terrypin Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 The following simple macro should display a message as soon as this window is opened Text Box Display: Window Close: : Entry Point Not Found Delay: 100 milliseconds Macro Return But it doesn't work. The macro doesn't get run at all. I tried alternative Window Title options like Window Gains Focus, etc, but none work. If I make the activation another window, like my text editor etc, it works correctly. It's therefore presumably something to do with this obscure window itself. So a few background comments might prove relevant. It's some sort of conflict that arises with my power utility, Stiletto, and a few other programs. In particular, it consistently appears when I click any menu item (e.g. Tools, Help, etc) in Internet Explorer (v6 and v7). -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 We are aware of some issues with Window Title macro activation and are looking into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted February 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 We are aware of some issues with Window Title macro activation and are looking into it. OK, thanks Kevin. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 [Off-topic] Is the Stiletto displayed in your example the same product that was a precursor to PowerPro? If so, what are the advantages of the older Stiletto over the newer PowerPro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted February 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 [Off-topic]Is the Stiletto displayed in your example the same product that was a precursor to PowerPro? Yes. If so, what are the advantages of the older Stiletto over the newer PowerPro? Minimal installing, converting, re-configuring and re-learning effort! In truth, I tried to upgrade at the time PowerPro replaced Stiletto but ran into all kinds of problems getting it to work smoothly on many of my existing routines. So I abandoned the attempt and reconciled myself to continuing with Stiletto, even though its author Bruce Switzer no longer supported it. Do you have any idea what might be causing that strange message please? --------- BTW, returning on topic, I had no response from you to my question 11 days ago in Post #16 of http://pgmacros.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=3568 -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phonemes Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 I have some problems with version 3 window activation macros that have always worked but not in version 4. Typically, they refuse to work intitially, but the macros are triggered when I ALT-TAB to another application or the desktop and back to the triggering window. Not all window activation macros fail however. In some applications they consistently fail, in others, they consistently work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted February 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 I have some problems with version 3 window activation macros that have always worked but not in version 4. Typically, they refuse to work intitially, but the macros are triggered when I ALT-TAB to another application or the desktop and back to the triggering window. Not all window activation macros fail however. In some applications they consistently fail, in others, they consistently work. That summarises exactly what I'm seeing here. Kevin: I did about a dozen further tests covering activation of all 4 options of Window Title. About three quarters proved erratic. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Do you have any idea what might be causing that strange message please? No, I can't help you there. But, knowing Powerpro a little, I'd bet that these windows are unusual in some way! BTW, returning on topic, I had no response from you to my question 11 days ago in Post #16 of http://pgmacros.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=3568 My apologies - I missed that one (I'd been away, and was faced with reading several thousand emails, and several hundred forum messages from various sources!). I'll prepare something for you this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted February 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 No, I can't help you there. But, knowing Powerpro a little, I'd bet that these windows are unusual in some way! My apologies - I missed that one (I'd been away, and was faced with reading several thousand emails, and several hundred forum messages from various sources!). I'll prepare something for you this weekend. Thanks Paul. Going OT again for a minute, I'm pleased to report that I seem to have fixed that Stiletto message. I thought I'd focus on the file it implicated, PSAPI.DLL. I found several versions of it elsewhere, more recent than that in \Program Files\Stiletto. I copied one across from \Windows\System32 - and so far have had no more of those error messages! -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Any chance you could post or upload it please? I'd be very interested in studying your approach, although I'm committed to ME Pro now. I'll prepare something for you this weekend. Oops! Once I started looking at the source code (it's complex, using at least 7 other macros), I now find that some of the macros it calls are part of our PGM Library, which means I am not at liberty to release it. My apologies for leading you up the garden path! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted February 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 I'll prepare something for you this weekend. Oops! Once I started looking at the source code (it's complex, using at least 7 other macros), I now find that some of the macros it calls are part of our PGM Library, which means I am not at liberty to release it. My apologies for leading you up the garden path! OK Paul, understood, no problem. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acantor Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 That summarises exactly what I'm seeing here. Kevin: I did about a dozen further tests covering activation of all 4 options of Window Title. About three quarters proved erratic. After I installed 4.0.2.1, Window Title Activation seemed to be working again... but a few days later, I noticed that many of the macros had stopped working, and in fact, none are working now, including new ones that I create. So it's gone from erratic to nothing. As before, the macros will activate if I Alt + Tab away from the window, and then Alt + Tab again to give the window focus a second time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acantor Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 I reported this as a bug, and received the following message today: Issue [iSS6780] submitted by you has been resolved. The change will be available with the next release of Macro Express Pro. Description of issue [iSS6780]: -------------------------------------------------------------- Macro Express Pro - Window title activation fails sporadically the first time a window appears. Window title activation fails sporadically the first time a window appears. For example, a macro activated by "XXX" fails when XXX first opens, but works after focus is given to another window, and then returned to XXX. -------------------------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted April 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 I reported this as a bug, and received the following message today: Issue [iSS6780] submitted by you has been resolved. The change will be available with the next release of Macro Express Pro. Description of issue [iSS6780]: -------------------------------------------------------------- Macro Express Pro - Window title activation fails sporadically the first time a window appears. Window title activation fails sporadically the first time a window appears. For example, a macro activated by "XXX" fails when XXX first opens, but works after focus is given to another window, and then returned to XXX. -------------------------------------------------------------- Good to hear it, thank you. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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