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General Software Discussion / Integrate Mouser's/DCs software into Scoop.sh - extra

« on: March 07, 2019, 03:23 PM »

Hi,

Long time DC user, not very frequent to the forums though (sorry).

Recently started using https://scoop.sh, which finally provided a very clean, very extensible command line software repository for Windows users.

I was hoping to raise enough interest here so that we might get to see the excellent software available here in the extra repo, which is the 'general software' repo.

I might even start doing it myself, just not sure I'm the right person/have the right capabilities to do so effectively.

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Screenshot Captor / Scrolling crop as a standalone tool

« on: December 12, 2016, 11:30 AM »

I cannot express how useful Screenshot Captor is to my life. (I believe it's time to add some donation money  )

Anyway, my love today is director to the Scrolling window cropping step (the last step of the scrolling capture).
I would really like to see this as a 'standalone step'.

Why would this be useful you ask? Good question.

I use remote control sessions quite a lot - and take screenshots while on those sessions.
This introduces 2 limitations:

• Time - I collect screenshots to preserve time, and have a 'local view' of what I saw remotely.
  For this reason I have SC setup to save the capture automatically without interfering or asking what to do with the capture.
  
• The 'object' of interest is remote, embedded in the local 'remote session' window.
  This means that SC can't 'pick out' the region out of a 'flat image' (which is the remote session).

After the session is over, I summarize my thoughts/findings and make use of the screenshots.

For remote scrolling content, I've made it a habit to use the "Grab selected Region" option, followed by the "Grab Repeat last size+pos" and grab multiple images at the same location (after scrolling manually).
Later, using the excellent drap-n-drop option in the editor window, I combine them into a single scrolling capture, and I manually "Splice Out" with the SpecialFX2 menu item.

If I cold launch the Scrolling window cropping wizard on the combined file, it would make this process a lot faster.

Can the scrolling window cropping wizard be launched explicitly? (I searched the forum, but couldn't find information about this)
If so how?
If not, I'd love to see this as an update.

Thanks mouser for a fantastic tool.

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Find And Run Robot / Alternatives / Competition

« on: May 03, 2016, 10:16 AM »

FARR has been my companion for years now.
Along with Screenshot Captor they are the essential DonationCoder software I MUST have on any machine I call 'home'.

But, I'm a software geek, and I always check out alternatives (alternativeto.net has been a dream come true when it started out).

Today I've learned about 2 projects, which I feel this is the only place I would rather discuss them. However they are 'competition', so if anyone feels it's inappropriate, I'll happily remove this post.

The software:
1. An open-source project named Wox
2. A freeware named Keypirinha

First (and very early) impression:
One thing I found in Wox (still checking out Keypirinha) is an automated package manager.

I'm unclear yet about the amount of actively developed plugins, but Everything integration seems to be shipped with the basic build (which FARR supports with an excellent plugin of it's own).

Have anyone here had experience with any of those?
Any insights about those projects, what are the main differences to FARR?

Any other alternatives?

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Find And Run Robot / Plugin Request: Active Directory users

« on: September 02, 2015, 05:21 PM »

I've been a devout user of DC software for 7 years now, and I think what mouser built here is one of the best communities on the net.
Thanks to everyone who participates here.

And now my request.
Does anyone know, (or knows how to build one), if there is a FARR plugin that will search trough AD users and groups?
I'm looking for something that will make searching for users and groups, with membership easy as pie, as FARR makes it for file content.

Hopefully someone here has the answer.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Portability of Clipboard Help+Spell

« on: March 17, 2010, 02:30 AM »

Hi Everyone (and Mouser)

I was wondering about CHS portablity, I noticed that there is a Database and Backup folders inside the program folder, but then noticed that the files used are located in my Documents\donationcoder\Clipboard Help+Spell folder.

Am I missing something? if so what?

Tried searching the forum board, but didn't find it (or was too lazy to skim through the board - sorry  )

As allways with DonationCoder.com in general and Mouser in particulat - Thanks for such an excellent piece of software.

Gal

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The Form Letter Machine / Just got approval of posting into AlternativeTo

« on: March 09, 2010, 01:39 AM »

Just posted TFLM into the alternativeto.net site, hopefully helping to spread the word about this simply terrific piece of software.

The link: http://alternativeto...form-letter-machine/

Thanks Mouser for a great app.

Gal

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TFDocs / Registered, but email never received.

« on: March 08, 2010, 04:38 AM »

I have registered, but the email was never received.
Plus the username is no longer available - probably meaning that the account has registered correctly.
Tried sending the password via email, nothing is received either.

Anyone had this happen to them too?
or is it just me?

Gal

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Post New Requests Here / IDEA: Re-establish connection on connected windows network shares/mapped drives

« on: October 24, 2009, 02:47 PM »

Hi all,

I can't seem to find a simple command line solution for the issue.

