eatc7402

Is there option to set somewhere that will cause the ME editor window to

MINIMIZE when it begins to run a macro?

I've looked but did not seem to find it.

eatc7402

It turns out that the intention of leaving the PSP7 App open was to avoid the

5 second delay required to avoid the time the 'splash screen' was open for.

It urnes out the splash screen can be turned off in the apps preferences.

That then makes it much more acceptable to open and close the app

each time passing %T1% param each time .

If I use Activate or Launch with a %T1% command line parameter in a

Repeat with Folder loop and CLOSE app in the loop reopening it every time'

it seems to work as expected... opening a new file each time. As in the

following code..

// A macro to open and resize jpg into thumbnails - dbf - 2009-07-09
// first loop thru dir and get rid of thumb.db if there
Repeat with Folder
 If Variable %T99% = "thumbs.db"
Text Box Display: 
Delete File or Files: "thumbs.db"
 End If
Repeat End
// now loop thru the dir  and process the image files
Repeat with Folder
 Clipboard Copy
 Text Box Display: 
 // If PSP Is Already Running, There Will Be No Splash Screen to Wait For.
 If Window Title "Jasc Paint Shop Pro - " is running
Variable Set String %T1% "Skip Delay"
 End If
 // /
 Activate or Launch: "Jasc Paint Shop Pro" OR "psp.exe"
 // wait for aadvertising window to disapper
 If Variable %T1% <> "Skip Delay"
Wait Time Delay 5 Seconds
 End If
 Text Type: <SHIFT>S
 Wait For Window Title: "Resize"
 Get Control %C1% (Resize: Button)
 Set Focus to %C1%
 Text Type: <ENTER>
 Delay 1 Seconds
 // do save  as...
 Text Type: <F12>
 Wait For Window Title: "Save As"
 Get Control %C2% (Save As: Edit)
 Set Focus to %C2%
 Text Box Display: 
 Variable Get Control Text: %C2% to %T1%
 Text Type: TH-%T1%
 Delay 0.5 Seconds
 Pause: Basic
 Text Type: <ENTER>
 Wait Window Lose Focus: "Save As"
 Delay 0.5 Seconds
 Text Type: <CONTROL><F4>
 Pause: Basic
 End Case
 End Switch
 Pause: Basic
 Program Shut Down: "Jasc Paint Shop Pro"
Repeat End
Delay 3 Seconds

But if I move the Program Shut Down: "Jasc Paint Shop Pro" outside

of the Repeat with Folder loop leaving it open. it appears not to precess

the NEXT %T1% file in the loop, and files 2 thru x do not get opened.

Is this EXPECTED behavior??? Do you have to clear the %T1% variable

to get the Activate part of Activate or Launch to process the variable??

Because it seems not to be processing it.

eatc7402

For one thing, you're missing a %. This:

	Delete File or Files: "%T1"

should look like this:

	Delete File or Files: "%T1%"

yesw u r correct, and ill fix THAT. but my propblem is it wont

enter the CASE at all... and thats what is puzzleing me. But

thanks for sure.

eatc7402

When processing a dir full of image files i keep running into the thumbs.db

file as part of the file list. im trying to get rid of it so i dont process it as anm image... with..

  Text Box Display: 
 If Variable %T1% = "C:\eaahmpg\work3\thumbs.db"
Text Box Display: 
 End If
 Switch (T1)
Case: C:\eaahmpg\work3\thumbs.db
  Text Box Display: 
  Delete File or Files: "%T1"
  Program Shut Down: "Jasc Paint Shop Pro"
End Case
End Switch

The 'if' works... but the CASE doesnt... hmmm.

Whats wrong with my case?? ive triede adding quotes, = .

but cant seeem top figure it out.

In the macro text you provided just now, you've removed your Set Focus command. That is going to cause you some problems.

Make sure you are setting the focus in your macro. That might fix your problem.

 

 

 

 

Here is the Scripting Editor Text (basic):

// If PSP Is Already Running, There Will Be No Splash Screen to Wait For.
If Window Title "Jasc Paint Shop Pro - " is running
 Variable Set String %T1% "Skip Delay"
End If
Activate or Launch: "Jasc Paint Shop Pro" OR "psp.exe"
// When Launching PSP, This Delay Will 'Pause' The Macro Till the Spash Screen Has Gone.
If Variable %T1% <> "Skip Delay"
 Delay 5 Seconds
 Text Type: <CONTROL>n
 Wait For Window Title: "New Image"
 Text Type: 8<TAB>11<TAB>i<ENTER>
 Wait Text Playback
End If
Text Type: <SHIFT>s
Wait For Window Title: "Resize"
Get Control %C1% (Resize: Button)
Set Focus to %C1%
Text Type: <ENTER>

 

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yes indeed it was the set focus that was missing. Hers my code that now works. It also appears that 'wait fors' are important.

 

Activate or Launch: "Jasc Paint Shop Pro" OR "psp.exe"
  // wait for splash window to disapper
  Wait Time Delay 5 Seconds
  Text Type: <SHIFT>S
  Wait For Window Title: "Resize"
  Get Control %C1% (Resize: Button)
  Set Focus to %C1%
  Text Type: <ENTER>
  Delay 1 Seconds

 

Thanks, im a newbie to ME, but not witing code. Your small 'tutorial'

was most helpful.

 

eatc7402

The Samples.mex file is a separate file from the one you were most likely building your macros in. You should search through your Macro Express folder to find the .mex where your work was saved. Unless you saved it somewhere else. In which case, you just have to look there.

 

I've been confused lots of times by missing ME files that weren't lost, just misplaced... by me.

 

It's scary, but what really sucks, is when your hard-drive crashes, and the last time you backed your macros up on your external drive was 2 months ago... and now you have 2 months worth of tweaks and improvements that just <poof!> and disappear.

yes , you were correct, a search found the .mex file... in a ' strange' place

but it was found. I will 'adjust' my save a copy proceedures accordingly.

eatc7402

well i opened ME today, and ALL the macro i hd been working are GONE.

no explanation, but the macros and catagories all dissapeared AFTER

running thee samples.nex file.

eatc7402

You most likely need a delay between your Text Type command and your Get Control command.

 

I don't know which version of PSP you're using, but I just tested your script using PSP 7, and it worked exactly as I expected it would. Which is to say, it didn't work until I added a .5 second delay after the Text Type command. It would probably work consistently with a shorter delay or with a window specific delay (such as: Wait for window title: Resize).

well i manged to get focus but the control does not seem to react to typing...

ive changed to the following but theres nop reaction to the 'enter'

text...

Activate or Launch: "Jasc Paint Shop Pro" OR "psp.exe"

// wait for aadvertising window to disapper

Wait Time Delay 5 Seconds

Text Type: <SHIFT>S

Delay 0.5 Seconds

Get Control %C1% (Resize: )

Wait for Control %C1% to gain focus

Text Type:<ENTER>

Delay 1 Seconds

eatc7402

Im attempting to set focus to a control with no luck... using the following.

Doesnt seem to work.

Activate or Launch: "Jasc Paint Shop Pro" OR "psp.exe"

Text Type: <SHIFT>S

Get Control %C1% (Resize: )

Set Focus to %C1%

the Resiize control does get activated correctly, but i cant to get the

focus on it to perform furthur operations.

eatc7402