Mapkeys - recorded vs. written

[cfly]

All:



Seeing the recent discussion on how to create a mapkey to change sheets
reminds me of something I've wondered for years: is there ever a time when a
given mapkey cannot simply be recorded? I understand that the text that
makes the mapkey might have to be put into Pro/Program or some other
extension of Pro, but couldn't one simply record what they want done, save
the config file, open it with Notepad or equivalent, and copy the text that
pertains to that mapkey? Is there ever a case where this would not be
possible? Seems to me it would be much easier to go that route than to try
to troubleshoot a handwritten mapkey...



Thanks,



Carol



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[TimKnier]

I usually create my mapkeys using the record button and it works great most of the time. However, every once in a while it doesn't work and it seems a little quirky. Things like the mapkey recording won't activate a window or a menu in a pop up window. I even had one mapkey that drove me crazy. It involved selecting an icon in the menu bar. If I just selected the icon without a mapkey it took me to a prompt to that I wanted. If I ran the mapkey that involved selecting the same icon, I got a different prompt. I tried several times to recreate it but always with the same results. Finally I just gave up.

Tim Knier
QG Product & Support Engineering
QuadTech
A Subsidiary of Quad/Graphics
Sussex, Wisconsin
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[ptc-115314]

I've found quite often that going through the menus instead of picking an icon made picks match up. Not always, but most of the time.

In Reply to Tim Knier:

I usually create my mapkeys using the record button and it works great most of the time. However, every once in a while it doesn't work and it seems a little quirky. Things like the mapkey recording won't activate a window or a menu in a pop up window. I even had one mapkey that drove me crazy. It involved selecting an icon in the menu bar. If I just selected the icon without a mapkey it took me to a prompt to that I wanted. If I ran the mapkey that involved selecting the same icon, I got a different prompt. I tried several times to recreate it but always with the same results. Finally I just gave up.

Tim Knier
QG Product & Support Engineering
QuadTech
A Subsidiary of Quad/Graphics
Sussex, Wisconsin
414-566-7439 phone
-<
www.quadtechworld.com<