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General Software Discussion / Re: Micro-review: Scapple
« on: April 08, 2014, 03:18 PM »
If you like Scapple, you should try yEd Graph Editor
With yEd, you can also quickly generate high-quality diagrams. You can create diagrams manually or import your external data for analysis.
The best with yEd is the library of automatic layout algorithms to rearrange even very complex diagrams. :Thmbsup:
It is multiplatform and free.

Try it out and tell me if you like it.
More info at yEd main page

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Hello Umberto,

you've coded a nice and neat little treemap piece of software I have been waiting for since Spacemonger stopped beeing freeware and became too complicated. It is far more useful than Windirstat since it shows block frames and text. Colors are tasteful and nicely shaded. Almost nothing to improve, except maybe the possibility to:
  • define in the settings the block resolution (and not only by buttons)
  • user defined colors by file types

Cheers,  :Thmbsup:

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Living Room / Re: Recommend to me the BEST USB stick to get
« on: April 20, 2009, 03:12 PM »
I've been using a Sandisk Cruzer Titanium 4Gb for a couple of years now and it never let me down . The hull is all metal, so no problem having it in your pocket: you can't bend it and can't crush it. Still its shape is smooth so it does not hurt.
Read/write speeds are not the best on the market, but it is still ok for a regular use.

First thing I did on my cruzer was to remove U3 and reformat to FAT. Strangely, I noticed that the read/write speed was faster in FAT than FAT32, so I use it. :)

I renamed the drive in Windows with my name and international cell-phone number. My visit card is also stored at the root of the drive as a vcf file. Should I lose the drive, it's easy to contact me and return it.

I use a portable version of Truecrypt onboard. Most of the 4Gb are occupied by an encrypted file. Mounting this file as a drive is easy. I wrote and compiled the following AHK program that starts with an autorun file:

-*-*-*- Start of code -*-*-*-
#SingleInstance,Force
#Persistent
SetBatchLines,-1

Loop, read, MEP.ini
{ if a_index = 1
   {
      PreferredDrive = %A_LoopReadLine%
   }
   if a_index = 2
   {
      PathToTrueCrypt = %A_LoopReadLine%
   }
   if a_index = 3
   {
      PathToVolume = %A_LoopReadLine%
   }
}
Drives = D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z

IfNotExist, %PreferredDrive%:\
   {
      Drives = %PreferredDrive%
   }
   
Loop, parse, Drives, `,
{
    IfNotExist, %A_LoopField%:\
    {
       Run, %PathToTrueCrypt% /q background /l%A_LoopField% /m rm /v "%PathToVolume%"
       TrayTip,, Mounting drive "%A_LoopField%:",10
       sleep,10000
       exitapp
       }
}
-*-*-*- End of code -*-*-*-

MEP.ahk should be used together with the file mep.ini that contains:
line 1: the letter of your preferred drive letter to mount the encrypted container file (for example F)
line 2: the absolute path to truecrypt.exe
line 3: the absolute path to the encrypted container file
Running MEP ensures that the encrypted container file is always mounted as drive F. If it is not available, a free drive letter is automatically found as mounting point. That is very convenient when you have many network drives mounted on your system.

That's it for my five cents! :Thmbsup:


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Living Room / Re: GPS and Google earth
« on: December 30, 2008, 01:51 AM »
I do it today with my Nokia cell phone, an E71. I track, record and export to Google Earth my moves with nokia's free Sports Tracker. To find my way around, you could use the built in Nokia Maps but i prefer McGuider 2009 that is imho far superior. Cheers :-)

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: XYplorer File Manager
« on: May 12, 2008, 03:24 AM »
For those eager BETA tester, I post now my Autohotscript script that upgrades automatically XYplorer. Enjoy. :Thmbsup:

;-------------------Start of script-------------------------
#SingleInstance,Force
#Persistent
ApplicationTitle=Download XYplorer Beta`nCompile 5/1/2007 11:38AM
SetBatchLines,-1

TrayTip,,Downloading latest XYplorer Beta...
UrlDownloadToFile, http://www.xyplorer.com/latestbeta.php, c:\temp.zip
TrayTip,,Downloading latest XYplorer Beta... DONE!
;MsgBox,1,,Close all instances of XYplorer and upgrade?
;IfMsgBox,Cancel
;{
;  FileDelete, c:\temp.zip
;  ExitApp
;}

TrayTip,,Closing XYplorer
loop, 10
{
Process,Close,XYplorer.exe
if ErrorLevel
   Sleep, 500
else
   Continue
}

; The following line should be changed according to the program you use to unzip your files
TrayTip,,Upgrading XYplorer
RunWait, c:\util\7za.exe e -y -o"C:\Program Files\XYplorer\"  c:\temp.zip   ;<-------------- you need to change the path to the unzip program

FileDelete, c:\temp.zip
TrayTip,,Restarting XYplorer
Run, C:\Program Files\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe
Sleep 1000
TrayTip
ExitApp

Return
;-------------------End of script-------------------------

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