[power-pro] bug/glitch: macro lists don't work inside PPro notes

2004-06-27 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Would be great if this could be fixed. Thanks! Phil Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/JV_rlB/TM

[power-pro] Wee bug + request

2006-09-13 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Hi. I'm running version 4.5 of PPro and when I drag-move a command list item to a new position, the cursor / highlight moves down one line after dropping the item. So if you drag and drop and then press enter, PProConf will open the next item down, rather than the one you just moved. I find

[power-pro] Re: Wee bug + request

2006-09-14 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
--- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just moved. I find this pretty irritating, so could you fix it, please? Also, I'd like to make the following request: Could two further mouse functions be added for buttons 4 and 5 in These are pretty small. I

[power-pro] Easy way to globally update command separator in .pcf?

2006-09-24 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Hi. Been trying to export all my command lists into a .txt file to search for a path name. PPro refused to do so because I still use the old command separator in many of my command lists, hotkeys etc. I tried simply emptying the command separator box under advanced setup | characters, but

[power-pro] Two issues with context bars

2006-11-04 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
1. Would it be possible to prevent an active context bar - say for Notepad - from dis- and reappearing while switching from Notepad to a PowerPro note - say to select all and copy - and back to Notepad to paste the note's contents? It would be a lot less distracting if the bars didn't hide and

[power-pro] Re: Two issues with context bars

2006-11-08 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
--- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, Sheri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It shows when focus is in the form if using: *Format ContextIf activewindow(=ecco32) but (strangely) does not show if using *Format Context =ecco32 Sheri, You're absolutely right! Go figure... Anyway, thank you very

[power-pro] Re: Two issues with context bars

2006-11-08 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
--- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Format contextif (activewindow(yourprog) || (activewindow(c=powerpronote) anywindow(=yourprog)) may do what you want. Bruce, Thanks very much for your input. Your suggestion worked to keep the context bar visible once

[power-pro] KeyTrap.WaitKey always exits, return code 0

2007-08-23 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Could anyone please advise as to what's causing this function of the plugin to fail? Monitoring keys through the ini file and things like GetScanCode work fine. Thanks. Phil

[power-pro] mouse through bar toggle

2007-10-20 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Is there a command to toggle the mouse through attribute for a bar, e.g. through a hotkey? After searching the help file, it seems this can only be set through pproconfig... Thanks! Phil

[power-pro] Re: mouse through bar toggle

2007-10-21 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Excellent. Thanks! --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, philipp_l_kiefer philippkiefer@ wrote: Is there a command to toggle the mouse through attribute for a bar, e.g. through a hotkey? After searching the help file

[power-pro] Re: inputcancel dialog and focus

2007-10-22 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Sorry to bring this old thread up again, but I've found a more elegant solution to this problem. It seems to me that the dialog box loses focus only when the active window is one that's being run with windows compatibility mode options. I also tried everything I could think of to get the focus

[power-pro] Re: Keytrap and Mousetrap unpredictably stop working

2007-11-02 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
I sometimes experience the same problem and have found the following solution: In my experience, when KeyTrap / MouseTrap freeze, it is usually caused by a key becoming virtually stuck. I have since set a button one of my bars to display: *Info expr (KeyTrap.GetPressedKeys). During proper

[power-pro] Internet Explorer 7 messes up PowerPro hotkeys / mouse

2007-11-15 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
This week I tried, for a second time after waiting a couple of months for possible IE fixes to resolve the issues, to get IE7 to coexist properly with PowerPro, but I ran into the same problems I did a couple of months back, so I'm thinking it can't simply be an early IE7 problem that will be

[power-pro] Problem with active buttons and multiline text

2007-12-02 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Bruce, it seems that if you set the last item in a command list to set the properties of active buttons for the list, the multiline text attribute as set by the checkbox on the edit list item dialog is only applied to the very first active button, but not carried over to the following active

[power-pro] Showing active window's / application's menu at mouse pointer

2007-12-10 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
I had the idea of trying to get rid of applications' menus (almost) entirely, e.g. by setting the windows font size for menus to 1 or somesuch number, to maximize vertical screen space, thus running all apps in a kind of fullscreen mode. For this it would have been necessary to call up the

[power-pro] Re: Using *keys to go forward and back in firefox

2007-12-13 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
I wonder if there is a way to circumvent this issue, in Opera you can Press Z to go back and X to go forward. Well, what happens in Opera if you need to type a word containing X or Z? Doesn't that also cause it to go back / forward? How about using function keys instead (since not needed for

[power-pro] Re: how to get plugin 'Keytrap' working?

