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Post New Requests Here / Remember where I got the Download

« on: April 28, 2013, 04:49 PM »

I can do everything I need already but only by using several steps.  Anyone who likes to try out things just for the knowledge gained may have the same needs.
The windows download window only shows what you downloaded but not where you got it.  It would be nice to have a utility that would keep track of what came from where, when I got it, along with any other useful things like size and date downloaded most importantly provide a link back to that website the download came from.  Currently, this means keeping word-pad open making notes of what I downloaded along with a copy of the Http: link in the browser address-bar. 
I am sure someone out there probably has already done this as it would be a very useful tool.  I don't want to go for a full fledged download manager as I only need to know how to get back to where the program came from. 
As long as I am wishing, I might as well wish that the file could be sorted by name of download, date downloaded, and download location.
Thanks for any ideas on this.  If the program already exists, just a point in the right direction would be appreciated

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Post New Requests Here / WIFI profile deployment

« on: February 21, 2013, 04:49 PM »

Maybe I made my last request too complex but this is essentially all I need a way to do.  Deploy multiple wifi profiles from a single batch or script or ??  Whatever can do it.
There will probably never be more than 2 but always more tha 1.  I can export the XML's for the two profiles to usb, go to another sytem, import tham etc.  No problem.
But the people that will be doing this can't.  The best they can manage is one click with a reloaded profile

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General Software Discussion / WIFI profile deployment

« on: February 21, 2013, 04:46 PM »

I have read through several posts contaning nifty utilities to manage wifi profiles on ONE system  But none of them makes it easy to Deploy a profile to multiple users.
Surely there is something out there that would allow you to create a single file that when clicked would install 2 or more profiles at once in windows 7?

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General Software Discussion / script to load xml profiles

« on: February 21, 2013, 04:39 PM »

Anyone have any ideas about aq script to load two xml wifi profiles exported from windows 7 x64?  These have to be loaded into multiple laptops all the time and it would be nice to do one, export the xmls, and load all the others with a sript.

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Post New Requests Here / Script to autoload xml profiles

« on: February 20, 2013, 07:46 PM »

This probably is as simple as reconfiguring the standard code used by MS for the same thing but .. I hope maybe someone has already done it. 
You can easily export a Wi-Fi  profile to a USB including all necessary parts to import in new laptop so that Wi-Fi  profiles are preloaded.  But as far as I can tell, I  have to run it one for each profile.  Which is OK to create them. 
But to load them, I need to be able to do a one click, you're done for two profiles where I work.
Every time someone new comes in, I have to add both profiles. I had been doing them manually  until i found not necessary now.  Still, there are times when the MS way isn’t  good enough for the people I have to deal with.  Most can only handle a CLICK at best.  If they are out of town when they get a new system, I have to preload the profiles by remote.
It would be very nice if I could sent them a preloaded script to just "click" that had both profiles in it.  Additionally, this would let me change ALL the passwords for both profiles and simply send out an email with an "automatic profile loader" script.
Last part is maybe hardest.  Need to covert to exe once done so that they users cannot edit or even read what MS felt they needed to put in plaintext, the Wi-Fi  passwords  (???? why???)

Better yet, if the script could delete itself after it runs then I won't  have to worry about anyone I don't  know popping in on the Wi-Fi.

Any suggestions appreciated.  Getting the XML's is easy and I have found a number of other Free soft wares that do a lot more but this is the only single part of my life that is pure misery as I get chewed out for being "security proactive" if the people I send the XML's to (With instructions) still can't   load them.

Thanks
 

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Living Room / Need pointers or direction to build a custom webpage template for viewing pdfs

« on: February 19, 2013, 12:34 AM »

This is a little more complicated than that (isn't it always) but it drives me crazy to be able to envision exatly what I need as well as the logic flow to make it work.  But NOT be able to put the parts together
I have even found mentions of various applets that could do what I need ... I THINK.

This is one of those things that would be better done to simply pay someone who is skilled at doing what I need done.  It is a single webpage with some special controls to allow viewing of single page pdf files, like pages in a book.  Flipping from one page to the next.  But of course,  it is not quite that simple.

I am hoping someone on the board is  ..."bored"...  and would like to get paid to help me solve my problem.

I can provide the exact logic-flow to make it work but as I said, My html skills are extremely limitted.
It will be used on a standard Apache website

Thanks and I hope to hear from someone.

Great bunchof people here

Mike

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Post New Requests Here / Using the transparent property allowed for pdf pages to create a presentation

« on: February 02, 2013, 09:05 PM »

OK, Many thanks to everyone on the helpful replies to my last request.  Especially that last one as it worked perfectly! (Skwire).

I have a situation where I need to do something with a pdf that I cannot find much information on other than the fact it exists.
Just like in CS5 and some other art programs, Adobe PDF's supposedly can be made with a background property of transparent.
I would like to be able to use this ability to stack multiple transparent overlays on top of on regular pdf that has normal black and white text.
Each of the overlays would need to be a separate file-name.pdf.  Each would need to allow only a single color for the text written on it.

The result would be an electronic version of an overlay book.  I need to keep it in pdf due to the (at least passable) security offered by pdf files.
I wish i knew of something better for security though.   I have talked to a place called lock-lizard but could not get any real feel for how much better
if any, their protection scheme might be.  So I guess a 2nd request would be for any kind of protection that can be placed on a document.  The intent is to prevent copying, printing, editing.  The usual stuff.  But it has to be put on a webpage so... not much I can do.

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Finished Programs / SOLVED: Automatically create a site link list

« on: December 07, 2012, 09:10 PM »

This is probably too easy for most of you but I just can't seem to put the parts together right.

I need a simple script or batch file that will create a list of WEBSITE hyperlinks from the subfolders in a main directory.  The main directory is the main website but each person in the class has their own projects that can each be entered directly by going straight to their own index.php file

Example  Main directory would be www.example.com
First level Subdirectories would be names  like "john", mary", "bill"  etc
Third level Subdirectories would be their sites.  The names could be anything.
maybe first_try, second_try, third_try

The end result would be a word document full of working weblinks:  www.example.com/john/first_try
then www.example.com/john/second_try, then www.example.com/john/third_try

Then on to the next person in the 2nd level and each of their projects and so on.

This is for a setup where the people (second subdir level) as well as each one's projects (third level subdir)
will change and each time it does I have to retype the whole list.  I used to have a program that did this to some extent but dont remember the name.  My efforts at doing it using variables in a batch file are not coming along too well and this month it would almost be faster to type them one at a time.
Currently that would total about 150 weblinks   SO..  I was hoping someone better than me might have a solution