Microsoft Word Menu

[mcbuddah]

I am writing a script that changes the settings of Microsoft Word. I tried using keyboard shortcuts to access the menus, ex: Alt F for the "File Menu". But for the "Tools" menu (Alt T) when I use the Send command it inserts the current time of day.

Send("{ALTDOWN}TC{ALTUP}")

If you were to manually go in to word and hit "Shift" "Alt" "T", this would insert the time. But no where in my script do I use the Shift key.

I'm stumped.

[pekster]

That works fine for me. I open a new document in WinWord (version 2002 or "Office XP") and use the following script:

WinActivate("Document1 - Microsoft Word")
Send("{ALTDOWN}tc{ALTUP}")

The following code also worked for me:

WinActivate("Document1 - Microsoft Word")
Send("!tc")

[emmanuel]

I am writing a script that changes the settings of Microsoft Word. I tried using keyboard shortcuts to access the menus, ex: Alt F for the "File Menu". But for the "Tools" menu (Alt T) when I use the Send command it inserts the current time of day.

Send("{ALTDOWN}TC{ALTUP}")

If you were to manually go in to word and hit "Shift" "Alt" "T", this would insert the time. But no where in my script do I use the Shift key.

I'm stumped.

sending "T" is different than sending "t" , it sends it as shift+t if it's uppercase.

[pekster]

sending "T" is different than sending "t" , it sends it as shift+t if it's uppercase.

Heh, somehow I managed to miss that. That's what I get for typing in the script myself instead of copy and pasting it. I just fixed the error when I re-typed it.

[mcbuddah]

sending "T" is different than sending "t" , it sends it as shift+t if it's uppercase.

So all I had to do was turn off the caps lock.

[emmanuel]

yeah, gotta watch out for that caps lock key, it's EVIL!

[mbailey]

On the topic of menu bars, anyone know why don't Windows apps have control IDs for the menu bar?

I wish I could send commands to the menu bar like I can with buttons and checkboxes--do I have to settle for Send()?

Thanks in advance...

[LxP]

WinMenuSelectItem() will do the job for most menu bars.