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General Software Discussion / Re: Delete lines in a txt files according rules
« Last post by skwire on July 02, 2014, 11:23 AM »
Delete lines in a txt file according rules
By example :
with a script with a hotkey or similar delete in an open txt file the pairs lines.
Or delete all lines except the multiples of 5.

Didn't I already write you a tool to do this?

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=36898.0
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on July 02, 2014, 03:11 AM »
Could adding idiot-proof errorhandling to the routine that shows the icons be helpful as being a more generic solution?

Sure, that would be the logical thing to do but we can't have that in a Skwire Empire app, can we?  The Expectations Bar™ would be moved slightly up and I like to keep that thing at a nice low level.   :P
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on July 02, 2014, 01:43 AM »
Here you go, Dirge:

Website | Download
v1.5.3 - 2014-07-02
    + Added DMS (degree, minute, second) format option for latitude and
      longitude readings.  (Thanks, Dirge)
    ! Fixed missing "na.ico" file in the Fat Cow tray condition theme.
      (Thanks, Brothbeard)
    ! Converted wind speed text string was incorrect.  (Thanks, Dirge)
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on July 01, 2014, 10:03 AM »
Installed this last night and found this on my screen this morning. Presumably something missing but not sure what.

Welcome to DonationCoder, Brothbeard, and apologies for missing your post.  I'll have this issue fixed in the next build.  Thank you.
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You might want to use NAT networking instead of bridged networking. Networking can be fidgety sometimes when working with VMWare or any other virtualization software for that matter.

Really? Granted I'm not that familiar with VMware as I've always used the MS (Virtual PC/Hyper-V) offering. But for a cursory search it appears that VMware's "bridged networking" is equivalent to Hyper-V's "Shared Virtual Switch", which I've used extensively.

Agreed.  I use VMs extensively as well and ALWAYS choose bridged networking over the NAT options.
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on June 30, 2014, 03:30 PM »
Hi, Dirge, and welcome to DonationCoder.   :D

1) When the mouse cursor is placed over the current Wind readout in the main window, the conversion message in the status bar at the bottom of the window says “Converted visibility: [...]” instead of “Converted wind: [...]”, though it does give the properly converted wind speed.

Nice catch.  I'll fix this.

2) When the text message (“PM Thunderstorms,” “Few Showers,” “Scattered Thunderstorms,” etc.) in the extended forecast box for a given day is more than two lines/rows of text long, the additional lines are cut off and can’t be read; all that can be seen is the top two or three rows of pixels of the third line of text. Perhaps a change could be made to show the complete text in the status bar when mousing over such truncated text(?).

I'll see what I can do.

3) When the main window is displayed and the mouse cursor is off to the side (not hovering over the window), the message in the status bar doesn’t always display “Conditions as of: [date & time of last Yahoo! update]” (as I suspect it should); it often displays the Converted temp of some random day of the week.

This requires a bit of explanation.  For sWeather to change the statusbar text like it does, it captures the WM_MOUSEMOVE message.  What you're seeing is when you move the mouse away from the main form fast enough that it doesn't capture all those messages (which tells the app where the cursor is).  Once the mouse it outside the main form, it no longer receives those messages.  I suppose I could put a timer on there to watch for such but that seems like overkill, IMO, for this issue.

4) The “Feels like” temperature displayed on the main window is always the same as the actual current temperature (for all locations) and does not reflect the “Feels like” temperature on the Yahoo! Full forecast Web page.

I've noticed this as well.  Unfortunately, the Yahoo! RSS feeds powering sWeather don't have quite the same data as their Full Forecast pages.  You'd think they would...but they don't.

1) The ancient mariner in me would like to see latitude and longitude displayed in degrees° minutes' seconds" N/S E/W format.

2) A Moon Phase indicator in the main window, preferably an icon with text (e.g., “Waxing Crescent”), but text-only would get the job done too.

3) A Precipitation indicator in the main window showing the amount of precipitation received in the last 24 hours or since midnight (or both). The Yahoo! Full forecast Web page doesn’t seem to show this info, so I don’t know if this info is available in its feed, but the associated Weather Channel page does provide this info.

1) I can add an option for this.  To save me some research time, is there an easy way to convert the current data to this format?
2) The Yahoo! RSS feed does not contain this data.
3) The Yahoo! RSS feed does not contain this data.

I like the simple and efficient nature of sWeather, especially as I have an old, out-of-date computer that doesn't handle lots of fancy graphics too well. Thanks for going to the trouble of providing the program.

You're very welcome.  Thanks for giving it a thorough tryout.   :Thmbsup:
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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Release: MPH (Media Player Hotkeys)
« Last post by skwire on June 30, 2014, 02:44 PM »
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v1.0.9 - 2014-06-30
    ! Media Player Classic "previous track" function didn't work properly
      (Thanks, Mike H.)

v1.0.8 - 2014-03-26
    + Added ability to reload the application from the tray menu.  Sometimes,
      after playing a game or other full-screen app, the hotkeys fail to work.
      Instead of shutting down and restarting MPH manually, you can simply use
      the "Reload" option from the tray menu.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea - Whats in my fridge?
« Last post by skwire on June 30, 2014, 02:39 AM »
Hi, Waster, and welcome to DonationCoder.   :Thmbsup:

My vision is impaired and I find it difficult to read the entries with the coloured fonts and backgrounds.  The red text blends too much into the lighter red background, and the same happens to me for the green entries.  Would it be possible to change the text to plain black, but leave the coloured backgrounds?

