 2019 at 2:35pm Copy Link

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Vanessa User Hi Susan,
Thank you so much,for this quick realy help...this is what mean...your Name Stands for this Great Support from this Company.

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Ron White This is one of the best, mostly unknown programs you can have. I've used it for years and would dread having to do without it. The macro features are fine, but it's worth if--particularly when it's free--just for the Push the F'ing Button feature, which was its original function. You know all those irritating windows that pop up asking if you really want to delete something, or want you to click a button to see a sales pitch--which, of course you don't, but you have to click an x-out icon to get fir of the window--PTFB can click the buttons automatically on windows you don't want to bother you. Get it. You'll love it.

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Susan Westlake Thanks for this Ron - much appreciated!

Technology Lighthouse - Mar 20 2019 at 1:09pm Copy Link

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bvssunnydale Hi, I'm running ver 5.3.2 (I purchased the 5-license version on 3/25/19) and I think I'm entitled to upgrades (as you're still in major version '5') but am just checking (I confess, I purchased but never really got around to actually using - an old story, at least for me). Thanks very much and best of luck with your sales.

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Susan Westlake @bvssunnydale: That's right; as a v5 license holder you get all 5.x updates free. There is one coming in the next few weeks to add some new functionality for people who use multiple screens.

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Mitchell User How do you chain multiple macros?

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Susan Westlake @Mitchell User: There are several ways to do this; which one you choose depends on how your existing macros are triggered, what type they are etc.

a) For Windows / Screen macros: manually edit macro#1 and right at the end insert a "Run item" action that runs macro#2

b) Create a "master macro" and manually edit it to run macro#1 followed by macro#2 etc. Be careful to disable automatic triggering for #1 & #2 in this case.

c) On the notification page of macro#1, use a command line ("Run script or program") to launch macro#2. Note that each macro provides a sample command line to trigger itself on the "Triggers" page.

d) Have macro#2 disabled (unticked) on PTFB's main screen. At the end of macro#1, manually add an "Enable Item Temporarily" action for macro#2. Macro#2 will now be able to trigger automatically when the necessary conditions arise.

Technology Lighthouse - Nov 7 2019 at 3:02am Copy Link

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Nico Westerdale Great News! Technology Lighthouse has agreed to extend this deal for another day - Enjoy!

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Mitchell User This is my first extended experience with a macro program and I have found that even simple macros have been outstanding. I had previously used my RDBM to create seveeral test databases and they have been essential for my experiemts with this program for me to get the knack of it. Because of my unfamiliarity with the program it did some wild things which I was able to control once I became more familiar with its settings. Again I urge you to test it on test files. Cannot compare it to its competitors since this is my first experience with macros.

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Peter User can PTFB respond to UAC prompts but only based on how the program is invoked? For example I would like to have cmd.exe generated UAC prompts responded to automatically, but only if I invoke cmd.exe by clicking on a desktop icon I have set up. If it is invoked for example by an installer or some malware, I would want PTFB to NOT respond to the UAC prompt.
Thanks

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Mitchell User I use PTFB Pro every day to copy clips from pdfs and to paste them into my relational database and then to assign clips to about a dozen or so tables in my database. It took me a couple of days to get the hang of it but I have never used a macro program before. Can't beat it for the price.

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Rohs I am curious how Mitchel achieves the above? He states: " I use PTFB Pro every day to copy clips from pdfs and to paste them into my relational database and then to assign clips to about a dozen or so tables in my database."

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Susan Westlake @Peter: In a default configuration of Windows PTFB cannot respond to a UAC window at all, as they appear on a separate, secure desktop (even though it looks like the normal desktop is still underneath the dialog). However, there used to be a registry hack that told Windows to stop using the secure desktop for UAC prompts; if that still exists in Win 10 then you could indeed get PTFB Pro to respond to prompts of your choosing.

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 2 2020 at 7:00am Copy Link

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Tim Parsons Three attempts to purchase two licences. Three failures because something went wrong between Fastspring and PayPal. Sorry, but something's broken. (Outside of a BDJ problem but maybe TL might notice and do something?

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Susan Westlake Hi Tim, sorry to hear that - can you tell me what browser you're using? We've heard of problems with defunct version of IE.

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 24 2021 at 4:42am Copy Link

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Tim Parsons Vivaldi.

