Windows "macros"

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Is it possible to write a macro (or something like it) for Windows XP? For
example, I have to change screen resolution for a particular application
rather than use the resolution I normally work in. It wold be nice to click
an icon on the desktop that would do something like that and avoid going into
Control Panel/Display/Settings every time. The XP help only refers to
"commands" that don't seem to do anything like I need.
Many thanks for any ideas.
 
Hi

Have you got MS Office 2003 installed? If so, open Word and go to
Tools>Macro. See if that helps.

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Hello,

Have you tried right-clicking the program, then clicking on the
Compatibility tab and checking run in 640 x 480 resolution?

That said, you may want to use a free macro recorder that is independent.

http://www.autohotkey.com/

Be sure that you include processing times when recording a macro, since it
performs independent of Expression.

For example, if you open a document that will take 5 seconds - you will need
to 'record' this 5 seconds when you do the macro as Autohotkey does not know
that the document is still opening and may proceed with the next command
while the application is still opening a document.

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"Charlie''s Word VBA questions"
 
Yes, and I use Word macros. However, how would they work unless in Word?
What I want to do is in Windows only.
 
Perhaps I should have said so earlier. The application is a graphics package
(Roxio) and issues a notice to resize the screen even before starting. So,
it's not a matter of running in 640x480. It's a matter of having to resize
the screen.
 
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