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General Software Discussion / Stickies 6.5a released

« on: January 17, 2008, 04:48 AM »

Zhorn Software have released a new (to me) version of many people's favourite sticky notes application: Stickies 6.5a

v6.5a
What's new since version 6.0c

New features

    * API to allow integration with other applications
    * Skin language v4 supported (scrollbars, alpha drawing, suggested default style)
    * Typing [ followed by ] gives you a checkbox which can be double-clicked to alter its state
    * Several buttons will repeat if the mouse button is held down (scroll up, scroll down, page up, page down, dimension conditions)
    * A new GPO setting to log all network stickies to the server, for administrative monitoring
    * Wildcards are now available for use with window classes when attaching
    * Alt-space brings up the text context menu
    * Advanced AttachShowSystemWindows=1 ini file setting to control whether additional windows are shown in the attach dialog
    * Advanced AllowTransparentBackgrounds=1 ini file setting to control whether stickies colour can be set to the region colour

Fixes

    * Some context-sensitive help was not opening correctly on the General options tab
    * Attaching using a wildcard was not working correctly
    * Storing an empty sticky no longer generates an error
    * Warning about using a skin with regions is now displayed correctly pre-Windows 2000
    * Stickies set to Autowidth near the right of the screen will now load back in their correct positions
    * Context-sensitive help is now set correctly for the Change Title dialog, after other similar dialogs have been displayed
    * Autowidth stickies now size the correct side as they're loaded
    * Skin button action "attach" now works
    * Tooltips are only created for buttons which have a conditional display when that condition is met
    * Attached stickies can now be rolled up
    * Sleeping for values larger than 99 would only sleep for 99 of that amount
    * MAPI usage under Vista will no longer crash Stickies
    * Double-clicking words inbetween two <<file://>> elements now works
    * Crash caused by restoring a closed sticky when it's only just been modified fixed
    * Crash when "Bring all stickies to front when one is clicked" is off, "Confirm closure" is on, and user clicks delete multiple times fixed
    * Searching for terms in the Manage dialog which contain [ or ] no longer causes a problem
    * Chinese IME drop menu "Candidate words" no longer closed mid-selection
    * Copying a stored sticky within categories now copies the text of the sticky as well
    * Starting a drag and drop in Manage, moving over the categories, and then not dropping onto a category no longer causes the category list selection to get "stuck"
    * Crash when opening a context-menu search term from the Manage dialog fixed
    * Pasting non-Western characters, and text from Office 2007 into a sticky works better
    * Sizing the sticky by the bottom-right corner will no longer snap to a zero width or height
    * Sizing the sticky by the bottom-left corner will no longer "disappear" the sticky when snapping is disabled

Changes

    * Stickies brought back from store have a create date of when they were restored, not Jan 1970
    * Tab order on the Sleep/Alarm dialog improved
    * Blank stickies which have a title are now closed rather than deleted
    * Single-clicking the task-tray icon while the Manage dialog is showing search results is much faster
    * Context-sensitive help tooltips now use 8pt Tahoma, so non-Western characters can be displayed
    * Improved handling of URL launching when a <<file://name with a space.dat>> is present on a sticky
    * Exporting categories in the Manage dialog currently does so as plain text, not as RTF
    * "Green" on the Font menu is now green rather than lime
    * Font colour menu items text is now set to that colour
    * Styles and Skin dialog skin preview improved - no more odd colours around it
    * "Recurring" icon altered in Manage dialog to be less similar to the "Sleeping" icon
    * The code which puts a sticky on the screen rewritten from scratch
    * The "Double-clicking the title bar:" option now does only what it says, and doesn't also prevent skins from rolling

 

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General Software Discussion / Getting started with Access?

« on: December 30, 2007, 05:05 PM »

I shall shortly be expected to develop some databases in Microsoft Access, which I've never used before.  Can anyone recommend any good books and other resources, please?

TIA...

178

General Software Discussion / Software for measuring resource usage?

« on: December 03, 2007, 03:58 AM »

Lots of threads have remarks about the resource usage of various programs, so much CPU etc.  What's the best program for tracking resource usage?  Looks like you'd ideally need something like a chart with resource usage plotted against time.

TIA...

179

General Software Discussion / FileBox eXtender now works under Vista

« on: December 03, 2007, 03:43 AM »

FileBox eXtender  Free software, now also working under Vista. Navigate easily through the Windows folder maze with FileBox eXtender buttons added to your file boxes. Access your favorite and recently visited folders and documents with one mouse click. Adds push-pin button to keep windows on top, and roll-up button to hide window contents except for title bar.
Ver. 2.00.01 is now available.

