Macro Scheduler

PTFB Pro's powerful built in macro scheduler allows you to trigger your macros and auto-clicks in a variety of ways including:

• Trigger When Target Window Appears
  This is the most commonly used trigger option, and is on by default.
  When a target window appears, PTFB will wait for the prescribed period before taking action. By default, PTFB will act only once on each window but you can opt to have it act repeatedly on the same window. You can set a delay between each repeat - for safety reasons, this defaults to 1 sec. You can limit the "on appearance" trigger to certain hours of the day and/or days of the week. For example, you set an item to trigger only after your hours of work, or only during lunchtimes etc.
  
  
• By Schedule
  PTFB has its own scheduling option, similar to Windows' own inbuilt scheduler. This allows the item to be set to trigger at certain time: once a day, on certain days of the week, certain weeks of the month and so on. Note that when a schedule fires it does not guarantee that action will be taken - just that the item will have an opportunity to do its thing. If the item requires a target window to be present, and a suitable target isn't there, then the opportunity will be lost and no action will be taken until the next "slot" comes around.
  
  
• By Hotkey
  You can define a hotkey for running an item manually. The hot key will work whether PTFB is in watch mode or sitting open on the screen.
  
  
• By Command Line
  Each single-press and macro item in PTFB has its own unique four-digit code. If you run PTFB from the command line with one or more of these codes, PTFB will trigger them almost instantly. The code for each item is shown opposite the "By Command Line" option, along with an example command line. You can select the sample line and copy it to the clipboard if you wish.
  
  So, how could you use this?
  
  Well, if you don't like PTFB's inbuilt scheduling options, why not use your own preferred scheduling program? Just give it the command line shown here, set the required schedule, and you're done. That's just one example. Developers and administrators can use the command line to tie PTFB in to their various scripts and processes, ensuring that the actions only occur when they're needed.
  
  
• By Macro Run Command
  When editing a macro, you can insert a special command to run another macro. This will only have an effect if the "By Macro" option is enabled - so unticking this is a quick way to disable a nested run command without having to re-edit the macro.