--- In [email protected], "Sheri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "ebennetthill" <benhill@> wrote: > > > Thanks so much for the obviously sophisticated > > script. I can't follow it for sure. I couldn't get it > > to work for me. I tried creating the *.powerpro file > > and double-clicking it before I ran Excel and after I > > opened up a file. I also tried assigning the > > *script>runfile to a button and running it before or > > after Excel had started. Neither had any effect for me. > > > > As to the taskbar, I do have Excel set to "windows in > > taskbar" which shows each file separately. > > > > I assume teh script works for you. I also use Excel > > 2003. Do you have any ideas what I might try next to > > get it to work for me? > > > > The script is simple really, it finds all the running windows with a > class of XLMAIN and changes their title text. It won't find any if you > run it before starting Excel. It only does it one time. I suppose if > you wanted you could set up an event that would run the script every > second or two whenever Excel is running. This would enable it to > change the titles for new Excel instances and document changes. > Someone else might have to help with that because I haven't done any > events. > > To verify that its working (it definitely works for me), you should > run the script when Excel is already running, and note Excel's > titlebar text before and after running the script. > > If, after running the script the titlebar hasn't got the document name > first on your Excel window, I guess the next step would be to > uncomment the win.debug lines (take out the semicolons at the start of > those lines) and tell me what you see in the powerpro debug window > after running the script. If you don't get a debug window (won't be > foreground, you'll have to switch to it) then the script is not > getting run for some reason. Are you running a recent version of PowerPro? > > For me, when I've used multiple documents in the same instance of > Excel (opened with File|Open) even when only one document is currently > open in that instance, the taskbar item already looks fine without > using the script. Turns out I did already have "windows in taskbar" > enabled, but there wasn't room on the taskbar earlier to show them. > > Regards, > Sheri > Thank you again. It is doing what I wanted now, and I do see what you described with the taskbar. I appreciate the attention.
Ben
