Hey this is pretty cool.  Thanks for sharing. 

Yep -- You were right.  Adding the target application to the list did the trick.  As it turns out, MultiTool (by design) waits for the previously active window to be active again before it types and/or pastes its content.  I'll have to think about this...  I use the tool mostly for entering text into a particular webapp database and into outlook emails.  I'm not sure if I want to exclude Chrome and Outlook though. 

Thanks for the helpful and fast reply Mouser!

side note:  This is the tool that I am submitting for NANY 2022  :P

EDIT Here's the file name BTW

%filename% = MultiTool.exe
%windowtitle% = MultiTool
%fullfilename% = MultiTool.exe
%description% = MultiTool.exe
%fileversion% =
%ActiveWindowInternalName% = MultiTool.exe
%ActiveWindowHandle% = 4266044
%company% =
%productname% = MultiTool.exe
%versionstring% =
%nicename% = MultiTool.exe
%ActiveWindowBrowserUrl% =
Previous active window filename = chrome.exe

I see that CHS remembers the Previous active window.  If the rule was (prevfilename = MultiTool.exe AND filename = chrome.exe) then maybe.  IDK.  NO big deal.   8)

EDIT LATER:  I renamed the NANY project....  Rather than the lofty designation "MultiTool," I'm calling it WayText.   :Thmbsup: