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Purge Mapkey

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Purge Mapkey

Purge Mapkey

(OP)
I have read about several people being able to make a purge mapkey. Which takes all the previous versions of a file and purges them into one so that it cleans up the number of files that you have. But I don't know how to do it. Can anyone give some instructions on how to do it?

thanks for the help

RE: Purge Mapkey

(OP)
Thanks for the help, it is exactly what I was looking for.  Unofortunatley there beta testing isn't working yet and it is specifically used for Pro-E Wildfire 2.  Does anyone know how to make a mapkey that activates an outside program, activates it and closes it?  I have tried several macro programs but haven't found one that works out of Pro-E yet. Also they all depend on mouse movements as opposed to file locations, so if moves in explorer it doesn't click on the right thing.  Any suggestions?

Thanks.

RE: Purge Mapkey

When making a mapkey, select the "OS Script" tab. Type into the box the full path to the command to activate(ie. C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NOTEPAD.EXE). Select 'OK'.

Now Notepad will open with this command.

Steve

http://www.sprdesign.com
http://www.3dlogix.com

RE: Purge Mapkey

(OP)
That sounds like it is what I'm looking for.  But is there a way that I can have it actually open, activate and close the program all within wildfire?

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