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iMacros for Chrome

Thank your for using iMacros for Chrome, the open-source web automation solution.

Note that this version is a

Beta

version, so please do not expect it to be as polished as its bigger

siblings for IE and Firefox.

Having said that, iMacros for Chrome is ready to be used for web automation.

Its a macro

recorder for your Google Chrome browser.

With iMacros for Chrome we are also testing an

interesting new GUI layout and the concept of storing

iMacros as bookmarklets

. We look forward to

your feedback!

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1 Installation

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1.1 Add File Access

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1.2 How to install an extension from outside the Chrome gallery

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2 First Steps

3 iMacros as Bookmarklets

4 Social Scripting

5 Demo and Test Macros

6 Command Line Support

7 Scripting Chrome

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7.1 Using Chrome with the iMacros RunAs Agent (iimRunner)

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7.1.1 Where is the iimDisplay message?

8 Getting Help

9 Limitations

10 Version History

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10.1 Version Archive

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10.2 How to install an older version

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11 Security

12 Known Issues

13 See Also

Installation

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Download the latest version

iMacros_for_Chrome

- this version fixes the Chrome V35

issues!

No administrative rights are required for the installation. All versions of Chrome (Win, Mac and

Linux) are supported.

This installer supports storing macros

inside bookmarks

. If this is all you want, then there is nothing

else to do. But if you prefer to store macros in regular text files (like iMacros for Firefox/IE do), then

please install our new file access modules below.

Add File Access

iMacros for Chrome used a NPAPI plugin internally to access the file system. And because Chrome

extensions can no longer use the NPAPI (since May 2014) we have to provide the alternative

solution - using the new NativeMessaging API of Chrome.

This means the

default

install of iMacros for Chrome V8 and higher allows you to

only store

macros in bookmarks

. If you want to store the macros in text files on your hard drive or you are

using macros that access data files (via

!DATASOURCE

), please install one of these free file

access enhancements:

Please install iMacros for Chrome before installing the file access module. The installers

below contain ONLY the file access code, not the complete iMacros for Chrome extension.

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Windows:

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Download File Access Installer

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Mac:

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Download File Access Installer

(updated Oct 1, 2014)

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Linux:

Download tar ball

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It can be used for both, Mac and Linux.

The install script is inside the

tar -xvf imacros_

After that command is executed the imacros_fio directory is created. Please move that

directory to some place where it will be persistent, e.g. ~/iMacros

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then cd to that directory and execute ./

(Checksum: MD5 (imacros_) = dc668d1b8265443e0ef7314a6bc92b3f)

This is how iMacros for Chrome looks without the new and free file access module installed. Once it is

installed, you will see the familiar treeview there.

How to install an extension from outside the Chrome gallery

Extensions that you download from the Chrome Web Store are installed automatically, which is

great for distribution, but not so great for development. Recognizing this, Chrome gives you a quick

way of loading up your working directory for testing. Let's do that now.

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Visit chrome://extensions in your browser (or open up the Chrome menu by clicking the icon to

the far right of the Omnibox: The menu's icon is three horizontal bars.. and select Extensions

under the Tools menu to get to the same place).

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Ensure that the Developer mode checkbox in the top right-hand corner is checked.

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Drag & drop the beta version on the extension page. This works

only

on the

extension page. Chrome checks if the extension is valid, it'll be loaded up and active right

away!

This does not work Chrome V36 Beta on Windows: That is caused by a new, upcoming security

improvement: Starting with V36, Chrome will block all installs from outside the Google Chrome

Gallery! So far this block seems to be only in the Windows version, not Chrome 36 for Linux or Mac.

To work around this, install our beta version from the gallery.

First Steps

After you installed iMacros for Chrome you will see the iMacros icon in the toolbar. First we

recommend that you look at a few demo macros. After this start recording your first own macro. To

get start, a simple website like this wiki or our company website are a good start. To record, open

the iMacros panel and click record. When you are done recording, click the stop icon either in the

panel or in the Chrome toolbar. The iMacros icon changes to a stop button with line counter during

recording and replay.

The iMacros for Chrome Panel: You can start playing macros either from the iMacros panel or from your

bookmarks or macros that are embedded into websites.

The iMacros icon changes to a stop button with line counter during recording and replay.

The

WAIT

command displays the wait time as countdown.

The iMacros panel has a

loop

button to run macros repeatedly. This can be useful for checking a

certain web page status or for web testing. While the loop is running, the current loop number is

stored in the

!LOOP

internal variable.

Example usage: Create a macro that refreshes the current page every 5 seconds:

VERSION BUILD=1031208 RECORDER=CR

REFRESH

WAIT SECONDS=5

Start the PAGE REFRESH macro with the LOOP button.

iMacros as Bookmarklets

If you are used to other iMacros versions, you might be surprised that iMacros for Chrome does not

store its macros as text files. The reason for this is that Chrome extensions can not write or read

files unless they use a special NPAPI dll (Update: iMacros for Chrome V2.0 Beta has such a DLL

and can now read and write normal macros!). Instead we are testing a new concept and store

macros as

bookmarklets

inside the regular Chrome bookmarking system.

This means you can

take full advantage of the Google Bookmark Sync

features or bookmark

sync extensions such as Xmarks.

As the macros are packed as bookmarklets, you can

just drag & drop them to your bookmarks

folder

or bookmarks bar.

Example:

Search the German railway website for train connection from Frankfurt International

Airport to Mannheim

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You can rename, edit or delete your iMacros via the the Chrome bookmark manager

You can sync your iMacros macros just like normal bookmarks. And with the iMacros secure password

encryption that means that you can even store login macros securely in the cloud.

iMacros for Chrome V2 Beta can view, run and edit the standard *.iim text file based macros, just like

iMacros for Firefox/IE.

Social Scripting

iMacros for Chrome pioneers the social scripting concept. Users can embed the complete macro in

a simple link that can be shared with friends and coworkers. Users can also embed the link on their

homepage, blog and company Intranet. In this way, users can help website visitors perform certain

tasks. Instead of telling visitors how to fill out a form, users can let iMacros fill out the form for them.

All information is stored inside the link as a text string, and nothing is stored on our servers.

Tip:

To send macros (bookmarklets) by email, use the link shortener service. Example

usage:

available flights

do you prefer? Just click the link to run the search and

get up-to-date pricing.

Demo and Test Macros

For a list of demo and test macros please see

/imacros/chrome/

. If these

macros replay fine in your Google Chrome browser, then the basic installation of iMacros for

Chrome is ok.

Command Line Support

The Google Chrome API does not provide command line information for extensions yet, but user

Embed the

iMacros bookmarklet in a local web page.

1.

Create a bookmark for the macro you want to launch

2.

Right-click on the bookmark in Chrome and select Edit

3.

Copy everything in the URL field starting with var e_m64 up to and including

chEvent(evt);

4.

Paste this code in place of the line starting with var e_m64 in the HTML file shown below

Example:

Example command line / batch file:

(x86)

file:///D:/web/