Ken Granger

My first thought is using notepad files all stored in specific folder. The reason I need to grab the active program/document name is to be able to automatically create and open a txt file with that name if it doesn't exist, or open it if it does exist, when a program gets the focus. I'll give your suggestions a try.

Thanks for the headstart! Yeah, it could be really handy. I'm sure I'll be back on here for more help if I get into this, so thanks for your wisdom.

I'm trying to duplicate an app I have on my Mac (GhostNotes) that displays "context-aware" notes that change depending upon which program/document is active. In other words, if I'm in a Word it displays a notepad file containing notes I've made regarding the document, and if I'm on a web page, it displays notes I've made about that page. Not being a coder I won't be able to exactly duplicate what GhostNotes does, but I thought I'd play around with it a bit. I can't seem to figure out how to determine what program/file is active. Can someone point me in the right direction? I'm sure it's staring me right in the face. 😐 Thanks for any guidance you can send my way!

Terry and Cory, my apologies for not getting back to you on this. I got waylaid into a large conversion project and got away from trying to work on this. I got a new computer at work in December and the problem has not recurred, so I don't know anything at this point. Thanks for your suggestions and your willingness to help.

I am experiencing some strangeness with shortkey macros that I can't seem to track down. For example, I have a simple text-typing macro called "khggml" that types out my email address. Works fine. I have another called "kgnbml" that does not work. It used to but in the last few days it has stopped, along with many others. My preferences are set to use prefix keys but I don't specify any keys, so the shortkey macros (when they run) automatically replace the text. I also have Solitary usage turned on with the following keys specified as separators: ~)|}]: It appears something is preventing the macro from activating but I can't for the life of me see what it could be. I'm not doing anything fancy with my macros, as I'm definitely NOT a coder. The main reason I got Macro Express rather than shortkeys is to allow me to do some prompting for input on some macros, and to provide for password protecting some of the ones I use for logging into a couple of support sites. I work in tech support and have way too many sites and apps I have to log into, so every little bit helps. Can anyone suggest a way to track down what's happening to prevent the macros from triggering? I tried using the debug commands to create a log file but since the macros don't ever activate I can't get a log. I'm confused and confunded! I've attached the two macros I'm referring too; as you'll see they both attempt to do the same thing. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks! I am running Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB 64-bit and Macro Express 5.2.0.1 bank.mex gmail.mex