180

DcUpdater / Proxy

« on: October 05, 2007, 05:22 AM »

Disclaimer - not sure what I'm talking about here   

I just tried running DC Updater for the first time, and it kept failing.  Although there could be other reasons - like operator failure    I suspect this is because it's behind a proxy.  I tried setting the proxy in the configuration, but no joy.  The proxy is of the form

http://nn.nnn.nn.nnn:8086/proxy.pac

note the file at the end.

Please can DCUpdater allow this kind of proxy setting?  Or, perhaps better, crib an idea from Martin Aignesberger's WebSite-Watcher and other programs, to have an option where DCUpdater interrogates IE for what proxy it's using, and uses that?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Flash Renamer free on Giveaway of the Day today, 2007-09-20

« on: September 20, 2007, 03:56 AM »

Giveaway of the Day - Flash Renamer: September 20, 2007.  Normal price $19.95.

This is one of the ones mentioned in Zaine Ridling's Great Software List and has been mentioned in various DC threads.

Flash Renamer is a time saver for people with large amounts of files, eg digital camera owners, webmasters & media collectors (music/images/movies). It renames many files at once, so called batch or bulk renaming. With Flash Renamer you can automate thousands of file renames in a single click!

Rename filters include set casing, MP3 renaming, find/replace, set attributes, add & crop strings, sequential numbering and an advanced format function.

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Mouser's Zone / Hanselman likes DC :)

« on: September 06, 2007, 06:27 AM »

Scott Hanselman's 2007 Ultimate Power User Tools for Windows briefly mentions FARR and Process Tamer    And look at the quote:

DonationCoder.com is a treasure trove of donationware. Check out the complete collection.

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Found Deals and Discounts / File-Saver (file undeletion utility) $40 off TODAY

« on: August 08, 2007, 08:32 AM »

Following the Anyone any idea how to fix file assocations? thread, I came across Doug Knox's site, and following his link for undeletion utilities, to File-Saver:

Buy BEFORE midnight, WEDNESDAY  ... and SAVE $40!



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ENHANCED Recovery Algorithms - New, exclusive data recovery algorithms mean File-Saver now recovers more files than any other undelete tool

PREDICTIVE Recovery - File-Saver provides you with full details on the files, including likelihood of recovery

RESTORE with folder structure feature enables you to restore entire folders, intact!

FULL SUPPORT for any drive - including all FAT and NTFS drives, floppy disks, and digital camera cards!

Normal price $59.95, today's price $19.95.

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General Software Discussion / Total Commander 7.0 for Windows released!

« on: June 08, 2007, 03:33 AM »

Total Commander 7.0 for Windows released!

June 7, 2007: Total Commander 7.0 is now available for download.

Please download Total Commander 7.0 (Shareware) now from our Download page!

The update is still free for all registered users (also of Windows Commander) - please check our update instructions.

There are many new features in Total Commander 7.0. The most important are:

    * Updated user interface: flat buttons also on XP, new file list icons, drive icons, and bar icons (by external designer), icons in the main menu (optional)
    * Separate background color can be set for odd and even lines
    * Compare by content now allows to edit files, and to re-synchronize manually
    * Separate tree panel: Either one for both file panels, or one for each
    * Lister now supports a text cursor, allows to center images, and resize only larger
    * Change attributes allows to use/change content plugin values
    * File operation logging
    * Show drive letter in folder tabs
    * File system plugins can now support custom columns and thumbnails
    * Multi-rename-tool: Allow to edit target names
    * More options in copy overwrite dialog: Compare by content, Rename target, automatic rename, copy all smaller or all larger
    * Exclude directories in "Show"-"Custom...", e.g. with *.* | .cvs\
    * Increased maximum command line length
    * Sort by additional columns, e.g. by size, then by date/time: Ctrl+click on additional columns
    * Auto-complete path in command line, current directory, copy dialog etc.
    * Use Shift+Del to remove unwanted entries from various comboboxes: Command line, search function, multi-rename-tool etc.
    * Secure FTP over SSL/TLS. Needs OpenSSL dlls from www.openssl.org.
    * Custom user-defined commands for main menu and hotkeys
    * Alias commands for the command line for internal commands or external programs
    * Overwrite dialog allows to show preview images and custom fields
    * When a copy/move/delete/create directory operation fails due to insufficient rights, ask user whether he wants to copy as administrator. Also allow a user to read from an inaccessible directory if he knows the administrator password.
    * Search on FTP servers

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General Software Discussion / DoubleKiller Pro 2.1.0.104 released

« on: June 06, 2007, 04:25 AM »

A new version of DoubleKiller, the premier tool for finding and deleting duplicate files, has been released:

DoubleKiller Pro 2.1.0.104 has been finished and released today!
The new version brings a couple of new features and a lot of user interface enhancements and improvements in the scanning engine.

