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[webber]

[ChrisM]

I think the File->Open dialog has to be connected to some kind of app.
Explorer is kind of like a general purpose Open dialog, you can open any file in any app or run a file from there.
Maybe you need to explain a little more

[webber]

I think I have something close to what I was attempting to achieve. It does require having an application open though.

I assigned the favorites folder macro to hotkey F4 (I don't have a middle mouse button),

I modified the function f_OpenFavorite with:

[savage]

As requested, here is my new version of the script with submenu support:

[ML]

I've been hoping that this would appear--thanks!

When I try to open a shortcut that's in a subfolder though, nothing happens. This is is the case if I'm using the script on its own, so to speak, or in an open-save dialogue. Any idea what the problem could be? There's no error message; it's just that nothing happens.

[webber]

[savage]

[webber]

[Hotfoot]

Thanks for posting the script, savage!

I'm also having problems with submenu links portion of the script. The submenu links do nothing -- just as ML said. With Explorer, when an item is clicked, the menu/submenu disappears but Explorer does not move to the submenu link location. Just to make sure, I started with a new empty favorites folder and added new links and submenu links -- same result: submenu links are non-functional. Within Open/Save as dialog windows, submenu links are also non-functional. I tested it with savage's script as is.

I'm using WinXP, AutoHotkey 1.0.38.03

Just curious, does the script work for other people?

[savage]

I tested the script with the newest version of ahk and it worked fine. On a hunch I changed my favorites folder to one with spaces in it and the sub menus stopped working as described. So if that's the case for you, I'll dig in the code and see where exactly the problem is. In the meantime I suppose you could move your favorites folder.

EDIT: Ah, the spaces were being trimmed off by ahk when the string was being built in Hex2String. The fix is to small too merit reposting the entire script so just replace the existing Hex2String with this one:

[ML]

Savage, thanks for posting the revised section--the subfolder items now work for me in open/save dialogues. And thanks again for the script, period!

Is there a reason why your script with subfolders doesn't include the revisions that allowed the earlier version to work in MS Office dialogues?

[savage]

I pulled this right out of my personal script and I rarely need to use office. I didn't see the need to put them in. Usually when I pull stuff out of my script and release it, I fix it enough to make it work for everyone but don't bother with stuff that I have no need for. The displaying parts of my script are almost identical to the previous versions, so you should be able to just copy and paste the officey bits.
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[ML]

[The displaying parts of my script are almost identical to the previous versions, so you should be able to just copy and paste the officey bits.]

Yep--I just looked for and added the lines with the "jh0105" tag. Thanks.

Another question though--when you add a folder, the script-with-subfolders opens a blank box in which to type a shortcut name. Earlier versions of this script begin the name of the folder, which you can accept or change. (I.e., the name of the folder minus everything in the path that precedes it.) Is there a simple way to get the folder name to appear in the script-with-subfolders? I tried "merging" the old script with the new, without success. (I'm not a programmer, just someone who loves cool tools!)

[ChrisM]

Chris:
Could you please alter the very first post in this thread so that I can edit it? I would like to add all the changes and give a rev history so new comers don't have to sift thru all the pages.

savage:
Could you please explain why the functions String2Hex(x) and Hex2String(x) are needed? I've found that using your script, when clicking on a submenu item, aprox. 1 time out of 20 I'm taken to the wrong folder. So as a test I deleted those functions and the refrences to them and the submenu items work fine in all situations I could think of.

Thanks
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[Chris]