Sebastian42

It turns out that opening the folder in Explorer is of no use to the program which I want to act on the folder, but luckily I could just type in the required path, and now the macro works satisfactorily.

There SEEMS to be a misunderstanding. I have NO problem finding the path to the target program in Windows Explorer. What I was expecting, was that it would be easy to find it within the Macro Editor; I was disappointed that I was forced to TYPE in the path. ACantor made me aware of the ellipsis after 'Process Name' which MIGHT reveal the path that is needed - still to be tested.

The Start Menu did NOT offer a path to the executable; and choosing the program from Running Processes did NOT fix the error that the file could no be found. Thank you for drawing my attention to 'Process name' - I can but hope that it would satisfy the macro demands.

Contrary to expectation, a new discovery about using Explorer, allowed me to finish the macro in just another two lines, instead of the numerous steps involving keystrokes.

I created the macro from scratch the way you suggested, but where it asked for the path to the program, the options were limited to Start Menu, so I had to find and type in the path - THEN it worked - surely that should not be the case ! ? No doubt I'll be asking for much more help before the macro does what I am after. Thank you.

I only put in the 'parameters', after being told that the file could not be found - obviously it did not help

In spite of using ME for years in many programs, it still flabbergasts me. I hope the two pictures show enough information. How can I help ME to find the file ?

Yes, I mean 'Test Run' in the script editor. I KNOW I can use a hotkey, but I prefer to use a batch file - less to remember; I already use a plethora of hotkeys (AutoHotKeys) to insert text strings. Macro Recorder is NOT in Macro Express - it's a different program - https://www.macrorecorder.com

I've spent another hour or so trying alternate methods - but MP3Tag just does not respond except for opening. I tried MacroRecorder again for the much simpler MP3Tag process that I recently 'discovered', than the original complex one. It works well. Just for interest sake rather than hoping for advice - The difficulty with MacroRecorder is that I have to do a manual keystroke to start its macro. So the process is : I click the shortcut to a batchfile which launches the macrorecorder program; it opens with the relevant macro loaded; I have to click on PLAY, then it gets MP3Tag to process the MP3 files the way I want. Less than ideal, but better than doing it all manually.

I do not understand those three terms : shortkey, mouse event, floating menu ( lthough mouse event is self explanatory) The first line of code in the macro (posted/pasted above - but I do not know how to reference it - I can't find an identifier) opens the application (MP3Tag). Pressing CTRL R is again, a matter of code - also in that screen shot I posted - but has NOT been effective. RUNNING the Macro has SO FAR been done from the TRY tool, but once the macro achieves the intended aim, would be run from a batch file - which I suppose would qualify as a 'mouse event'.

I use no macro Exptress hotkeys at all.

Rberq - What I posted was the entire code - not merely a snippet; It SHOWS that I used the partial match. I used the Mouse Locator tool and have been asking in this forum how to ensure that the coordinates returned are relative to the MP3Tag window. Acantor - Thank you - I will try it and report back. When I paste the last four lines, what appears in the macro is the first four ! So I replaced your first line with my original first line - since that succeeded in opening MP3Tag and since that did not work by itself, I introduced delays of 1 second. <ACTIVATE OR LAUNCH Title="Mp3tag v - C:\\Captures\\" Exact_Match="FALSE" Wildcards="FALSE" Path="MP3TAG.EXE" Mode="\x00" Default_Path="TRUE" Wait="1" Wait_For_Program="12"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="1"/> <WAIT FOR WINDOW TITLE Title="Mp3tag v" Partial="TRUE" Wildcards="FALSE" Indefinite="FALSE" Hours="0" Minutes="0" Seconds="5"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="1"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<HOME><SHIFT><END>" _COMMENT="Go to top of list. Then select from the top to the end of the list"/> <DELAY Flags="\x01" Time="1"/> <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<CONTROL>r"/> Just as before trying your suggestion, the macro opened MP3Tag with the files already highlit, but nothing else happened.

That takes us back to my original post - how to ensure that the the co-ordinates given by Macro Express are relative to the MP3Tag window (rather than another window) .

The script is supposed to cause MP3Tag to remove the tags from podcasts (MP3s).

Deleting the wildcards does not prevent the launch of MP3Tag - so that may get over the frequent version updating challenge. Even a 5 sec delay does not enable the CTRL R process - just like initially when the macro was far more complex. THEN, someone (you ?) concluded that Macro Express simply can not do this particular task. That is when I looked for an alternative and found MacroRecorder which had no difficulty in applying 'the next step'. I may have to revert to MacroRecorder.