Rather than navigating menus you can add the most used items into the BB Quick Menu. If you are running Biab As Administrator: To run script only .ahk install https://www.autohotkey.com/ and set AutoHotKey.exe to Run As Administrator
Let me know what actions you need and I will give you the function code. You have the text name up the top that runs the associated function below. You can change the font size and color as well as the background color. The script can be compiled to an exe when you have all the functions you need.
Copy the code and paste into Notepad then save as BB Quick Menu.ahk
Code:
Gui, +AlwaysOnTop
;Gui, Font, underline
Gui, Font, bold
Gui, Font, s9
Gui, Add, Text, cBlue gInsertBars4, Insert 4 Bars
Gui, Add, Text, cRed gDeleteBars4, Delete 4 Bars
Gui, Add, Text, cFuchsia gUnFold, Unfold
Gui, Add, Text, cGreen gFloatingMixerWindow, Floating Mixer Window
Gui, Add, Text, cBlack gPreferences, Preferences
Gui Color, 0xC0C0C0
Gui, Show, w200 h200 Na
return
;FUNCTIONS
InsertBars4:
Winactivate,ahk_class TBandWindow
IfWinNotExist ahk_class TPOPSTRINGDIALOG ; only if the bar dialog is not already open
{
WinMenuSelectItem, ahk_class TBandWindow, , Edit, Insert Bar(s)...
WinSet, AlwaysOnTop, On, ahk_class TPOPSTRINGDIALOG
Winactivate, ahk_class TPOPSTRINGDIALOG
Sleep, 50
SendInput, {4}
SendInput, {Enter}
}
return
DeleteBars4:
Winactivate,ahk_class TBandWindow
IfWinNotExist ahk_class TPOPSTRINGDIALOG
{
WinMenuSelectItem, ahk_class TBandWindow, , Edit, Delete Bar(s)...
WinSet, AlwaysOnTop, On, ahk_class TPOPSTRINGDIALOG
Winactivate, ahk_class TPOPSTRINGDIALOG
Sleep, 50
SendInput, {4}
SendInput, {Enter}
}
return
UnFold:
WinMenuSelectItem, ahk_class TBandWindow, , Edit, Song Form, Unfold (convert to 1 BIG chorus)
return
FloatingMixerWindow:
WinMenuSelectItem, ahk_class TBandWindow, , Window, Floating Mixer Window
return
Preferences:
Winactivate,ahk_class TBandWindow
IfWinNotExist ahk_class TMISCDIALOG ; only if the Preferences dialog is not already open
{
WinMenuSelectItem, ahk_class TBandWindow, , Options, Preferences...
WinSet, AlwaysOnTop, On, ahk_class TMISCDIALOG
Winactivate, ahk_class TMISCDIALOG
}
return
GuiClose:
GuiEscape:
ExitApp
Is there a way to code the following key strokes that I use a lot of times?
It has to do with changing song folders as I have quite a few of them.
Here are my key strokes that I do with the mouse for scenario #1 which is when I am opening up songs in the Home Folder and want to go to another folder but not change the folder I am going to, to the home folder.
1. Song 2. Change 3. Choose Folder 4. Click the > next to the hard drive to open up the folder tree
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