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Since writing(etc) a "macro editor" is such an enormous task, how about exposing Textpad commands as ActiveX objects so that we can write our own "macro editors" in Perl using WSH (Window Shell Host), preferably, or even Java? Once exposed of course even VB or something in Excel would function.

1. Understand how to Textpad edit a Textpad macro file, perhaps one written in Perl/Rexx whatever perhaps driving Textpad through DDE in the sense of z/OS/ISPF edit/Rexx edit macros or W2000/THE/Regina edit macros or W2000/Emacs/Perl. 2 Understand some general concepts of editing in Textpad. 3 ...

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when finding next UP on winnt4 with textpad 4.7.1
When finding next Down for the same regular expression the cursor(line highlighting) does not move after the first execution.

I'll be happy to look at the macro scheduler but perhaps I did not clarify that I do not know the KEYS in question. What I am doing is using Textpad (in a sense) find the PRODUCT name within a key, then bounding the from the preceeding [HKEY to the next empty line and copying this result to a new ...

Since text editing TEXTPAD macros doesn't seem to be an obvious option, can someone offer some examples of controlling Textpad via DDE from Rexx/Perl/VB scripts or I suppose Java(I'm clueless about Java)? Specifically I am trying to extract all keys/values for a product from a REGEDIT exported text ...