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Lemming, I nevefr cease to learn new stuff in this forum !! I used to program in MUMPS language (now "m" language) They used an "^" as delimiter, and used counting (the code could select 2nd, third, etc position, data inside any delimiter; "^" was used since most data did not ever use it for other data stuff Anyway, thanks Nick

Is this method available in macro express itself? I am trying to read in lines from a file, and fill sequential variables from those lines. BUT, the "variable from file" method, just fills in T1 (or whqatever I start with), doesn't do anhy sequential fill, because each line is just a line, not any csv delimited setup. Any way to read LINES in from a file, to sequential variables? Line 1 goes to T1, line 2 goes to t2, etc? thanks NIck

cory, I'm no expert with this, but I had installed ME on the remote desktop, and used it FROM that window, but found that if I nave ME installed locally, even if running RD in full screen mode, it seems hta tthe local clipboard is active, for data both locally and remotely. I will experiment more, because there are a couple applications where I need that remote data, in a clean fashion Nick

I've come up with another method. I create a text file in it, I can list any amount of lines I wish (100+) I have a macro that then opens this text file, and resizes it to about 100 x 200. User can scroll down through text file, to item he desires then, user clicks anywhere ON that item (beginning, end, middle, etc) Right-clicking the mouse activates the next step of macro; it does HOME (beginning of line) Shift-END (goes to END of line) COPY to clipboard store in variable you now have your selected item stored in a variable, able to place where you desire. I don't have this macro clean enough to post, but it works pretty well to allow bypassing of the 36-entry limit of the multiple choice boxes.

Cory, thanks for reply. I curently am able to do select transfers from PROGRAM A, to PROGRAM B But, sometimes, we use PROGRAM C, very infrequently (or PROGRAM D, PROGRAM E, etc), many different programs that need demographics in different sequences. In that case, I wanted a more generic means of copying the demographics, by the staff, and pasting to the demographics of the other systems. Actually, I FIXED this. I set up a POPUP menu, which has buttons for Name-Last, Name-first, etc, etc - the first button copies ALL the demographics from PROGRAM A. Then,with the popups running, we click in the apropriate field of the destination program (name-last, for example), and then click the appropriate popup button, which copies the value of that demographic (from the source program data) to the clipboard, and pastes the data. It actualy works well. ai thank you for your reply. nick

floyd, thanks for reply. I'm getting used to these bars. One solotion to the focus issue is I've created a macro that just refreshes the focus, does nothing else, and re-calls the toolbar. Clicking on that, the icons now show up their titles with mouse-over. The REASON for the actual macro is so it also can have an icon, and then the staff has an easy way to get the titles back, rather than having them do something different (clicking on the window title bar to get focus) so that Ican just give them buttons to push. it works well. tahnks NIck

to all, I'm working with floating, vs popup, macro's, vs multiple choice windows. QUESTION - is a FLOATING menu bar actually a running macro, or is it that it just CALLS macro's with its buttons? If ONE macro is running (I clicked on the floating menu bar, started macro #1) and I click on the Macro #2 button, in the floating menu bar - will macro #2 run, or is it PREVENTED from running, since macro #1 is running? Can multiple floating menus be present at once? SIMILAR questions for popup menu's, as above.... ALSO, how to get the macro title to show up, when mouse-hovering over each icon; once that menu window has been de-focused,t he buttons will still respond, but the titles do NOT show up with a mouse-over. you have to actually do a loop to disable/enable the menu, so it re-focuses it thanks Nick

this program is fantastic, and EASY to use. it is EASY to start with; but you will be learning stuff from here to kingdom come, because it is very powerful. At the easy initial stage, just start working with passing keystrokes, quick items, etc. As you learn more (and more and more and more) and as you use this forum, you will learn some new A(and new and new and new) interesting, flexible tools. I don't think you'd be disappointed Nick

Addendum, it actually DOES this. BUT, only does this if the floatintg window is ACTIVE (not just on top) SO, it becomes INACTIVE but on top, when you click in a field to place an entry into; I wanted to go back to the floating menu, and have it active, and see the titles of my buttons A(last name, first name, etc), so my office staff would know what they are pasting into the selected field. BUT, they have to click on the floating Macro toolbar, to re-activate it. that defeates some of purpose/utility of this. any suggestins appreciated. Nick

