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macro baby steps

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I've had the goal of copying all paths open in both panes, and pasting them into the Mini-Scrap. Manually I can do this by right-clicking a tab in the left pane, Copy All Paths, click Mini Scrap, paste, right-click tab in right pane, copy all paths, click Mini-Scrap, paste.

Then I thought I would try to do this with a macro. I've had a hard time of it but it's been educational, and I"m getting closer.

Here is the latest revision of my macro (littered with MESSAGE $0 lines), with the debug output for each line indented below the macro line:

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ERRORSTOP 0
FINDWND "Left pane settings"
	2: hwC212DC class=SysListView32, ID=59648 [Left pane settings]
MESSAGE $0
	hwC212DC class=SysListView32, ID=59648 [Left pane settings]
SETFOCUS
MESSAGE $0
	hwC212DC class=SysListView32, ID=59648 [Left pane settings]
PARENTWND
	6: hw570BF6 class=WTL_Miller, ID=59652
MESSAGE $0
	hw570BF6 class=WTL_Miller, ID=59652
SETFOCUS
MESSAGE $0
	hw570BF6 class=WTL_Miller, ID=59652
FINDCLASS WTL_DNTabCtrl
	10: hw40942 class=WTL_DNTabCtrl, ID=59651
MESSAGE $0
	hw40942 class=WTL_DNTabCtrl, ID=59651
SETFOCUS
MESSAGE $0
	hw40942 class=WTL_DNTabCtrl, ID=59651
CMENU "Copy all paths"
	14: #33134
MESSAGE $0
	#33134
INPUT 0
	16: C:\test1,C:\test2
MESSAGE $0
	C:\test1,C:\test2
FINDWND "Mini scrap settings"
	18: hw308A2 class=SysListView32, ID=59406 [Mini scrap settings]
MESSAGE $0
	hw308A2 class=SysListView32, ID=59406 [Mini scrap settings]
SETFOCUS
MESSAGE $0
	hw308A2 class=SysListView32, ID=59406 [Mini scrap settings]
COMMAND Paste
	22: paste #57637 Insert Clipboard contents Paste (Ctrl+V)
MESSAGE $0
	paste #57637
	Insert Clipboard contents
	Paste (Ctrl+V)
FINDWND "Right pane settings"
	24: hwE08AA class=SysListView32, ID=59649 [Right pane settings]
MESSAGE $0
	hwE08AA class=SysListView32, ID=59649 [Right pane settings]
SETFOCUS
MESSAGE $0
	hwE08AA class=SysListView32, ID=59649 [Right pane settings]
PARENTWND
	28: hw140930 class=WTL_Miller, ID=59653
MESSAGE $0
	hw140930 class=WTL_Miller, ID=59653
SETFOCUS
MESSAGE $0
	hw140930 class=WTL_Miller, ID=59653
FINDCLASS WTL_DNTabCtrl
	32: hwE12EA class=WTL_DNTabCtrl, ID=59652
MESSAGE $0
	hwE12EA class=WTL_DNTabCtrl, ID=59652
SETFOCUS
MESSAGE $0
	hwE12EA class=WTL_DNTabCtrl, ID=59652
CMENU "Copy all paths"
	36: #0
		ERROR: 5
MESSAGE $0
FINDWND "Mini scrap settings"
MESSAGE $0
SETFOCUS
MESSAGE $0
COMMAND Paste
MESSAGE $0
I don't know why line 36 has #0 as its output, I haven't figured out what Error 5 is, the help page on macros doesn't explain that one. It's odd, because at that point the right pane is highlighted, and I can right-click on a tab and do copy all paths. It worked for the left pane, why not the right?
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Re: macro baby steps

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I am not sure why it fails but try to avoid using CMENU if there's another way. For example you can use this command directly

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COMMAND 33134 # copy all paths
so just activate the left view, copy the paths, then do the same for the right pane (without searching for tabs)
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Re: macro baby steps

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Thanks Nikos, I should have thought of that, but I had my blinders on.

What is Error 5? Errors 1 through 6 are described at https://www.zabkat.com/x2h_7a.htm#pr_macro - all except for Error 5 !!
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error 5 is a timeout
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