how to run a notepad++ macro from vbscript or powershell?

[Thanasis Palianopoulos]

I 'm trying to run a vbscript and to open notepad++ , open a txt file and run a macro that i have allready made.

is that possible?

Thanx

Thanasis

[Thanasis Palianopoulos]

till now I have this…

Dim objShell
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject( “WScript.Shell” )
objShell.run(“notepad++.exe <path\name.txt>”)
Set objShell = Nothing

but I dont know how to run the macro command

[Yaron]

Hello Thanasis,

1. Assign a shortcut to your macro via Settings -> Shortcut Mapper -> Macros.
2. Add the following lines to the script.

objShell.run...
WScript.Sleep(100)    ' Let NPP load and open the file. Adjust the number of milliseconds to your machine.
objShell.SendKeys("^+9")    ' "^+9" is Ctrl+Shift+9. Replace it with your preferred shortcut. 

Best regards.

[Thanasis Palianopoulos]

thank you
that worked fine!!!