frateg8r Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Hi everyone - long time ME user first time hitting the boards (spend most of my time w/ Excel, haven't really put much in to ME yet)....my first attempt at writing a (non-VBA) macro, as opposed to recording it (which produces a similar undesired result) is not working. It's a simple starting point for something eventually a bit more complex to be incorporated in to my Excel automation (sorry to ramble). Anyway, based on a post I found, I used Text Type: <ALT> F Text Type: O Now, when I do this manually in Paperport, it works fine - opens the selected document. But when I run it via macro, it first opens the FILE menu, then minimizes the window! But the document does not get opened. When I ran it from Windows Explorer, same result. Can anyone shed some light on my newbie shortcomings? Thanks Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 When you sent <ALT>F what is really sent is <ALT><Shift Down>f<Shift Up> It may work better if you send Text Type: <ALT>f Text Type: o Some programs do not care if you use upper-case letters but some programs do. Even this does not work in some programs. You may need to do this Text Type: <ALTD>f<ALDU> Text Type: o Another thing you might try is to set the Text Type Delay. Many MS Office programs, particularly the more recent versions, do not allow Text Types at full speed. I recommend that you set this value to 300 microseconds or greater. Click Options, Preferences, Delays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frateg8r Posted June 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Thanks Kevin! The <ALTD> version works perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.