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General Software Discussion / Re: WikiWord Linking in MS Word

« on: May 03, 2020, 10:20 PM »

Thanks for this!  I've tried a few, but this one has syncing which the others haven't so perhaps this will be my endgame

-wraith808 (May 03, 2020, 02:20 PM)

You're welcome.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

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General Software Discussion / Re: WikiWord Linking in MS Word

« on: May 03, 2020, 07:19 AM »

a better way to manage my texts and research

-m9833 (May 03, 2020, 12:08 AM)

I am a HUGE fan of Markdown and use Joplin extensively for this purpose.  Think "Markdown Evernote" and you have it.

https://joplinapp.org/

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Mug-shots

« on: May 01, 2020, 10:40 AM »

Where is a mug from 2007?

-panzer (May 01, 2020, 08:37 AM)

As tomos said, the 2006 mug is actually the 2007 mug.  I wrote a funny little story about it.  Read mouser's post and then mine afterwards:

https://www.donation....msg145108#msg145108

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Mug-shots

« on: May 01, 2020, 06:33 AM »

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Living Room / Re: Pandemic Quarantine DonationCoder Zoom Meet and Greet May 2nd

« on: April 26, 2020, 09:35 PM »

I'm down for any meeting, any time.   

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Living Room / Re: Pandemic Quarantine DonationCoder Zoom Meet and Greet May 2nd

« on: April 23, 2020, 06:26 PM »

I'm in.  I use Zoom/GoToMeeting/WebEx/Jitsi every day for work.  What's another conference call?  Hahahaha.   

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch m3u8 creator - similar to createm3u

« on: April 20, 2020, 10:32 PM »

Is there any hope for a fix for sPlaylistmaker?  This has been a solid app for the past 4-5 years and I hope to have it listed in proper numerical sorting for the tracks.

-dcsev (April 19, 2020, 05:41 PM)

This was trickier than I thought it would be, but give this interim build a test and let me know your results.

http://www.dcmembers...stMaker_v1.1.0.6.zip

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Right Click any file and create New Folder by its Name

« on: April 20, 2020, 03:52 PM »

Is this forum still active?

Just wondering ......

-CDandVinyl (April 17, 2020, 10:16 AM)

Yes, it is.  I've just been busy with other things.  This app is REALLY old and uses a library that was not meant for anything later than Windows XP.  The fact that it works on anything later (Windows 7/8/10) is a bonus.  I really don't like messing with this app too much.  That said, let me see what I can do for you.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Organize files into folders based on flename wildcard parsing

« on: April 19, 2020, 10:46 PM »

wanted to move all .mp3 files from folder A to folder B, keeping the entire folder structure where the .mp3 files reside.

-nkormanik (April 19, 2020, 09:25 PM)

A simply copy/cut and paste would not work here?  Am I missing something?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Organize files into folders based on flename wildcard parsing

« on: April 19, 2020, 10:10 AM »

Seems all files are placed into single folder.  Original nested folders as well.  No mirrored folders appear to be created.

Is there a way to copy the original folder structure, too?

-nkormanik (April 19, 2020, 01:44 AM)

For File Punter to recreate the original folder structure, you would have to match parts of the source folder structure you wanted and re-use them to recreate the destination.  However, if you're just looking to copy/mirror over a folder structure and files, File Punter is NOT the app for you.  Use one of the myriad of file/folder synchronization apps out there.  If that's not what you need to do, please give me detailed information on what you need to accomplish.

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: NANY 2020 Release: sDictionary

« on: February 21, 2020, 02:18 PM »

Ha!  Thanks, Contro!

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Skwire Empire / Re: SigcheckGUI

« on: February 07, 2020, 02:11 AM »

the latest version of SigcheckGUI is more than 3 years old. In the meanwhile, Sysinternals also provide a 64bit version of sigcheck.
Will you provide a 64bit version of SigcheckGUI ? THX.

-Mattes57 (February 06, 2020, 06:27 AM)

Is there a compelling reason for a 64-bit version of the GUI?

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« on: January 22, 2020, 09:01 PM »

I still use Windows 7 and it's working fine here. 

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« on: January 22, 2020, 04:14 PM »

Seems to be working fine here.

-mouser (January 22, 2020, 04:13 PM)

Working here as well.   

