I type date and time all day long into various programs to mark notes.
Is there a way in Windows XP or a tool that anyone knows of where I
would be able to use keystrokes (i.e. CTRL+SHIFT+D) to automatically
insert the date and time into the active application at the cursors
location?

Thanks in advance for your help,

magmike

magmike wrote:
> I type date and time all day long into various programs to mark notes.
> Is there a way in Windows XP or a tool that anyone knows of where I
> would be able to use keystrokes (i.e. CTRL+SHIFT+D) to automatically
> insert the date and time into the active application at the cursors
> location?

I don't know about a tool, but you can use a small VBscript to do
it. Create a text file, paste the following script into it, and save
it as a .vbs file, for example DaTime.vbs

Dim MyTime
Dim MyDate
MyTime = Time
MyDate = Date
Dim Wsh
Set Wsh = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Wsh.SendKeys Date&" "&Time


Then, create a shortcut to the script file *on the desktop* (that's
important). Edit the properties of the shortcut, and into the field
for "Shortcut key" press the key combination you want (i.e.
CTRL+SHIFT+D) or whatever. Press OK. That's it.

Now, whenever you press the key combination, it will paste the date
and time into the current active window.

Like this: 2011-08-12 00:12:45 (I just pressed it while editing the
message.)

If you don't like the format, or want to add other stuff to the
string, just edit what SendKeys sends. In my script, it is the date, a
space, and the time, in the current system format. Of course you'll
need to have VBscript installed, but I think it would be highly
unusual if you didn't.

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Patok wrote:
> magmike wrote:
>> I type date and time all day long into various programs to mark notes.
>> Is there a way in Windows XP or a tool that anyone knows of where I
>> would be able to use keystrokes (i.e. CTRL+SHIFT+D) to automatically
>> insert the date and time into the active application at the cursors
>> location?
>
> I don't know about a tool, but you can use a small VBscript to do it.
> Create a text file, paste the following script into it, and save it as a
> .vbs file, for example DaTime.vbs
>
> Dim MyTime
> Dim MyDate
> MyTime = Time
> MyDate = Date
> Dim Wsh
> Set Wsh = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
> Wsh.SendKeys Date&" "&Time
>
>
> Then, create a shortcut to the script file *on the desktop* (that's
> important). Edit the properties of the shortcut, and into the field for
> "Shortcut key" press the key combination you want (i.e. CTRL+SHIFT+D) or
> whatever. Press OK. That's it.
>
> Now, whenever you press the key combination, it will paste the date and
> time into the current active window.
>
> Like this: 2011-08-12 00:12:45 (I just pressed it while editing the
> message.)
>
> If you don't like the format, or want to add other stuff to the string,
> just edit what SendKeys sends. In my script, it is the date, a space,
> and the time, in the current system format. Of course you'll need to
> have VBscript installed, but I think it would be highly unusual if you
> didn't.

I mean you need Windows Scripting host; the file is wscript.exe in
system32. In any event, it would be unusual to not have it.

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magmike wrote:
> I type date and time all day long into various programs to mark notes.
> Is there a way in Windows XP or a tool that anyone knows of where I
> would be able to use keystrokes (i.e. CTRL+SHIFT+D) to automatically
> insert the date and time into the active application at the cursors
> location?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> magmike

Type it once

Copy it

Paste it where you want in the future

Will work until you next copy/cut something or shut down the computer. If
you want it to remain indefinitely, get one of the clipboard apps that lets
you keep multiple clips. Here is one such...
http://www.cybermatrix.com/clipboard_magic.html

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