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Introduction
So you want to trick your friends into believing your computer is possessed. Perhaps you want an automated demo for a trade show or for a client. This nifty little program will record your keyboard and mouse sequences in real time and save them to file. Then you can play that sequence immediately, or at two scheduled times.
Directions
MIMIC is pretty easy to use. When you are ready to record, press the "Record" button on MIMIC. Your keyboard and mouse will automatically begin to be recorded to a file. The "Script" field contains the file where your sequence is going to be recorded. Feel free to change it, but do it before you press record.
MIMIC will not record your mouse buttons. You will need to do the following keyboard sequences to record mouse clicks.
Single Mouse Click:
Press "Shift" on your keyboard, release your finger from the "Shift" button. Then press "Pause" and release your finger from the "Pause" button.
Double Mouse Click:
Press "Control" on your keyboard, release your finger from the "Control" button. Then press "Pause" and release your finger from the "Pause" button.
You will know that your mouse movements were recorded properly because a mouse click will be issued. To make things easier do not use your mouse buttons when you are recording with MIMIC.
When you are done recording your sequence, press "Save" on MIMIC. Congratulations, you just recorded your first script. Press "Play" on MIMIC to play back the sequence.
Suppose you want to play your sequence at a certain time. You can use the alarm feature. First type your time in the "Time" field following the existing format: HH:MM:SS where HH is hours, MM is minutes, and SS is seconds. The "Time" field uses military time. Then type the number of times you want the script to repeat in the "Repeat" field. When you are all set, press "Alarm". Now you can just sit back and watch the computer go crazy at the predetermined time.
If your sequence is annoying you to death, you can always press the "Stop" button on MIMIC. I have to admit that it is a bit of a hassle since your keyboard and mouse movements are competing with MIMIC's keyboard and mouse movements. You can also you the "Stop" button to discard a record or to turn off all the alarms.
Use At your Own Risk
This program is offered for demonstration purposes only. It has not been fully tested. I accept no legal responsibility for this program., loss of data, etc. Please do not reuse my work for any school projects.
Required Tools
Java Sun Developer Kit (J2EE 1.4 SDK or higher)
Windows PC (Windows 2000 or Windows XP)
Download
MIMIC
So you want to trick your friends into believing your computer is possessed. Perhaps you want an automated demo for a trade show or for a client. This nifty little program will record your keyboard and mouse sequences in real time and save them to file. Then you can play that sequence immediately, or at two scheduled times.
Directions
MIMIC is pretty easy to use. When you are ready to record, press the "Record" button on MIMIC. Your keyboard and mouse will automatically begin to be recorded to a file. The "Script" field contains the file where your sequence is going to be recorded. Feel free to change it, but do it before you press record.
MIMIC will not record your mouse buttons. You will need to do the following keyboard sequences to record mouse clicks.
Single Mouse Click:
Press "Shift" on your keyboard, release your finger from the "Shift" button. Then press "Pause" and release your finger from the "Pause" button.
Double Mouse Click:
Press "Control" on your keyboard, release your finger from the "Control" button. Then press "Pause" and release your finger from the "Pause" button.
You will know that your mouse movements were recorded properly because a mouse click will be issued. To make things easier do not use your mouse buttons when you are recording with MIMIC.
When you are done recording your sequence, press "Save" on MIMIC. Congratulations, you just recorded your first script. Press "Play" on MIMIC to play back the sequence.
Suppose you want to play your sequence at a certain time. You can use the alarm feature. First type your time in the "Time" field following the existing format: HH:MM:SS where HH is hours, MM is minutes, and SS is seconds. The "Time" field uses military time. Then type the number of times you want the script to repeat in the "Repeat" field. When you are all set, press "Alarm". Now you can just sit back and watch the computer go crazy at the predetermined time.
If your sequence is annoying you to death, you can always press the "Stop" button on MIMIC. I have to admit that it is a bit of a hassle since your keyboard and mouse movements are competing with MIMIC's keyboard and mouse movements. You can also you the "Stop" button to discard a record or to turn off all the alarms.
Use At your Own Risk
This program is offered for demonstration purposes only. It has not been fully tested. I accept no legal responsibility for this program., loss of data, etc. Please do not reuse my work for any school projects.
Required Tools
Java Sun Developer Kit (J2EE 1.4 SDK or higher)
Windows PC (Windows 2000 or Windows XP)
Download
MIMIC