Let me see what I can do for you.   :D
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Wow, thanks skwire :D How's your empire? ;)
-FrankEBailey` (June 29, 2014, 06:04 AM)

You're welcome.  =]  The Empire rolls on.  World domination has been delayed a bit, but it's still on the TODO.   :P
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This was actually requested several years ago here: https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=18682.0

My solution: Zero Zipper
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Skwire Empire / Re: (Pre) Release: sChecklist
« Last post by skwire on June 28, 2014, 09:59 AM »
I love the simplicity. While reluctant to add any hint of complexity to an elegant app - how about the ability to add a short note to an entry?
-Jarius Elliott (June 28, 2014, 08:04 AM)

By that, do you mean an extra column?
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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch m3u8 creator - similar to createm3u
« Last post by skwire on June 27, 2014, 03:15 AM »
Thanks, Xennon and msteph, for testing this.  Based on that, I'm going to release it.

Website | Download
v1.0.6 - 2014-06-27
    + Added option that creates one playlist per root folder.  (Thanks, vital)
    + Added path options when creating playlist (no path, relative path,
      and full path).  (Thanks, Xennon)
    * Unicode write mode in Automatic mode is now without a BOM.
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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch m3u8 creator - similar to createm3u
« Last post by skwire on June 26, 2014, 01:29 AM »
@vital, @Xennon, and @msteph: Here's a test build with the following requested options:

  • Option that creates one playlist per root folder.
  • Path options when creating playlist: No path, relative path, and full path.

http://skwire.dcmemb.../sPlaylistMaker_.zip

The help file has been updated as well so please take a moment to read through the new options.  Let me know how the testing goes.  Thanks.

Screenshot 2014-06-26 00.30.30.png
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@2muchacid, @TUTRider: Welcome to DonationCoder.   :D

The author of this program, scancode, hasn't been very active lately so I'm not sure if you're going to see a timely response from him.  We're going to try to contact him off-forum.  However, if he doesn't reply, and based on this app's popularity, I can see about rewriting the application myself.
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Living Room / Re: FCC ruling on ringtones is... shortsighted
« Last post by skwire on June 24, 2014, 10:46 AM »
Good grief.  Is something like this "false audible ringing" really an issue?   :huh:  Sounds like a solution in search of a problem.  :down:
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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Copy massive folder/file directory....
« Last post by skwire on June 23, 2014, 12:38 AM »
mounted Acronis backup

Ahhh...that's key.  I've never used this product myself but I have heard the stories over the years of how it works for some folks and not at all for others.  It seems very finicky.  Knowing this, and knowing what sort of low-level file system drivers are at play, I wouldn't be surprised if your rebooting is due to a bad Acronis-related file system driver causing a blue screen.  That's my guess anyway.
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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Copy massive folder/file directory....
« Last post by skwire on June 23, 2014, 12:03 AM »
All this computer-rebooting has me thinking that something is wrong with the computer or, at the very least, with the drives you're messing with.

Have you tried to determine what is causing the computer to reboot?  Is this one of those cases where a blue screen is causing an automatic reboot?  If so, that "feature" can be turned off so the blue screen stays there, possibly enabling you to get some clues as to why this is rebooting.
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Skwire Empire / Re: (Pre) Release: sChecklist
« Last post by skwire on June 22, 2014, 11:49 PM »
@BGM: I added one of your requests.

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v1.0.5 - 2014-06-22
    + Added new option to load last selected checklist on startup.
      (Thanks, BGM)
    * Fixed a checklist loading loop that happened for checklists
      longer than 37 items.  Don't ask...  =]

v1.0.4 - 2014-06-22
    * Deleting a checklist didn't always work properly.
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Living Room / Re: Programmers: What size monitors do you guys prefer?
« Last post by skwire on June 22, 2014, 11:28 AM »
This has made me acutely aware that support for large fonts is really inconsistent in a lot of software.

Hear hear.  As a programmer, I (and mouser) can attest to this.  In most cases, it's a pain in the ass, programmatically, to deal with.
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Living Room / Re: Soccer World Cup 2014
« Last post by skwire on June 21, 2014, 11:32 PM »
The second half of the Germany/Ghana game was great and I'm sure neither side is happy with the draw.  However, the upset of the day (tourney?) would have been Iran drawing with Argentina had Messi not saved Argentina's collective asses in the 91st minute.  Neither of those two teams is among my favs so I tend to root for the underdogs in those situations.  I was really hoping that Iran could have pulled it off just to witness Argentina's reaction.
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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch m3u8 creator - similar to createm3u
« Last post by skwire on June 21, 2014, 12:01 PM »
Website | Download
v1.0.5 - 2014-06-21
    * Playlist contents are sorted now.  (Thanks, Stephane)
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Coding Snacks / Re: IDEA: RAR Plugin for Pismo File Mount Audit Package
« Last post by skwire on June 18, 2014, 07:12 PM »
I read into it a lot more than that:

1) Not very feasible (in both a practical and techincal sense).
2) Knowing what I know of the RAR license, this wouldn't be free to develop and rather restrictive.
3) Something like this is well beyond a coding snack.
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Coding Snacks / Re: IDEA: RAR Plugin for Pismo File Mount Audit Package
« Last post by skwire on June 18, 2014, 04:14 PM »
Did you read the following FAQ?: http://www.pismotech...om/support/faq/#faq4
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DC Gamer Club / Re: Strike Vector 4-pack
« Last post by skwire on June 17, 2014, 06:45 PM »
I'm in.  I'll send you some DC credits if that's cool?
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