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Developer's Corner / Re: Partial (corrupted) downloads from a server (Not a valid win32 application etc)

« on: April 13, 2011, 05:42 AM »

And it isn't related to the datacenter, or it's connection to the backbone, where the servers are hosted?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« on: April 13, 2011, 03:10 AM »

@cranioscopical, please test the attached pre-release of WinButtons 2.6.2, that has the new althide setting (add althide=1 to the [Settings] section of WinButtons.ini) and -ah/-ah- command-line parameters to use an alternative Window Hide method (WinSetState instead of SetWindowPos), to see if the background coloring issues go away.

TIA

Edit: Now that WinButtons 2.6.2.1 is officially released, with althide option available as a feature, this interim release has been removed.

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General Software Discussion / Re: You didn't get this from me, but Win8 Build 1 is out!

« on: April 13, 2011, 02:12 AM »

Guess the most impressive part is the compilers they have to build, that don't choke on all the complex code constructs and still spit out proper ARM code, so they can run it on ARM-powered tablets.

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Living Room / Re: Downloadsquad shutting down - Another one bites the dust

« on: April 13, 2011, 02:07 AM »

(Wrong thread, re-posted correctly )

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Living Room / Re: Thoughts on switching to IPv6

« on: April 13, 2011, 01:56 AM »

And other ISP's offer no direct IPv6 access but instead hide that from the consumer by putting up a NAT between their networks and the real world, supplying a local IPv4 only...

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« on: April 13, 2011, 01:46 AM »

Hm, tried to have that also happening over here, but I couldn't. There are some issues with hiding and re-showing the chain of windows, though, that I have to work on, but that's not cosmetically, but functionally.
What Windows version and Theme and Shell (Explorer or an alternative?) are you running? as I've only tested with Glass on standard Win7 x64 with Explorer.

[tech mode]
I'm using a call of SetWindowPos with (AutoIt3) flags BitOR($SWP_HIDEWINDOW, $SWP_NOACTIVATE, $SWP_NOMOVE, $SWP_NOZORDER, $SWP_NOSIZE) to hide, and $SWP_SHOWWINDOW in the appropriate place to restore the window. That shouldn't touch the background color though.
The standard function WinSetState() was pretty slow, so I searched and found an alternative. I can supply a test-release if you like, using the 'trusted' WinSetState calls?
[/tech mode]

Oh, and the "Push 1ce" and "shme 2" buttons are shown when you press the red "nger ca" button...

The implicit feature request of shadowing the caption as a tooltip is already scheduled for the next release

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Living Room / Re: For a good cause, please take a moment to donate some goodwill only.

« on: April 12, 2011, 05:59 PM »

I voted for my 2 favorites, Quinn and Genice.

-mouser (April 12, 2011, 01:59 PM)

I can see why you chose that card

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« on: April 12, 2011, 05:56 PM »

Again a few minor updates (I should include DcUpdater/DcuHelper as a feature soon, I guess) and now WinButtons 2.6.1.2 is available.

What's new:

• Environment variable support added for messages and questions (-msg and -ask/-asc)
• :var<VarName>?<x>: parameter count may now be > 9, should that be needed
• Download re-pointed to DcMembers server (server seems fine, and I have ftp access from home, ofcourse )

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Living Room / Re: For a good cause, please take a moment to donate some goodwill only.

« on: April 12, 2011, 05:28 PM »

It's kind of a pity we can't see the current vote count but that would give away too much I guess

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Living Room / Re: Thoughts on switching to IPv6

« on: April 12, 2011, 05:26 PM »

If your current router is 'good enough', I'd just wait until you really have to upgrade to IPv6, before you buy a new one. By that time there will be quite a choice of good products available, and they will all include IPv6 support

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Developer's Corner / Re: Partial (corrupted) downloads from a server (Not a valid win32 application etc)

« on: April 12, 2011, 05:16 PM »

I tried it again and it downloaded completely in all 3 browsers, as well as wget.

-jaden (April 12, 2011, 05:00 PM)

I could get it to load completely in FF3 just now for the first time too

[wishful thinking mode]
Usually that happens after mouser and Gothi[c] do some config changes to the/a server, they wait for a little time to see if 'that helped', and if it did they happily report it fixed here
Let's just wait for that then (I hope so, keeping my fingers crossed)
[/wishful thinking mode]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Chrome / Firefox tabs in title bar

« on: April 12, 2011, 05:17 AM »

To display pages in the max. no. of pixels available

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« on: April 12, 2011, 02:21 AM »

Had to do some bugfixes so now we have WinButtons 2.6.1

What's new:

• Supports expansion of environment variables (%varname% syntax) on Captions and Commands
• Bugfixes for if no Variables section was defined

Because I have no ftp access from my current location I couldn't update the dcmembers download, so I attached it to the original release-post. Will fix asap.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Running FARR as Administrator launches applications as Administrator - Conflicts

« on: April 12, 2011, 01:57 AM »

...But similar to other users in this thread, I couldn't get the TinyEv plugin to work without...

