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Example: Record and Replay

This example demonstrates recording user actions and playing them back automatically.

Features

  • Record mouse and keyboard actions with @record()
  • Replay recorded macros with @playback()
  • Check for existing recordings with @recording_exists()
  • Persistent recording storage

Code

# Example: Recording and Replaying Macros
# Shows how to record user actions and play them back

@print("=== Record & Replay Example ===");

# Name for this recording
recording_name = "demo_macro";

# Check if recording already exists
if @recording_exists(recording_name) {
    @print("Recording '", recording_name, "' found in cache");
    @print("");
    @print("Playing back recording...");
    @print("(Press ESC to stop playback)");
    @playback(recording_name, "esc");
    @print("Playback complete!");
} else {
    @print("No recording found for '", recording_name, "'");
    @print("");
    @print("Let's create one!");
    @print("");
    @print("=== RECORDING MODE ===");
    @print("Instructions:");
    @print("1. Press SPACE to start recording");
    @print("2. Perform your actions (mouse moves, clicks, keys)");
    @print("3. Press ESC to stop recording");
    @print("");

    # Record with space to start, esc to stop
    @record(recording_name, "space", "esc");

    @print("");
    @print("Recording saved as '", recording_name, "'");
    @print("");
    @print("You can replay it by running this script again!");
}

@print("");
@print("=== Script Complete ===");

How to Use

  1. First run (Recording):
  2. Run: macroni record_replay.macroni
  3. Press SPACE to start recording
  4. Perform your actions

  5. Press ESC to stop

  6. Subsequent runs (Playback):

  7. Run the script again
  8. Recording plays back automatically
  9. Press ESC to stop playback

Use Cases

  • Repeating complex multi-step workflows
  • Testing UI interactions
  • Creating reusable macro sequences
  • Automating repetitive manual tasks