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Robert_in_sf

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  1. Yikes, folks! Very sorry if I gave the impression I'm not engaged here. I simply wanted to give the first respondents the macro in the formats they'd strongly requested. I also wanted to get that out there before people lost interest in the post. Hear me now, believe me later: I'll try each suggestion I get, until I have one that kills this bug/behavior. Re Cory's points: first, thanks for the thoughts re MDI- I agree that seems like a factor. Of course, my challenge is to identify a workaround. (And as you see, we can't disable Word as editor in outlook 2007. )
  2. Thanks folks. Below and attached is the failing script, in all 4 forms just to be complete... ;-) <WINDOW ACTIVATE Title="Microsoft Word" Exact_Match="FALSE" Wildcards="FALSE"/> Window Activate: Microsoft Word I haven't yet tried the suggested workarounds and tests (work very busy) but will as soon as I can get a moment. As before, the script is a 1-line script, with just a Window Activate command, with Window Title set to "Microsoft Word", and all other fields left as defaulted. Everything is left at the default, More info on my symptoms: a) If both Word and Outlook 2007 are running, this patttern usually (always?) occurs: --a1) if Outlook currently has a message open-- e.g. outlook is pointed at my inbox-- the macro switches to outlook, and never to word -- a2) if Outlook currently has a message open-- e.g. outlook is pointed at calendar-- the macro leaves the current window and leaves no window current, as described earlier. If Word is running and Outlook 2007 is not, the macro currently activates word correctly (though I'm very sure I've seen the bug appear even when outlook wasn't running in the past). Note that it's not an option to: - use some other editor, or mail client, or to not run outlook constantly. (I'm a contracter and the client wouldn't allow this.) - "disconnect" outlook 2007 from word (per Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933793). Thanks-- Robert demo bug.mex demo bug.mxe
  3. Terry and Paul, thanks for your help! I'll try Paul's fix. I've attached a sample script, which fails as described. It's a 1-line script, with just a Window Activate command, with Window Title set to "Microsoft word", and all other fields left as defaulted. More info on my symptom: -- by "Activate" here I mean both "Activate or Launch" and "Window Activate"; they both get the symptom when activating Word. -- To clarify: the symptom I see is that the macro just takes focus from the original window, and leaves me with no window having focus. I.e. on my XP box, the active window has a blue bar and keystrokes go to that app, and the inactive windows have grey top bars and don't respond to keystrokes. When the macro runs, all windows including the top window become inactive and stay that way until I manually activate a window. -- Activate will elicit this symptom and be unusable for hours or days at a time. Then for some reason, activate will work for an hour or so, and then the cycle repeats. -- I have a hunch the symptom is related to having MS Outlook running. However, I can't avoid Outlook: most of my clients use it and so must I. Follow-on question for Terry: What workaround do you use in place of Activate? I don't see how delays would help- remember, the symptom I see is that the macro just takes focus from the original window, and leaves me with no window having focus. I could wait a second or an hour; no window ever takes focus. Follow-on question for other readers: has anyone had Activate work reliably-- e.g. for years-- with Word 2003/2007 on XP? Thanks-- Robert demo activate bug.mxe
  4. For years, I've had problems invoking or switching to Microsoft Word, no matter what I try. The symptom is that the macro will run and complete w/o error, but instead of switching to Word, the macro just takes focus from the original window, and leaves me with no window having focus, and no program seems to be active. I have to manually switch to some window to have any active. I've had this problem on several configurations-- different vesions of macro express pro (MEP) and all software. (see below for details configurations) Some things I've tried w/o success: - using activate or launch, launch and activate, or window activate - trying different settings e.g. seconds to wait or title to switch to - trying on several versions of MEP and Word, trying reinstalls and repairs - trying w/o other apps running, e.g. with MS Outlook shut off More details: the behavior is sporadic; it fails from 60% to 95% of the time. Doesn't happen with other programs (specifically, no problem with MS outlook on one XP box, but outlook has same problem as word on another machine.) behavior seen on multiple configs, e.g. Macro Express Pro, version 4.3.0.1; seen on multiple machines running XP (1 xp home edition service pack 3), seen with both MS Word 2003 and 2007. Thanks for any ideas! Robert
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