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Re: Virtual Desktop help

daque2000 — 2012-03-13T19:27:31

I'm not running Win7, but this works sort of in XP.
Set FF and WMC to launch at startup.
If you haven't already created one, create an AutoRun command list in PP.
Add the button with the name that corresponds to the caption for FireFox (sorry, I don't have it running on my computer).  For Word I used "*Microsoft Word" as the caption (not the quotes).  For the button parameters select *Vdesk and then MoveActive and select the desktop.  At startup and whenever that program is initiated it will be moved to the specified desktop. 

Daque


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Virtual Desktop help

johnwaterswright — 2012-03-06T23:12:18

I have two virtual desktops called Homespace and Mediaspace, and I have my PC (Win 7 Home x64 SP1) set to launch Firefox and Windows Media Center at startup.  How can I get FF to launch in Homespace and WMC in Mediaspace?  For the life of me, I can't figure it out.  All help is appreciated...



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Re: iPhone trick

quanticworks — 2012-01-24T20:23:51

you can do it with the keytrap plugin by Russel
get it here:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/power-pro/files/Plug-ins_and_add-ons/KeyTrap_v2.3.zip

follow the instructions on the read me file.
don't forget to add in the scheduler tab the command:
KeyTrap.Enable(1)

check the "startup" radio box
interval: save for re-use
ok > exit GUI Config

in PowerPro folder, open the file keytrap.ini and below the [Active] commands, add this one:

iPhonetrick=0,0,0,57,32,5,,,Keys {ba 2}.{sp},0,0,0,0,0,0,,,,,,sends dot space to the active window

save the file, restart PowerPro


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iPhone trick

Bill — 2012-01-23T14:18:17

On the iPhone, if you do a double space you get a period and a space.
Is it possible to get PPro to duplicate this? Using Xp.
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Create a Macro

Daniel Ã´Â¿Ã´ — 2012-01-09T20:32:36

Sorry but I am totally new to all of this and am in desperate need of some help...can someone tell me the "Making Macros for Dummies" way to create/record a macro in this??

What Im trying to do is decrease a very tedious workload I have wherein I need to copy a line of numbers in Excel then paste them in a webbrowser then tab through spaces and press enter then back for another line on Excel...Id like to automate the4 entire process which is actually about 30 key strokes and totaling over 1,000 lines in Excel so you can see why it would be tedious.

ANY help at all with this would be greatly appreciated as I need to get this work done this week!!

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PowerPro on Vista

Peter Meyns — 2012-01-05T21:38:59

Hi folks,

I have a notebook with Vista for a couple of years. I installed PPro
4.8 and used the configuration of my PC which runs XP. It didn't work
completely, but for the most important tasks it did.

Today I installed PPro 4.9 with Vista support. I learned that it has
to be run in admin mode. Does that mean that all applications started
from PPro run with admin privileges too? If so, how can I prevent this?
Or can't I?

Create a Macro

Daniel Ã´Â¿Ã´ — 2012-01-09T20:32:36

Sorry but I am totally new to all of this and am in desperate need of some help...can someone tell me the "Making Macros for Dummies" way to create/record a macro in this??

What Im trying to do is decrease a very tedious workload I have wherein I need to copy a line of numbers in Excel then paste them in a webbrowser then tab through spaces and press enter then back for another line on Excel...Id like to automate the4 entire process which is actually about 30 key strokes and totaling over 1,000 lines in Excel so you can see why it would be tedious.

ANY help at all with this would be greatly appreciated as I need to get this work done this week!!

Thanks



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PowerPro on Vista

Peter Meyns — 2012-01-05T21:38:59

Hi folks,

I have a notebook with Vista for a couple of years. I installed PPro
4.8 and used the configuration of my PC which runs XP. It didn't work
completely, but for the most important tasks it did.

Today I installed PPro 4.9 with Vista support. I learned that it has
to be run in admin mode. Does that mean that all applications started
from PPro run with admin privileges too? If so, how can I prevent this?
Or can't I?

PowerPro on Vista

Peter Meyns — 2012-01-05T21:38:59

Hi folks,

I have a notebook with Vista for a couple of years. I installed PPro
4.8 and used the configuration of my PC which runs XP. It didn't work
completely, but for the most important tasks it did.

Today I installed PPro 4.9 with Vista support. I learned that it has
to be run in admin mode. Does that mean that all applications started
from PPro run with admin privileges too? If so, how can I prevent this?
Or can't I?

Re: What use?

Ray Ramirez — 2011-10-31T20:51:06

Davidt,

I use Ppro to easily access different programs and directories where I 
keep things. It is much easier to find them.
I also use it to quickly launch Word, Excel, or to pull up one of those 
files in the current year folder (I have many yearly items, and some 
general for my business, so I use ppro to create a menu of the Word 
files in that directory.

I started using powerpro to save interesting e-mail/ web information 
into a nice generic text file for future reference.  I have a nice menu 
of files where I 'add to the end of the file' the copied information.

