# macro for IE5?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macro-for-ie5/32057>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 5, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macro-for-ie5/32057 "2000-09-05T06:15:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macro-for-ie5/32057/1 "2000-09-05T06:15:05Z")

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Is it possible to make a macro to run on a web page accessed regularly via IE5? It would be for a page or pages with forms that would not change significantly.

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**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macro-for-ie5/32057/2 "2001-06-27T10:20:42Z")

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I have no idea what you are talking about.

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**Author:** ![K3v1n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@K3v1n](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K3v1n)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macro-for-ie5/32057/3 "2001-06-27T10:24:32Z")

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Are you talking about a program that will sit in the backround and fill in mundane forms that appear on webpages? Yeah, they exist. Try [Gator](http://www.gator.com/).