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  1. 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.

  2. 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.  

  3. 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.

  4. 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'.

     

  5. 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.

     

     

     

     

     

  6. 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.

  7. When I tried it THIS TIME, your claim got confirmed.

    I made the post because the first time I tried it did NOT happen.

    Hopefully this is the last mention of the phantom problem.

     

    I have now tried it and manually it works perfectly, but what fails is

    <TEXT TYPE Action="0" Text="<CONTROL>r"/>

     

    In your records of my thread you might find that I tried to achieve the same outcome in a much more complex way before I realised that CTRL-R  would do the trick. Then also, like now, I could not get Macro Express to operate on the highlit files. I also tried MacroRecorder and it had no difficulty at all. I have come back to the challenge because I could not find a way to complete the process using MacroRecorder - and recently I discovered that MANUALLY, CTRL-R will do all I need done.  So in a sense I am back to SQUARE ONE - what works MANUALLY, does NOT work MACROLY. Neither of your alternatives with F10 and ALT, do the trick. The error that shows in MP3Tag is "Line 1: Debug Error: Window could not be found" which echos my post : "How can I ensure that the window in which the mouse cursor co-ordinates are supplied, is the MP3Tag window ?" 

     

  8. I had done your suggestion and it did not work, that is why I made the post.

    'find a way to move the mouse pointer to the files' I used the option as described in my first post; but it was ineffective, so I think the move was not relative to the right window; once again, that is why I made the post HOW CAN I ENSURE THAT THE WINDOW RELATIVE TO WHICH THE MOUSE COORDINATES ARE GIVEN, IS THE WINDOW OPENED BY MP3TAG ?

  9. My macro opens a window (NOT File Explorer) with a list of files (pre-selected). I need the mouse cursor to be 'in' that highlit list, so that I can apply an appropriate keystroke. The MOUSE commands available to me have 'Mouse Move', with the option to press CTRL SPACE to locate the coordinates of the desired cursor location 'relative to the current Window'. How do I ensure that the 'current window' is the one that the macro has just opened ?

  10. That particular problem has now been solved using MacroRecorder, so I'm not inclined to go back to it, but I have a number of other macro projects in which that might be applied.

    'for the current version "v3.10" before you attempt to anticipate future' I have been working with v6 for a long time now.

    'If you have inadvertently included an invisible character' - I have no idea how to recognise or create an invisible character.

     

  11. I have bittersweet news - having consulted the MP3Tag people, they suggested trying MacroRecorder, and while recording failed to achieve success, BUILDING a macro as I have learned to do in Macro Express, succeed almost at first attempt (or close to it anyway).

    One way in which Macro Express is superior (until I discover otherwise) is that it has and END mechanism which closes all relevant windows. I have yet to find that in MacroRecorder.

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