I also use the timer feature to make sure I don't space out too much on 
Facebook, or other websites that I tend to 'enjoy' :-)

I also use a countdown timer for presentations, where Powerpro
starts a timer
minimizes all folders
'hides' all desktop icons
displays a certain icon for this presentation

After the countdown goes to 0.00
changes the wallpaper to a comic strip
plays an MP3 file (to call folks in)

At end of the 60 sec interlude (s

Re: What use?

brother.gabriel — 2011-10-26T13:54:32

Well, I use powerpro to automate all kinds of things.  I began using PP because I wanted custom toolbars in my programs like photoshop, Indesign, NP++, Illustrator, etc.  PP is "always on", so it works kind of like a service.  You can make it so PP will display your own custom toolbar (its just a simple pp list displayed as a toolbar) to appear whenever those programs open.  Then, when those programs close, the toolbar goes away.  The best thing is to make the toolbar send keyboard commands to the app (but you can also use other methods, such as COM to interact too).  

The reason to use powerpro is that it is always running in the background, and therefore always listening.  Other scripting languages are still-scripts.  That is, you have to run them to get them to work.  And with PP, you run individual functions that are in your scripts, or you can run the entire file.

I use PP to automate the initial setup of a monthly magazine.  It starts InDesign using a template, creates a folder for the file, names th

Re: What use?

nickodemos2002 — 2011-10-25T15:37:30


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This all sounds great but as a newbie it would help more if some of the people who are fluent in writing these little tricks and time savers could actually post a copy of everything that they can.

It is easier for someone like me to look through others work to have things click on how to either run my own script or at times just copy yours for my needs.

Of course I would expect you to clean out any personal info but if names are there a john doe or xxx for numbers would be great.



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Re: PowerPro bar below Taskbar?

daque2000 — 2011-10-24T17:13:16

I belive if you're running a normal taskbar, it's got to be on top of everything else and at the edge of the screen.

Best I've been able to come up with is to run a bar at the bottom edge of the fixed screen (choose in camand list properties)
Run your taskbar at double the normal height, and set the bar to display when bumped.  
Why do you want to do this?  Maybe there's another trick that would help.

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PowerPro bar below Taskbar?

reisende54 — 2011-10-24T15:21:23

Hello,

Is there a way to position a PowerPro bar below the Windows Taskbar?

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Re: Re: on pcreReplaceCallback

Sheri — 2011-08-31T18:30:24

 your scripts. I know it is basic and rustic but I could work with pcreReplaceCallback in a limited way.

I wouldn't worry too much about installing the dll plugin. If ever you 
need to process some new structure where you don't have a model to go 
by, that's when you need to be cautious.

There's a syntax error on your quit statements because they are each 
missing a closing paren, but I don't think your script would work 
properly because the file handle needs to be closed after the "end for". 
You can't quit(..) before that happens. So you could: 1) set a result 
variable inside the for loop for each treatment of sMatch, 2) end the 
loop, 3) close the file handle and finally 4) quit(result). I think you 
would also want to put a break statement when sMatch eq ln because there 
is no need to keep testing more lines for equality after one has already 
matched.

If I were doing it, I would likely do a file.readall of your wordfile to 
a static variable in the the main section of the script (similar to 
readi

Re: on pcreReplaceCallback

antojuna — 2011-08-31T15:32:20

I understand that the answer to my question is that I have to learn many things before using pcreReplaceCallback. Thanks for your explanation. I couldn't even test your scripts because I haven't installed the dll.plugin yet, there is a horrible warning for non programmers in the help file of this plugin. I'm not ready to destroy our world, I couldn't put up with the never ending special television news about the last day. Now my last question about this subject. 

A pseudo-script:

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static text = "a man told to me:\r\nonce upon a time\r\nthere was a rich princess\r\nand a lovely prince\r\nin a big castle\r\nwith a lot of bills"

local sScript = "." ++ scriptname ++ "< at >title_exclude"
local ch=regex.pcreReplaceCallback(?"(?<=\ba\s)\w+", text, sScript)
messagebox("OK", ch)
quit

Function title_exclude(pCaptureVec)
local dll_status
static st_offset_vec, text
local nVecItems = 2
if (length(st_offset_vec)) do
   st_offset_vec.dereference(pCaptureVec)
else
   st_offset_vec  = dll.create_array(pCaptureVec,  nVec

Re: on pcreReplaceCallback

Sheri — 2011-08-29T13:10:01

The above script has no need of extracting the actual match because the 
pattern matches (as its whole match) an empty string. In particular the 
empty string that follows a # symbol at the start of a line.


If you refer to the documentation in regex.chm, there is a sample 
callback script for pcreReplaceCallback you can use. The function must 
have an argument, e.g., Function upper(pCaptureVec). The regex plugin 
itself, during replacements, substitutes a pointer to the offset vector 
produced by PCRE for each match. Using the code given in the 
documentation, the dll plugin makes the offsets accessible in a the form 
of a powerpro vector. To interpret the content you need to know the 
number of substrings in your regular expression. You need two elements 
(for the start and end offset) for the whole match and each substring. 
You can then use powerpro's select function together with the offsets 
and your subject string to extract the actual string. The subject string 
is accessible to the callback script

on pcreReplaceCallback

antojuna — 2011-08-29T09:46:31

This message is for my understanding of the pcreReplaceCallback. I don't see how it references the search. 

