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Find And Run Robot / FARR helper script: Tab to toggle folders only search on/off
« on: November 19, 2018, 05:30 AM »
AutoHotkey script to make Tab button toggle folders search on/off in FARR by adding/removing +\ to the searchbox.

Code: Autohotkey [Select]
  3.  
  4. ;FARR helper script
  5. ;by nod5 181119
  6. ;Press Tab to toggle search only folders
  7. ;Note: Overrides FARR default Tab autocomplete hotkey
  8.  
  9. #IfWinActive, ahk_exe FindAndRunRobot.exe
  10. Tab::
  11. ControlGetText, farr, TEdit1, ahk_exe FindAndRunRobot.exe
  12. farr := InStr(farr, "+\") ? StrReplace(farr, "+\", "") : farr " +\"
  13. ControlSetText, Tedit1, % farr, ahk_exe FindAndRunRobot.exe
  14. return

Background
FARR's default Tab shortcut autocompletes the selected results full path into the search box.
https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/findrun/help/hotkey_and_shortcut_summary.htm

I never have use for that but often want to temporarily limit searches to folders only and pressing Tab (with this script running) is quicker than typing or removing +\ in the searchbox.

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / N.A.N.Y. 2019 idea: file modification monitor and alert tool
« on: July 22, 2018, 04:29 AM »
N.A.N.Y. idea: file modification monitor and alert tool.

A Windows version of Marvin ( https://github.com/dgsharpe/marvin ) but with fewer features. Only daily or manually started checks (not realtime), only local notifications (not email/push).

Perhaps simply an AutoHotkey script that makes use of Everything's database and command line tool ( https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/command_line_interface/ ) to check for changes to a user specified list of files/folders.

Useful as a safety precaution when using non-versioning, mirroring only backup tools like Bvckup2 ( https://bvckup2.com/ ).

Before each backup job, check for unwanted modifications to files/folders on the monitoring list. A scheduled task for daily backups could first run the modification check tool and take conditional action: if no changes to files on the monitoring list then perform backup, else alert the user and postpone backup until manual confirmation.

For example if you accidentally and unknowlingly delete an important folder (on your monitoring list) in Explorer this tool would halt/alert you before you run a mirroring backup job that would delete the important folder also from the backup drive.

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Find And Run Robot / request: launch and stay open *and* keep focus on selection in results list
« on: May 10, 2018, 06:54 AM »
Request: add option that makes the launch and stay open command retain focus on whatever the keyboard input was before, including selection of one item in the results list.

Ctrl+doubleclick currently does that already.

But ctrl+Enter and the context menu command "launch and stay open" doesn't. They force focus to the searchbox.

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Find And Run Robot / request: ignore #filecontents result line if file not found
« on: April 15, 2018, 04:43 PM »
FARR has the special string that lets us import one or more alias results line from a file. For example an alias can put the below string in the alias results setup and whatever is in C:\a.txt will be included in the results when a matching search is done.

Code: Text [Select]
  1. #filecontents C:\a.txt

But if the file is not found FARR instead shows this error message
Code: Text [Select]
  1. a.txt) --> file not found
  2. Error processing alias contents: C:\a.txt(C:\

Request: if the file isn't found FARR should simply ignore that line in the alias results instruction.

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DC Member Programs and Projects / BigTimer
« on: April 15, 2018, 04:29 PM »
This is the new discussion/feedback thread for BigTimer

https://www.dcmembers.com/nod5/download/bigtimer/

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