2007-12-31 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
--- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, antm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I keytrap.enable(1) during the powerpro startup process and use win.debug(keytrap.isenable) to know that it's running. But besides that, I can't have any hotkey work. Is there anything else to know? Assuming that you

[power-pro] Issues when showing subbars based on the active window

2008-01-01 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
When I check subbar from active on the bar properties for a context bar (applies to both *format context and *format contextif) the bar becomes permanent, i.e. the context condition is no longer considered. Thus this feature currently only works for non-context bars. Someone else has pointed out

[power-pro] Issue when showing subbars based on active window

2008-01-01 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
When I check subbar from active on the bar properties for a context bar (applies to both *format context and *format contextif), the bar becomes permanent, i.e. the context condition is no longer considered. Thus this feature currently only works for non-context bars. Someone else has pointed out

[power-pro] Re: Some bugfixes

2008-01-13 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Thanks. Excellent stuff! --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I decided to fix some of the outstanding bugs. - cl.insert and cl.remove with tray list - fonts in menu showfile - dots in script file paths - multiple lines for labels of active buttons - setup

[power-pro] Baffling drag and drop |-symbol inconsistency

2008-02-02 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
For some reason, upon resolving the | after a dragdrop action, the file paths/names(s) containing spaces are put into quotation marks while those without spaces are not. I found this very bothersome and can see no reason for this lack of consistency (unless it be technical / OS-related). Since I

[power-pro] Baffling drag and drop |-symbol inconsistency

2008-02-02 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
For some reason, upon resolving the | after a dragdrop action, the file paths/names(s) containing spaces are put into quotation marks while those without spaces are not. I found this very bothersome and can see no reason for this lack of consistency (unless it be technical / OS-related). Since I

[power-pro] Re: Clone Command List

2008-02-02 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
In PProConf go to Setup tab, click Export as text and save commandlist to file. Then bring up command list in Command Lists tab, click Properties button and rename CL. Now go back to Setup and import the list you just saved. Voila, two identical lists with different names. Cheers Phil --- In

[power-pro] Calling MouseTrap Edit command directly

2008-02-02 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
I want to send one Edit:scroll=*t to c=MS_WinHlp windows, because they do not respond to {ctrl}{home}. Is there a way to run such a MouseTrap command directly from PowerPro or will I need to have a MouseTrap.Ini entry and somehow trigger it via a dummy hotkey action? Thanks! Phil

[power-pro] Calling MouseTrap Edit command directly

2008-02-02 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
I want to send Edit:scroll=*t to c=MS_WinHlp windows, because they do not respond to {ctrl}{home}. Is there a way to run such a MouseTrap command directly from PowerPro or will I need to have a dummy MouseTrap.Ini entry that I'll need to trigger? Thanks! Phil

[power-pro] Re: Baffling drag and drop |-symbol inconsistency

2008-02-02 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Bruce, I realize I need to investigate the CL commands in more detail. I'm sure I can cook something up with your pointers. Thanks! Phil --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I wanted the buttons in question to run different commands depending on whether

[power-pro] Removing double quotes from strings...

2008-02-04 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
How do I do this? I tried replacechars(caption,',) and replacechars(caption,,), but neither did the trick. BTW, I use ', not / as my escape character. Any pointers? Thanks! Phil

[power-pro] Re: Removing double quotes from strings...

2008-02-04 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
I tried replacechars(caption,',) and replacechars(caption,,), but neither did the trick. The standard configuration uses \ You're right of course. I expect this would work: replacechars(caption, ?XX, ) or this: replacechars(caption, \x22, ) But possibly with alternate escape character

[power-pro] Removing double quotes from strings...

2008-02-04 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
How do I do this? I tried replacechars(caption,') and replacechars(caption,), but neither did the trick. Any pointers? Thanks! Phil

[power-pro] Possible to check whether text selected in current window?

2008-02-25 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Is there any way to check this via PowerPro / a dll / plugin? I want my MouseTrap hotkeys to do different things based on whether text is currently selected or not. My current workaround is a dummy *clip copy to see whether this changes the contents of the clipboard, but I thought maybe there is

[power-pro] Re: Possible to check whether text selected in current window?

2008-02-27 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Bruce, Many thanks. I will experiment some with this. Phil --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, philipp_l_kiefer philippkiefer@ wrote: Is there any way to check this via PowerPro / a dll / plugin? I want my MouseTrap

[power-pro] Re: Any way to improve right caption positioning?

2008-03-02 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Hi. For your first item in the bar's command list, use: *format contextif (not(caption == or caption ==program manager)) You may have to add other captions to the list, for which the caption bar should not be shown. A more elegant way would be to check if the active window has a title bar. If

[power-pro] Re: Any way to improve right caption positioning?