Most important changes:

- Supports scanning inside zip archives
- Catalog files: Catalogize CDs/DVDs/folders and scan the catalogues
- Considerably improved performance for scans without content comparison
- Allows scanning for any files instead of duplicates
- Files can be dragged out of the result list to applications or other folders
- Results sortable by file name length
- Can register its file types or create a "scan" entry for directories
- Customizable result list font
- Integrated uninstaller
- Fixed a bug for multiprocessor systems

The update took more time than planned, but the update periods have been extended accordingly, so this update is free for all customers.

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General Software Discussion / Total Uninstall reached a new level. Major version 4.00 released.

« on: May 03, 2007, 06:04 AM »

Total Uninstall reached a new level. Major version released.
- 2007.05.02

http://www.martau.com/index.php

History

Version 4.00 - major upgrade (compatibility with previous versions)
  + Organize monitored applications in groups (folders)
  + Custom icon for groups
  * Improved search in detected changes (inclusive in all monitored applications)
  + Merge logs
  + Icon for monitored application
  + Monitor an update installation
  * Registry export for install or uninstall
  + Stand alone process to monitor launched installers
  + Compare two system snapshots to get changes
  + Save As for logs
  + Show in summary added disk size and registry size
  + Installation size column in monitored application list
  + Copy action for new files from changes tree (equivalent Windows Explorer Copy action)

Legend

! Bug fixed
+ Added feature
* Improvement/Modification


Total Uninstall - Compatibility with version 3
Old .tun files created by the previous version 3.xx are not compatible with Total Uninstall 4. To import the Total Uninstall 3.xx files into Total Uninstall 4 you have to use the Import action from main menu of the Total Uninstall 4 program.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Configuring user tools

« on: May 02, 2007, 10:09 AM »

Mouser,

Should the Configure User Tools menu be part of the main Options screen?

Please can you give an example of how to configure something, and how the macros work - how they relate to what the external tool wants to see?

Can you set up something that expects to read and write via standard input/output, rather than a file?

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General Software Discussion / PowerPro development to cease this month

« on: April 15, 2007, 11:30 AM »

Message posted by Bruce Switzer in the main Yahoo! Group for PowerPro:

Folks:
My current plans are to stop all PowerPro development at the end of
April.  I have fixed a couple of small bugs in the last weeks, and will
look at any that are reported before April 30.  After that, I will no
longer respond to bug reports (or feature requests).

I am aware of a couple of outstanding bugs which I have decided not to
attempt to fix:

- *window menu move fails if dialog open:  too complicated to fix

- missing tooltip help for some dialog elements of configure dialog:  I
don't want to open the configure program just to do this.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Spell-checking needs wrapped lines?

« on: April 13, 2007, 06:19 AM »

Mouser,

I wrote a chunk of text in the excellent small editor TED Notepad, pressed Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C to copy it to the clipboard, then Ctrl-Alt-V to bring up CHS 1.11.01 in spell-checker mode.  The formatting of the text in the view pane was so scrambled it was hard to read.  If I committed word-wrap in TED-NP and repeated the process, the text appeared OK.  Is this a known buglet?

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ProcessTamer / Is there an equivalent of Process Tamer for Win98?

« on: January 06, 2007, 02:55 PM »

Does anyone know of an equivalent of Process Tamer for Win98, please?

TIA...

191

Living Room / The Ultimate Legal Disclaimer

« on: December 14, 2006, 05:10 AM »

Brought to my attention by the "Feedback" section in this week's New Scientist magazine, dated 16 December 2006.  This is the legal disclaimer for the Derbyshire Guide, in the narrow blue column at the left of the page:

This information is provided to the best of our knowledge. We have collected and collated it in good faith but we are not responsible for its accuracy and anyone intending to make use of this information is advised to check it out.

Well that's the legal stuff sorted.

Should you decline to comply with this warning, a leather winged demon of the night will soar from the deep malevolent caverns of the white peak into the shadowy moonlit sky and, with a thirst for blood on its salivating fangs, search the very threads of time for the throbbing of your heartbeat. Just thought you'd want to know that.

 

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Feature suggestion: search and replace

« on: November 04, 2006, 02:41 PM »

Thought I'd posted this, but must have only hit Preview instead of Post.

Mouser,

Not sure how useful it would be, but how about search and replace?  I'm not thinking of regular expressions here, just simple syntax like the basic mode of "Ministry of Truth" (which can do a whole lot more):

atm=at the moment
fwiw=for what it's worth
etc.

