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You might be able to use your registry to record the previous days operation and then have it look it up on the following day and see if it meets the crieria. Also, if you don't have access to the registry you could have a specific file to store it in one day and open and read the next. Just an idea.

In my multiple choice menus, when I use the ampersand (&) so you can type a letter to choose the choice, sometimes it shows a underline under the letter I put the ampersand next to, and sometimes it doesn't. I always put the ampersand directly in front of the letter. Not leaving a space. (ie: &Yes &No) How can I get the underline to ALWAYS show up under the letter or number I want to have as the choice? Thanks everyone!

I've read I think every article on the database here about Citrix and ME. What I'm gaining from that information is that you can have ME on either the local computer or on the server Citrix is served by. If I have ME on the Citrix server... 1. Can numerous people use the same macro...at the same time. Say I want to move within the Server for Citrix from Lotus Notes to Excel, and that macro activation is Ctrl+B. Can more than one person do Ctrl+B as the same time without any problems. (Note; they are each logged in under their own ID) 2. If ME is put on the server...do you then use the Activate command to open each window for say Lotus Notes and then Excel? If I have ME on the local computer... 1. How can I have ME "find" the correct program to activate it? So far all I can think of is tabbing and then enter. But...every processor does not, nor could open all programs in the same order. Any additional information would be appreciated. Thanks, John

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There is a very simple way to see if a macro is active. On the Task Bar at the bottom right there is the "what I call" blue M with a red circle around it showing ME is open. When a macro is "running" the blue M with a red circle around it turns into what I call "the little running man". This is how I teach my crew to see if the macro is running. No need for scripting, etc if that's all you want to know.

You say you are typing %t2% into the text type. You can't just type it, you must use the drop down for the VARIABLES at the bottom part of the text type window, choose the variable you want and then click on the INSERT button right next to it. Try that if you were just typing it in.

Macro sends email. The macro opens Lotus Notes and opens a new memo. I have a wait for title command for the New Memo Page. That works. I then have a get control command for the TO: field; but even though the New Memo Page has gained focus the To field (as well as others) not not have focus yet. So how can I tell my Wait for Control command to wait for the To field to gain focus? Since I know the Control Class and Top Level Window Caption can I hard code that info into C1 variable. But I can't seem to find where to do that. Is it possible?

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Kevin: Thank you SO much. This will help tremendously!!! John

Is there any way to prevent entry of more than say 12 characters into a Variable Set String prompt? I have a Variable Set String prompt ask for a from and to date. The processor enters the date as follows... 010107010507. When it then prints this result in the program it prints 010107 in the first field and then 010507 in the second field. (Because, once a date fills up all available positions in a field the program automatically moves to the next field.) What happens is some processors key so fast they start typing the next prompts data into this from to date prompt. example 01010701050755.00 If they do this it throws the entry off once it goes to the other program. So, can I restrict the number of characters that can print in a Variable Set String prompt? Thanks, John

dleger: I'm confused by your comment... I almost want to mimic the action of right -clicking and selecting "save target as", but without having to actually right click. If you "almost" want to, then have the macro do that. I save and do many functions in a number of different programs by having the macro do a right click and then arrow down to the action on the drop down I want taken and hit enter/numenter, and then have the macro do each succeeding action till the file is saved, even where I want it. If this isn't helpful, maybe you can clarify.

Jeff I did this a while back. Not sure how you are able to manipulate or time consuming it is to work with your excel file. So you'll have to determine if this would work for you. In Excel, each date is assigned a value by excel. I changed the date format by going into Format, Cell, Number tab and then number with no decimal places and it switches the date format to a number. If your macro works on regular numbers it should then work on the date number also. Hope this helps. If someone else has a different idea, I'd like to hear that too. John

Try this... In a text type do a ShifDown then choose your mouse right click in another text type do a ShiftUp Hope that helps John

I'm not sure if I know exactly what your doing...but here is my response to what I THINK you are wanting to know. If you right click on a file name...or even in a document like Word, etc...you get a list of commands. You can use up or down arrows to get to certain positions and then enter. OR you can go to your HELP in the specified program and search for keystrokes. There is almost always a help section on doing tasks by manual keystrokes instead of using the mouse, clicks and drop downs, etc. You can then use these keystrokes, written into your macro to do the same thing as doing the right click,e tc. You can then write your macro with If statements to do certain scenarios with certain situations. Hope this helps.

Solution found: We switched from the Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access to just the Microsoft Office Communiator PC client version. The PC client version allows more Options and the alerts do not interfere with Macro Express.

