Remember my big "rant" on how great Shortcut5 was?
Well it juts got better - but be sure and download this FREEEWARE from PALMGEAR, as they have more explanatory text on the "macros" improvements" than Freeware Palm did. I made the mistake of getting from FreewarePalm - which is a FANTASTIC SITE, don't get me wrong - and then asking Mark Tamura some questions that were explained in the PalmGear Notes. I'm including a small excerpt here:
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"* Macros *
What are macros? Macros are four character commands that may be included within a shortcut definition to do something special. Macros always begin with the two letter "@@" sequence. Please remember that macros are not shortcut names.
Time and date stamps. Use the four character "@@ts" and "@@ds" macros for time and date stamps. The format of these time and data stamps are defined in the Formats preference panel. Or use the following macros to generate your own date stamp: "@@d0" full day names (Sunday, Monday, etc), "@@d3" three letter day names (Sun, Mon, etc), "@@d1" single or double digit day numbers, "@@d2" double digit day numbers (with a leading zero if single digit), "@@m0" full month names (January, February, etc), "@@m3" three letter month names (Jan, Feb, etc), "@@m1" single or double digit month numbers, "@@m2" double digit month numbers (with a leading zero if single digit), "@@y2" double digit year numbers (04, 05, etc), and "@@y4" four digit year numbers (2004, 2005, etc).
Selecting menu items. The first nine menu items (top to bottom) in the first three pulldown menus (left to right) can be selected (separators are ignored). The format of the macros are "@@xy" where "x" is the pulldown menu number (1-3 going left to right) and where "y" is the menu item (1-9 going top to bottom). For instance, "@@12" selects the second menu item in the first pulldown menu.
Pressing buttons. The "@@b1", "@@b2", "@@b3", "@@b4" macros will press a button. The macro names represent the ordering of the buttons based upon their screen position. The ordering is bottom to top, left to right. This is useful for complex shortcuts that need to span multiple forms.
Changing text fields. The "@@f1", "@@f2", "@@f3", "@@f4" macros will change the insertion point to a different text field. The macro names represent the ordering of the text fields based upon their screen position. The ordering is top to bottom, left to right. This is useful for complex shortcuts that need to span multiple text fields on a single form. Text fields within tables are not supported.
Launching apps. (1) The "@@h1", "@@h2", "@@h3", "@@h4" macros will launch the four hard key applications. (2) The "@@ca" will launch the calc/favorite app. (3) The "@@sc" macro will launch the ShortCut5 preference panel.
Other macros. (1) The "@@co" macro will open the command toolbar. This can be used (provided the underlying app supports it) to paste the clipboard in a shortcut definition "@@cop" or bring up the keyboard "@@cok". (2) The "@@br" macro will open the brightness dialog box."
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This is just fantastic! You can, as I will, keep the "Palm built-in" shortcuts" for DateStamp (I shorten it to "graffiti loop d") but IN ADDITION have separate "." shortcuts for days of the week, for example. Also, with 4096 character shortcuts you can almost do "block form letters" with ".tul" spelling out "Thank you for your letter of" or ".tue" being "Thank you for your email regarding . ."
The possibilities are endless and this software is GREAT. Kudos to Mark Tamura for continuing to refine, develop and improve this app which is only 25k but oh, so powerful.
Thought I'd pass it along here as good apps at ANY price are harder to find all the time - especially free!!
Well it juts got better - but be sure and download this FREEEWARE from PALMGEAR, as they have more explanatory text on the "macros" improvements" than Freeware Palm did. I made the mistake of getting from FreewarePalm - which is a FANTASTIC SITE, don't get me wrong - and then asking Mark Tamura some questions that were explained in the PalmGear Notes. I'm including a small excerpt here:
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"* Macros *
What are macros? Macros are four character commands that may be included within a shortcut definition to do something special. Macros always begin with the two letter "@@" sequence. Please remember that macros are not shortcut names.
Time and date stamps. Use the four character "@@ts" and "@@ds" macros for time and date stamps. The format of these time and data stamps are defined in the Formats preference panel. Or use the following macros to generate your own date stamp: "@@d0" full day names (Sunday, Monday, etc), "@@d3" three letter day names (Sun, Mon, etc), "@@d1" single or double digit day numbers, "@@d2" double digit day numbers (with a leading zero if single digit), "@@m0" full month names (January, February, etc), "@@m3" three letter month names (Jan, Feb, etc), "@@m1" single or double digit month numbers, "@@m2" double digit month numbers (with a leading zero if single digit), "@@y2" double digit year numbers (04, 05, etc), and "@@y4" four digit year numbers (2004, 2005, etc).
Selecting menu items. The first nine menu items (top to bottom) in the first three pulldown menus (left to right) can be selected (separators are ignored). The format of the macros are "@@xy" where "x" is the pulldown menu number (1-3 going left to right) and where "y" is the menu item (1-9 going top to bottom). For instance, "@@12" selects the second menu item in the first pulldown menu.
Pressing buttons. The "@@b1", "@@b2", "@@b3", "@@b4" macros will press a button. The macro names represent the ordering of the buttons based upon their screen position. The ordering is bottom to top, left to right. This is useful for complex shortcuts that need to span multiple forms.
Changing text fields. The "@@f1", "@@f2", "@@f3", "@@f4" macros will change the insertion point to a different text field. The macro names represent the ordering of the text fields based upon their screen position. The ordering is top to bottom, left to right. This is useful for complex shortcuts that need to span multiple text fields on a single form. Text fields within tables are not supported.
Launching apps. (1) The "@@h1", "@@h2", "@@h3", "@@h4" macros will launch the four hard key applications. (2) The "@@ca" will launch the calc/favorite app. (3) The "@@sc" macro will launch the ShortCut5 preference panel.
Other macros. (1) The "@@co" macro will open the command toolbar. This can be used (provided the underlying app supports it) to paste the clipboard in a shortcut definition "@@cop" or bring up the keyboard "@@cok". (2) The "@@br" macro will open the brightness dialog box."
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This is just fantastic! You can, as I will, keep the "Palm built-in" shortcuts" for DateStamp (I shorten it to "graffiti loop d") but IN ADDITION have separate "." shortcuts for days of the week, for example. Also, with 4096 character shortcuts you can almost do "block form letters" with ".tul" spelling out "Thank you for your letter of" or ".tue" being "Thank you for your email regarding . ."
The possibilities are endless and this software is GREAT. Kudos to Mark Tamura for continuing to refine, develop and improve this app which is only 25k but oh, so powerful.
Thought I'd pass it along here as good apps at ANY price are harder to find all the time - especially free!!