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Post New Requests Here / Variable-speed repeated button press

« on: July 02, 2023, 01:56 AM »

Imagine repeatedly pressing the Page-Down key.  It can get old fast.  Poor index finger.

Suppose we have a Page-Down that automatically repeats.  Once every 5 seconds (the 'default').  For 100 rounds.

How cool would that be??!!

Here's the huge challenge:  Create the above.  With the following addition....

If user presses the Ctrl-Minus key, we multiply the 5 seconds by 1.05, and use that value in between each round.

If user presses the Ctrl-Plus key, we multiply the 5 seconds by 0.95, and use that value in between each round.

The idea is to get a 'variable-speed' repeated button press.

Here is some of the logic, as I see it:

There is a 'default' amount of time between button presses.  Say, 5 seconds.  There is some variable somewhere holding this value.  Let's call the variable "Rest."

Every time the user hits Ctrl-Minus, the little program looks for the variable "Rest," multiplies it by 1.05, and writes that result back to the variable location.  So, "Rest" is now 5.25.

If user hits Ctrl-Minus another time, current value of "Rest" is multiplied by 1.05, with the result then written to the variable.  "Rest" then becomes 5.51.  Etc.  Etc.

Hitting Ctrl-Plus has the opposite effect.  "Rest" value is multiplied by 0.95.

So, the 'loop' for each round looks something like this:

1.  Check value of "Rest."
2.  Wait that long.
3.  Press the Page-Down key.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated.  If you were to write such a program, what programming language would you use?

Nicholas Kormanik

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PublicDomainVic / Timed Key Repeat, With Variable Timing

« on: May 24, 2023, 02:59 AM »

Prologue:  To read maximally our eyes must move rapidly.  Some of us are lucky to naturally develop this at an early age.  It might still be possible for others of us to learn later.

The idea of the asked-for program is to help with reading development.

Disclaimer:  No guarantees.  Use at your own risk.

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The present program I use to read epubs is Calibre Viewer (CV).  Seems about the best currently available for Windows.

CV lacks a particular ability that I'd really like to have.  Maybe you, Vic!, or someone here can come up with a solution.

CV allows user to select keys for various actions.  Enter, for instance, can be used for Page Down.

I'd like the following:

Upon execution of the mini-program, perhaps via desktop shortcut...

(Program must remain focused on CV, by the way (possibly user selectable, for other programs, like Acrobat, Word, Edge, Chrome, etc.?).  Not focused on program itself, desktop, etc.)

...Press Enter (specific key possibly user selectable) repeatedly, with a particular amount of time between each press, say, 5 seconds (possibly user selectable).

(The above can easily be done using a standard macro program.  I use Macro Express.)

(Here is where things get really tricky, and coding expertise is required.)

While this repeat-Enter process is going on...

Press the keypad (-) key to slow down the process.  Say, for instance, by 5%.  (Possibly user selectable.)

Press the keypad (+) key to speed up the process.  Say, for instance, by 5%.  (Possibly user selectable.)

Continue on with the repeat-Enter process for a user selected time.  Say, for instance, 5 minutes.

After completion of the above, open a small window center screen that says, "Rapid Reading Time Completed!"  (or, possibly user selectable text message.)

Upon closing the small window, the program terminates entirely.

Any thoughts or suggestions greatly appreciated.

Nicholas Kormanik

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Post New Requests Here / Timed Key Repeat, With Variable Timing

« on: May 21, 2023, 08:13 PM »

Topic moved to:

https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=53451.0

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Post New Requests Here / Create Song Playlist

« on: May 17, 2023, 02:46 AM »

Most of us have large repositories of music.

Assume all music is contained in one folder, and sub-folders within that main folder.

I'd like to find a small simple program that can randomly select a number of songs, and send the list to a player program, my preferred is AIMP.

Ideally user should be able to type in a name to look for.  But if no name provided, just include all the files in the folder as potentials.

For instance:  Elton John

Then the number of randomly selected songs to come up with.

For instance: 50

That is, less than or equal to.  There might be only a few Elton John songs.

Then, where to send the created song list.

For instance:  AIMP

An alternative idea would be to copy the songs to another folder.  For instance, if all the songs are on an external USB drive, those songs can be copied to, say, local drive C:  And then played.

Any thoughts or ideas greatly appreciated.

Such a program may already exist, but I haven't found it.

Although, I sort of remember that PowerShell might be able to do this.

Thanks!

