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Screenshot Captor / Re: What are these dll files used for?
« Last post by mouser on August 05, 2011, 08:34 PM »
but SC still creates a folder named "Screenshots", I wonder if this can be avoided?

hmm that shouldn't happen if it can write into the directory you specify.. ill explore that and the other issue on my windows 7 vmware and see if i can get a clue about it.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: What are these dll files used for?
« Last post by mouser on August 05, 2011, 08:03 PM »
Hi Huidong.

the mousehook and keyhook are actually ONLY used in redbox capture mode -- which is optional, and is used to capture regions in windows and menus, and scrolling windows.  they are not loaded until these modes trigger.

closeapp.dll and closeapp2.dll are identical dlls and their only purpose and use is to close an already running version of screenshot captor when the setup installer needs to shut down the application to install an update, or before uninstalling.   The reason there are 2 is that i couldn't find a way to just use 1 with the inno setup installer in both the cases of install and uninstall.

you can see i tried to name them appropriately :)

if you are concerned about them, know that they are all compiled by me personally.  and if you wanted you could delete them, you just wouldn't be able to use red box capture mode in screenshot captor, and you'd have to make sure you manually exited the program from the tray before running update or uninstalling.
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Developer's Corner / Re: Software Revenue/Licensing Thoughts
« Last post by mouser on August 05, 2011, 07:54 PM »
As everyone has said, complexity is a killer and you pay a real price for it..

I know that DC methods are more complex and confusing than they should be and it scares away people.
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CLIPBOARD HELP+SPELL LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.23.01 - Nov 22, 2013
« Last post by mouser on August 05, 2011, 04:24 PM »
i wonder why no one has requested that before.. sure that's easy enough to do.

though note that another way to look at your request is to say that you can just ignore the title field (and event hide it from display if you like), and just look at the excerpt field, which you can show in quick paste menu and show in the grid, etc.

so i'm happy to add it, but if you are desperate for it, might it be the case that you aren't sure how to have the excerpt column do the job you want it to do?
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DonationCoder.com Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for July 18th, 2011 - "DonationCoder Plus"
« Last post by mouser on August 05, 2011, 03:46 PM »
not yet. we're sometimes slow with these things i know..
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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)
« Last post by mouser on August 05, 2011, 02:27 PM »
yeah but how often are you going to ever want to change that value -- personally i dont know why everyone wouldnt stick to 1 yr view.
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DcUpdater / Re: DCUpdater does not recognize installed programs
« Last post by mouser on August 05, 2011, 02:01 PM »
Well unless you manually edited their config.dir files in their directories, they are not in portable mode, so there is no reason they shouldn't be found.

Try this, go to your Documents folder, and try to find the DonationCoder\DcUpdate subdirectory and look for some .dcupdaterdirect files.
See if you see any difference between the programs that it thinks are installed and those it doesnt.

In other words, is there a file for UrlSnooper but not for Farr?

Or is there a file for each but if you open the FindAndRunRobot one, does it point to the wrong directory?
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DcUpdater / Re: DCUpdater does not recognize installed programs
« Last post by mouser on August 05, 2011, 01:28 PM »
What operating system are you using?

Did you set the programs to run in portable mode?
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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)
« Last post by mouser on August 05, 2011, 11:09 AM »
Damn it i missed another update.. how do you keep adding features before i request them?!?!?!

Love the yearly calendar!  :up: :up: :up:
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T-Clock / Re: T-Clock 2010 (download)
« Last post by mouser on August 05, 2011, 10:49 AM »
if you are looking at things that could be added -- i'd love to see a full year calendar.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: Image size problem while using wide screen monitor
« Last post by mouser on August 05, 2011, 10:46 AM »
and you've restarted your pc since you changed monitors?
and can i ask what operating system you use?

if you are willing, and since this is a reliable bug for you, and since i've started coding again on sc and this is a good weekend for me to try to fix this -- could you email me ([email protected]) and i can see if i can send you some test versions and i can try to get this solved with your help.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: Image size problem while using wide screen monitor
« Last post by mouser on August 05, 2011, 09:56 AM »
this is interesting..