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General Software Discussion / Total Commander 7.00 public beta 1 is available

« on: November 02, 2006, 11:01 AM »

Total Commander 7.00 public beta 1 is available for download and testing:  http://www.ghisler.com/700beta.htm

Available from:

  *  Techspot
  *  fileforum.betanews.com
  *  fileburst (your firewall needs to let pass the referer header)

From the Techspot site:

WARNING: This is a beta version. This means that it has been tested only by a small group of alpha testers. You should use this version only with data for which you have a backup, especially the new functions like zipping of files >2GB!

What's new?
This is the latest version of Total Commander giving a sneak peek of what's coming for 7.0. The list of changes is huge, but here's a good overview of what has changed:

- Please report bugs in the beta bugs forum.
- Updated user interface: flat buttons also on XP, new file list icons, drive icons, and bar icons (by external designer)
- Separate background color can be set for odd and even lines
- Compare by content now allows to edit files, and to re-synchronize manually
- Separate tree panel: Either one for both file panels, or one for each
- Lister now supports a text cursor, allows to center images, and resize only larger
- Change attributes allows to use/change content plugin values
- File operation logging
- Show drive letter in folder tabs
- File system plugins can now support custom columns and thumbnails
- Multi-rename-tool: Allow to edit target names directly
- More options in copy overwrite dialog: Compare by content, Rename target, automatic rename, copy all smaller or all larger
- Exclude directories in "Show"-"Custom...", e.g. with *.* | .cvs\
- Increased maximum command line length to 8191 (XP) and 2047 characters (Windows 2000), respectively
- Sort by additional columns, e.g. by size, then by date/time: Ctrl+click on additional columns
- Auto-complete path in command line, current directory, copy dialog etc.
- Use Shift+Del to remove unwanted entries from various comboboxes: Command line, search function, multi-rename-tool etc.
- Secure FTP over SSL/TLS, enter the URL as follows: ftps://ftp.servername.com . Needs openssl dlls stored in Totalcmd directory (not included for legal reasons).
- Custom user-defined commands for main menu and hotkeys
- Alias commands for the command line for internal commands or external programs
- Overwrite dialog allows to show preview images and custom fields
- When a copy/move/delete/create directory operation fails due to insufficient rights, ask user whether he wants to copy as administrator. Also allow a user to give himself permanent read rights to a directory if he knows the administrator password.
- Create ZIP archives > 2GB
- and many more...

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Old CHS for Win98?

« on: November 01, 2006, 05:06 AM »

Mouser,

I know the current version of CHS is for Windows 2000 onwards.  Was there ever an older stable version that would work on Win9x?

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General Software Discussion / Abbreviation expanders for DOS boxes under Win9x?

« on: October 15, 2006, 04:12 PM »

Related to my plea for a Win98 holdout site...

I like abbreviation expanders like Superkeys, Robotype, Yadabyte Subtext, PowerPro, etc.  At work I use AHK.  But, my home laptop is Win98SE, and I still use certain DOS programs.  I have not yet found an abbreviation expander that works in DOS boxes under Win98.  Some of them don't even work in DOS boxes under Win2000.

Is this actually possible in Win98?

TIA...

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General Software Discussion / Recommend Windows 98 holdout site?

« on: October 15, 2006, 04:07 PM »

Please can anyone recommend a Windows 98 (9x) holdout Web site, for software, tips, tricks, etc?

TIA...


 

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General Software Discussion / Utility to repair clipboard chain?

« on: October 01, 2006, 11:44 AM »

Occasionally my Win98 machine can't access its clipboard (I believe this can happen with other versions of Windows as well).  Please, are there any any small utilities to simply repair access to the clipboard?

TIA...

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Living Room / mail2web: any comments?

« on: September 11, 2006, 04:40 AM »

mail2web is a site where you enter your email address and password, and it will go to your POP3 (and I think IMAP) server, retrieve your mail, and allow you to display and answer it with a Web interface.  Apparently it has a good reputation.  Appears to be supported by advertising, though surprisingly unintrusive; much less "busy" an interface than Yahoo! Mail.  No registration required for basic use.  Looks ideal for travellers and users of multiple computers. 

Please, does anyone have any experience of mail2web and/or comments to share?

Thanks...

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fSekrit / Importing text

« on: September 06, 2006, 08:32 AM »

If you want to import existing text into fSekrit, you have to do it via the clipboard.  If you're running a clipboard enhancer, you have another security-vulnerable area.  Are there plans for a file browser to import text into fSekrit to avoid that?

Of course, if you have text on disk, I suppose that's vulnerable anyway, unless you use a secure deleter afterwards...

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Site/Forum Features / Converting threads for offline reading?

« on: August 30, 2006, 08:25 AM »

Is there any tool or easy way to convert DC threads into something like a TreepadLite .HJT file for offline reading?