Switch to Target Language After Adding Files to a Project

I wrote the script below to automatically switch to the target language (first in the Dropdown list, so it works great for bilingual projects) after preparing files newly added to an existing project.

After loading the script, you don't need to do anything else, the script will be triggered when you click OK in the Batch Processing window after completing your file preparation, switching to the target language.

Tip: I've noticed that the name of the control (WindowsForms10.COMBOBOX.app.0.29531c8_r9_ad14) is different between my desktop and laptop computers, so you may want to check yours and make the appropriate changes if the script doesn't work on your system.

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;Automatically switch to target language after preparing files

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#IfWinActive ahk_exe SDLTradosStudio.exe

~LButton::
IfWinExist, Batch Processing

{

WinWaitClose, Batch Processing

Sleep, 1000
Control, Choose, 2, WindowsForms10.COMBOBOX.app.0.29531c8_r9_ad14, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.29531c8_r9_ad1 ; Selects option 2
}

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Switch to Target Language After Adding Files to a Project I wrote the script below to automatically switch to the target language (first in the Dropdown list, so it works great for bilingual projects) after preparing files newly added to an existing project. After loading the script, you don't need to do anything else, the script will be triggered when you click OK in the Batch Processing window after completing your file preparation, switching to the target language. Tip: I've noticed that the name of the control (WindowsForms10.COMBOBOX.app.0.29531c8_r9_ad14) is different between my desktop and laptop computers, so you may want to check yours and make the appropriate changes if the script doesn't work on your system. ;–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- ;Automatically switch to target language after preparing files ;–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- #IfWinActive ahk_exe SDLTradosStudio.exe ~LButton:: IfWinExist, Batch Processing { WinWaitClose, Batch Processing Sleep, 1000 Control, Choose, 2, WindowsForms10.COMBOBOX.app.0.29531c8_r9_ad14, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.29531c8_r9_ad1 ; Selects option 2 } Return
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Bruce Campbell over 7 years ago

Hi Nora,

I tried to use control names like this in the past and found that the name of a control can unexpectedly change from one Studio invocation to the next (on the same computer) for no apparent reason.

Kelly started a thread a while ago where control names also came up. (I unfortunately can't find the thread any more. )

He is persistent, so if there is a solution to the changing names problem he might have found it :-)
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Bruce Campbell over 7 years ago

Hi Nora,

I tried to use control names like this in the past and found that the name of a control can unexpectedly change from one Studio invocation to the next (on the same computer) for no apparent reason.

Kelly started a thread a while ago where control names also came up. (I unfortunately can't find the thread any more. )

He is persistent, so if there is a solution to the changing names problem he might have found it :-)
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Nora Díaz over 7 years ago in reply to Bruce Campbell

Thank you Bruce, hopefully there will be a way to figure this out. Unfortunately, my very limited programming knowledge doesn't allow me to fully understand what else could be done to make the behavior more consistent. For example, is there a way to use the ClassNN text in the control (i.e. the language name) to direct the script to click there?

There's always the option to use mouse coordinates to click on the control, I guess, but of course that wouldn't work for different size monitors.

At the moment this is working for me as shown above on my main computer, while I have a second script with a different control name for my laptop computer, so it's a rudimentary solution, but it works. : )
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Bruce Campbell over 7 years ago in reply to Nora Díaz

My knowledge is also not good enough to figure it out. Maybe Kelly will read this and have something to say :-)

If the script stops working, at least you are now aware that it might be due to an unexpected change in the control name ...
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Nora Díaz over 7 years ago in reply to Bruce Campbell

Unknown said:

If the script stops working, at least you are now aware that it might be due to an unexpected change in the control name ...

Good point!
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Jesús Prieto over 7 years ago in reply to Bruce Campbell

Just upgraded to Trados Studio 2017 and hardly none of my AutoHotkey scripts were working!
Control names and shortcuts have changed in Studio 2017 so I'm changing my AutoHotkey scripts…
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Nora Díaz over 7 years ago in reply to Jesús Prieto

Hi Jesus,

I remember a colleague mentioning this; he's also an AHK user and said he had to update many of his scripts. When Studio 2015 first came out, I remember losing a couple of shortcuts because of the ribbon implementation, such as Alt-E that I used to copy source to segment.

Luckily for me I didn't start using AHK until recently, so all my scripts have been developed in the Studio 2017 environment and in fact I have been able to reclaim Alt-E, which I now use for an AHK script to copy source to target and confirm.

Good luck with all the changes!
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Jesús Prieto over 6 years ago in reply to Nora Díaz

An old thread, but anyway I wanted to show how I change languages in the FILE View.

#IfWinActive ahk_exe SDLTradosStudio.exe
; ----------------------------------
; Change language in FILE View
; ----------------------------------
XButton1::
XButton2::
    DetectHiddenText, Off
    WinGetText, ALLTEXT, A
    MouseGetPos, x, y ; Starting position of the mouse    
    ; Mouse in File View
    if (InStr(ALLTEXT,"Carpetas de proyecto") or InStr(ALLTEXT,"Project folders"))
    {
        ChangeLanguage()
        MouseMove, x, y    ; mouse pointer to starting coordinates
    }
return

ChangeLanguage()
{
    static UpDown
    
    CoordMode, Mouse, Client
    Click, 92, 202 ; Language Listbox coordinates
    Sleep, 200
    
    UpDown := !UpDown
    if UpDown
        SendInput {Down}{Enter} ; Language down
    else 
        SendInput {Up}{Enter} ; Language up
}

#IfWinActive

Notes:

The script works in any version of Trados Studio, but only in English and Spanish user interfaces. If you work with another UI, just edit the line with InStr function to your convenience.
For simplicity, this script uses the 4th and 5th mouse buttons (back and forth wheel buttons), but you can also add the following hotkeys:
^WheelDown:: ; CTRL + WheelDown
^WheelUp:: ; CTRL + WheelUp
PGUP:: ; Page up
PGDN:: ; Page Down
To the shown hotkeys:
XButton1::
XButton2::

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Nora Díaz over 6 years ago in reply to Jesús Prieto
Unknown said:

An old thread, but anyway I wanted to show how I change languages in the FILE View.

Hi Jesús,

I finally had a chance to have a play with this, and just wanted to come back and say that it's brilliant! Thank you for this, I hope more users discover and use it.
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Switch to Target Language After Adding Files to a Project