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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Rescue orphans
« on: September 09, 2006, 06:45 PM »
Here is RescueOrphans v1.0.
Wow, you've really been busy! Can't wait to check it out.

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Mobysaurus / Re: Mobysaurus Thesaurus v1.0 Released
« on: September 08, 2006, 02:52 PM »
Hey, here's one: what about a way to call WordWeb for definitions, rather than reinventing the wheel? Wouldn't that be slick? WordWeb's already a very polished app with a good selection of definitions, supplemented by online search capabilities, and has a free version. 8)

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Mobysaurus / Re: Mobysaurus Thesaurus v1.0 Released
« on: September 08, 2006, 02:50 PM »
I'm very impressed with the database and the UI. Very nicely done, to both Grady and Anderson.

One small bit of feedback after first use: the update applet needs to be a little more patient. Once I acknowledged various security dialogs from my firewall, the app had already given up with a connection error dialog. Took me three tries to get it to work, although of course now that my system recognizes it as an app having Internet permissions it works flawlessly.  :)

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Coding Snacks / Re: New Coding Snacks listing page
« on: September 07, 2006, 10:03 PM »
Mouser & I were messaging about some new ideas for Coding Snacks. First up, a monthly bounty could be available -- where everybody participating would take home a portion of it. Second, a page somewhere on the site where people could get or post updates to active projects. I'm not totally sure what would go here (I'm sure Mouser will jump in at some point to expound on the idea a bit), but maybe a way to make announcements that affect all coders or something.
Does anybody have some ideas that would add to or improve the process?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Rescue orphans
« on: September 04, 2006, 05:48 PM »
'Kay, so methinks jgpaiva has gotten too busy to continue. Anybody else wanna help finish the script by adding a GUI?

Never mind -- false alarm.  :-[

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Rescue orphans
« on: August 24, 2006, 04:59 PM »
I've added two lines.
#SingleInstance,Force
#NoTrayIcon

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Rescue orphans
« on: August 21, 2006, 09:00 PM »
I'm now on vacations, i'll look into it asap.   8)
That sound we now hear in the background is the chirping of crickets far, far away.  :P

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Rescue orphans
« on: August 05, 2006, 05:48 PM »
Good deal! I hope you got good grades.  :)

Lemme know what I can do from this end...

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Rescue orphans
« on: August 04, 2006, 11:16 PM »
How goes it with the exams?   :deal:


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It is strange that it is so slow as one of the things they point out in the demo video is how quick and responsive it is. I don't really uinderstand why it appears so slow
-Carol Haynes (July 20, 2006, 02:01 PM)
They did post in a couple places that ...it is important to note that: ...    * We have not reached our performance goals on Windows and continue to work on improving speed in all aspects of the application.
 ;)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Rescue orphans
« on: July 14, 2006, 02:52 PM »
It seems to work, but I'm still not seeing any dialogs. I posted what I have with the edits described above -- I'm not sure what's up.
:tellme:

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Rescue orphans
« on: July 13, 2006, 04:40 PM »
Having it displaying something informing you about stome stuff shouldn't be a problem, i just can't do it right now (exams... bah!).
No problem -- I understand completely. :)

As for what you refered in your latest post, it wouldn't happen if you had it set to "Loop, %Directory%\*, 0, 0".
Aha! Thanks -- I misunderstood when to use that instruction.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Rescue orphans
« on: July 13, 2006, 01:14 AM »
Had a minute to try it out after the recommended tweaks -- so far only one minor quibble. To use the tree style you used before, which seems to work well:

Dir A
  Dir B
    Dir C
    File C
File C gets moved properly to Dir B...
Dir A
  Dir B
  File C
    Dir C
...but then since Dir C is empty, file C should end up in Dir A. Does that add a lot of complexity?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Rescue orphans
« on: July 12, 2006, 08:15 PM »
oops... typo. you should set it to
Got it. Thanks!

and i also noticed that it might not move one file it should. see the following tree:

Directory one
   Directory two
   file one
     Directory three
     file two
I rearranged your tree to simplify what I understand you to be describing -- lemme know if I goofed somewhere.  8)

In this tree, file two is the only file on directory three, so, it's moved to directory two. but then, there are 2 files at directory two, which means they won't be moved to directory one, when they should be since originally there was only one file in each directory.
Hmm -- that actually would be counterproductive, at least for my concept. I look at it this way: putting a file in a dir adds organization to the file and whatever group it's a part of. Subdirs add more, but if those subdirs only have an orphan, it makes sense to move 'em to the parent. If there was already a file in the parent, then it must be related to the subdir file and it's fine that they're together. (Maybe others would do something different, but I think it makes perfect sense.) I think it's a first-rate script, especially for the first public version! :greenclp:

As for messages not displaying, might be because there's yet another typo.
Typo has been squashed -- thanks. :)  If you have time (or if not, maybe someone else does?) I'd love to work with someone to build a GUI on this puppy. I tend to be a very visual person, and I'll have an easier time using it that way.

