I'm new to Alomware Toolbox but already paid for it because I've been blown away by it so far. It's one of the best software tools I've ever used. :D So far I've mainly used it for text autocompletion of things like my email and some website logins, but as a newbie I'd like to know if it's possible for me to open my music player but not lose the focus of the window that I'm currently using? Because it's annoying to click the taskbar to return to where I was after my music player opens. I'm guessing this is not a hard thing to do, but I'm not sure yet how to do it. Thanks in advance.
Hi GrahamB. This can be done with an action like below. In the action, I'm using Winamp as the music player, so edit steps 2 and 3 to be what your music player's folder and exe name is.
(Start)
HOW TO USE: Copy from Start to End, and then paste into an action.
REFERENCE : See an example of pasting at alomware.com/paste.png
0001 Window: Assign active ""
0002 Computer: App launch "D:\[Apps]\Winamp\Winamp.exe"
0003 Wait: For a window to appear "Winamp.exe"
0004 Wait: For milliseconds to pass "25"
0005 Action: Allow failure messages "0"
0006 Window: Activate for use ""
(End)
Explanation of the steps:
Step 1 tells the action to remember the current active window (if any).
Step 2 launches the music player (Winamp).
Step 3 waits for Winamp's window to appear.
Step 4 waits for 25 milliseconds after Winamp's window opens to ensure it's ready.
Step 5 tells AlomWare Toolbox to silently end the action here if a window wasn't active in step 1.
Step 6 switches the focus back to the original active window (if a window was active in step 1).