Alexis

Cause i live in Frankfurt/Germany my dear! This language thing got me already once. I was desperately creating commandlines in Word (German) and couldn´t figure out what was wrong. After posting here somebody worte: "Hey whats wrong with you exclamationmarks?" In Germany we use two different ones: „Text“. Of course no pc understands that. ;-) So do you have any other ideas when it comes to Clicking to fire macros in word? Thank you Alexandra

Thank you very much guys! That are the commands i was missing. I simply did not expect to find them in the integer section. Of course i can give you the real world example. I activate macros every way i can think of. I even let Dragon Naturally Speaking trigger my MEX Library. (Works with \A commandline) But there are situations where the following process makes sense. I use Outlook to organize my tasks. There are just a few parameters critical for each task. In my situation for example those are: Name of Task Importance/Priority Due Date Category (Call/Home/Office) Reminder (on/off) I cannot automate this completely by a simple macro because of those varying parameters. So i came up with a syntax were those parameters are represented by characters in a string. They are seperated by the seperation character (<). For example: Name<Priority<Due Date<category<Reminder String to type in would be: Call mother<h<m<c<o where the characters would stand for High Priority Tomorrow Category Call Reminder On So now i press the global hotkey for the string prompt. Type it in, Return. See the outlook window flickering. Done. P.S. It would be nice to get multiple positions (all instances) of <. But there is of course a workaround.

Thank you very much rberq Unfortunately i get the same message. It´s in German but could be translated as: The address of this website is not allowed. Check the address and try again. Did you try you try your suggestion yourself? Does it work with your word version?. By the way i´m using Office 2007. Thanks again. Alexandra

I would like to isolate parts of Text in string variables. For example the word "MEX" in the following string: "I love my >MEX< very much!" So is there a command like copy 3 characters right from > or left from <? I need this for a kind of commandline activation where parts of the complete string should be saved as different string variables (T1-T4). The variables are later analysed in the macro and it reacts upon it. Thank you Alexandra

I would like to start a Macro from the Mex Library by using a hyperlink in word. I already know that the command line "c:\Program Files\Macro Express3\MeProc.exe" /AName of Macro activates the macro described. But if i write this line in a word hyperlink it says something like „Adress not allowed“ What´s wrong? What already works is to put the commandline in a .txt-File and rename it as a .cmd-file. Then link this file to the hyperlink in word. But then i got two nasty security questions. Very annoying. I could use .mxe-Files but than i would have to export them after every change. Any ideas? Thank you Alexandra

Dear Cory, dear Kevin, i am very sorry but i don´t understand everything. Can we stick to the ABC Example? Expressing some command lines would make things clearer und maybe would make explainations unnessecary. (Like down below) What means: "get the process running them like <TVAR2:02:05:>" (isn´t the process = explorer.exe) I did understand how to bring the full path to the title. What´s good about that is that now all Winexplorer-Windows are containing the String ":\" (with a drive Capital before). This is quite specific! So this macro works for me: - Repeat with windows: Place title in %T1% - If Variable %T1% contains ":\" - Activate Window "%T1% - End If - Repeat End Couldn´t think of a better way so far. I wonder why there is no command which activates all windows belonging to one process/application. Wouldn´t that be useful? Is "Repeat with processes" good for that purpose? Thanks a lot. Alexandra

Thanks, dwills but the windows above the explorer windows vary, so activating the explorer windows directly is the only way. Dear Cory, i have trouble understanding your suggestions. Can we try an simple example? Let´s say i have three folders on my harddisk named A, B and C. I open 3 Win-Explorer Windows and in each Window i select one of the folders. No i have 3 Win-Explorer Windows named A, B and C. (named after the folder) While working other windows are lying above those 3 windows. What´s the code of an macro to activate the 3 Windows? You can try this with any three folders. I don´t get it so far. Sorry. Thank You alexandra

Thank you very much, Cory. Well partial match is not working as Win-Explorer Names are changing completely to the name of the selected folder. It´s not like "Programs - Winexplorer" or as in MS Word: "Document1 - Microsoft Word" where the end of the title remains constant. As we all have hundreds of folder i don´t see how "Repeat with windows" can help me. To suggestion Number 3: I have no idea how to relaunch explorer windows. Where do i find this "Relaunch-Command" and doesn´t it require a window title? Thanks Alexandra