Nicholas Kormanik

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Post New Requests Here / Simple: Desktop shortcut/script to restart to USB drive

« on: May 06, 2023, 07:39 PM »

What should be a piece of cake often seems ridiculously hard.

Restart computer, and open to a specific USB thumb drive.

Create script/batch file to accomplish this.  Or even a little program.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated.

Nicholas Kormanik

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PublicDomainVic / Single Dot in Graphics Window

« on: May 05, 2023, 02:42 AM »

Prologue:  To read maximally our eyes must move rapidly.  Some of us are lucky to naturally develop this at an early age.  It might still be possible for others of us to learn later.

The idea of the asked-for program is to help with reading development.

Disclaimer:  No guarantees.  Use at your own risk.

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Objective:  Randomly paint a dot in a graphics screen (programmer's choice)

In, say, an .ini file within program folder, user provides the following information:

-- Dot color (default=red)
-- Size of dot (default=100 pixels)
-- Background color (default=white)

-- Ability to do it again.  Preferably automatically, with xxx milliseconds between each iteration.  (default=250)

-- Finally, a timer value for the program to keep going until time is up.  (default=3 minutes)

So, upon execution the program will show a series of dots appearing on the screen, just one at a time, in various random places.  Once time is up, (say in 3 minutes) program can terminate.

In summary, double-click on desktop shortcut, program comes up, does it's thing, and terminates after specified time.

Possible complication: Size of graphics window.  If user adjusts size of window, what happens to the dots?  Do some fall outside the window?  Do the dots become smaller, in proportion to the window size?  Does the program remember window position?  Hmmm....

Thanks a million!

Nicholas Kormanik

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Post New Requests Here / Tally lines of text based on first X characters

« on: April 01, 2023, 02:04 AM »

Given a text file.  And given that we are interested in the first 20 characters to base a tally on.

How many lines are there for each different first 20 characters?

For instance, in the following:

http://62.182.86.140
http://62.182.86.140
http://62.182.86.140
http://libgenfrialc7
http://libgenfrialc7

There are 3 of http://62.182.86.140
There are 2 of http://libgenfrialc7

Thoughts and help greatly appreciated!

Nicholas Kormanik

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PublicDomainVic / Re: Rename FOLDERS in hierarchy

« on: February 17, 2023, 12:09 AM »

Vic and friends....  Please see the following.

https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=53141.0

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Post New Requests Here / Rename FOLDERS in hierarchy

« on: February 17, 2023, 12:01 AM »

Given:  Folders and files in some hierarchical structure.

Objective:  Rename the FOLDERS only, not the files.

Rename to XXXXX random digits.  Perhaps the number of random digits can be left to user.  But, let's say, for example, 5 random digits.

So, long folder name:  blah, blah, blah, blah.....

Change to:  39279  (for instance)

Do this for each and every folder in the entire hierarchy, including the base folder.

Program can be used from context menu, or drag-and-drop, or command line, or other.

Why this program??

To deal with long path length issues.  Major headache when, say, unarchived paths exceed 255 characters.  Good grief.  Just horrible.

Idea is to easily deal with extra long paths by changing folder names to short sets of random digits.

Thanks much!

Nicholas Kormanik

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PublicDomainVic / Extract Archives Within Each Relevant Sub-Folder

« on: June 12, 2022, 08:54 PM »

Suppose the following:

Overall Parent Folder: Various

Sub-Folder 1:
1001.part1.rar
1002.part2.rar

Sub-Folder 2:
2001.part1.rar
2002.part2.rar
2003.part3.rar

...

Sub-Folder 99:
9901.part1.rar
9902.part2.rar

I would really, really like to find a way to automatically recursively travel throughout the overall initial parent folder, into each sub-folder, and extract each set of archives therein to that relevant sub-folder.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Nicholas Kormanik

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PublicDomainVic / Change File Name. Then change it back to what it was.

« on: February 25, 2022, 04:47 PM »

Vic (and community), I used to put small requests in Skwire's section.  Haven't for a while.  I have a mini request presently that probably belongs over there.  But will just put it here for now....

Change File Name.  Then change it back to what it was.

This would be a two-phase process:

A file is in a folder.  Alone.  File is:  "4863 - xyz.txt"

Step #1.  Change that file's name to:  "xyz.txt"

(User now does some things.  Blah, blah....)

Step #2.  Change the file "xyz.txt" back to its original name, "4863 - xyz.txt"

Done!

If there is another forum where this request is more appropriate, please let me know.  Or if there is a means that I ought to have access to (some programming language?).