Depending on your prefs, I can either send you my email address or we can hack it out in this topic. The latter might help others learn more about AutoHotkey, but (without looking) I bet there's already a thread on that topic. I'm doing math finals, which is why I'm kinda short on time to really dig into AHK right now.  :mrgreen:

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Rescue orphans
« on: July 12, 2006, 02:20 PM »
As this isn't a big solution, i didn't make a complete script out of it.
Thanks! Credits on the way -- it seems to work with some test files/dirs I made. I noticed a comment line saying
set the following line to "Loop, %Directory%\*, 0, 0"
if you'd like the script to not move a file when there is only one file on the folder, but there are any folders.
What should I set it to otherwise? I think it's probably ideal like it is now, but it's always good to know one's options. :)  I didn't see any prompt, although files were moved -- shouldn't I have?

What's involved in "complete script" status? A way to prompt for the path or something?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Rescue orphans
« on: July 11, 2006, 03:30 PM »
(i hope you have autohotkey installed.)
Cool! No, no autohotkey yet, but that's easily fixable. I'll give it a shot! :Thmbsup:

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It has no keypad, for instance.
:tellme: Hmm. Sounds like a Marketing idea -- it's definitely not from people that already use a computer with any regularity. Who would even consider using Excel without a numpad? :P

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Like Microsoft's latest keyboards (including the silly one planned for Vista), the new 2007 UI emphasizes the mouse over the keyboard.
Eh? How does a keyboard emphasize the mouse?

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I know a lot of people say they wont upgrade because the price is too high, but I am just curious how many have paid for their CURRENT version?
Do you mean whatever version we're using (I'm at Office 2k) or whatever version is current? I paid for 2k as an upgrade to '97, and it's been good to me. The newest Office "User Interface" is a real improvement, though, from what I've seen so far. It's designed based on some serious research into the way people use the program and the types of things people have trouble finding in the standard UI. That plus the age of Office 2k combine to make it worth it to me to upgrade if the price is reasonable.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Rescue orphans
« on: July 04, 2006, 10:51 AM »
Hi, Rover -- no, I've been hunting for this for quite some time now. :)  I've never found anything that will quite do it.

Here's a bit of background and discussion of the initial concept, but if you have a better idea I'm all, uh, eyes. 8)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Rescue orphans
« on: July 03, 2006, 02:50 PM »
The alternative concept is to match a filename pattern in a root directory with existing subdirs. Any takers? :)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: MIDI Capture
« on: June 25, 2006, 10:55 AM »
My biggest problem now is finding a way to quantize the music in such a way that it comes out looking like music, and also to sync the midi time code between apps.
-Carol Haynes (June 25, 2006, 05:50 AM)
How does it come out now? Does the timing vary in such a way that it's unrecognizeable compared to the original, or does it just require editing afterward?

There's also a powerful-sounding program called GN MIDI, and the author has a boatload of free (mostly single-purpose) MIDI utilities as well that cover some of the individual features of GN MIDI.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: MIDI Capture
« on: June 25, 2006, 12:53 AM »
Carol, have you experimented with Hubi's MIDI LoopBack device? You might be able to redirect the program's output using his virtual MIDI ports.

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It's the only program I could find that can fully synchronize in either direction with the Outlook calendar (with an extra add on package).
Rainlendar is worth a look, then, at least for fun since you bought something already -- it has a free Outlook plugin.

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Post New Requests Here / DONE: Rescue orphans
« on: June 16, 2006, 02:37 PM »
I have a download area that regularly ends up with "orphans" in folders/subdirs (subdirs with a single file) as their former companions are replaced elsewhere by newer or better versions. What I'd like to do is somehow automate going through a particular dir tree, and any files that are by themselves in their own folder are moved to their parent dir.

If that then creates another single-file dir, these would then be moved again to the next higher dir (either by running the program/script again or by the program/script checking for it). If anybody knows of something that already does this, please let me know.
:)

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