2008-03-03 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
I think checking for window size would be more reasonable, than manually adding all windows. Also, this happens for all kinds of dialog windows too, not just main program windows. Ultimately, your best bet will be to simply not use the caption position at all. I'm sure only very few

[power-pro] Glitch with hover clicks and *menu show

2008-04-03 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
I have a bar with a mix of buttons, some of them showing menus on mouse hover. The menus are shown aligned with the bar's edge and I often accidentally move across one of the other menu-showing buttons on my way to the newly popped up menu from the original button. Rather annoyingly, whenever this

[power-pro] Appending lines of text to HTML on the clipboard

2008-04-04 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
I've been trying to append the URL, page title and date / time to stuff I copy from my browser, using Clip.Append. I've got it to work fine if the clipboard contains normal text, but it won't work for HTML. Any help would be much appreciated.

[power-pro] Re: Appending lines of text to HTML on the clipboard

2008-04-04 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
--- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, philipp_l_kiefer philippkiefer@ wrote: I've been trying to append the URL, page title and date / time to stuff I copy from my browser, using Clip.Append. I've got it to work fine

[power-pro] Re: Appending lines of text to HTML on the clipboard

2008-04-04 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
--- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, philipp_l_kiefer philippkiefer@ wrote: I've been trying to append the URL, page title and date / time to stuff I copy from my browser, using Clip.Append. I've got it to work fine

[power-pro] Re: Appending lines of text to HTML on the clipboard

2008-04-05 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
You'd have to put the text in the correct spot syntatically in the html - get the clipboard text, possibly using clip.gethtml - add your text in the correct spot in the html - reset the clipboard with sethtml I did it. Many thanks!

[power-pro] No drag and drop of zipped files from Total Commander to normal bars

2008-05-18 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
I'm using a context bar with my favorite file manager, Total Commander. On this, I've set up drag and drop buttons to copy or move files to my most frequently used folders. This works fine for files in normal folders, but if I drag a file from a ZIP or other archive, the drop is not registered.

[power-pro] Specific window opening no longer captured for autorun

2009-12-03 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
The Hotsync.exe application runs permanently in the background, with an icon in my system tray. When I press a button on my Palm device after connecting via USB, an information dialog pops up. Under XP it was never a problem for PowerPro to execute an autorun command on the dialog appearing,

[power-pro] Re: PproConf.exe; Make the window Maximizable/Font Choice

2009-12-20 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Could someone (Sheri?) please post a simple script that (or tell me how to modify the script below so that it) does the same (i.e. increase the font size) for PproConf's Edit list item dialog? Many thanks! Phil --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, Sheri sheri...@... wrote: Until Bruce decides

[power-pro] Re: PproConf.exe; Make the window Maximizable/Font Choice

2009-12-21 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Excellent. Works like a charm. Many thanks, Sheri, for this little present and a merry Christmas to you! Phil --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, Sheri sheri...@... wrote: --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, philipp_l_kiefer philippkiefer@ wrote: Could someone (Sheri?) please post a simple

[power-pro] Re: Script: 9 extra functions for each mouse button you don't use for drag and drop

2010-02-16 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
To expand on this, here are the commands I use my slots for: Tilt mouse wheel left: clip copy Hold mouse wheel left: clip cut Tilt mouse wheel right: paste Hold mouse wheel right: *keys {enter} + other commands that depend on active window Middle button: click: send left mouse button

[power-pro] Easy way to convert command lists to script files

2010-06-04 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Hi. I've tried to do this using PproConf's Export as text button, but the resulting file of course includes all the button information and would take some serious editing to turn it into an operable script file. Is there an easier way? Many thanks Phil

[power-pro] Windows 7 startup error message

2010-08-02 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Hi. Since upgrading to Win7, I get the following error on system startup (see screenshot below): cannot find start menu button. http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/kPlWTLg46q8jcIinN3lw59aUkHjtZpri3wFFjCT4QByxE5nyopHwDDSOcA9hYdVfSULBAMtG3Jc6nwm3-B8xKHq2ufavLQ/startup.jpg I start PowerPro with admin

[power-pro] Re: Windows 7 startup error message

2010-08-02 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
@yahoogroups.com, philipp_l_kiefer philippkiefer@ wrote: Hi. Since upgrading to Win7, I get the following error on system startup (see screenshot below): cannot find start menu button. http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/kPlWTLg46q8jcIinN3lw59aUkHjtZpri3wFFjCT4QByxE5nyopHwDDSOcA9hYdVfSULBAMtG3Jc6nwm3

