krgifford

You might be tempted to try and use the ALT+TAB key to switch between programs. This is actually not always reliable and in fact, will not even work via Macro Express on some computers due to the low level nature of this key command. The solution is to use the ACTIVATE command. ..."

Well I've been getting strange response when trying to TAB thru running Window programs in the last few days. Today I started several IE windows and no FF windows, and then tried it, and I got some popup from one of the running program. So it appear that the use of ALT & TAB in MacroExpress is indeed unreliable. I should have mentioned that I'm running XP Pro SP3 and ME Ver 2.1e with the keyboard plugged thru a USB port, and this may be the cause of the weird tabbing response. Can anyone confirm this so I will know that I need to upgrade ME to ver 3.x?

Do you always want the 6th window, regardless of what that window title is? If so you might want to do something

like this:

 

Text Type: <ALTD>
Repeat Start (Repeat 5 times)
 Text Type: <TAB>
Repeat End
Text Type: <ALTU>

 

Well, I used the above script and I'm getting a weird reaction. I'm using FireFox 3.0.3 and I've got it set for FireFox to open new window in a Tab window. What I do is go to a website, and then click on one of it's hypertext which opens into a Tab window and I do this to get six Tab windows open. Using the keyboard ALT & TAB, I can move to the appropriate 6th Tab window, but using MacroExpress, it put me back to prior Tab window (the 5th window). Continuing using MacroExpress put me at 4th Tab window, 3rd, etc, and will eventually put me to the FireFox window prior to the I just opened. Any more ideas?

I often have several (5-6) programs running in separate window. I rotate thru these programs by holding down the ALT key and then press TAB key for each program. What I want to do is have a hotkey that will quickly move me to the 6th program. I've tried using series of <ALT><TAB> and also used <ALTD><TAB> but neither one seems to do the program rotatation correctly. Does anyone know how to do this?