SC should be detecting the resolution of your screen.  there really is no other option for it. so it is a bug.

but you aren't the first person to report this odditty, though it seems exceedingly rare.

you are however, the first person to suggest that maybe it has to do with a change of monitors.

have you restarted the computer since you changed the monitor?

and can you confirm that the resolution of the captured images is really 1280x1024 -- rather than just appearing squashed?

if you do a capture of the active window -- does it capture fine then?
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Living Room / Re: In the bane of sleepy mice...
« Last post by mouser on August 05, 2011, 08:26 AM »
The real moral of the story is this:

Sometimes the cause of your problem is some low tech piece of the puzzle that you *ASSUMED* could not make a difference and so ignored.

Secondary lesson:

Always listen to mouser.

Bonus lesson:

Don't turn your mousepad 90 degrees.
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: V2 Beta of Clipboard Help+Spell With Support for Images
« Last post by mouser on August 04, 2011, 07:10 PM »
3. Would it be useful to add the option in CHS to periodically re-establish the clipboard chain?
There is already an option for this in Clipboard tab -- i'll check what the inveral is -- i could add an option to let use set interval.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Generic Card/Board Game Prototyping and Playtesting Tools
« Last post by mouser on August 04, 2011, 06:02 PM »
If I can get someone to do 99% of the coding i'd be happy to put my name in the about box credits :)
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Developer's Corner / Re: Discussion of CMS suggestions for the DC software directory
« Last post by mouser on August 04, 2011, 08:42 AM »
Thanks for the clarification, app103.  So member pages would not be directly affected; rather, members who've created free-/donation-ware would be asked to add their software to the DC software directory.  I for one look forward to this, as I think such a site-wide directory that includes members' software would substantially enhance the visibility of those members' programs who are not major contributors.

yes.  It would not only be an issue of increased visibility, but make it much easier for us to keep the information up to date, highlight new releases, and help visitors to find and discover software made by DC.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Panel losing filenames deleting
« Last post by mouser on August 04, 2011, 02:02 AM »
Let me know if this seems to be fixed in the new version (or god forbid worse).
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Little Voice Commander / Re: Little Voice Commander Reviews
« Last post by mouser on August 04, 2011, 01:51 AM »
And a really sweet review in today's PC World:

For those who are brave enough to turn the computer over to a small child, DonationCoder founder Mouser's new Little Voice Commander (free/donationware) could be a good program to start with.

Little Voice Commander helps teach kids vocabulary and pronunciation on your PC.Little Voice Commander shows photos to reflect what your toddler's approximation of English says.This simple program encourages toddlers to speak and experiment by showing pictures of words they are likely to know, such as "dog," "apple," or, well, "baby," whenever a word is spoken or when a key on the keyboard is pressed. A sound file also speaks the word out loud. Press K, see a kite, hear "kite." The pictures typically arrange themselves into a mosaic; sometimes these images are repeated. The translation of babyspeak into American standard English depends on Microsoft's speech-recognition engine, making it necessarily an inexact business, but that's part of the fun. For example, imagine a child saying "No!" and being rewarded with pictures of snow.


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Little Voice Commander / Re: Little Voice Commander Reviews
« Last post by mouser on August 04, 2011, 01:48 AM »
Ghacks had a nice write up about Little Voice Commander in May 2011:

All in all it is a great program that will keep kids entertained for some time on the computer. Even better, it makes them associate words with images.

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Little Voice Commander / Little Voice Commander Reviews
« Last post by mouser on August 04, 2011, 01:46 AM »
Thought I would start a thread for this, despite the rareness of press about Little Voice Commander.
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: "Metafile is not valid"
« Last post by mouser on August 03, 2011, 11:14 PM »
great  :up:
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Multi Photo Quotes / Re: Latest Multi Photo Quotes Release v1.33.01 - Aug 3, 2011
« Last post by mouser on August 03, 2011, 10:49 PM »
v1.33.01 - Aug 3, 2011
  • [Feature] Rebuilt with small improvements from Little Voice Commander code.
  • [Feature] Added new feature to auto-watch image and quote directories and automatically content when it changes.
  • [Feature] Added second-instance commandline parameters to let you effect an already running instance.
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Multi Photo Quotes / Re: Automatically Refresh Photo Directory
« Last post by mouser on August 03, 2011, 09:58 PM »
great; then i will make this an official release tonight.
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Developer's Corner / Re: Discussion of CMS suggestions for the DC software directory
« Last post by mouser on August 03, 2011, 07:08 PM »
Yeah I really want to move all of DC to a proper CMS this year.
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DonationCoder.com Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for July 18th, 2011 - "DonationCoder Plus"
« Last post by mouser on August 03, 2011, 07:07 PM »
ha!

hi db! great to see you back.  :up:
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