Alexis

I use an Taskorganizer called MyLifeOrganized. It offers Command Line Options. I would like to use the functionality to jump to a certain task anywhere from windows. It took me a moment to figure the synthax out but this works: "C:\Program Files (x86)\MyLifeOrganized.net\MLO\mlo.exe" "C:\- Dropbox\My Dropbox\Public\Alex.ml" -task={4B3B139D-0A06-4389-A5F2-FD5D120D45EF} It contains (in that order) the path of the .exe, the path of the datafile, the -task parameter and the task id in braces. But it somehow does not work in MEX. I can create a working shortcut on the desktop but when i use this line in a "program launch" - command in MEX Pro a get the errror: "The file could not be located." How come? I use the runmode Normal and "starts in Default Directory". The field Program Parameters i leave empty. I guess i have some settings wrong while the line itself must be correct. Otherweise it would not work in the shortcut, right? Thank You Alex

i like to have bugs or the need for features be confirmed by others first.

Yes you missed something. Please check Post #4 for this. It´s simply impossible to write an windowtitle specific scope for all possible Websites which entitles the Firefox application! ;-) And as i tested MEX unexpectedly prefers programscope about titlescope if both matches.

Great Terry!! Finally i feel so understood!

I know. Thats why i suggested the scope feature "program except window" which would eliminate this flaw. I hoped that maybe MEX has an algorhythm how to handle multiple overlapping scope matchings. As you know you can assign program and windowtitles for scopes. It would be logical that MEX runs that macro which matches best/the most scope criterias (prgram and title) but it does not seem to work this way. My workaround is to use "if title..." commands at the beginning of prgram specific macros. I don´t like that because than i have one macros for 2 or more functions. Neither i´m keen of using additional control macros. BTW i noticed a bug in MEX Pro. Not all running processes are displayed in the window for assigning a program (scope). You can type the .exe in but it´s not listed!

Activation is the same keycommand in my case "Alt + Insert"

Scope! Activation is identical.

Well, that´s what does not work (in my case). The macro aborts but no other macro instead runs! BTW for testing for title the macro hast to run. Dear rberq you mean a macro which starts other macros? Thats an option but then i need extra macros which i don´t like. First of all let´s understand how MEX determine which macros are run if more than one matches the scope criterias. It may be that macros can run concurrently but they don´t do in my case. Maybe somebody can verify this: Macro A: Scope is Program Firefox.exe Macro B: Scope is Program Firefox.exe & Windowtitle "Google Tabellen" Macro C: Scope is Windowtitle "Google Tabellen" Macro D: Scope is Program Firefox.exe (Stops if Windowtitle is "Google Tabellen") My behaviour: 1. If program Firefox is focused and title is not "Google Tabellen" Macro A runs 2. If program Firefox is focused and title is "Google Tabellen" Macro A runs 3. If program Firefox is focused and Macro D aborts if title is "Google Tabellen" then Macro D runs and stops. Macro B does not run! 4. Macro C never runs as long a programscope matches. You may wonder what happens if 2 Macros are only programspecific and both check for the windowtitle. Nice try! Only one in my case the older one is running. The other one never starts and so never checks the title. Maybe Insight/Kevin knows more about how MEX decides which Macros to run. Maybe the date of creation is playing a role.

I would like to have macros programspecific and within this program (FIREFOX.EXE) i would like to have also different windowspecific macros which only should work if program and window title matches. I could create a "If Window Title" line in every macro but i would like to have those macros seperate. So which macro is executed if one´s macros scope is set only to FIREFOX.EXE and another ones is set also to windowtitle contains "Google Tabellen" I did a bit of testing and the only way to make the new macro run was to disable the old (only programspecific) macro. How does MEX Pro determine which Macro to execute if more than one Macros scopes matches? Ist there a system? It would make sense if MEX prefer executing that macro where also the title fits and not only the program. Also a "Program Except Window Title" Scope Function would become handy. Thank You Alex

Working for years with MEX Pro i somehow did not fully understand the concept of variables. Until now. (i hope) Many thanks to everybody!

The variable types are obvious to me Cory. Whats less obvious is when i copy the line: <VARIABLE MODIFY DATE/TIME DateVar="%TimeSample%" Option="\x00" LeftVar="%TimeSample%" RightVal="%Hour%" UseInteger="FALSE" MathOpt="\x03" _IGNORE="0x0003"/> to another macro %TimeSample% is no longer a Date/Time Variable. So are variable definitions macrospecific and do i have to define them again for each macro?

Dear Terry, i copied the code from this page. From Corys 4:30 PM Post (#8). What amazes me is that when i copy a line in my script editor i have to reassign the variables in this case %TimeSample% again to the Date/Time Type for every macro. Isn´t that strange?

Here is what happened. Each time i copied the macro (Corys) the variable %TimeSample% automatically went from Date/Time Type to Decimal Type. I had to correct this manually for each macro!!! This is a strange behaviour. The macro itself runs perfectly. Thank you so much everybody :)

Oh i´m afraid i don´t understand variables completely. It looks that although variables are global the do not appear in other macros. If iwant to add them i get the message "A variable with this name already exists. I´m lost.

I tried terrypins approach but i get the following errormessage in the line <VARIABLE MODIFY DATE/TIME DateVar="%dtTimeNew%" Option="\x00" LeftVar="%dtTimeNew%" RightVal="%nMins%" UseInteger="FALSE" MathOpt="\x04"/> Undefined variable or the variable is the wrong type "36524,8333449074" Thank You Alex

I tried Cory´s approach but i get the following errormessage in the lines 8 to 11. Undefined variable or the variable is the wrong type "0,0" Thank You Alex

Ok but i want to add minutes not to the current time but to an given time. How do i get the string "12:15" transformed into a date/time variable? After this adding time is easy. Thank You Alex

Thanks Cory, Ok, say we have the time 12:15 and i would like to defer it to 12:45. I copy the string and seperate it in two string variables 12 and 15. How should i put this in the "Variable Modify Date/Time" command. I need to convert those two string variables into a date/time variable, right? How? Thank You Alex

Sometimes in my task managing software i need to defer tasks for 15, 30 or 60 minutes. Unfortunately the software does not provide such a function. So i want to take the start time of a task and change it to a new (later time). It´s no problem to copy the actual start time in the format "hh:mm" But i don´t know how to convert the hh:mm string in a date/time variable so i can add minutes . Does anybody know how to do this? Thank You very much Alex

I guess i should read the newsletters more carefully! It works great! Thank you so much!

It seems that MEX Pro is not able to work properly with Adobe Reader Windows. I*m talking of Adobe Reader XI. Global Macros which work with every window do not work with an Adobe Reader Window. Can anybody confirm this? Thank You Alex

Great! That helped! Thank you so much! Alexandra

Thanks Samrae, this indeed is changing the width of the columns but it does not make the category column visible! The only 7 visible columns are (in that order from the left side) Icon Nickname Activations Scope Index Modified Last Run Time Thank You Alexandra

I use 4.4.1.1 of MEX Pro. I need the category column in the MEX - Explorer but somehow it´s gone. How can i get it back? Thank You Alexandra

If i go on my profile "My Content" i only see my posts from this year and Dec 2012. How can i find / filter my older posts? They are still here. By using "Search..." i can find posts of me from 2008! Thank You Alexandra