Alexis

You can activate macros by commandline. I do that a lot. For example i use StrokeIt to launch macros. Actually this commandline is enough: "C:\Program Files\Macro Express Pro\MeProc.exe" /AName of Macro But the best way to use your logitech keyboard is like this: Assign certain seldom used hotkeys fix to your G-Keys. Use Keys you can alter with modifyers like CTRL or SHIFT. I use a Logitech G15 with 18 G-Keys. As i press them alone or with SHIFT, CTRL or SHIFT+CTRL i can fire 72 (4 x 18) macros with my left hand only. And you never ever have to touch the G-Series Software. Everything is done in Macro Express. By the way i´m still desperately looking for a way to trigger a macro with a hyperlink in word. (Without the need to export an .mxe - file) Thank You Alexandra

Alan, thats right. But i usally don´t write macros for dialog boxes. For my problem as i stated it makes no difference. Thank you anyway. If anyone knows how to write program except macros without the need to reprogram the program specific ones i would be happy to know. Thank You Alexandra

Where is the difference by setting it to "- Microsoft Word" compared to setting it to program specific to winword.exe? NONE! I still would have to differentiate within the macro. But for now this seems to be the only workaround. It´s a shame this whole scope concept lacks a little logical hierachy. Alex

Thanks Alan, but those two solutions are the ones i want to avoid. First one isn´t actually a solution as i would loose the wordspecificness (all wordfunctionality) if i would assign the macros to a windowtitle instead of winword.exe. I don´t know all the windowtitles of my word-documents by now, or? It is hard to believe that nobody thought of a scopefunction like program except. Logically MEX should choose the window specific (more special) macro if a program specific and a window specific scope matches. So in cases of conflicts that would mean title for program for global. That would make sense, no? Thank You Alexandra

I would like to have different macros on the same hotkeys for one special word-document. Those hotkeys are already assigned as program specific macros (winword.exe) If i code a windowspecific macro (window is a word document) this macro is just ignored. I thought that it would kind of override the standard word-specific macro because it´s assigned to a special windowtitle. But it´s just not working. So how can i assign a different macro to a windowtitle although the hotkey is already assigned to a program. Is this not possible? (Checking in every programspecific macro for the current windowtitle is not an option) Thank You Alex

I´m talking of MEX (not Macros) activates itself. Meaning one macro activates accidently another. I stated it above. Man, must my English suck!

Guys, you´re killing me. First i thought i was getting some help. Then it was some kind of joke. Now it´s a bug!?! Are you serious? So the Lock commands don´t do what they are supposed to? The should be capable to suppress the selfactivation, right? BTW i have troubles viewing this topic/forum with firefox. IE is doing fine.

Dear Cory, i noticed that paul was giving me a hard time. I did not know that JohnS was making fun of me too. I wouldn´t be where i am if i would be thin-skinned. So let´s have a laugh and move on. It may sound naive but my model of MEX was that it´s hooks somewhere between keyboard and windowskeyboardinterpreter and for this reason could recognize the difference. I don´t get it. Due to my understanding of english the help (F1) states quite clearly what the lock command is capable of: Since more than one macro may be run simultaneously, this command prevents another macro from starting while the macro containing the Lock Player command runs. This is exactly what i´m looking for! If you say it´s just not working something with the help or the command must be wrong, no? If i know MEX limitations i can work around and use mouse operations instead of keycommands for instance. The problem is that (for my poor english) one suppose that feedback can be supressed if reading that kind of description. You know what i mean? Alexandra

Paul, as you see in this thread i am by far not the only one! Why don´t you just contribute and share your wisdom? Wich fundamental concept are you talking of? Alexandra

Thanks for the tip Cory! I do that as much i can. But sometimes a function in a program is only accessable by a shortcut i already use. I guess that happened to everybody once who uses MEX a lot, no? It´s still hard to believe that MEX can´t distinguish between Keystrokes i type and Keystrokes it types itself, no?

After upgrading to 4.1.6.1 i still can´t stop MEX Pro (Win 7) activating itself when i send keystrokes which are hotkeys for other macros (Disturbing Macros). Disabling the disturbing macros in the first place is not acceptable as it takes much to long. Can anybody give me a brief example how to i stop such nasty feedbacks? Thank You Alexandra

Thanks a lot rberq. That was quick help!! I learned a new command (Date/Time) today!

Hi everybody, i need to type out the date of the next monday (regardless of the actual day). Somehow i struggle with the date/decimal variables / converting functions. I just don´t seem to get it. I´m quite sure that MEX Pro can calculate the date of the next monday and type that in an specific window. Has anybody experience in date variables / calculations? Thank You Alexandra

Where is the logic? If a lock command causes the macro to wait till other macros are finished, what does the unlock command actually do? Thank You Alexandra

I did lock the other macros with "Wait for Running Macros to Stop" checked. Do i need to unlock them too? BTW, that did not make any difference. I have the feeling that Locking is good for not running those macros but keycommands are still used up. Can anybody confirm this? The question remains: Is there a way (Lock commands?) which let MEX ignore texttyped keycommands which normally trigger macros? Not only should MEX not start those associated macros but send that keycommand to the application!! Thank You Alexandra

Interesting!! I always used the ALT down and ALT up commands in the texttype window. Which equals which for example? Does <ALTD>b<ALTU> = <ALT>b ? <ALT><ALT>10 does also not work. So far disabling the ALT+0 Macro is the only way. The ultimate question is: Is there a way (Lock commands?) which let MEX ignore texttyped keycommands which normally trigger macros? Not only should MEX not start those associated macros but send that keycommand to the application!!

