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RaphMORIN16-Pearl
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February 5, 2026
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Mapkey to open an app in working directory

  • February 5, 2026
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Hello all,

 

I have a mapkey (ex) that opens the windows explorer in the working directory. I have recently switched to directory opus as an alternative explorer. I would like to make a macro that launches directory opus in the working directory. Do you know how I could achieve that ? How would you do ?

Thanks.

Best answer by RaphMORIN

Thanks all for your help.

 

Finally I made it using Autohotkey. The only thing, I had to add a few pause in the script (Sleep command) because the script was too fast to copy the working directory. Sometimes it was working, sometimes not. Now it works 100%. 😁

 

I had never used Autohotkey before, it's quite easy to learn. 

 

Here's the script if anyone is interested.

 

!e:: ; Raccourci ALT+E
Send {Alt}
Send f
Send m
Send w
Send {Tab}
Send {Tab}
Sleep 100
Send {Space}
Sleep 100
Send ^c
Sleep 100
Send {Esc}
Run, dopus.exe "%Clipboard%"
return

 

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KenFarley21-Topaz II
21-Topaz II
February 5, 2026

Maybe this past discussion is helpful?

 

https://community.ptc.com/t5/Customization/How-to-open-external-file-with-Mapkey/td-p/438675 

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RaphMORIN16-PearlAuthor
16-Pearl
February 5, 2026

Thanks for the tip. I'm just wondering how I could pass the working directory as argument to my command line ?

 

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remy21-Topaz I
21-Topaz I
February 5, 2026

If you refer to this Directory Opus, you might as well request assistance to them directly.
I know that Direct Folders from Code Sector enables to switch browse automatically like :

  1. Open a directory in Windows Explorer 
  2. Leave Explorer open
  3. Then switch to Creo or any other application, when File > Open, the explorer lands on the above directory directly 

 The workflow is a little different but it saves lots of clicks.

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MikePhillips12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
February 5, 2026

This may help you. When you use "Open System Window" to open a command prompt in the current session it always opens to the location of the working directory.

 

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    RaphMORIN16-PearlAuthorAnswer
    16-Pearl
    February 6, 2026

    Thanks all for your help.

     

    Finally I made it using Autohotkey. The only thing, I had to add a few pause in the script (Sleep command) because the script was too fast to copy the working directory. Sometimes it was working, sometimes not. Now it works 100%. 😁

     

    I had never used Autohotkey before, it's quite easy to learn. 

     

    Here's the script if anyone is interested.

     

    !e:: ; Raccourci ALT+E
    Send {Alt}
    Send f
    Send m
    Send w
    Send {Tab}
    Send {Tab}
    Sleep 100
    Send {Space}
    Sleep 100
    Send ^c
    Sleep 100
    Send {Esc}
    Run, dopus.exe "%Clipboard%"
    return

     

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    Radovan_DT14-Alexandrite
    14-Alexandrite
    February 12, 2026

    I think this will help you a lot! You can change path to your dopus.exe instead of my batch file

    mapkey xd @MAPKEY_LABELautoimport;~ Command `ProCmdDwgTblSaveasText` ;\
    mapkey(continued)\ @SYSTEM "C:\\Users\\Admin\\Desktop\\personal\\autoimport\\tpv.bat";

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    RaphMORIN16-PearlAuthor
    16-Pearl
    February 12, 2026

    Thanks for the tip, but for now it doesn't work.

    I wrote this in mapkey file

     

    mapkey ed @MAPKEY_LABELOuvrir directory opus dans répertoire de travail;~ Command `ProCmdDwgTblSaveasText` ;\
    mapkey(continued)\ @SYSTEM "C:\\Program Files\\GPSoftware\\Directory Opus\\dopus.exe";

     

    It does open directory opus but not in the working directory.

     

    I also get this message in the status bar in Creo : 

     

    14:18 Erreur de macro clavier : Invalid trail file line : No palette found for command 'ProCmdDwgTblSaveasText' in context 'context_main_dlg_w1'.RaphMORIN_0-1770902333408.png

     

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