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iromFR
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Can I have Actiona installed on MY PC and have it automate something inside a VM running elsewhere?

My macro software ignores, cannot interact, with the VirtualBox VMWARE.

In this example it should open microsoft edge (it's an old macro program but it should work, just like my Actiona). https://youtu.be/P_Dkuoer7Rg

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scott28tt
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@iromFR 

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scott28tt
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@iromFR 

Which system is running the macro?

How does that software send instructions to the OS on which it is running?

Can it send instructions to other Windows systems?

What has this got to do with VirtualBox? (That’s an entirely separate product that has nothing to do with VMware or the VMware Workstation product)

 


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iromFR
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It's on windows and I'm using Actiona software

I don't know the Actiona instruction works, but I think it happens by going to the VM

Apparently not of the sudden, would you have a solution so that it detects the VM as a simple window and not a separate OS?

Excuse me for attribution of VirtualBOX, it did not have to be.

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scott28tt
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What are the specific things you would like to be able to do?

 


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iromFR
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I would like to have the macro that works on my pc and on my VMs, and not have them distinguish between the two.
As if the macro was integrated into the mouse and not windows

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scott28tt
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That wasn’t what I meant by my question.

What actions are you trying to have executed in your VMs?

Can your software carry out actions on “remote” systems, like over a network?

 


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iromFR
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how can i verify?

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