Hi everybody, i would like to activate various Windows-Explorer Windows to manage my files. While working the get lost, because other windows are on top of them. So i thought of a Hotkey Macro which activates all 3 of them. This is not possible, because as you may have already guessed the title of an Win-Explorer changes with every folder you select within that window. So activate by title would not work. So i´m looking for a possibility to assign a non changing kind of ID to such a window with which that window can be accessed. As those windows are not moved a identification by location would be possible too. I would appreciate any ideas/help very much. Thank you! Alexandra

Let´s focus on the problem again. I found a simple workaround for this bug: You just place the always on top command before the "Remove Topmost status and place on top" - command. The Always on Top - Command really works (places on top). With this combination you get what "Remove Topmost status and place on top" is supposed to do. I´ll report this bug to Insight. Thanks anyway Alexandra

What do you mean? That is a window problem? (I´m using XP) So there is nothing i can do? Of course you´re right. Can you imagine? I sometimes press the "Start" - button to switch my PC off!! Alexandra

There is some strange behaviour about the command „Set Window Order – Remove Topmost status and place on top“ What i want to achieve is to show a certain window (place it on top) without activating it. I thought the command “Set Window Order – Remove Topmost status and place on top“ is just what i need. As i want this window only to show up if needed and disappear if other windows are activated the command “Always on top” is not what i need. While most of the time the window shows up there seem to exist windows which have a kind of higher priority build in. So if such a window is lying over the wanted window nothing happens. If you arrange the windows to overlap partially you see that the window does show up but still lies under those high priorities window. Sometimes Firefox 3.0 for example is such a window. Sometimes a Winexplorer-Window keeps lying above. What´s most irritating is the fact that this problem affects different windows/programs at different times. I can´t tell more but one thing is for sure. On my PC the command “Set Window Order – Remove Topmost status and place on top“ often places the window just not top enough. Alexandra

Paul, are we talking about Radmin by Famatech? I use 3.0. Which version do you use? Alexandra

Thank you very much! That was exactly what i was looking for. Somehow i completely overlooked this useful command "Variable Set From Miscellaneous". Same is with Switch. I guess it can´t do anything else than IF / THEN but it seems to need less commands to achieve the same. Alexandra

To make the same macro file run on different pc´s some macros have to be a little different. The reason is the different numbers of monitors which are connected to the pc´s. I wanted to insert an "If then" command and was quite sure to find a command like "Get computername" but i did not manage to find something like this yet. I guess there are plenty of workarounds for this but what´s the best way to determine this? Thanks a lot Alexandra

Come on! Having more than three options in the kontextmenu does not make a program more complicated! If you read the posts here you notice how different MEX is used by the individual. Personally i often have to modify complete sets of macros so such a feature would really be useful and timesaving. I think for many others too. Anyway i found a feature request formular on this site. So i´ll put the stuff there. They will know best, i think. Alexandra

I use up to 72 programspecific macros in combination with my logitech G15 keyboard. As you might already guess it´s hard to memorize all of them. So i came up with the following idea. A macro would activate a window which contains the information which macro lies on which key. Every time a program gets focus the coressponding info-window is activated and lies over the info-windows for the other programs. The problem is: There is no such thing as Activation by program in MEX. Activation by Window Title is not useful for two reasons: - Often the window titles are unpredictable and therefore are not recognized. - If you use titles instead of program focus for every click in one document of the same program the macro is fired which is interfering with my work/ other macros. I think even for many other uses this activation feature would be a great thing. By the way i don´t know how to insert topic links. Where can i find this topic ID? Thank you. Alexandra

Interessting Bob! We are the same kind! I use my logitech G15 Keyboard for this. http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-G15-Gaming-...7400&sr=8-6 It has three banks of 18 Keys. I found it clumsy to switch between the banks because you easily forget which bank is currently active. So i came up with the following: The 18 Macroskeys gets keycombinations like ALT + 1. The Logitech macrorecorder ist not used! In MEX i write programspecific Macros for the following Keycombinations: - ALT + 1 - CTRL + ALT +1 - SHIFT + ALT +1 - CTRL + SHIFT + ALT +1 The first macros in the example will fire if i press the macrokey. The other ones will fire if i press additionally Modifier-Keys. That way i have easiest access to 4 Macros on each of the 18 keys (72), which of course are not easy to memorize. But i have an idea for this. I´ll start a new thread for this question. But back to the original topic. Even if you have a macrokeyboard which fires macros for editing in MEX which i do also you have to edit each macro seperately. So a multiple editing feature (like En-Disabling) for those parameters would be useful. Do you agree Bob?

