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Thanks Kevin for taking the time. I noticed that it works better with a space before the shortkeys. I use Suffix Keys (Spacebar). Does other Shortkeypreferences work better? Shortkey are a useful feature and i´m really interested in figuring out how to use best. Wow, the CTRL-Key trick made all my shortkeys work. Didn´t know that. Thanks a lot Alexandra

True, Outlook is special due to it´s autocomplete function. Maybe it wasn´t a good example. But i experience problems in many other areas too. Right now while i type this text none of my 20 shortkeys-macros works. Another time it works just fine. And nobody here seems to know when and why. I don´t want to mess with controls but expect from commands that they do what they are supposed to do. Anything else is a bug, which is ok for such a complex piece of software. Which is a less ok that it´s not communicated. So i and other members of keep banging their heads against the wall. Remember the window-order issue, Cory? I guess what we really need is a list of current bugs. So we know what works and what not and can discuss work-arounds. So Insight knows where to focus at. Due to my bad reputation (asking to much) and the fact i´m not a native speaker can you Cory (or somebody else) start the thread and we fill out the rest. Thanks Alexandra

Did my first bugreport too!

I may be one of the few who extensively use the shortkey activation to create autotextfunctionality. So those macros are always global and consists mainly of texttype commands. Sometimes i use TABs also for jumping to another textfield in emails etc. However often nothing happens or just a part of the text is pasted. Results can be described as random. I waited long before posting this as i was searching for conditions when this happens. Unfortunatley i could not find any. All i found out is that Text Type commands with "Simulate Keystrokes" are working much better than with "Use Clipboard". But those are not suitable for a longer text. The attached example (Shortkey is shky) for a mail should paste an email adress in the To-field jump than to the subjectfield paste one there, than go to emailtext and paste it there. So you should start it in Outlook in the To-field of a new email. I already slowed the macro down with delay commands etc. What actual happens is: In Outlook only the emailadress and the subject is pasted. At least most of the time. In Word (for reference) everything works fine. If you try the example try it minimum 5 times. On my systems it works roughly 30%. Has anybody made a similar experience? BTW i use Suffix Keys, so the macro starts when the space bar is pressed right after "shky". Thank You Alexandra Shortkeytest_shky.mex

Thanks Paul! Back to the topic: At the moment we have the three "Set window Order"-Commands: A: Always on top. B: Remove topmost status and place on top. C: Place on bottom. A, C do what the say. B has a misleading name and is only removing the topmost status. If you want to achieve what B´s title is implicating you can use A, B in sequence. I strongly recommend that B will become what it´s implicating and also recommend adding a fourth command "Remove topmost status" for which actually you just have to rename B. Just for consistence! So far, so... well, certainly not good but at least learned the hard way I have to point out that the option to dig out a window without activating it is a biggy for me! I often use it for displaying reference information without losing the focus of my application so i can work without interrupts, keeping the workflow. Unfortunately the commands above will not work if a window has been minimized. I can already smell the replies that the "Set window order"-commands are supposed to work with windows and minimized applications have no windows..... But how is it done anyway? Thank You Alexandra

I would be pleased if you could do that. Due to language and MEX-experience reason i guess it would better. But, if you don´t mind tell me how a bugrep is done. "rberq" already explained to me the 2 different meanings using is or has. I´m learning here with every post. LOL, thats what i love about english. Those idiomatic phrases... Hard to translate but somehow you get the picture. Great! German is way to rational, without those images. Alexandra

Cory, are you talking about Joseph Weinpert´s MEX Explained? Jesus, i bought it years ago. Can´t find those pdf-file. I´ll be back if i found and read it. Thanks for reminding me!!! Alexandra

No Cory, the command does not have anything dual. If the window is buried it stays buried. At least on my system. Tested it a dozen times. BTW Wouldn´t be "your English has much improved" better englisch? @reberq: Thank you very much. Wanting to make come my messages through in this forum makes me working hard on my english. I love the language anyway. It´s so effective. Ever bought a global sold product with manuals in 16 languages? The english manual is always the smallest. See, i already begin to instruct native speakers. Alexandra

Thanks for the clarification. Alexandra

Was never so hard to make my intentions clear. I guess i tend to give insufficient information. I´m really sorry to hear this. I don´t want to waste anybodys time. I believed i was precise. I was not. Unfortunately i had only 5 years english in school. Do you know that i have to look up words for posting? Well due the use of this forum my english was never better! ;-) I promise to attach macros from now on. I have a terrible insight and four questions: 1. Could it be that the command "Remove topmpost status and place on top" has a misleading name? 2. Is it possible that it is not placing anything? 3. Isn´t it actually just and only removing the topmost status? 4. Wouldn´t be "Remove topmost status" an sufficient and less irritating name? Guys i really understand if you want to kill me now. Please consider two things before doing this. First of all, i don´t live on your continent. (- Second, i was not the one who gave the commands it´s names! "Remove topmpost status and place on top" states a 2-Way action, right? I am very sorry for all this! Alexandra

Very interesting Cory, in the following macro i tried to create an array variable (windowss) with this command and activate one of those windows. I have two windows with the same name "Kalender - Microsoft Outlook" <VARIABLE SET HANDLE Option="\x00" Info="Kalender - Microsoft Outlook" Partial="FALSE" Wildcards="FALSE" Destination="%windowss%"/> <WINDOW ACTIVATE Title="%windowss[1]" Exact_Match="TRUE" Wildcards="FALSE" _IGNORE="0x0006"/> But it does not work. Via a textbox i figured out that both variables windowss(1+2) become "Kalender - Microsoft Outlook" So maybe i have to use this Window Control stuff which i haven´t understood yet.

