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moorpipe · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 19

Please don't take offence when I'm using the term "hot string", but that's what it's called, I'm afraid. Embarassed

I'm using the hotstring "]d" to display the date occasionally. To prevent paging back in Internet Explorer I added an exception (see code). At some time I was reading an HTML Help file (CHM) when I typed "]d". You know what happened then. So I added another exception. More recently I did it while reading blogs in FeedDemon... you get the drift!
Is there a more elegant way of excluding the backspace in certain applications rather than adding an exception code for each application where the backspace is functional? I would be most grateful.

silveredge78 · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 387 Location: Midwest, USA

Try something like this:

moorpipe · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 19

Thanks for trying to help me. I should have mentioned that my code is working, that is not the issue. Let me try to revise my question.

Some applications use back space as a shortcut to go to the previous page as in Internet Explorer, HTML Help and FeedDemon.
Of course I do not want this to happen when I just want to display a message box with the current date and time. But the back space should be turned on when I'm in some kind of text editor to delete the "]d".
That is what your code and mine is doing.

Now, my example applications use all different classes, resp. IEFrame, HH parent and TfFDMain.UnicodeClass. And maybe I have some more, not yet discovered applications, using the back space as a shortcut.
I would like to know if there is an easy way of adding exceptions without repeating the same code (except for the class name) over and over again.
E.g. something like:
IfWinActive app1 or app2 or app3 or app4 ....
do this
else
do that

silveredge78 · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 387 Location: Midwest, USA

What bout something like this? I am bout to head out, so no time to test this, sorry.

moorpipe · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 19

Well, the code doesn't work (e.g. commands s/b on the second line), but you've warned me for that. More important is, that I understand what you mean. I made some adjustments and it's working now. I must admit I was hoping for something more advanced but this will do.
Thanks.

silveredge78 · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 387 Location: Midwest, USA

My apologies if this is not what you were wanting exactly. I was limited on time and couldnt test it out myself. I am still rather new at all of this too. Sorry that its not more advanced (if its possible).
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JSLover · Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:19 am Post subject: Re: Hot string backspacing

Not tested...

PhiLho · Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:50 am Post subject:

That's why I advise not to use hotstrings outside edit fields... A simple hotkey is probably better for this use. There are ways to make combo hotkey combinations too. Otherwise, spot some edit field (address bar, form field, index search...), put the focus there and type your hotstring.
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vPhiLho := RegExReplace("Philippe Lhoste", "^(\w{3})\w*\s+\b(\w{3})\w*$", "$1$2")

silveredge78 · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 387 Location: Midwest, USA

Would this FormatDateTime script do kind of what you might want?
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moorpipe · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 19