[quote="Bob Hansen"]
My personal choice is Macro Scheduler Pro. they recently introduced a Lite version, more info available here:
http://www.mjtnet.com/macro_scheduler_pro.htm. I use Macro Scheduler every day with TextPad, sometimes calling TextPad macros, sometimes using macros created to perform some tasks that TextPad macros cannot do, sometimes combining both. Macro Scheduler also includes a RegEx command that is much more powerful than TextPad's.[/quote]
Forgive me but you keep repeating this like a mantra whenever Macros come up and its not a great solution to what people are asking for here.
You point people at Macro Scheduler Pro - but this costs £195
The ordinary version costs £95 and even the Lite version costs £49. And maintenance re new releases is a significant extra cost on top of that.
And this is to put right problems in a text editor that costs £16.50
It is a solution, possibly a great one, if people want to automate at a higher level than one application. But its cost and un-integrated nature mean its poor kludge for those who have a long macro and just want to change a line or two.
I used to use TextPad but gave up waiting for macro editing a few years ago. Currently I use ***** and at £31 its significantly more expensive then TextPad - but then it has good Macro Editing. I do remember thinking that TextPad was a good and elegant editor which is why every few months I come back and see if its made progress... which it doesn't really. You look at the release notes re Enhancements and its all rather un-special. The Enhancements delivered don't really seem to answer the big suggestions that keep being made in this forum. TextPad could be sold at a higher price if the enhancements people want were actually delivered. But little changes in this world - in a years time I very much doubt that TextPad will have macro editing and expensive kludges will still be being proffered as the way forward.
[i]Edit: Thought I had better remove name of Editor I use - don't wish to be seen as advertising and have the post deleted!.[/i]