[power-pro] Drag and drop of items in PProConf doesn't scroll anymore

2010-08-29 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
When changing the order of items in a command list and trying to drag them to the top or bottom of the list, PProConf no longer scrolls. Instead, I have to drop them at the top of the visible items, scroll with the wheel, drop at the top again and repeat until I reach the top of the list. Is

[power-pro] Re: Drag and drop of items in PProConf doesn't scroll anymore

2010-08-29 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
I'm using Windows7 and I remember it not working in Vista either. It probably did still work for me with XP... --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, SS hypersam...@... wrote: I'm using 4.9n2, it works as usual. --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, philipp_l_kiefer philippkiefer@ wrote: When

[power-pro] Re: Drag and drop of items in PProConf doesn't scroll anymore

2010-08-29 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
I've tried all kinds of mouse pointer positions, but it simply won't budge - whether PPro is running or not. Can anyone else confirm this? --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs bruc...@... wrote: --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, philipp_l_kiefer philippkiefer@ wrote: I'm using

[power-pro] Re: Drag and drop of items in PProConf doesn't scroll anymore

2010-08-29 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Bruce, I've uploaded a screenshot of the debug window (Stiletto - nostalgia!) here: http://tinyurl.com/348dz26 Thanks for trying to fix this! --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs bruc...@... wrote: --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, philipp_l_kiefer philippkiefer@ wrote: I've tried

[power-pro] Re: Drag and drop of items in PProConf doesn't scroll anymore

2010-08-30 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Here's the new screenshot: http://tinyurl.com/38nh79j Yes, it did scroll - down, but not back up. Seems you're on the right track! --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs bruc...@... wrote: Bruce, I've uploaded a screenshot of the debug window (Stiletto - nostalgia!) here:

[power-pro] Re: Drag and drop of items in PProConf doesn't scroll anymore

2010-08-31 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
@yahoogroups.com, brucexs bruc...@... wrote: --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, philipp_l_kiefer philippkiefer@ wrote: Here's the new screenshot: http://tinyurl.com/38nh79j Yes, it did scroll - down, but not back up. Seems you're on the right track! Can you confirm

[power-pro] Re: Drag and drop of items in PProConf doesn't scroll anymore

2010-09-01 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Works great now. Thank you very much, Bruce! --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs bruc...@... wrote: --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, philipp_l_kiefer philippkiefer@ wrote: Excellent, it DOES work! I checked it again and with the latest pproconf.exe, it scrolls back up once

[power-pro] Can a window be resized to be taller than the screen resolution?

2010-09-01 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Does anyone here know of a way to increase a window's height to well over that of the screen, e.g. 1250 pixels for a 1680x1050 resolution? Thanks.

[power-pro] Re: Where can I find info on using the autoit.dll

2010-09-02 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
I actually still use it sometimes to send key and mouse combinations as {shift}, {ctrl} and {alt} no longer work with Vista or Win7 and I could never find a native PowerPro substitute. (I tried {fast} and {sinp}.) --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, Derek delwo...@... wrote: --- In

[power-pro] Re: Can a window be resized to be taller than the screen resolution?

2010-09-03 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
...@... wrote: --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, philipp_l_kiefer philippkiefer@ wrote: Does anyone here know of a way to increase a window's height to well over that of the screen, e.g. 1250 pixels for a 1680x1050 resolution? Thanks. Have you tried using win.size(hwnd

[power-pro] Re: Can a window be resized to be taller than the screen resolution?

2010-09-05 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
. --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs bruc...@... wrote: --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, philipp_l_kiefer philippkiefer@ wrote: I just did, but it seems to be capped at 1072 for my 1680x1050 resolution. 22 extra pixels is not really enough to hide the useless ribbon and ribbon tabs

[power-pro] Re: Where can I find info on using the autoit.dll

2010-09-05 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
I just tried all the possible keysend options to get PowerPro to select text in Notepad from the cursor position to the beginning of a line of text, i.e. I tried sending {shift}{home}{shift} under Windows 7. Result: au.send was the only way of doing it successfully. It seems that the *keys

[power-pro] Re: Where can I find info on using the autoit.dll

2010-09-05 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Yes, I tried that as well with all the methods and I tried both methods offered by the keytrap plugin. --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs bruc...@... wrote: --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs brucexs@ wrote: --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, philipp_l_kiefer

[power-pro] Re: Can a window be resized to be taller than the screen resolution?

2010-09-05 Thread philipp_l_kiefer
Even when I *window move a window up so that there is a couple of hundred pixels' distance to the bottom of the screen, it will resize to no larger than around 1070. --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, brucexs bruc...@... wrote: --- In power-pro@yahoogroups.com, philipp_l_kiefer