Of course i know the difference between a sample and the description of a macro? Any other macro i would have attached. But if the whole macro consists of just one command?!? Anyway i could not write the macro for anybody as you have to put in a name of a running window which i don´t know. You really think downloading, importing and editing a macro is quicker than writing a one command macro?!? I have a hard time believing this but as you gave me advice so often i´ll do that at least for you. Which is a common windowtitle?

Examples are A-C: A: Set Window Order "Any Window" Remove topmost status and place on top B: Set Window Order "Any Window" Always on top. C: Set Window Order "Any Window" Remove topmost status and place on top, Set Window Order "Any Window" Always on top. (2 commands) On my system: A: Nothing happens. (Window does not appear!) B: Works more or less reliably if window is not a floating menu. But not always! C: The choice if you want floating menu to stay on top. Thank You Alexandra

Yes i have: http://pgmacros.invisionzone.com/index.php...ost&p=16415 There read last reply first! Thank You Alexandra

So Kevin could you/anybody confirm the problem? Thank You Alexandra

Is there any way that MEX can distinguish between 2 windows which have the same name? Maybe by position or size or by selecting it manually in a kind of learnmode? Thank You Alexandra

Thank you Cory. BTW the commands "set windoworder on" and "Removetopmost status and place on top" does not work if the targetwindow is minimized. I guess that´s because there is no such window at the moment. In such cases i miss a command which bring the window up anyway without loosing focus of the active window. Alexandra

It´s all about setting the window orders of floating menus. See the topic right before this one for details: "Adding buttons/functions to programs, via Floating Menus" Please, do not tell me i´am not allowed to set window orders of floating menus. It works so great. Every program i use often got some fresh icons which appear the moment the programwindow gets activated. That those menus does not get focus is with intent and what i love in general about the windoworder commands as i work in the programwindow and need the focus there. Sorry, i wanted to insert an topic link but couldn´t find the topic ID. Where is it? Thanks. Alexandra

Well, if you use "Set window order on top" to make a window (lying under other windows) visible it works sometimes. It works almost always if you put "Place on topmost status and place on top" right before the "Set window order on top"-command. Must be some kind of bug. Can anybody confirm this? Alexandra

The command "Set window order on top" does not work reliably. It works however if you put "Place on topmost status and place on top" before. Alexandra

By the way the command "Set window order on top" does not work reliably. It works however if you put "Place on topmost status and place on top" before. Alexandra

Dear Cory, always the first to give some useful advice. Thanks a lot again! I think this issue is quite important as it allows to have some extra buttons/icons/functions right where and only if you need them (the relevant window is active). Most applicationwindows have some space left to add some extra buttons via a floating menu. As you might already have guessed i actually found a pretty cool workaround. While the macroactivation via "window is loosing focus" only caused trouble it works fine if you send the floating menus to bottom when you activate the following macro if another window is activated. The workaround is this: - Decide in which programs you want to add some extra buttons. For example 4 programs (A-D) - Create 4 Floating Menus (A-D) - Create 4 windowsactivated "Place other floating menus (FM) to bottom" macros. Here ist the script of one of which is activated by selecting a window of program A: Window Reposition "A FM" X, Y (where you want the FM to appear) Set Window Order "A FM"always on Top (make it appear) Set Window Order "B FM" Place on bottom Set Window Order "C FM" Place on bottom Set Window Order "D FM" Place on bottom The 3 other ones accordingly. This way only the needed FM (of the active window) is visible and disappear if one of the other windows gains focus. Works fine and fast. The disadvantage is that the FM are only placed on bottom (disapear) by one of the other three other windows and not by loosing focus itself which causes problems if you deal with many unknown windows. (The FM stay on top) Nevertheless, somehow it´s a kind of shame that tools, commands in MEX Pro does not work the way it´s expected. Maybe one of the insight-pros can add something here. Alexandra

I want to add some functionality to certain progams. I want to create a Floating Menu for a specific Window. This Floating Menu should float on the window if this is active and should disappear (Place on bottom)if not. That sounds simple but is not. I tried windowactivating, -reordering commands but nothing works. Enabling, Disabling the Floating Menu is way to slow. Results are totally unpredictable. The Running Man as often in MEX Pro is unstoppable and often my whole systems freezes untill i kill the Macexp.exe in the taskmanager. I wonder if the window activating commands are reliably (Activation by gaining, loosing focus) Changing the windoworder of a floating menu shouldn´t be a problem, or? Thanks a lot Alexandra

Strange!! With winamp i need 2 Alt + Tab commands, without i need only one Alt + Tab command to activate the original window. I must admit, i think popupmenus should be designed that way that they adress the original window by default, but for now i need a workaround! Thanks Alexandra

I want to paste text via a Popupmenu to the active Window. But it won´t work because when the Popupmenu pops up the targetwindow is not active anymore. I tried to put 1 or 2 Alt + Tab commands before but it´s hard to focus the right window again. How can i manage to paste text in exactly that window which was active before starting the popup-menu (Type: windows standard). Thank you very much Alexandra