-sfb (April 11, 2011, 11:48 PM)

Reading that thread I can only conclude that TinyEv needs another way to interface to Everything, then it does currently. It may be sort-of XP compatible, but it's being caught by the new security measures of Vista and 7, so something has to be done to resolve that.
It's not FARR's fault, and probably also not Everything's fault either, just the current 'interface' between them (TinyEv) is done in an incorrect way.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Partial (corrupted) downloads from a server (Not a valid win32 application etc)

« on: April 11, 2011, 04:36 PM »

Are you losing any network packets between the server and the nearest measurable connection, like a switch that went goofy or something like that (aka: [partial] hardware failure)?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« on: April 11, 2011, 05:55 AM »

There are several samples included in the zipfile

You could create a WinButtons.ini with just this in it:

[Select]

[Buttons]
button1=Notepad
command1=notepad c:\users\[insert-user-name]\Desktop\notes.txt

(Assuming Windows Vista or 7, replace the obvious with an actual username...)
You might want to add "-hide" (without the quotes) between = and notepad to hide the button while Notepad is open, as WinButtons has always on top set by default.
If you want it to go in the left top of the (main) monitor, add these lines:

[Select]

[Settings]
left=0
top=0

HTH

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: TELL me how many objects I am deleting!

« on: April 11, 2011, 02:45 AM »

This is where I was supposed to look at Windows' pop-up box and read "Do you really want to...", to see what and how much I am about to delete, but evidently I didn't read it. So, maybe if I hear it...

-Curt (April 11, 2011, 02:13 AM)

That's exactly where the weak point is. Lots of people, both with and without experience, don't take enough time to read the messages applications pop up to ask both important and not-so-important questions. And because too often the question isn't that important, the messages that are important fade away in the blur, and people just go for the 'right' answer to get it over with now, asap. I do that all the time, when did you last read the EULA of a new piece of software you installed? Same issues there, IMHO.
So, even when adding sound to the important message, that is going to fade away into the blur, after some time.

I once tried to get a proper, thoughtful, response by generating a random letter that had to be entered before the (usually irreversible) action is proceeded, but even then users manage to do things the wrong way, even when they really meant to do something else. There is no 1 good way, but there is no better way either.
Maybe if all we did (on our computers, ofcourse ) was reversible, then this dilemma would be solved.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: TELL me how many objects I am deleting!

« on: April 11, 2011, 01:42 AM »

but I need on a daily base to remove a few files, quite often one by one

-Curt (April 11, 2011, 01:32 AM)

Ok, that wasn't clear from the original idea, but maybe I compared to my own day to day file-handling, deleting bunches of files from 1 directory, or just 1 or 2 between really crucial stuff that should not be deleted, ever.
I'm using shift-delete lots of times, even though I really shouldn't, but I've been saved by the backup several times

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Running FARR as Administrator launches applications as Administrator - Conflicts

« on: April 11, 2011, 01:29 AM »

IMHO, you shouldn't be running anything as administrator, except *maybe* some OS tools that require that, or an occasional (older) installer.
If something doesn't play nicely with Windows Vista or 7's new security scheme, either get the updated version of that software, or run it in compatibility mode.

If you dislike UAC or it hinders you too much, then you can turn it off, but that's not advisable in most of the cases either.

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Living Room / Re: Charlie Sheen Sound Board

« on: April 11, 2011, 01:23 AM »

for his certification as a Microsoft network engineer or something.

-gpetrant (April 10, 2011, 05:35 PM)

So, you're actually proposing a job switch for him?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« on: April 10, 2011, 04:25 PM »

however I would suggest a mirror link

-delwoode (April 10, 2011, 03:32 PM)

I've already attached it also to the release-download, over here, I hope that's enough redundancy until the dcmembers server is working as usual/expected

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« on: April 10, 2011, 02:24 PM »

Tried the download from the dcmembers server myself, but all went just fine, though a bit slow, IMHO.

I'll notify mouser about this, to see if there is something I could/should have done different

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« on: April 10, 2011, 02:18 PM »

tried downloading it form the DcMembers server but both times it was corrupt.

-delwoode (April 10, 2011, 12:31 PM)

- I cant even get it to download here,

-tomos (April 10, 2011, 01:32 PM)

Hm, this must be an extend of the server trouble there was a couple of weeks ago, that still has ill effects on stuff. I also had some errors with 1 other upload I put there. I'll also attach it to the release-post in a few minutes. (v 2.6.0.1)

Thanks for reporting guys!

edit: Only one file upload failed because it has a dll in it, and passwording the file 'fixed' that

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: TELL me how many objects I am deleting!

« on: April 10, 2011, 02:13 PM »

Hm, yes it's a nice idea, but that is not going to stop you, or me, from deleting just one too many, especially if it's yelling fifteen! or forty-five! at me

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Developer's Corner / Re: Documenting the Why not just the What

« on: April 10, 2011, 06:03 AM »

This is indeed one of 'us developers' weak spots, that I have on my todo list of improving for this year Hope others (at least in open/shared projects) also do that