In Quicken I open a certain report and want to export the data. After the report opens, there is a specific spot that the “export” button appears. I have to move the mouse to that button/icon and right click to export the data. I have a macro to open that report, but I can’t figure out how to add this next step so I can just press my hotkey and have it export without have to move my mouse.
Are you talking about this row of options that appears above a report in Quicken?
If so, when I click Export, I then get a contextual menu with two more choices. Or are you on a different version of Quicken with a different Export button layout? If so, it'd be helpful to see it, as you'll probably have to use a Click on Found Image action. (And I think you mean left click, not right click, correct?)
-rob.
If the button is always in the same place, I would opt for a static click relative to the front window corner, using the Click or Move Mouse action.
If it's my version of Quicken, the report is in a standalone window that can be positioned anywhere onscreen—and each report seems to remember where it was last positioned.
-rob.
As long as the button is in the same place relative to the front window, you're golden.
Good point!
-rob.
Yes that is the window I have with the 2 choices, but I can’t figure out how to create a macro to click on that menu and choose export.
Like this:
___Quicken test.kmmacros (3.4 KB)
As noisneil pointed out, that button never moves in the window, so you can click at a predetermined point to activate the menu. The Down Arrow selects the first item in the pop-up menu, and Return activates it.
Note that this macro has no safeties of any kind: It assumes Quicken's report window is open, for one, and that's a big assumption. And you may want to add more tasks after the export location dialog appears; I've not done anything beyond getting it to show up.
-rob.
Also worth mentioning KM11's new button scanning options that may come in handy here...