In a previous message I got this gentle script:

-------------
static MatchNo=0
local text = file.readall("m:/file.txt")
local p=regex.pcreMatch(?"(?m)^\#+$\K", text)
local sScript = "." ++ scriptname ++ "< at >callbackNumbering"
local q=regex.pcreReplaceCallback(?"(?m)^\#\K", text, sScript, "", "", p)
file.writeall("m:/filenum.txt", q)
quit

Function callbackNumbering()
static MatchNo=MatchNo+1
quit(MatchNo)
--------------

Now, I'm trying to discover how I could take profit of this pcreReplaceCallback. According to the help file:

"Replaces multiple matches of a regular expression within a subject string in accordance with a custom Powerpro script. By default the entire match is targeted for replacement, but optionally, a single substring can be targeted instead."

In my humble understanding, it means the next thing: I have a simple script:

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local text = "a man told to me:\r\nonce upon a ti

Re: on text location

Sheri — 2011-08-28T19:31:34

A couple suggestions. You don't need all those variables or to involve 
the clipboard and you can reuse code. If there are many files, reusing 
code becomes more convenient. Following is untested but should work.

local res = "m:/auxnum.txt"
file.writeall(res,"")
local div = "\r\n-------------\r\n"
local vfiles=vec.create(2)
vfiles[0]="m:/auxiliar1.txt"
vfiles[1]="m:/auxiliar2.txt"
for each thisfile index1 i in vfiles
   local thisstr=doNumbers(thisfile)
   if (i < vfiles.length)
     thisstr=thisstr++div
   file.writeall(res,thisstr,"a")
endfor
quit

Function doNumbers(fn)
local ch=?"$#"
local StrInProc = file.readall(fn)
StrInProc=regex.pcreReplace(?"(?m)^§\K", StrInProc, ch)
StrInProc=regex.pcreReplace(?"(?m)^\&\K", StrInProc, ch)
StrInProc=regex.pcreReplace(?"(?m)^\#\K", StrInProc, ch)
StrInProc=regex.pcreReplace(?"(?m)^\%\K", StrInProc, ch)
quit(StrInProc)

Here's one solution for doing it with regex.pcreReplaceCallback instead. 
Note that here a one character match pattern is used instead of an empty

Re: on text location

antojuna — 2011-08-27T15:55:15

I come back to give you more information about the example. I supposed that the problem was to join lines with the same marker and number but maybe this general idea is poor.

You have a file divided by a middle line "---------". At the beginning there are four groups de lines like this:

§1 xxxxxxxx
..
§39 xxxxxxxxxx

&1 xxxxxxxx
..
&12 xxxxxxxxxx

#1 xxxxxxxx
..
#6 xxxxxxxxxx

%1 xxxxxxxx
..
%14 xxxxxxxxxx

the groups are separated by carriage returns. Usually the biggest group is the § group, sometimes it lacks some group. After the line you have a correspondent group of lines but they have a sort of hierarchical organization because not allways all the groups have elements and they are in other language. Usually the top of this hierarchy is the % group. An example could be:

%1 oooooo

&1 oooooo
ooooooo (no numbered line)
#1 ooooooo
#2 ooooooo
oooooo (no numbered line)
§1 oooooo
§2 oooooo
§3 oooooo

#3 ooooooo

&2 ooooooo
&3 ooooooo

%2 oooooo

but this could have a very different aspect because th

Re: on text location

antojuna — 2011-08-27T10:08:23

This is a script that works well, but I have some questions. 

local res = "m:/auxnum.txt"
local ch=?"$#"
local textA = file.readall("m:/auxiliar1.txt")
local q1=regex.pcreReplace(?"(?m)^§\K", textA, ch)
local q2=regex.pcreReplace(?"(?m)^\&\K", q1, ch)
local q3=regex.pcreReplace(?"(?m)^\#\K", q2, ch)
local q4=regex.pcreReplace(?"(?m)^\%\K", q3, ch)
file.writeall(res, q4)
local div = "\r\n-------------\r\n"
clip.set(div)
clip.ToFileAppend(res) 
local textB = file.readall("m:/auxiliar2.txt")
local q1=regex.pcreReplace(?"(?m)^§\K", textB, ch)
local q2=regex.pcreReplace(?"(?m)^\&\K", q1, ch)
local q3=regex.pcreReplace(?"(?m)^\#\K", q2, ch)
local q4=regex.pcreReplace(?"(?m)^\%\K", q3, ch)
file.writeall(res, q4, "a")


The regex option \K is common to the regular expressions but $# is particular to the regex working on Power Pro. I have tested both options in some text processors and none works in none of them.

As you see, I use four line markers: "§,&,#,%", they are chosen by me and they mean different levels