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / Re: Systemus

« on: January 09, 2020, 06:05 PM »

Or I could just leave it and folks will just have to trust me.

-BGM (January 09, 2020, 04:20 PM)

For the record, I gave up caring about false positives in my own software years ago.  If my own software body of work or reputation isn't enough to convince somebody to use my software, I'm perfectly fine with said person not using it.  IMO, it's not worth wasting the cycles on.

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N.A.N.Y. 2020 / NANY 2020 Release: sDictionary

« on: January 01, 2020, 09:17 AM »

NANY 2020 Entry Information

Application Name	sDictionary
Version	1.0.0
Short Description	Simple dictionary lookup
Supported OSes	Windows 7. Probably works, but not tested, on Windows XP/Vista/8/10.
Web Page	Website
Download Link	Download
System Requirements	Nothing out of the ordinary.
Version History	Changelog
Author	Jody Holmes (Skwire Empire)

Description
Simple dictionary lookup app.

Features

• Definitions come from the Merriram-Webster Collegiate Dictionary.

Planned Features

• Other dictionary sources.

Screenshots


Usage
Installation
Download the zip file and extract its contents into a new folder.  Run sDictionary.exe.

Using the Application

• Launch application.
• Enter a word.
• Click search.

Uninstallation
Exit the application and delete the folder you unzipped it to.  No changes are made to the registry.

Tips
See "Using the Application" section above.

Known Issues
Some formatting tokens returned by the Merriam-Webster API are not cleaned up.

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« on: December 20, 2019, 02:14 PM »

My work travel is done for the year so I really hope to have some time for this and a NANY in the next little while.

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« on: November 25, 2019, 10:48 AM »

SkyHighatrist, I couldn't have said it better myself.  I'm extremely grateful for all of Jody's work on epCheck.  It has been invaluable to my television viewing but we can't expect him to fix what TVDB has broken. 

-msteph (November 25, 2019, 08:36 AM)

I want to fix epCheck, because it's an app that I enjoy using myself.  Right now, it's a matter of finding time to do it, and I hope to find time this holiday week.  =]

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« on: November 22, 2019, 09:43 PM »

First of all, I'm glad you find (found? ) the app useful.  Secondly, apologies for the lack of replies lately.  My regular job has got me pretty covered up this year.  Third, based on what I've seen, this will not be an easy, nor a quick, fix.  So, right now, it's a matter of finding the time necessary to update epCheck.  I was hoping to have some time off of business travel in December, but it seems not as I travel each of the first three weeks.     What I really need are 40 hour days or to go without even less sleep than I typically get.   

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Coding Snacks / Re: Killing app the way Alfred can in OSX

« on: October 28, 2019, 10:50 AM »

Perhaps a FARR plugin would be the easiest way to do it?

-4wd (October 28, 2019, 07:09 AM)

FARR's ProcessKill Plugin here:  http://www.dcmembers...om/taichi/downloads/

I use the last version (0.0.7) and it works well.

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« on: October 19, 2019, 04:20 PM »

I have a question about TVmaze: how easy/difficult would it be to add as an option to use the TVmaze API? I mean in addition to TVDB, as a selectable option. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's probably not trivial, but I'm interested to know.

The main reason is that often for very recent episodes, TVmaze has the correct info, i.e. ep title and airdate sooner than TVDB. Occasionally it's the other way round but I find I often have to check their website when something doesn't match up.

-ganymede4 (October 19, 2019, 02:56 PM)

This a bit disjointed to explain, so let me preface it a bit:

• I'm not a huge fan of most web-browser based interfaces.  Some are awesome, though.
• I like to think that I have a decent knack for desktop interface design.
• I enjoy working with standard REST/SOAP APIs such as TVDB, OMDB, ChartLyrics, Subsonic, etc.  Most of these APIs return data in XML or JSON format -- I can easily work with either.
• I enjoy making desktop apps for said APIs (frontends, basically).  A lot of the programs I've written are exactly this type of application.  Ask mouser...I have something of a listview fetish.   