Thanks a million.  Hope all are well.

Nicholas Kormanik

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PublicDomainVic / Keep icons arranged in a folder

« on: January 30, 2022, 10:02 PM »

This one might be impossible as well.

Suppose we have a folder with a number of icons for files and folders.

We want those arranged in a very particular way.  Not merely the usual sort, by name, extension, etc.  But the exact placement within that folder.  Some icons are up, some down, some to the side.

We want to be able to take a 'snapshot' of this specific arrangement.

Take snapshot.  Then rearrange to that snapshot at a later point in time.

So, two additional 'buttons' (perhaps?) on Explorer ToolBar:

1. Take arrangement snapshot
2. Restore arrangement

Or via right-click context menu.

What do you think?  Possible or not?

Additional details would have to be considered, of course.  Like, where will the 'arrangement details' be kept?  Within the folder, maybe in a hidden file? 

Will the implied coordinates be relative to the window, say from upper-left corner of the window being 0,0?

Too, what if additional icons/files are moved to that folder, will that not affect the previous arrangement possibility?

Etc.

Windows does allow for the above in a temporary way.  If 'View; Auto arrange' and 'View; Align to grid' are both unchecked.  But the arrangement doesn't last.  Close window and reopen, icons are sorted.  Etc.

Thanks so much!

Nicholas Kormanik

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PublicDomainVic / Prepend Numbers, Serially, To Desktop Items Selected

« on: January 17, 2022, 07:43 PM »

New request, perhaps not even possible presently....

Suppose Windows desktop.

Highlight a set of desktop items/icons.  Say, horizontally.  Three items.  So, three across.

Given the three highlighted items, attach a number to each, serially, across, from left to right, padded with zeros (if requested by user), plus a space.

Example:

x, y, z --> 01 x, 02 y, 03 z

Is this possible by any means other than manually?

Why requesting?

Suppose user has created a series of steps laid out on the desktop.  A series of batch files, say, that requires executing in a very particular order.  Or text files outlining steps that must be executed in a particular order.

User does not want to continue taking up the desktop space with the ordered set across said desktop.  User would rather place all these into a folder, on desktop, or somewhere else.

If user simply places all these items into a folder, they will be rearranged by Windows, sorted, if you will.  Critical arrangement that was shown on desktop will be lost.

Given the prepended number, sorting by name easily arranges as wanted.

Comments greatly appreciated.

Nicholas Kormanik

p.s. -- This sort of issue points to a huge desktop problem.  I would really, really like to see a permanent sort of desktop(s) that is very much like a physical white board.  Arrange.  Save.  Leave.  Create another.  Arrange.  Save.  Leave.  Backup.  Etc., etc., etc.  On the desktop(s) would be the usual assortment of files, icons, folders, shortcuts, etc.

Presently I don't think this is possible.  Hugely needed!

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PublicDomainVic / Double-Esc = Close Program/Window

« on: December 29, 2021, 05:12 PM »

Another request, Vic!

Others have tried this before on DonationCoder, but never got it quite right.

Wonder if you might want to give it a try.

Memory-resident program that adds ability to Double-Press the Escape key, and the current window, program closes.

Not at all a priority.  Just a useful little utility.

Thanks Vic!

And Happy New Year to you and everybody here!

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Post New Requests Here / Delete specific folders in a directory hierarchy tree

« on: November 23, 2021, 12:09 AM »

I've been searching for hours for an answer.  Such a simple thing.  Huge jumble of partial answers....

Given:  Large directory tree structure, folders with files, maybe some empty folders.

Challenge:  Move recursively throughout tree.  Delete all folders in entire tree that has in name "xyz".

There might be one such folder.  There might be one hundred.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated.

Nicholas Kormanik

(thanks @publicdomain, and others, for much help on many challenges)

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Screenshot Captor / Capture Only Grabs Upper-Left Portion of Screen

« on: February 12, 2021, 08:05 AM »

Tried as many different settings as I could think of in Preferences.

No matter what, only Upper-Left portion of screen gets captured.  Around 70% of the entire screen.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Nicholas Kormanik

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Screenshot Captor / Screenshot on High Definition Monitor

« on: February 03, 2021, 01:30 AM »

I tried Screenshot Captor on a UHD monitor (3840x2160) and noticed all the screenshots appeared blurry, not like the original screen looked.  (Desktop, for instance.  Simply taking a screenshot of the Desktop.)

On a 1920x1080 screen, the Screenshot Captor screenshot was seemingly exactly as clear as the original screen appeared.