I use 3 "endpoints" on my home network:
- a desktop
- a laptop
- a Networked Media Tank (media streamer)

I have mapped network drive on both desktop and laptop pointing to the other computer and the NMT.
Sometimes the mapped drives get to a disconnected/unavilable state (when running "net use" from command line) and can't be accessed from certain application or the command line.

The only way to "refresh" the connection - without removing it and re-establishing it - is either to open Windows Explorer and click on the drive (I also use Total Commander, which works also).
But I can't find a good command line solution where I give it the drive letter, and it makes sure it's connected.

What I'm looking for is a command line tool that will act as described above, for example:
  refresh-smb-drive T:

will make sure T: is connected and active before returning control.

Hope this is simple enough for you excellent and bright guys.

Thanks in advance
Gal Szkolnik

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Find And Run Robot / Just posted a request to add FARR in LiberKey

« on: August 16, 2009, 10:04 AM »

LiberKey is a fantastic portable package of auto-updateable tools, created by a french group.

The product is very polished, and quite amazing, I highly recommend any DonationCoder fan to test it out.

I just posted a request for them to check out FARR and consider to add it as one of their packages.

The link to the request forum post:
http://www.liberkey....obot-farr.html#17936

Just thought you'de all like to know.
BTW: Check out their software - absolutly great.

Truly Yours
Gal

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Post New Requests Here / IDEA: Application collision detector/manager/helper

« on: June 03, 2009, 09:28 AM »

The problem:
My company bought several licensed copies of UnrealTournament and when there's some time we startup the game and play a quick LAN game.

The thing is that we run the game on a business PCs and Laptop (That's why we play a 1999 game).
Most of the applications that make sense during the workday are loaded automatically - and I like keeping it that way.
One example is Babylon Translator which is activated by the Mouse Middle click.

What I propose is an small software that sits in the SysTray and keeps track of which applications are already loaded and which are just being launched.

Once an application on the watchlist is launched, there is a profile of applications that should shutdown immediately.
Once the watchlist application terminates, those same application that were shutdown would start again.

So if I have on my watchlist:
UnrealTournament.exe

and the conflicting app list for it is, for example:
babylon.exe
outlook.exe
iexplorer.exe
firefox.exe

then when I fire-up UnrealTournament.exe - babylon, outlook, iexplorer and firefox would shut-down.
and those same apps will restart the moment UnrealTournament.exe would terminate. (a delayed approval box would make sense in case it's a failure on the part of the Game).

I found out an application that comes close, but is run manually - I want something automatic. And the application's profile is automatic, I wish for manual / config file control.

Hope this is of some interest to at least one of you guys.

Thanks.

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Post New Requests Here / IDEA: GUI enhanced start up delayer

« on: June 03, 2009, 09:12 AM »

I've had this idea since DOS had the option to provide a delayed startup of it's config.sys and autoexec.bat files via a keyboard click.

And ever since I found Startup Delayer from r2 studios I've been using it, and it's great.
The editing GUI is actually fantastic, although some tweaks would be even better, bet overall it's fantastic, and cover everything needed.

But....
The startup launching GUI is a bit too simplistic, and could be enhanced with a simple functionally which is currently missing:

A better handling of the startup process, namely:
- provide an expand button that will display the current list of delayed application which are scheduled to run.
- provide check-boxes near each item, allowing on-the-fly disabling/enabling of startup apps.
- [next step] drop down list of predefined "startup sets" which have different sets of applications enabled.

adding these to the startup delayer starter GUI would improve my life tenfold.

NOTE: The code snack should only implement the Startup launcher GUI and not the editor GUI - it currently works pretty well.
So the new code snack should read the settings from r2 Studio's Startup Delayer ini files. (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\r2 Studios\Startup Delayer\ and the user folder too)

Hope you get interested enough to check out the software and to improve it, if you find the challenge in par to you skills.

Thanks for this great site, and to you - great people.
Truly Yours
Gal Szkolnik

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Coding Snacks / MOVED: IDEA: GUI enhanced start up delayer

« on: May 31, 2009, 10:33 AM »

Moved post to: Coding Snacks / Post New Requests Here

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Find And Run Robot / History Exception

« on: February 18, 2009, 11:07 AM »

Hi everyone,

I've been using FARR for quite some time, it especially grew on me in the last few weeks, where I've gotten used to use Ubiquity (a Firefox add-on that works by text commands) in Firefox and FARR in windows.

I use alot less mouse now, and I'm faster working on my system, along with several shortcuts, it's just great.

I work with a lot of linux machines I access with Putty and web access, I have a hirarchy of folders with shortcuts that open sessions whenever I need, and I access them via FARR, it works for me (maybe there are other solutions, but I like the "there's more than one way" motto) even if it's not the best way.

Anyhow, I can run quite a lot of these shortcuts, but there's no reason for me to keep them in the history.

My question: Is there a way to mark exceptions for the history? or at least group some commands to have a lower score?
That is, select a folder or keywords that don't go into the history list?

Thanks for a great application.

Gal Szkolnik