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General Software Discussion / Re: spell checker in any text

« on: November 11, 2011, 02:50 PM »

unfortunately, I need to get text out of images, which is the hard part

I want red underlines in ANY text on my screen (including non copiable/editable/selectable)

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General Software Discussion / Re: classify data

« on: November 11, 2011, 02:41 PM »

it is not exactly what I need and I think I cant make it by my own to be as the one I need, so can you help me with this please

the steps the user will follow are these:
1) place a date at "here I place a date: (this will make some dates be calculated below)
2) place your text at "here I place some text" (this will make the text append at the correct date in the calendar at right) (see attachment in previous post)any hint?

-kalos (November 07, 2011, 01:19 PM)

I am not sure what the last version that I uploaded cannot do in terms of what you are requesting now.

Type your first date in cell A1, and the formula to calculate the second date in A2.
First text in cell B1, second text in b2.
Etc.

-capitalH (November 08, 2011, 12:07 AM)

DC Excel3 gives me this screenshot:

which is not the same as the one I posted above
is this due to 2003 vs 2007 conversion or I miss something?

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General Software Discussion / transfer handwritten numbers into digits

« on: November 09, 2011, 01:59 PM »

hello

my task is this:

I will write numbers in a grid paper like this:


I want to identify rectangular sections of relevant numbers (columns and rows), so that the computer will know which numbers correspond to what
Then I want to convert the data into text and audio, so that I will hear it as I see it to make human verification fast and easy

how can I do this?

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / Re: classify data

« on: November 07, 2011, 01:19 PM »

it is not exactly what I need and I think I cant make it by my own to be as the one I need, so can you help me with this please

the steps the user will follow are these:
1) place a date at "here I place a date: (this will make some dates be calculated below)
2) place your text at "here I place some text" (this will make the text append at the correct date in the calendar at right)

any hint?

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Site/Forum Features / [SUGGESTION] websites worth clicking at subforum

« on: November 06, 2011, 08:48 AM »

hello

how about a subforum for websites that are worth clicking at? also requests about websites that offer specific features

1) example of post for an interesting website:
"question: did you know you can write upside down? try it at http://www.writeupsidedown.com/"
"answer: wow, this rocks!"

2) example of post for a specific website:
"do you know a website that can convert text to regex?"
"answer: yeah, try http://txt2re.com/"

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General Software Discussion / Re: classify data

« on: November 05, 2011, 08:19 AM »

Sorry - version 2 was easier than I expected

1) Does bold formatting - but uses conditional formatting of Excel 2007 - may not work properly in Excel 2003 or earlier
2) Puts the text in a new row
3) Less complex than the previous version

-capitalH (November 04, 2011, 01:07 AM)

can you tell me what to do to reproduce it, because I have EXCEL 2003 and because I need to customize it a bit?

thanks!!

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General Software Discussion / Re: spell checker in any text

« on: November 03, 2011, 03:39 PM »

spellcheckanywhere.com does not seem to spell check the text that appears in the title of the window of your browser for example (that is not editable/selectable text)

onenote and abbyy are not convenient, because they are not instant (having to take screenshot and perfom ocr, is far from my need for on-the-fly spell check)

any other solution?

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General Software Discussion / Re: classify data

« on: November 03, 2011, 03:36 PM »

thanks for your reply

my requirements are nothing more than what I mentioned in my previous post, I mean, I exactly and only do what I mentioned previously

if you have any specific question, I will be glad to answer

I was thinking to use an "append" function or macro, but I don't know how to start

the target cells appear to have date format in the screenshot, but this is not necessary imo, there will be no problem them being simple text

but the "calculated dates" must be in date format, because they will update according to the date I have set as "today date"

in simple words, the script/macro or whatever, will have to take "my text" and append it to the correct calendar cell

it would be really nice if inside the calendar cells (that will contain the date at top and the appended text at bottom), the date is highlighted, formated or somehow distinguished from the other text below, so that it would be easier to the eye to see which text correspond to which date

or maybe each date cell in the calendar should be splitted into two cells, one containing the date only and the other (below) containing the appended text

last, a shortcut or button preferably should trigger the data migration/binding across the cells (from source "my text" cell, to target cells of the calendar, with calculated dates as pointers)

thanks

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General Software Discussion / spell checker in any text

« on: November 02, 2011, 03:24 PM »

hello

do you know any software that spell checks non-editable areas of text on screen (via OCR maybe?) ?

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / Re: classify data

« on: November 02, 2011, 01:23 PM »

in case I didnt make it clear, I attach some screenshots of what I have at start and of what I should have at end:
START:

END:

any idea? can a function or a macro or anything else do it?
thanks!

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General Software Discussion / classify data

« on: October 30, 2011, 03:22 PM »

hello

I need to place data that belongs in specific dates to a calendar's specific date fields

I was thinking to create a calendar in Excel, where each cell will be a specific date, then type the data I want in a cell, then calculate the dates where the data needs to be written in, then somehow(?) automatically move the data to the correct cells of the calendar (not overwrite any existing data)

any idea how can I do this?

thanks

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General Software Discussion / Re: automated back up software

« on: October 29, 2011, 04:03 PM »

wow another excellent solution that does not come easily with simple google search, which makes this forum invaluable

EDIT: oh one drawback: it's not portable. but anyways..

