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  1. Yes, that's exactly the result I was looking for, cyberchief! Thanks for your effort. I was hoping to achieve these results using the keyboard, but I will go with what works for now!
  2. That's great, Robert. Thanks! I didn't know that the "wait for keypress" command could work like that. I'm going to fiddle with the code a bit more now because it is adding only one entry for each instrument. E.g, if I press the key 1 three times, there is only one entry for drum in the text file. Thanks again.
  3. An example macro using keypress in pseudo-code. The purpose of the macro is to help me annotate a music file. So when I hear a drum, I wrte "drum" in the text file; when I hear a guitar, I write "guitar" in the text file. 1) Start macro 2) Macro opens music editing programm 3) Macro opens text file 4) I hear a drum sound so I press key 1 and the macro writes "drum" to the text file 5) I hear a guitar and I press key 2 so the macro writes "guitar" to the text file 6) I press Esc and the macro saves the file and ends. So, that's how I would like to be able to use keypresses. Since everything happens in real-time (while the song is playing), I don't want to have to hunt for the correct option in menu; keyboard commands are just so much faster. Is this clearer now?
  4. Thanks, emming - I've been neglecting those Option 2 menus. It works great.
  5. Thanks, m204prgmr, that did the trick. I must have spent a hour searching for a way to do that and I didn't find that command. Sometimes I wonder... Thanks again!
  6. Is it possible to set the value of a variable in ME and then copy that variable to the clipboard?
  7. Can ME write to a text file? Can this be done without first opening the file in notepad and then pasting in the text, etc?
  8. I did try a few work arounds using the Wait for Text command, but it was late last night and I didn't come up with anything productive. I will try again today. The problem is that the Wait for Text command is good if you're looking for a specific keypress, but what if the key isn't pressed? How do you program in an alternative route for the macro to take. Example: 1. Launch program. 2. I user presses key a, set up preferences for user one. If user presses key b, then set up preferences for user two. If no key is pressed, set up default preferences. 3. ...and so on. I would like to avoid showing dialogue boxes or menus, etc. The idea is to use the keyboard as much as possible without cluttering the work space with additional graphical user interfaces. I hope my goal is a little bit clearer now.
  9. Would it be possible to use ME to achieve the following: I have already set a specific macro to launch when a window opens. Now, can this macro be responsive to a keypress? E.g., if the user presses "1" something happens. If he does not, then something else happens. I hope that made sense...
  10. Hi, I can get a floating menu to automatically launch when I open a program that I want those menu commands to be associated with. This is easily achieved using the Window Title activation method - great feature! Now, is there any way to get the floating toolbar to automatically close when the program it is associated with is minimized or closed? Thansks, Leo
  11. Thanks for the reply, Jason. I should have explained myself better - I don't want to launch macros via email. Rather, I want a macro application that can monitor what is happening on my computer. So, if I open Microsoft Excel, a customized ME macro toolbar for Excel will pop up and sit to the left of the screen. Maybe a macro will pop up and provide me with a list of frequently used spreadsheets and ask which one I want to load, etc. Macro ToolWorks does this, but there are other drawbacks to that program that are a bit annoying. I guess this is tricky in ME because there is a limit to one macro being run at a time. Are there any plans to change this in the future? I would be nice to be able to continue using various macros while there is one running in the background completeing a task that takes a long time... for example, monitoring a ftp download. Anyway, I'm going to run some more tests.
  12. I'm nearing the end of my ME trial period, so I have to decide whether to buy it... It's a great program, but I'm torn between it and Macro ToolWorks. The simplicy of ME is really a big bonus. I was wondering though if it is possible to set up a macro to trigger an action when a certain program (like an email client) is launched? Macro ToolWorks does this and it is vrey useful, eg. I can set it up to launch a custom menu when a certain program starts, etc. Also, are there any plans to incorporate a basic scripting into ME? I've had to write a couple of macros to launch Perl scripts when I need to do something that is a little more complex than ME can currently handle. Maybe someone here has tried Macro ToolWorks and can point out some reasons why ME is better - I'm sure that is a lot of functionality in ME that I probably haven't discovered yet. Thanks Leo
  13. Ok, I managed to make it work - I first had to change the default directory and then call the program without specifying a path to it.
  14. Is it possible to execute a dos program with macro express? I would normally execute the program from the command line in the following way: myprogram.exe 7. The "7" following the exe is a variable value that is passed to the program. I tried the Activate/Launch Program dialog, but when I enter 7 into the Program Parameters box, it's not recognized. Thanks Leo
  15. Thanks, Joe, that worked great! Ok, now to purchuse the software. Leo
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