I'd like to use Win-F1 for a PowerPro sequence, but it calls Windows help. Is it much hassle to convert it for PowerPro use? -- Owen Watson [Non-text portions...
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brucexs
Jun 5, 2013 10:35 am
Possibly using the key intercept method drop down on the key setup dialog and setting it to New 2 (LL Hook New Thread)...
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tpi@...
tpi@rogers.com
Jun 6, 2013 5:49 pm
Hello Bruce, another interesting question: I'm looking to assign the middle mouse to press the keys {alt}space and keep them held down until I release the...
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brucexs
Jun 6, 2013 9:18 pm
First, I am not sure how aware you are of how keyboard events ("sending"; keys) work, so here is some background. 1. You cannot send keys directly to a window....
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tpi@...
tpi@rogers.com
Jun 6, 2013 10:56 pm
sorry did it again.. replied from the wrong address.. please discard, and use this one: that's a great commercial lol, and it is in fact a little before my...
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brucexs
Jun 7, 2013 11:12 am
This probably could be done in PowerPro if you used the dll plugin to access the system routines to send the up and down separately. It would also involve the...
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ariegilbert
Jun 8, 2013 4:03 pm
can someone please tell me how to assign the captured text from *clip copy to a variable that I can then use? ie ... *clip copy a = "stuff" b = clip.get ???? ...
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phkiefer
Jun 9, 2013 7:10 am
See help index entry "clipboard contents". Your suggestion should work fine, but you may need to add a wait.for(50) after clip.copy to make sure the variable...
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W.M. Mitchell
mitchellwma1
Jun 9, 2013 2:01 pm
I have a PPro "instance"; that just deals with stickie notes. I got to thinking today that it would be nice if on launching this stickies "bar" that it would...
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W.M. Mitchell
mitchellwma1
Jun 9, 2013 2:04 pm
I'd like to keep an entry that I don't use anymore in the Command Lists but that I'd prefer not to delete. Is this possible? I tried the disable option in...
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brucexs
Jun 10, 2013 10:46 am
You can hide it. Or move it to a separate, command list....
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brucexs
Jun 10, 2013 10:46 am
To open or create a new note at PowerPro startup, create a startup scheduled event with the note open command....
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W.M. Mitchell
mitchellwma1
Jun 10, 2013 11:10 am
Excellent! I didn't know that option in the Scheduler. Okay, I set something up. I went to the sceduler and ticked the radio button Startup. I ensured that...
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W.M. Mitchell
mitchellwma1
Jun 10, 2013 11:13 am
KEWL!! I never noticed that box there to hide an entry. I didn't know that one, either. Thanks, that entry is hidden now but it's really awesome that I can...
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phkiefer
Jun 10, 2013 11:54 am
Good point, I have a designated command list for this purpose - call it Backup, Recycle or something like that and move any items you might want to refer to...
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phkiefer
Jun 10, 2013 11:58 am
Try with a simple command like *Message hello to see if it's a problem of the scheduler not running any commands or if somethings wrong with the *Note command?...
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brucexs
Jun 10, 2013 12:24 pm
why showopen and not open? Are you trying to show a new note or to show the notes that were open when powerpro was previously closed...
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ariegilbert
Jun 10, 2013 6:35 pm
Thanks, but I cannot seem to get it to do what i want so far ... *clip ClearClipboard *keys {home}{shift}{end}{shift}^c ; select and copy the text to the...
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brucexs
Jun 10, 2013 7:26 pm
It would be very helpful if you posted more details about what actually happens versus what you expect on some test case. Two possible issues: The wait must...
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tpi@...
tpi@rogers.com
Jun 10, 2013 8:05 pm
Thanks, your offer is greatly appreciated!! - however being a novice, I think it's a good idea to keep my computer safe by not meddling around too much with...
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W.M. Mitchell
mitchellwma1
Jun 11, 2013 10:53 am
Hi! Thx. I actually don't run PPro all the time at home, say, and lately not at work either due to restrictions. So the Notes instance runs by itself, as it...
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W.M. Mitchell
mitchellwma1
Jun 11, 2013 10:58 am
... From: "brucexs" <brucexs@...> To: power-pro@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 07:23 -0500 Subject: [power-pro] Re: On PPro startup, how to...
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W.M. Mitchell
mitchellwma1
Jun 11, 2013 10:59 am
Boo-boo, as mentioned in a response I sent just now. Fixed now and it works! Thx! ... From: "brucexs" <brucexs@...> To: power-pro@yahoogroups.com Date:...
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ariegilbert
Jun 11, 2013 6:45 pm
Thank you for the reply win.sendkeys(e) had the same result: it did not incorporate the captured text I used the more clunky: *keys &(a)^v\^v&(D) which does...
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brucexs
Jun 12, 2013 2:30 am
Ir works for me. If you want to verify, make sure the statement following the first keys is the wait. Here is my version of what you originally posted: ...
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tpi@...
tpi@rogers.com
Jun 17, 2013 6:14 pm
update: success! (sort of). I have managed to execute wheel movements by doing the following: -ensuring that "Middle mouse scrolls windows except:" is checked...
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brucexs
Jun 17, 2013 10:49 pm
... exec scroll commands work with window under mouse, so they won't work attached to a bar (which becomes the window under the mouse so that pressing a button...
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tpi@...
tpi@rogers.com
Jun 17, 2013 11:57 pm
that's right - my apologies - I do recall you metioning that *exec scrollwindow only works with windows under currently the mouse pointer. In this case, the...
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phkiefer
8:42 pm
Have you tried something like this on your button? win.setfocus(win.childhandlelist("=[EnterExeFileNameOfPhotoShopWithout.ExeExtensionHere]",...
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phkiefer
8:48 pm
On second thoughts, have you checked if there isn't a different keyboard shortcut in PS for zooming? Or maybe you could assign one? If it can't be done...
