Every time I test my program, I have to go through a bunch of the same keystrokes and mouse clicks. I am looking for a tool to automate this like a Macro recorder. The tool needs to save the clicks and keystrokes one time. Then every time my program runs, I hit a keyboard shortcut and it does its work.
I see a lot of such shareware tools. Any good free ones?
AutoHotkey is good for this. It's free, and can do lots of stuff from simple recording to complex macros.
http://www.macro-recorder.com/
This works very well for me. Even though it does cost some money to register, the demo version has full functionality with no constraints (as far as I know). It converts your mouse and keystrokes into editable text files which are really convenient.
I have found AutoIT to be great.
It is a very powerful tool, which does more than record just mouse clicks. Using scripting, you can work with the controls in the application.
I have used Perl's Win32::GuiTest for some fun and also for serious testing. It does not record key strokes.