Is there any way of addressing the project list in Trados Studio?

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Hi all,

I was wondering if it's possible to read values from the project list with AutoHotkey. In particular, when working with WorldServer packages, I am so sick of Studio always defaulting to the last used target directory when I export a package. So I'm desperately trying to create a script that can read the location of the selected project in the list. Any help or hints would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Stefan

Jesús Prieto · Accepted Answer

Stefan Keller , 
 I&rsquo;ve never tried to get the project names selected in the Projects view. I've tried to do it now and I can&rsquo;t. 
 With AutoHotkey you can get the text just below the mouse, and it doesn&rsquo;t work either in the Projects view, but it works in the Manager (Beta) view. Obviusly at any time there is only one single project below the mouse, which maybe quicker anyway than activating a project in the Projects view. If you are interested in this unusual way to grab the text below the mouse, details are explained in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUXQI3x8AzY and a sample script can be downloaded as well.

Paul · Answer

Stefan Keller 
 Stefan Keller said: I was wondering if it's possible to read values from the project list with AutoHotkey. 
 I'm afraid it's probably not. I had a quick play to see if I could find a way but my limited knowledge of AHK didn't get me any fruitful results. It could be that a complex custom control like the ones in Studio don't expose their child controls to standard Windows messages, which AutoHotkey relies on to fetch such information. I tried to use a script o see if I could get at the child controls that might contain what I needed but this wasn't really helpful and all I got back was this: 
 Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad11	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad12	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad13	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad14	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad15	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad16	Content: 
Control ID: HwndWrapper[SDLTradosStudio.exe;;eb42c76b-5449-43d7-b8dc-529aba2d60fb]1	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad17	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad18	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad19	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad110	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad111	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad112	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad113	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad114	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad115	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad116	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad117	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad118	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad119	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad120	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad121	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad122	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad123	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad124	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad125	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad126	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad127	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad128	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad129	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad130	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad131	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad132	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad133	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad134	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad135	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad136	Content: 
Control ID: HwndWrapper[SDLTradosStudio.exe;;3cef14c8-0ac0-4e10-9ebf-ee704b6ff225]1	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad137	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad138	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad139	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad140	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad141	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad142	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad143	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad144	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad145	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad146	Content: ultraGrid1
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad147	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad148	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.STATIC.app.0.ea119_r9_ad11	Content: Select a single project in order to view the details.
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad149	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad150	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad151	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad152	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad153	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad154	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad155	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad156	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad157	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad158	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad159	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad160	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad161	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad162	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad163	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad164	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad165	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad166	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad167	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad168	Content: 
Control ID: WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.ea119_r9_ad169	Content: 
 Nothing I could use to pull a project location. 
 The API does support this of course but if you don't have the Professional version you won't be licensed to use it so you'd need someone else to develop a plugin you could use. So not very helpful for you. 
 Stefan Keller said: I am so sick of Studio always defaulting to the last used target directory when I export a package. 
 I would be interested to know a bit more about this though? I can't get this to go anywhere other than the location of the project the package was created in. Can you explain exactly your process here and at what point you find this problem? Also what version of Trados Studio?

Trados Studio > 7. AutoHotKey

Is there any way of addressing the project list in Trados Studio?

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