Setting activation type with Keyboard?

[terrypin]

Is it possible to choose an activation type using keystrokes rather than the mouse? Presumably Alt+H should choose Hotkey, Alt+S = Shorkey, etc. But as Hotkey is already selected by default, using one of these combinations just sets that as the Hotkey! Am I missing something obvious here please?

 

 

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[acantor]

It's doable, although not obvious...

 

1. Press Tab seven times.

2. Press Alt + underlined letter.

 

Unfortunately, once the radio buttons have focus, the up and down arrow keys do not work, which is the expected behaviour.

[terrypin]

Thanks Alan, that's what I was looking for.

 

(I make it five tabs, not seven. That's after opening the dialog, with the text cursor in the hotkey box. 5 tabs later I can use Alt+underline to select the type.)

 

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[acantor]

I just tried again. Now I find that I only have to press Tab once. Then I can press Alt + whatever.

 

Here is a script that automatically places the focus ib the Nickname field when the "Create New Macro" window opens.

 

Get Control: (MACEDIT.EXE) Using z-order -> %NicknameField%
Set Focus to %NicknameField%

 

Set the activation to Window Title: "Create New Macro" (exact match) when Window is opened.

 

Set the Scope to Global.

[terrypin]

Thanks Alan, but can you post the code or describe exactly how you constructed the Get Control, as I'm unable to get it working here.

 

This is my code:

 

<GET CONTROL Flags="1" Program_Name="MACEDIT.EXE" Class="TfrmAddAct" Title="Add Activation" Variable="%NicknameField%" Caption="Add Activation" Partial="FALSE" Wildcards="FALSE"/>
<SET FOCUS Control="%NicknameField%"/>

 

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[acantor]

I think you may be on the wrong screen.

 

1. Create a new macro -- let's call it A.

 

2. Go back to Macro Explorer, and create a second new macro. Let's call it B.

 

3. Activate the "Get Control" utility in B to capture the "Macro Nickname" field on the "Create New Macro" screen for A.

 

Alternatively, this script works nicely if the script consists only of this line:

 

Text Type (Simulate Keystrokes): <TAB><TAB><TAB>

 

Which automatically tabs to the Macro Nickname field when the window opens.

[terrypin]

Got it! (I'd inadvertently switched to the Add Activation window.)

 

The one-liner makes it redundant, of course, but as I've rarely used Controls that was a useful learning exercise, thanks.

 

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[acantor]

The one-liner makes it redundant, of course, but as I've rarely used Controls that was a useful learning exercise, thanks.

 

I thought you might like it. The one-liner is a perfectly good approach, but I can imagine it failing under certain conditions. The control-based approach, on the other hand, inches us closer to a programmatic way to script reliable macros.