I had mentioned it already some 6 weeks ago on 2013/06/20, but I never had/took the time to report all Issues I had found then already, I didn't find any new since I think, except when v8.51 came out, but the final result was fairly the same...
http://forum.imacros.net/viewtopic.php? ... 727#p53270
I will try to mention Issues in the Order from most blocking to less everything..., I'm not sure I will remember everything right now, I will add other Posts to this Thread later eventually...
- 01 - Object not found on 'MOUSEMOVE'.
The most blocking aspect with the EVENT Record Mode is that when an Object is not found, the Script will hang and there is no way at all to get it resuming its execution...
As I mentioned it earlier...:
EDIT (Decb 2016) on this '01' Item:Chivracq (2013/06/20) wrote: ..., there was a Bug in v8.3.0 with the EVENT-Mode when a "EVENT TYPE=MOUSExxx SELECTOR="ID_xx1"" was not found, by jumping to the next instruction and hanging the Macro with no Error at all but with no possibility to resume its execution, now with the latest v8.5.1 Patch, all "EVENT TYPE=MOUSExxx" instructions are skipped together (instead of just only 1) and the Macro hangs at the next instruction.
The final result is still the same, the Macro still hangs if the SELECTOR-Object is not found (with "SET !ERRORIGNORE YES", of course!), but the behaviour is a bit different between v8.3.0 and v8.5.1, so maybe it's worth mentioning it...
(I haven't reported it yet, as I wanted to report all my EVENT-Mode feedback in one apart Thread...)
This very Blocking Bug in my Opinion never got acknowledged by TechSup nor encountered/reported by any other User... , until finally more than 3 years later in this Thread from Novb/Decb 2016 where I've posted some fairly easy though a bit "Creative" Workaround that I've been using myself since a few months when I finally dared to dig into the "Problematic" again, ah-ah...!
- 02 - Very Intrusive Focus.
I usually run my "most important" Macros unattended in a Batch File (with AT_Scheduler...), but otherwise I will start (all of) them/some manually in one Firefox instance that I will minimize (the whole Set runs normally for some 30 min approx, and I know the parts where I might need to pause the Macro and take some manual actions inbetween, before resuming the Macro...) and check Gmail or Facebook on some 2nd Firefox Windows or do stg else on my computer not on FF... But as soon as there is some EVENT-Mode Replay action, if I'm trying to do anything on some 2nd FF Window, that's impossible because I then get the Macro Execution running live and popping all the time in front..., and even on some not FF applications, for example the DDLB Selections still become visible through 2-3-4 Windows open at the same time in front of the FF Instance running the Macro...
OK, I've got other Issues related to the EVENT-Mode, I will mention them later in some other Posts in this Thread..., at least I've started the Thread... (I'm actually a wee bit surprised that I never saw anybody reporting anything related to the EVENT-Mode...)
Tom and other iOpus/iMacros Tech-Team People, feel free to split the Issues I mention in some apart Threads if you expect/see too many replies from too many Users...