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I wish there was a script that could "associate/link specific programs' functions to other program(s) of my choice. For example, while using firefox, I would like to have the choice to launch a "one click" printscreen program of my choice, taking that particular format of screenshot I often use. Or I could like to have a "clean cache+cookies" thingie. Or would like to launch a url snooper in record mode, you name it. The point is to reduce the number of clicks to one. If you find that you use a program in association to another very often, and that you perform only a limited number of tasks with that associated application, then this linker thing would do the trick.

I think this script should work from the taskbar, and generate an "associations bar" in the program to which functions are added (firefox, in the example avove). The script should have the following functionality:

A- double clicking the tray icon should bring up a window with all running exes (processes too? maybe, but separated? dont see its use, but who knows). At the bottom of this window there should be a bottom [select] telling the user: "select the program to which you want to add associations". There should also be a "browse for application" button.

b- Upon selecting an application, a new window should appear, with two options: "is that it?" and "start macro for more specific actions." If "is that it?" is chosen, a button will be created in the associations bar. Pressing the button will start the associated application. Each button should have a given name, and a popup description.

c- if "start macro of specific actions" is chosen, the program should start recording. So, lets imagine that the associated program is a url snooper. then the url snooper is started, and the tab-selection on sniff network is pressed. There should be a visible [end macro recording] button, somewhere. On pressing [end macro recording], a save as window should pop up, defaulted to the linker script location. Maybe this location could be configurable, see (e).

d- Upon saving the macro in the chosen location, a new window should appear, with three options: "is that it?" "start macro for more specific actions" and "select new program." If "start macro" is chosen, repeat (c). If "select new program" is chosen, repeat (a). If "is that it" is chosen, that is it, do (b).

e- So now the linker program should monitor when an associated program is started, and put a small bar with the linked functions somewhere in the bottom or upper menu of the associated program. This bar may or may not have a link to the linker program configuration. In any case, right clickng the tray icon should let you open a basic ini-based config gui. In this config you could define: place to save macros, to appear in save as for (c); a start with windows option; a "check every x seconds" setting, and perhaps a set priority thing.

These are some good ideas. Although some of them are too elaborate to be feasible in the near-term, there is a plan to have better support for context-sensitive hotkeys and hotstrings. These would allow a single hotkey to have multiple functions depending on what type of window is active.

Thanks.

Thank you, for having created this program.