What gives?  Is there a setting that I can adjust?

Thanks much!

Nicholas Kormanik

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Post New Requests Here / Command-Line Shooter

« on: September 16, 2020, 12:44 AM »

I have a list of command.com 'things' I want to execute.  Let's say, 300+.

One command.com 'order' per line.

Presently all 300+ are in one long text file.

Imagine, as metaphor, all 300+ are like bullets on a belt.



I need the 'gun'.

In other words, I'd like to rip off the top, say, 10.  Put them in the gun.  Pull the trigger.

Boom, boom, boom.....

All ten command.com lines get executed, one after another.

Okay, I could make up separate batch files for each group.  But it would be faster to do it some other way.

Enter:  Command-Line Shooter

Thoughts appreciated.

Nicholas Kormanik

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Post New Requests Here / Show brief message on screen

« on: July 14, 2020, 08:03 PM »

I use a screen capture program from this site. 

Issue is: Not sure the screen capture actually happened.

Request: Small program to show temporary message on screen.

Time to show message: Around 3 seconds.

Message: Capture successful.

Any thoughts or suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Nicholas Kormanik

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Post New Requests Here / Create Patterned Subdirectories, (Move Folders)

« on: May 27, 2020, 11:59 PM »

Brainstorming here before searching elsewhere for solutions.

Suppose we want to create the following folders:

c:\aaa
c:\aab
c:\aac
.
.
.
c:\baa
c:\bab
.
.
.
c:\zzx
c:\zzy
c:\zzz

If you following my drift, a-z in first column.  a-z second.  a-z third.

Total new subdirectories = 26*26*26 = 17,576

How might one go about accomplishing this?

(After doing the preceding, then time to move folders appropriately....  I'll turn to that later, perhaps.)

Thoughts appreciated.

Nicholas Kormanik

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Post New Requests Here / Sort/organize mp3 files by bitrate, into folders

« on: May 13, 2020, 07:55 AM »

Looking for a way to sort/organize mp3 files in a folder into a set of folders by bitrate:

320 kbps mp3s --> appropriate folder named "320"
192 kbps mp3s --> appropriate folder named "192"
etc.

Any thoughts appreciated.

Nicholas Kormanik

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Post New Requests Here / Mark/Highlight Many Different Rows in Text File

« on: January 03, 2020, 06:09 PM »

Suppose one has a long list of names, one after another, in a text file.

One wishes to delete a number of those.

The standard text editor will only allow you to delete one at a time, unless they are contiguous in the list.

Looking for a program that will allow 'marking' various rows, to then subsequently delete them.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks!

Nicholas Kormanik

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Post New Requests Here / Android?? Basic simple countdown timer....

« on: September 24, 2019, 01:14 AM »

Lots of Android countdown timers out there, but not what I want.

The one below comes close:

https://play.google....mbo.ovo&hl=en_US

Here is what it lacks, that I'd really like to have:

-- Save user-defined/adjustable default countdown amount.  (20 minutes)

-- Start counting down as soon as program runs, no user intervention needed.

-- Make sure program can be scheduled to run on device (tablet) start.

-- Allow for playing whatever 'sounds' are available in system.  (series of beeps)

-- If possible, pause the existing music being played (AIMP), and after sounding (beeping for 3 to 5 seconds), allow music to resume.

-- When alarm goes off, don't require any user intervention.  Just close and disappear.

No need for any other bells and whistles.

Thanks!

Nicholas Kormanik

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Screenshot Captor / Silent Switch for Command Line Capture when SC already loaded

« on: September 19, 2019, 08:24 PM »

Normally I want SC to come up on screen when I capture.  Just to be sure it's capturing.

However, there are times I use command line, and don't want to see anything.

So, please allow an additional command line switch:

ScreenshotCaptor.exe -capture screen_silent

Thanks!

Nicholas Kormanik

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Screenshot Captor / Filename Balloon Tip in System Tray..... How to get it to show??

« on: May 20, 2019, 05:44 AM »

For some reason the Balloon Tip in System Tray doesn't show up after a screenshot capture.  I do have the preferences box checked, yes.

Any ideas what I might be able to do to get it to show up.

Not sure I've really taken a screenshot capture, so I end up taking a bunch, then checking the folder to make sure.

A work-around is to "After capture show...  Post-capture popup dialogue."

But a 3-5 second Balloon Tip would be the better way to go, to be sure capture was actually taken.

Thanks!

Nicholas Kormanik