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General Software Discussion / Re: Time Tracking Tool lost...
« on: March 21, 2011, 01:10 AM »
Mouser,
Did this idea go anywhere?
Did this idea go anywhere?
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Well, that is quite open-ended... SN is build on top of a relational database. Currently JET, but SQL Server is coming very soon (I've got a paying customer who's willing to contribute to change to that back-end).It could be useful if you could consider the interface design so the program could run against different databases as well (at the same time as you are making these changes)-PPLandry (February 27, 2008, 04:32 PM)
Hi gottadoit,Arjen,
The window log information is stored in XML files, so with a custom XSLT file it would be possible to merge two of those into one. Right now only the window log information is saved to file (i.e. how much time is spent in each application / window title). The project log (i.e. how much time is spent on each project) is calculated from the window log file and the projects and rules defined by the user. I will soon make sure the project log is also saved, so it can be used for making reports like you mention.
The XML files WorkCoach creates are saved in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data\WorkCoach
With regard to time syncing: right now the program only records how long you've been doing something, not the exact times, so this is not an issue.
I hope this helps - if you have any further questions or comments I'll be happy to hear them!
Arjen.-Arjen (January 03, 2007, 08:05 AM)
C:\>runas /?
RUNAS USAGE:
RUNAS [ [/noprofile | /profile] [/env] [/netonly] ]
/user:<UserName> program
RUNAS [ [/noprofile | /profile] [/env] [/netonly] ]
/smartcard [/user:<UserName>] program
/noprofile specifies that the user's profile should not be loaded.
This causes the application to load more quickly, but
can cause some applications to malfunction.
/profile specifies that the user's profile should be loaded.
This is the default.
/env to use current environment instead of user's.
/netonly use if the credentials specified are for remote
access only.
/savecred to use credentials previously saved by the user.
This option is not available on Windows XP Home Edition
and will be ignored.
/smartcard use if the credentials are to be supplied from a
smartcard.
/user <UserName> should be in form USER@DOMAIN or DOMAIN\USER
program command line for EXE. See below for examples
Examples:
> runas /noprofile /user:mymachine\administrator cmd
> runas /profile /env /user:mydomain\admin "mmc %windir%\system32\dsa.msc"
> runas /env /user:[email protected] "notepad \"my file.txt\""
NOTE: Enter user's password only when prompted.
NOTE: USER@DOMAIN is not compatible with /netonly.
NOTE: /profile is not compatible with /netonly.
Well Process Explorer isn't really a "competing" launch program but it can launch programs in a special way (with limited privileges in the same user context)
As I mentioned in the FARR forum it would be great to extend this a little to also be able to have stored credentials inside the launchbar *and* additionally allow the launchbar to remove the appropriate privilege tokens and change group memberships so that the user context is still the same but the process is effectively running as a limited user
With this setup it would then nice to be able to specify the desired context as the default (if not otherwise specified), then this nice tool would also give some non-trivial security benefits as well
Ref: http://www.sysintern...d-user-easy-way.html-gottadoit (March 09, 2006, 05:14 AM)
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I use alternative shells: GeoShell for a bit, years ago, then Litestep for the last few years, now happily back to Geoshell.I also used to use GeoShell for a while and I still switch between explorer and geoshell for my window manager sometimes. One thing that was a big negative was that geoshell wasn't 64bit clean and there were some comments that it would be a big job cleaning it up. One really useful thing that I got from using geoshell was reading this article on usability from the geoshell docs site, that article references the asktog.com site and this article on Fitts Law which is also a great read. I really found putting a vertical geobar on the left edge of screen #1 (I use dual monitors) easy & fast, application of those principles was easy and "obviously better" once tested (a sign of a really good idea)-XMinus1 (February 01, 2006, 11:29 PM)