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DonationCoder.com Software / Find And Run Robot / Re: Feature Request v2 - time to get started
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on: August 30, 2005, 12:34:11 PM
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I would still push for a system whereby even with multiple results, the one with the highest mark gets the focus for <enter> functioning. i will add an option for this - either to choose whether enter launches the first item or just tabs down into the results box. yes it will be FULL regex support so you can do as you say. modifers: all search directories and pattern scoring will accept modifiers, so you can change the scores and directories to search if you specify certain modifiers. so if you type "music dylan" then music might be a modifier that perfers audio file masks and music directories, etc.
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Main Area and Open Discussion / General Software Discussion / Re: HMonitor ... a warning ...
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on: August 30, 2005, 06:13:17 AM
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carol - this sounds outrageous.
are you saying that you can't even reinstall your old copy, because you were given a license based on your hardware (or windows install info), and now that you've upgraded your windows, he won't give you a new license key based on your new windows/hardware install info?
i don't care if you are reinstalling windows or replacing your computer and getting another one, that would be totally unacceptable, and very uncommon.
if that's really the case then i would advise everyone to steer very clear from this company,
and with your permission i would like to email the author to let him/her know in a polite fashion that he is going to very quickly develop a bad reputation if he insists on this. if sites like this one, and zaine's, etc. take the time to write to these authors and let them know that this kind of stuff is going to backfire on them maybe they will change their views.
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DonationCoder.com Software / Screenshot Captor / Re: Request for 3rd party freeware tool configurations
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on: August 30, 2005, 02:45:04 AM
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i use a couple things, c++ builder for most of my big windows GUI tools. Visual C++ for lean and mean windows stuff. the free dev-c++ ide for building and testing crossplatform stuff.
i def recomment dev-c++ for people who want to play with c++. though im not sure i would recommend c++.
c# and java are not bad to get started with if you are serious about coding.
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News and Reviews / Image Manager Shootout / Re: Xnview vs. Irfan View
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on: August 30, 2005, 02:08:16 AM
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i should say i LOVE the easy print app that came with my canon photo printer - i would recommend that printer to families and non-computer experts almost solely on the basis of that easyprint application. a real gem.
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News and Reviews / Image Manager Shootout / Re: Xnview vs. Irfan View
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on: August 30, 2005, 12:33:29 AM
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lanux- someone told me here on this forum (my apologies i can't remember who), that in fact there is a much much easier way. so easy that im embarassed after years of use i didnt realize it.
the answer: don't click Save As.. lol.
just choose Save.
it wont save it over the existing file!
it acts exactly like save as except its in same directory as file.
boy was i embarassed to find that out.
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DonationCoder.com Software / Screenshot Captor / Re: Bugs 'n' suggestion
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on: August 29, 2005, 07:59:50 PM
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thanks gottadoit i will try to fix long filenames issue and clipboard issue.
so the clipboard issue shouldnt be from screenshot captor since screenshot captor doesn't grab clipboard info - is it from our other clipboard help+spell tool? OR maybe i think you are saying that the nature of capturing a screenshot makes clipmate get confused about the running app.. if so, could you elaborate what you would like clipmate to see when you capture a screen?
what i would like to do for autocapture is specify options like this: [] capture a screenshot every __ seconds [] capture a screenshot whenever screen changes
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DonationCoder.com Software / Find And Run Robot / Re: Feature Request: Super Context...
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on: August 29, 2005, 07:45:42 PM
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i'm kind of fond of the idea of taking advantage of ctrl+numberkey and alt+numberkey (maybe also winkey+numberkey).
the other question is more intriguing - what to show...
two main choices: 1) show regular shell context menu vs. 2) show a custom menu based on file extension.
if there is interest in #2, i could add another tab to the options dialog that let you specify custom commands associated with certain extentions. so you could configure: "*.txt": edit file | c:\program files\ultraedit.exe $$1 print file | c:\program files\printfile.exe $$1
and then when user does a search, and finds a file they want, they would hit like Ctrl+1 which would then show this custom list in results view: 1. edit file 2. print file
where they could then hit 1 or 2.
the only problem is it is a bit confusing to use and would require configuration by user before it would work, whereas the context menu seems more logical, and is already premade. maybe just ctrl+1 to bring up context menu for item 1 is the best solution.
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DonationCoder.com Software / Find And Run Robot / Re: F&R fans get an update
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on: August 29, 2005, 07:34:28 PM
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i'm really going to give the database idea some thought, but i think id like to first add all the other features we have been talking about. as kfitting says, one of the problems with doing the database approach is all the issues wrt updating the index, etc. one possibility might be to make f&r able to read one of the existing database formats used by google desktop search or something.. the place a database search could really help is if you only indexed/searched certain files - like if user said, index all *.exe and *.doc, and *.mp3 and leave the rest alone. also indexing would save huge amounts of time if you expected to search on things like mp3 id tags.
we should keep talking about it though. i have mixed feelings on the subject.
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