The purpose of this post is to encourage folks to take a good look at HotSpot 3.0. It does a lot more now than move your mouse pointer around and click on stuff.
There is more power here than folks can imagine. This should definitely be included in the factory scripts. I'll give an example that I just put together in less than 3 minutes. If you use Outlook 2007, you will know how annoying it is to read an html message. For best results one has to tell Outlook to open the message in your browser. This is normally accomplished by doing the following key sequence. Alt-h then x then v. I just solved my problem by creating a new HotSpot definition that I assigned to Windows o. 1. Make sure you are in Outlook 2007 with an html message open. 2. Bring up the new hotspot dialog, default key is alt control p. 3. Give it a name, I called it "Open in browser". 4. Assign this definition to a key, I used Windows o. 5. Tab over to add action and press enter. 6. Choose insert key from the list of actions and press enter. 7. You will be in a dialog you are used to seeing when defining a new hotkey. Press alt c to capture the keystroke and when prompted to type the key, hit alt h. 8. Repeat the same thing to add x and v as insert key actions. 9. Tab over to add and hit enter. 10. You're done so test it out by hitting Windows o or whatever key you decided to assign this definition to. The html message should now open into your browser with just one keystroke. This works on my system but you may need to tweak this to work on yours by possibly adding a couple of delays. I didn't need to do that however. Within the new hotspot dialog you probably noticed some other edit boxes and buttons that deal with the mouse position. For this example, those can be ignored because this HotSpot does absolutely nothing with the mouse pointer. That in fact, is part of the point of this message. Although HotSpot was originally created to do things with the mouse, that is no longer the case. HotSpot 3.0 goes way beyond that now and gives us a whole lot of power in one easy to use script. Those of us that are not scripters can really do some cool stuff now beyond what was possible with set files. Also, if you are an Adaptive Technology Consultant and have run into situations where set files wouldn't cut it, try using HotSpot 3.0 to possibly create a solution before trying to get a script written. You might be pleasantly surprised. My little example above is just a very simple thing. The ability to search for a string as part of a definition along with all of the other action possibilities coupled with the ability to chain hotspots together makes this script an extremely powerful tool so make sure to check it out and give it a try. --Regards, --Rick alfaro [email protected] --Regards, --Rick alfaro [email protected] If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