Thanky you so much guys. I´m still confused. Disabling the disturbing macro sure helps. But that takes time. My Mex-file ist 3 MB with 2400 Macros. If i use the contextmenu (right click) in the MEX Explorer it takes more than a second to dis-, enable a macro. It´s the same for those dis-, enabling commands in macros. Sometimes even those commands do not disable the specific macro. Lock player does not work! I even tried both lock commands in a row (with and without "wait for other macros to stop"). And i locked the disturbing macro ALT + 0 (wait for other macros-command) too. It seems that the keycombo is still "used up" as arekowczarek mentioned. Pressing Alt twice (JohnS Tip) did not work also. @ JohnS: Did you mean "<ALTD><ALTU><ALTD>10<ALTU>" with pressing ALT twice? The whole story: The main macro should activate the "Calender - Microsoft Outlook" and enable the Day-View (10 Days) beginning with today. To do this it´s necessary that <ALTD>10<ALTU> is typed out. ALT + 1 and ALT + 0 exists already as programspecific (outlook) macros. Disabling ALT + 1 makes no difference. Disabling ALT + 0 solves the problem. But this is not satisfying. It takes to much time and i want to have an opportunity to type anything regardless what hotkeys i already have. That´s what the lock command is about, no? I have the suspicion that like the "set window order" commands those commands do not what they are supposed to. Thank You Alexandra

Say i have a keyactivated macro (Alt + 1). Is it possible to let MEX type Alt + 1 without this macro gets activated? Somehow those macros do not work. I had the picture that MEX is "locatated" between my keyboard and the pc and for this reason can distinguish between keycommands getting from the keyboard and simulating keystrokes (sending them to the pc). But MEX seems to have difficulties simulating keystrokes which are assigned to another macros. Thank You Alexandra

I thought so. Always makes me cry that movie. I have some troubles understanding your post. I guess i have been absent to this/english forums too long! ;-) IE: What means to TS a system? Are there any options in the MEX Preferences or elsewhere (hide icons) i should try to compare our physical similar systems? What keys for pausing, aborting macros do you use? Thank You Alexandra

Sorry, i am not an native english speaker. Let me say it like this: If you work in MS Word the winword.exe has focus. If you type in an MS Outlook window the outlook.exe has focus. I use the contour shuttle V.2 Device for example. It constantly checks for the focus and displays the focused .exe by clicking in the tray. Referring to that .exe it loads different profiles. Think of it like profiles for different games on one of those gaming devices. I always check carefully options before posting. But the activationsoptions concerning processes are about starting and shutdown processes. This is not of any use, as the processes mentioned above are running constantly. MEX Help: The Process Event activation method starts a macro when a Process starts or shuts down. An option like this is important as it saves you from writing lots of windowactivated macros. Outlook is an good example as it spits out lots of windows with various titles. I hope it is clearer now. Thanks to Cory, i found my old post. Don´t thinks this true launch bar helps me. Activation by program Alexandra

Can i use the "getting focus of a process" as initial activation of an macro? It sure works with window titles. But there seems no way possible to do similar with .exe, or? It would be so useful! You can check for the actual processes with logic commands but that is not the same as having it as activation option. I wonder if i did ask this before? By the way, how can i display the posts i have written so far? Thank You Alexandra

Thank you so much guys! @ JohnS: I already tried the process explorer. It crashes with the taskbar, just like the taskmanager. I will try the pskill.exe @ Cory: Dear Cory, how sweet! Always there, when i need you. I am very jealous of how you can handle this beast called forrest. I don´t get it. My Win 7 x64 installation is brandnew and i use MEX Pro 4.1.5.1. Could you reproduce the running and stopping of forrest with my described one command macro: Use an infinitetly "Wait for windows" command and use an nonexisting windowname. At least my forrest is running for a reason! Alexandra

I used to stop the running man with rightclick in the tray under Macro Express (not Pro) and Win XP. This wasn´t possible anymore in MEX Pro. The Hotkey to abort macros refused to work also. Whenever the man couldn´t stop running and clicking on it did not work i killed the MacExp.exe and restarted Mex Pro. This is not working in Win 7 anymore. If the man runs endlessly and you click in the taskbar the taskmanager crashes and you can´t kill the MacExp.exe anymore. Restarting the pc is than the only escape!!! If you press CTRL + SHIFT + ESCAPE immediately without clicking in the tasbar the chances to kill the process are much higher!! Can anybody confirm this? Still i wonder what is, if there is a proper way of ending a troubled macro? The kind of macroerror i´m talking of is easy to reproduce. Use an infinitetly "Wait for windows" command with an nonexisting windowname. Can anybody help me? Thank You Alexandra

Any tips of further explanations on this topic will be wildy appreciated! When i read my last post on this topic it may appear sarcastic or even offensive for the reader. I´m sorry for that. I guess i wrote it in a different mood too. But still...I was asking for help. Alexandra

Thanks Kevin, at the moment i am again urgently searching for a way to saving/restoring clipboards including applicationspecific content like format etc. As your answer is over an year old i wonder if there are any news or workarounds since. It makes sense that .txt files are not suitable for saving and restoring that kind of information. I wonder which type of file could. Maybe a new type of clipboard-variables can do the job. Thank You Alexandra (Hey, i never had a shortkey failing after using CTRL-Key!!)