In a Pop-up or floating menu - is there a way, if only ICONS are displayed, to have the actual title of that particular macro be displayed, when mouse is rolled over the specific icon, as in a help topic? thanks Nick

to all, I have captured demographics in 10 variables, T1 to T10 I have a Multiple Choice box, which displays their titles and their values. We capture the demotraphics from one medical system, and want to individually paste that person's values to another system (last name, first name, etc) Currently, my staff has to 1. start macro 2. select, in the multiple choice box, which value they want (last name, etc) (this pastes that value to the clipboard 3. right-click mouse in other progrm, in the field that is to recieve the data 4. either type "P" (for paste), or SELECT "P" (for paste) 4b - select OK, or whatever, in the destination program 5. go back to multiple choice box, select next item wanted, and repeat I'd like a way to have the macro detect that the "P" was either pressed (wait for keystroke), or more importantly, detect that the mouse left-clicked on a "P", for paste, and automatically load the clipboard with the next variable (if first name was just entered, then last name would be loaded) and the staff could go to the next field, left click to position the mouse, right-click to get mouse menu, and left-click on "P". The "P" woudl be the triggering factor to change clipboard values, because they might first go somewhere else on the screen. the MULTIPLE CHOICE box would not be too intolerable, except 1. it canot be resized 2 it cannot remain on top with focus this means that if the other program is in full screen mode, the multiple choice box disappears, and has to be selected from taskbar any feedback is appreciiated. Nick

to all I was using a text box, and am able to 1. KEEP ON TOP always 2. KEEP FOCUS but, the text did not give me an option to CONTINUE, or QUIT (even a CANCEL button, instead of just OK, would have been an alternative) SO, I converted them to MULTIPLE CHOICE, but I need that multiple choice box to remain on top of a specific window, as it also has directions in its description box. HOW to keep the MULTIPLE CHOICE box on top of other windows? thanks Nick

one easy way to get rid of the "&" is to MODIFY STRING, immediately after entry, so you strip it out (replace substring), so that you can still base response on the actual word, which would not include the "&" Multiple choice..... Modify string - replace "&' with ""

thanks - I'll give it a try Nick

thanks - I'll give it a try Nick

Joe, thanks for reply re: the mouse controls - how do you determine the actual state of the mouse or the cursor? example, if I start an activity, mouse cursor turns to hourglass, but sometimes reverts to the left arrow again, then back to the hourglass. then it finally stabilizes as the left arrow. How to determine if it is in a final "left arrow" state? thanks Nick

REnee, for screen differences - some macro's that I've written, upon startup of the day, I have the physician (me) point to a specific icon (a digital signature icon, for example) - it records this position for this session; then as long as the system/macro is not shut down, the repeat of the macro will trigger that screen position wit mouse click, to sign document then, at home, on 19 inch monitor, screen items have changed positions; but the first time I run the macro it re-positions my mouse cursor for that session. The problem wiht waiting for windows/controls (the thunder thing) , it sounds like your app.is on a server, or it's the app's inside that program, and they don't have as good of windows controls as if it is a straight desktop application, but for what it's worth, I use similar controls. hope this helps Nick

to all, I read through the forum last evening, and now understand about pixel/color, but that won't totally address what I want to do. I'm trying to determine several items in my macro; the status of these then determine the next step. CURRENTLY, I just use delays of about 500 to 1500 milliseconds, but if I can address teh following, then I can make this go much faster (about 15 delays in the macro) QUESTINO #1 I I have a scanning program. It lists file/document names. The documents are named by text on screen, BUT the text is not retrievable by cut/copy/paste methods; it is just on screen. The CURRENT document is white text on blue background, and it exists at a certain position on the list of names. If I RENAME it, it re-sorts to a different position, but retains the blue focus IS there a way to 1. EXTRACT THE TEXT beneath the highlighted/blue area, to convert to usable text? 2. determine the FOCUS LOCATION (relative to screen ) of the highlighted name? (the file name, when re-sorted, moved; I want the system to tell me the new location automatically) ALSO, is there a way to determine, from a CURRENT mouse cursor location, whether the mouse cursor is an ARROW (awaiting action) or an hourglass (doing something) or some utility which will tell me what is currently active; ? I want to be able to determine when current item finishes (mouse reverts to arrow) so I can proceed to next step Any help appreciated thanks Nick

to all, these utilities look very interesting. I've explored the code, and do see how it is structured. What I wanted was a way to have several drop-down lists, with about 50 values in each; single items selected from each list. I select one item from each drop-down, and concatenate them to create file names example account number _date _type of form_Sequence number 12242_20060315_statement_001 etc I could use ME, but limitation of choice box is 36 per each. I came across, in EXCEL, ability to do lists (excel 2003, use DATA, Validation; allows creation of lists) Is there any easy way to take the form designs of this thread,and make a quick page of several dropdowns, with multiple selections per dropdown? Since I ahve the Excel method working, I've put off exploring this further, but any feedback appreciated. thanks Nick

to all, can environment variables be used in IF statements (or other logic), or do I ahve to first transfer them to a 'T"ext variable, etc? I wanted to use environment variables to make some of the macro's more explanatory, but it is several steps for each one (transfer data in, transfer data out, etc), especially in logic areas, unless I'm missing something thanks Nick

problem with that is when a window unexpectedly pops up - such as microsoft's "do you want to restsart now, your updates are installed", or AVG virus' "do you want to start testing now...", etc. actualy, a parameter that states "ONLY use in this window" would be helpful... Each answer creates its own questions... but worth looking at.. thanks Nick