<s>
iMacros	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
browser-based	O
application	O
for	O
macro	B-Application
recording	I-Application
,	O
editing	O
and	O
playback	O
for	O
web	O
automation	O
and	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
provided	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
application	O
and	O
extension	B-Protocol
for	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
iOpus/Ipswitch	O
,	O
It	O
adds	O
record	O
and	O
replay	O
functionality	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
found	O
in	O
web	O
testing	O
and	O
form	B-Protocol
filler	I-Protocol
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
macros	O
can	O
be	O
combined	O
and	O
controlled	O
via	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Demo	O
macros	O
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
code	O
examples	O
are	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Running	O
strictly	O
JavaScript-based	O
macros	O
was	O
removed	O
in	O
later	O
versions	O
of	O
iMacros	B-Operating_System
browser	B-Protocol
extensions	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
use	O
alternative	O
browser	B-Application
like	O
Pale	B-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
,	O
based	O
on	O
older	O
versions	O
of	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
to	O
use	O
JavaScript	B-Language
files	O
for	O
web-based	O
automated	O
testing	O
with	O
Moon	O
Tester	O
Tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
created	O
in	O
2001	O
by	O
Mathias	O
Roth	O
,	O
iMacros	B-Operating_System
was	O
the	O
first	O
macro	B-Application
recorder	I-Application
tool	O
specifically	O
designed	O
and	O
optimized	O
for	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
and	O
form	O
filling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2012	O
iMacros	B-Operating_System
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Ipswitch	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
Ipswitch	B-Protocol
itself	O
(	O
and	O
thus	O
iMacros	B-Operating_System
along	O
with	O
it	O
)	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Progress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2022	O
Progress	O
discontinued	O
iMacros	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
iMacros	B-Operating_System
for	O
Firefox	B-Application
and	O
Chrome	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
feature	O
known	O
as	O
social	O
scripting	B-Language
,	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
share	O
macros	O
and	O
scripts	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
similar	O
to	O
social	B-General_Concept
bookmarking	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Technically	O
,	O
these	O
functions	O
are	O
distributed	O
on	O
web	O
sites	O
by	O
embedding	O
the	O
imacro	B-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
controlling	O
JavaScript	B-Language
inside	O
a	O
plain	O
text	O
link	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
the	O
freeware	B-License
version	O
,	O
iMacros	B-Operating_System
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
commercial	O
application	O
,	O
with	O
additional	O
features	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
web	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
,	O
web	B-Application
scraping	I-Application
,	O
internet	O
server	O
monitoring	O
,	O
and	O
web	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
working	O
with	O
HTML	B-Language
pages	O
,	O
the	O
commercial	O
editions	O
can	O
automate	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
,	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flex	I-Operating_System
,	O
Silverlight	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Java	B-Device
applets	O
by	O
using	O
Directscreen	O
and	O
image	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
freeware	B-License
version	O
of	O
iMacros	B-Operating_System
contains	O
no	O
control	O
flow	O
statements	O
and	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
few	O
minor	O
exceptions	O
,	O
complex	O
or	O
conditional	O
code	O
requires	O
scripting	B-Language
available	O
only	O
in	O
the	O
commercial	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advanced	O
versions	O
also	O
contain	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
an	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
to	O
automate	O
more	O
complicated	O
tasks	O
and	O
integrate	O
with	O
other	O
programs	O
or	O
scripts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iMacros	B-Operating_System
API	B-Application
is	O
called	O
the	O
Scripting	B-Language
Interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Scripting	B-Language
Interface	O
of	O
the	O
iMacros	B-Operating_System
Scripting	B-Language
Edition	O
is	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
Component	B-Application
Object	I-Application
Model	I-Application
(	O
COM	O
)	O
object	O
and	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
remotely	O
control	O
(	O
script	O
)	O
the	O
iMacros	B-Operating_System
Browser	B-Application
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
and	O
Chrome	B-Application
from	O
any	O
Windows	O
programming	O
or	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