Our company just switched to Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access same time. It is causing our macros to error out when the alert comes up and/or the message window pops up. Does anyone know of a solution to prevent the macros from erring out while they are running and the Communicator windows pop up? We've tried shutting of alerts and such through options to no avail. Thanks for any help someone can give. Thanks, John

You know I knew the ole brain probably wasn't working correctly yesterday. And I was right! I figured it out with a good night's sleep. Thought I would share. <TVAR2:02:01:8300708751><MENU2:2:T:01:CenterCenter:Change DCN prefixDo you want to change the DCN prefix?&Yes ><IFVAR2:1:01:1:A><TVAR2:03:02:FEnter new rangeFFCenter:Center><TMVAR2:21:02:01:000:000:%T2%%T3%><ENDIF><TVAR2:05:02:FEnter last three digits of DCN rangeFFCenter:Center><TEXTTYPE:<ARROW DOWN>><TEXTTYPE:%T2%%T5%><TEXTTYPE:<ARROW DOWN>> John

I don't know if the ole brain just isn't working or what...but here's where I need some help or ideas. Each time the key starts I want variable T1 to equal 8703513. I want T1 to always equal this each time I start the key, without setting it each time. However, after the key starts and ends 14 times, when I restart it the 15th time I want to be able to change the value of T1 to 8703600. NOTE: the 14th and 15th times are just examples, not relevant to the running of the key. Any ideas on how to hold the value in T1 till I want to change it on the start-up of the key in the future? Thanks for any help, John

Kleet1: If I'm understanding you right, here are a couple ideas. <TEXTTYPE:<ARROW RIGHT> or, if you have a lot of arrow rights (say like 13 as below) set it up like this... Repeat Start (Repeat 13 times) TEXTTYPE:<ARROW RIGHT> Repeat End Hope this helps

Jeff: Not sure what your ME licensure is, we are a large company so are licensed for multiples. Anyway, if you can come up with 50 to 100 computers and have the key you make accessed either through a shared drive or download it to each computer that could work. You could design the key to start up at a certain time and do the required transactions simultaneously. Perhaps even after hours allowing you to use daily workers computers after they leave. These are little "tricks" I have used, not only to test but to process huge projects. John

Hi Gene, I'm John. See if I can give you a couple ideas here. I'm not sure exactly what you are trying to do, but I'll give it a stab. Put your main macro within Repeat statements. (Repeat Start, Repeat End). At the end of your macro after it's done doing what it normally does, but before it gets to the Repeat End, have it go and check what you need it to check to see if the next condition is right to have it run again. For example, does it need to check if it's at a certain place or position it needs to be on the screen, or can it check for something that can tell it it does need to repeat again. If you can copy this info into a variable and then use an IF statement you are halfway there. If the statement is not true have a repeat exit after the if and the key will stop. If it is true and the macro needs to run again have the macro do the steps it needs to do to get into position where the start of the macro needs to be to start over again and then have the repeat end. I have some macros that are over 6,000 lines long and has to check multiple times for conditions to continue, stop, or do something else. Good Luck!

This same thing happened to me a couple months ago. I was told through this Forum that it was a bug in ME that happens once in a while. I wasn't able to get into it or delete it. Thankfully I had copied the key to another file and was able to get into that one, rename it (with different key strokes).

Thanks for everyones suggestions. They didn't work for this instance, but some great knowledge for the future. We were able to solve the problem by re-installing the upgrade. Not sure if the first one was corrupted in its transmission, but that solved the problem. Again, Thanks!

We have upgraded to version 3.5e and one of the employees is having trouble with her keypad not working. Any macro that is set up using the combination of Alt, Ctrl, (or anything) plus a number or one of the numeric functions on the keypad will not start the macro key. Has anyone had this problem or know what may be causing it. Did the mapping to the keypad get messed up with the upgrade? The keypad does work when used NOT in conjunction with Macro Express. Thanks for any help. John

Hi Nathan: I've had similar problems at times. We have over 100 people who use a particular key and every once-in-a-while they will call saying something copied wrong or not at all, etc. After having them send me print screens of the different programs they were using to gather and distribute infromation using the key, I notice they have opened up a program and "extra stuff" is suddently showing in a particular window. For example, if the person opened the clipboard and left it open in excel, when the key goes to either paste or copy something from excel, by having the clipboard open, that throws off the tabbing, etc. In another program, IE based, they sometimes click something and it opens a task bar which is not normally open and that throws the tabbing off of that screen. Sometimes it is really hard to see what they have done, and I almost feel like a detective trying to figure it out. Hopefully, maybe this will help. John