Hi everybody, i´m quite sure that the following ist not (yet) possible. So it´s more a piece of suggestment. If there is a better place to put new ideas for features i would be glad to hear. Thank you. I often have to edit various macros the same way. Especially to give them all the same program specific scope takes more time than it should. MEX already allows to select macros independently with the control key in the Macro Explorer. So it would be great to have the possiblity to get in the Properties menu and make some settings for all the selected ones. At the moment only Export and En-Disabling is supported. Just an timesaving idea. Alexandra

Thank you rberq. Using the enable/disable function was actually my first thought. But i think i have to do this for every macro seperately. So for 30 macros such Enable/Disabler - Macros will contain 30 commands! It would be more comfortable to enable/disable whole macro folders. Somehow i don´t like the idea of changing the macro files. Maybe there is even room for more improvement. One could create a fitfth Scope category called "Variable Specific" There for each macro you can put in a string. This is the value of the so called Scope Variable. If the value of the Scope Variable ist matched the macro work, if not it doesn´t. You can of course manually set this value. The value can be displayed by a text box display to see which Set of Macros is active. Would that be useful? Alexandra

The scope feature is surely one of the best in MEX. You can for example use different macros in different windows/programs with the same hotkey. But what is if the names of the windows are unpredictable or the active program ist not reliably recognised by MEX. Or if you want to use the same set of macros in different programs (but not in all.) This has happened to me. I´m looking for a way to activate a large set (one folder = 30) of macros manually. Funny, while writing this i may have found the solution myself. I put those macros all in one seperate .mex - file and load it if needed with an "Load New Macro File" - Macro. Right? Thanks Alexandra

For putting large texts in using the clipboard ist much faster than typing. So its a great feature to copy the content of an text file to the clipboard. Unfortunately .txt-files support not any formatted text like in Office. So whats the best way to put such kind of text in? I thought of copying the text manually and let then MEX save it to the clipboard. But it seems only possible to save to .txt or graphics. Wouldn´t it be great to have the option to save any clipboard content to whatever. Any Ideas? Thank you. Alexandra

First of all. Thank you so much guys! I did some additional testing. Even global macros which are running in every window are not working in radmin. I don´t know why. Installing MEX on the distant pc is not an option for different reasons. If global macros are not working i don´t see any possibility to run macros in radmin. Well, i found a workaround but i guess you will laugh about this. I opened a text editor window and saved it under "Radmin.txt" Now the editor window is named "Radmin.txt" The Radmin windows name is "PC Office 3 - Full Control". I put the whole set of macros (~20) scope to window specific "Radmin.txt". I did insert as first command in every macro: Activate "PC Office 3 - Full Control" So before i run a macro i activate / click the "Radmin.txt"-Window. Then i move the mouse pointer over the radmin window and press the hotkey. So even Mousemacros work "in" Radmin. Unfortunately i have to click the "Radmin.txt"-Window for every macro. Anyway i´m still looking for the function to switch/force large Macros sets global. For this and another question i started two new threads. I would love to put a link in here but i don´t know how. Sorry

Hi there, i would like to use some macros while working on an distant pc i´m connected via Radmin http://www.radmin.com/index.php?lang_ui=en which is an remote desktop tool. I use Hotkey activated Macros with programspecifc scope (radmin.exe). None of those macros is working. I even changed the scope to windowspecific (Radmin-window-name) but that didn´t help. Has it something to do with the type of tool? (remote desktop) I don´t get it. It´s obvious that MEX cannot recognize windows of the distant pc displayed on my pc. But the local Remote Window should be recognized, no? Even if it would work there is of course this limitation that windows or programs on the distant machine are not recognizable. What would be the best way to enable deliberately Sets of Hotkey Macros while working in one program and disable them or change this set of macros if changing to another program? Any idea? I´m talking about sets of up to 20 Macros. Thank you. Alexandra

First of all: Thank you very much for trying this out. I don´t know what i should say. Those 2 Icons work perfectly now, and the icons are displayed in the moment i save the corresponding macro. But still not for every icon. This border.ico is plain yellow and is not displayed. My Intention was to group the icons and put it between those groups to seperate them. By the way your Floating Menu looks nice. Is that some kind of windows scheme? Thank you. Alexandra border.ico