So, that said, working with the TVmaze API wouldn't be any easier or harder than working with the TVDB API.  It's a matter of figuring out the particular endpoints you need for the data you want.  However, it gets tricky when you want to combine multiple APIs into one interface.  Namely:

• You have to put up with the extra time it takes to query multiple websites.  This is more time-consuming than you might think.  Something as simple as adding a show becomes more complex.  Multiple searches for the show name, multiple user confirmations, and, now, multiple show IDs to deal with for a single show.  Because the show IDs are not going to match between sites, you basically have to maintain separate sets of data for each API you're dealing with.  It gets to be a clusterf@#$ really quickly.
• You have to put up with potential API changes on multiple fronts now.
• What if one (or more) of the sites is down?
• What if one (or more) of the sites goes down permanently?
• Which database's information takes precedence for a given field?
• I often pay out of my own pocket for premium API access in order to make my apps better for the end user.  Faster API response times, more allowed API hits per day, access to more data, etc.  While I'm gainfully employed and writing freeware is a hobby, this type of investment is not insignificant.  Think hundreds of dollars per year across all the apps I've written that use APIs.    More APIs can mean more costs.

Indeed, all of this can be dealt with, but, as you can imagine, it can be a bit of a hot mess at times.  I really hope some of the above helps to clarify things.

Bonus question: Have you ever considered open sourcing the project to Github or similar?

-ganymede4 (October 19, 2019, 02:56 PM)

Nope.  There's really no voodoo or magic going on here.  It's simple API calls and munging the returned text into an interface.

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« on: October 19, 2019, 10:52 AM »

I've been trying to add HBO's Watchmen but Search returns only Watchmen: Motion Comic from 2009.  I checked in TheTVDB and that's there with Watchmen (2017) and the HBO Watchmen with their three IDs.  Never had any issues with HBO; just added His Dark Materials a few days ago.

-dallas7 (October 19, 2019, 12:37 AM)

Oddly enough, the API search returns different results than searching via the website.  It's even mentioned in the API docs and, unfortunately, can cause situations such as this.  There is no way to add by ID, but you can manually add a show using this process:

• Within epCheck, add any show to a profile.  Make note of the name of the show and the profile you added it to.
• Shut down epCheck.
• Use a file manager to go into the "data" folder within epCheck's folder.  Find the <profile_name>.txt file and create a backup copy of it somewhere else.  Open the original in a text editor.
• Find the show name you added and change the name and show ID to what you want.  Be careful not to mess up the tab characters between the name, show ID, and profile name.
• Save the file and start up epCheck.  Find your show.
• Right-click your show, choose "Refresh series data" and let it do its thing.
• Once it's done downloading the show data, select a different show, and then reselect your show.  The data should be there.

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Coding Snacks / Re: change f.lux brightness mouse remote (like Volume²)

« on: October 14, 2019, 07:57 AM »

It works almost perfectly now, just one issue remains: can I 'mute' the wheel output so that when it successfully sends a command to f.lux, it will not also scroll the browser window up or down or change the volume in the media player?

-brotherS (July 03, 2019, 11:59 AM)

The issue is that the code isn't sending a command directly to f.lux.  Rather, it's just blindly sending the Alt+PgUp/Alt+PgDown commands.  Try this:

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. CoordMode, Mouse, Screen
2. myEdgePixels := 10
3.  
4. WheelUp::
5. WheelDown::
6. {
7.     MouseGetPos, myX
8.     If ( myX <= myEdgePixels )
9.     {
10.         If ( A_ThisHotkey = "WheelUp" )
11.         {
12.             SendInput, !{PgUp} ; Send Alt+PgUp.
13.         }
14.         If ( A_ThisHotkey = "WheelDown" )
15.         {
16.             SendInput, !{PgDn} ; Send Alt+PgDown.
17.         }
18.     }
19.     Else
20.     {
21.         SendInput, {%A_ThisHotkey%}
22.     }
23. }
24. Return

Again, I don't have f.lux installed so this is untested with that application.

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« on: September 28, 2019, 11:36 PM »

FWIW, I just updated my series data and epCheck appears to be working normally.   

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« on: September 17, 2019, 11:07 AM »

sWeather uses the Yahoo! Weather API so, unfortunately, it's at the mercy of the data it receives.  In other words, there isn't anything I can do about it programatically.  I suppose you could write an email to Yahoo!, but I'm going to assume it will fall on deaf ears.