So I fill out the order page with all my details and the PayPal option checked. The next part is a login to PayPal, which has the details of the amounts and the payee as expected. I choose my funding source and hit next, and the dialog says I will get the final approval and review back with the merchant. OK, So back on the ordering page with everything ready to go, hit the go button and Fastspring instantly says PayPal has declined the transaction.

I've just used PayPal to complete another transaction with another vendor, no issues at all. And I've never had problems with Vivaldi, which is a Chrome-based browser if you don't know it.

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Susan Westlake I'm not familiar with Vivaldi, but I have had issues myself with my favorite browser Brave - I've had to turn off its "shields" to get quite a few payment sites to work (including eBay). All I can suggest is:
- if Vivaldi has any kind of Ad or tracking suppression, try turning it off for Fastspring/Paypal,

and/or

- try another another browser

I know it's a hassle you don't need, but sadly that seems to be a fact of life right now with the diversity of browsers and so on.

Technology Lighthouse - Jul 24 2021 at 4:59am Copy Link

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Richard User Hi,
I purchased PTFB Pro Yesterday, which has already been billed to my credit card, but I have still not received an email confirmation or information about downloading or the unlock key.

Please let me know how to get these.

Thanks,
DrRick

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Susan Westlake @Richard: Hi - first check your spam folder - the license emails are sent out automatically but the seemingly random string of characters in the license can sometimes be seized as spam by mail filters. If you still don't see the mail, please send a mail to support@ptfbpro.com and we'll get the emails resent.

Edit: BDJ were kind enough to give us your contact email address (gmail - different from your order address) so please check for a follow up email there too.

Technology Lighthouse - Mar 10 2022 at 4:17am Copy Link

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Adrian Williams Since I've recently acquired a new Windows laptop I've bought a new licence for the latest version. it's still one of my 'can't do without' programs. Nice work !

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Susan Westlake Lovely to hear that - thank you Adrian

Technology Lighthouse - Oct 3 2022 at 10:44am Copy Link

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Al WARNING:
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License activation information is not included for this software, as is customary under "THE FINE PRINT" tab here. License activation information is critical information to know in decision to purchase software. Personally, I will not purchase software without knowing of this. And generally, I avoid software that employs hardware footprint based activation schemes. In addition to the many benefits of using BitsDuJour, The "Fine Print" information is a primary attribute of using BitsDuJour. Why is it not being disclosed in this listing? Please advise.

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Susan Westlake Hi,
There is no online license activation with PTFB; that style of licensing is something we don't like and have never used in our software. On purchase you get a license key, you enter it into PTFB, and you're done; no hardware footprint, no activation, no reliance on our server to use the software. I hope that makes things clear.

Technology Lighthouse - Feb 4 2023 at 8:48am Copy Link

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Al Susan, Yes, very clear. THANK YOU for that! I'll be downloading the trial, then likely becoming a customer. Best wishes.

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Nico Westerdale Great News! Technology Lighthouse has agreed to extend this deal for another day - Enjoy!

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Tim Parsons Struggling to make the purchase. I get an error (on the Fastspring site) that says, after I've done everything else, that I have to accept the terms and conditions to continue. Happy to do that but there's no checkbox or T&C element to look at.

Feb 5 2023 at 5:47am Copy Link

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Tim Parsons Since I can't currently make the purchase, I'll ask a question: one of the things I might use this for is looking for a specific file save dialog and pulling out the filename in such a way that I can edit the element before the extension without having to worry about changing the extension accidentally. Could this help me do that?

Feb 5 2023 at 5:52am Copy Link

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Susan Westlake @Tim:

For the purchase issues, try turning of any ad suppression you might have and/or try a different browser.

For the other question: yes PTFB can help with this. PTFB can't "read" the filename as such, but you can record a macro that selects the name without the extension using standard Windows key presses. For example if the file is called "myfile.txt", the following key sequence would do the job:

CTRL + Right Arrow Key
Hold down Shift, tap Home key

Hope that helps and makes sense!

Technology Lighthouse - Feb 5 2023 at 6:37am Copy Link

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Tim Parsons Done -- thanks!

Filename stuff -- I'll try it. I think if I can't pull the contents of the dialog into a new dialog, it might not quite work in the space I'm thinking of but it's worth trying.

And the rest of its capabilities look useful anyway so if this doesn't work for me, it's not a showstopper.

Feb 5 2023 at 7:14am Copy Link

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