-kalos (October 29, 2011, 10:21 AM)

Yes it is portable - you have the choice during the installation process to choose portable or not. 

-joiwind (October 29, 2011, 12:03 PM)

    

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General Software Discussion / Re: automated back up software

« on: October 29, 2011, 10:21 AM »

wow another excellent solution that does not come easily with simple google search, which makes this forum invaluable

EDIT: oh one drawback: it's not portable. but anyways..

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General Software Discussion / automated back up software

« on: October 29, 2011, 08:27 AM »

hello

I need a program that will monitor specific files and copy them to a specific folder in order to have copies of them, safe from accidental deletion/data losses from memory crashes/etc

it should constantly monitor for changes and update/synchronize them

which is the most reliable?

thanks!

EDIT: I just realized that the program should save many previous versions of each monitored file, because if the monitored file is unwantedly overwritten or get emptied of data, then I would want to find the just previous version of it

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General Software Discussion / best Outlook replacement?

« on: October 15, 2011, 01:14 PM »

hello

which is the best Outlook replacement, that has all Outlook features and more, it performs faster and more stable and it is fully compatible as Outlook?

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / monitor folder and perform actions on its files

« on: October 15, 2011, 12:32 PM »

hello

is there a program that will monitor a folder and each time a file(s) is created inside that folder, to perform specific actions on it/them?

thanks

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General Software Discussion / Re: EXCEL grid in another GUI

« on: October 14, 2011, 01:12 PM »

I need both calculation and data presentation features of EXCEL, including macros, scripting, functions, etc

basing a database app in EXCEL, would not suffice, because I need only a part of app's GUI to have a grid similar to EXCEL (eg, the upper half of the window).

For now, I have not chosen a language to implement it, but I will use the language and database that will offer the most features for this task. Any recommendation?


What kind of info would you like more? It is pretty straight forward, it is about a database (with clients info, procedures info, items info, altogether combined into tables etc), I will answer any other question you need.

that WinGrid seems very interesting!!! how can I find a list of such things, or better, a comparison of them?

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / Re: GUI automation

« on: October 13, 2011, 04:11 PM »

I have an idea

when a specific window control is displayed on screen, specific bytes are in RAM (I suppose)
so why not use that data to identify and manage window controls?

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General Software Discussion / Re: GUI automation

« on: October 13, 2011, 04:09 PM »

So Sikuli did not work? Seems from the description like it should wok on any visible screen element. What was the problem?

I'd like to try Sikuli out, but if it doesn't work as advertised, I won't waste my time.

-Jimdoria (October 13, 2011, 03:54 PM)

it works very well, but I would like something more accurate

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General Software Discussion / Re: GUI automation

« on: October 13, 2011, 12:24 PM »

A while back I did a search on a couple of the different macro recorders and one of the results brought up alternativeTo.net.  It provided a pretty good list of different programs. Link to the list sorted on visitor/user likes: http://alternativeto...k-studio/?sort=likes

I haven't used any of these but one of them may suit your needs or rings a bell with one of the other readers of the post that can provide some input.

Not affiliated with alternativeTo or any of the programs.

-bob99 (October 12, 2011, 06:24 PM)

thanks for the list, although it is far from complete, since it lacks Ranorex

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General Software Discussion / Re: looking for programming language

« on: October 12, 2011, 03:39 PM »

Both AutoIt3 and AutoHotKey come with their own spy.  They also have "hidden window" and "hidden text" modes.  You'll have to look through the documentation for how they stack up against .NET stuff.

If you try AutoHotKey I recommend starting right off with AutoHotKey_L. It has object support and other advanced features that vanilla AHK doesn't.

AutoIt3 can definitely pull text and send text to controls.  I've only used it in rudimentary fashion when deciding if that or clipboard was the better way to pull file names from Explorer Windows.  But macro manipulation is what they are both about.

-MilesAhead (October 12, 2011, 03:14 PM)

I think they cannot read/see the text of the url in your web-browser's address bar, though you can clearly see it. They need to focus the address bar and copy it, this is the only way afaik.

I was wondering if another language or something would offer something better, would be able to access and read deeper parts of the apps and OS

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Site/Forum Features / Re: easy way to attach

« on: October 12, 2011, 02:13 PM »

thanks, although I was not asking for help attaching a file, I would like to make a suggestion in this topic
you simply click a button and you get this box:
http://img40.imagesh.../15/111912221232.png
or this:
http://img263.images...994/111912221314.png

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Site/Forum Features / easy way to attach

« on: October 12, 2011, 01:27 PM »

hello

http://forums.watchuseek.com has an excellent way to attach photos, you choose the source, either a file from your pc, or a link at the web, and it offers to upload to the website

can you implement this here too?

thanks

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General Software Discussion / Re: looking for programming language

« on: October 12, 2011, 01:15 PM »

as for interacting with other GUI's, is there anything more than a Windows info tool, like http://msdn.microsof...ibrary/ms727247.aspx, that will give more information?
any language or something? for the text in controls that you see, but you cannot reveal it in your windows info tool, etc

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General Software Discussion / EXCEL grid in another GUI

« on: October 11, 2011, 03:55 PM »

hello

I want to create a GUI for an app that runs a database (among other things)

a part of this GUI, I want it be a grid, but with all the features of EXCEL grid, ie. it will feel like using EXCEL grid

do you have any idea for this?

thanks