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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Batch merge many pdf (result : only one big pdf per subfolder)?
« Last post by 4wd on June 27, 2016, 07:42 AM »
You're welcome, I think we can get skwire to move this thread  :)
1327
Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Batch merge many pdf (result : only one big pdf per subfolder)?
« Last post by 4wd on June 27, 2016, 02:10 AM »
jity2's Strange PDF Thing (jsPDFt)  :P

Code: PowerShell [Select]
  1. <#
  2.   jsPDFt.ps1
  3.  
  4.   Concatenate PDFs in sub-folders
  5. #>
  6.  
  7. Function Get-Folder {
  8.   Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
  9.   $FolderBrowser = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog
  10.   [void]$FolderBrowser.ShowDialog()
  11.   $temp = $FolderBrowser.SelectedPath
  12.   If($temp -eq '') {Exit}
  13.   If(-Not $temp.EndsWith('\')) {$temp = $temp + '\'}
  14.   Return $temp
  15. }  
  16.  
  17. Function Get-PDF {
  18.   Param(
  19.     [String]$folder,
  20.     [string]$source,
  21.     [string]$dest,
  22.     [string]$command
  23.   )
  24.   If(-Not $folder.EndsWith('\')) {$folder = $folder + '\'}
  25.  
  26. # If there are any PDFs in the folder then execute the concatenation
  27.   If(@(Get-ChildItem -Path ($folder + '*') -Include *.pdf -File).Count -gt 0) {
  28.     Write-Host 'Folder:' $folder -BackgroundColor Black -ForegroundColor Yellow
  29. # Create output file name
  30.     If((Split-Path -Path $folder -Leaf).EndsWith('\')) { # Input was root folder
  31.       $outFile = $dest + '\' + $source.Substring(0, 1) + '.pdf'
  32.     } else {
  33.       $outFile = $dest + $folder.Replace($source, "") + '\' + (Split-Path -Path $folder -Leaf) + '.pdf'
  34.     }
  35.     $outFile = $outFile.Replace('\\', '\')
  36.  
  37. # Otherwise, check if output folder exists and create if necessary
  38.     If(-Not (Test-Path (Split-Path -Path $outFile))) {
  39.       New-Item (Split-Path -Path $outFile) -Type Directory | Out-Null
  40.     }
  41.  
  42.     Write-Host 'File:  ' $outFile -BackgroundColor Black -ForegroundColor White
  43. # Compose argument string
  44.     $arguments = '"' + $folder + '*.pdf" cat output "' + $outFile + '"'
  45. # Execute pdftk.exe with arguments
  46.     Start-Process -FilePath $command -Wait -ArgumentList $arguments -NoNewWindow
  47.   }
  48. }
  49.  
  50. $console = $host.UI.RawUI
  51. $size = $console.WindowSize
  52. $size.Width = 80
  53. $size.Height = 30
  54. $console.WindowSize = $size
  55.  
  56. If($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -lt 3) {
  57.     Write-Host '** Script requires at least Powershell V3 **'
  58.   } else {
  59.   Write-Host 'Choose folder with PDF files: ' -NoNewline -BackgroundColor DarkGreen -ForegroundColor White
  60.   $srcFolder = (Get-Folder)
  61.   Write-Host $srcFolder
  62.   Write-Host 'Choose output folder: ' -NoNewline -BackgroundColor DarkGreen -ForegroundColor White
  63.   Do {$dstFolder = (Get-Folder)} While($dstFolder -eq $srcFolder)
  64.   Write-Host $dstFolder
  65.  
  66. # Full path to pdftk.exe which should be in the same folder as Powershell script
  67.   $pdftk = '"' + (Split-Path $SCRIPT:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -Parent) + '\pdftk.exe"'
  68. # List of sub-folders
  69.   $aFolders = @(Get-ChildItem -Path $srcFolder -Recurse -Directory | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Fullname)
  70.   for($i=0; $i -lt $aFolders.Count; $i++) {
  71. # For each sub-folder call the routine
  72.     Get-PDF $aFolders[$i] $srcFolder $dstFolder $pdftk
  73.   }
  74. # Finally, call routine on source folder
  75.   Get-PDF $srcFolder $srcFolder $dstFolder $pdftk
  76. }
  77.  
  78. Write-Host ''
  79. Write-Host 'Close window to exit ...'
  80. cmd /c pause | out-null

Requires the files from PDF Toolkit either extract them from the setup file using UniExtract or install it and then copy the files into the same folder as the script, (then you can uninstall it).

So your folder will look like this:

2016-06-27 17_02_29.png

Run jsPDFt.ps1 using the shortcut.

Hopefully it'll work - it did here.

NOTES:
  • No provision for password protected PDFs, it'll probably die a horrible death while running if it finds one.
  • No provision for seeing if the output file already exists, if it does it will probably be overwritten.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Where is the registry function for left clicking the desktop?
« Last post by 4wd on June 26, 2016, 07:04 PM »
This may help, I capture the LMB click and change it to a RMB click if it's held down for a certain period.

https://www.donation....msg376883#msg376883

I guess for what you want you would just need to remove the delay check and see what was under the pointer at the time, then initiate an action.
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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Batch merge many pdf (result : only one big pdf per subfolder)?
« Last post by 4wd on June 25, 2016, 11:45 PM »
I had some difficulties (virus or hammering websites) finding the correct programs that you have recommended files in the thread (https://www.donation....msg374877#msg374877) but I finally found a work around with these links :
http://filehippo.com...rsal_extractor/4795/
http://web.archive.o...g/web/20140315000000*/http://www.adultpdf.com/products/txttopdf/txttopdf.exe
https://www.pdflabs....e-2.02-win-setup.exe
Universal extractor did not work with pdftk but I was able to find the correct file once I installed PDKtk in : "C:\Program Files (x86)\PDFtk\bin\".
-jity2 (June 25, 2016, 09:46 AM)

Yes, probably need to update the innounp binary for UniExtract, I run a more updated version than what is available on the original site along with updated extractor binaries.  You can get it here, (17.51MB - link will expire in 72 hours).

I hope you can adapt it to subfolders. ;)

Should be easy, I'll have a play around.
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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Batch merge many pdf (result : only one big pdf per subfolder)?
« Last post by 4wd on June 25, 2016, 08:35 AM »
Something along these lines?
1331
General Software Discussion / Re: Portable Batch foto resizer also using width=cm
« Last post by 4wd on June 24, 2016, 08:21 PM »
tried a number of times, but when resizing, DPI is increased from 96 (original) to 300.
pls find attached PDF
-dcwul62 (June 24, 2016, 08:16 AM)

Then you are doing something wrong:

2016-06-25 11_12_18.png

2016-06-26 13_11_35.png

The same applies resizing larger.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Portable Batch foto resizer also using width=cm
« Last post by 4wd on June 24, 2016, 07:31 AM »
ImBatch - Extract installer, run ImBatch.

2016-06-24 22_31_24.png

EDIT: tomos beat me  :P
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Living Room / Re: Re: Autobackup with OneDrive
« Last post by 4wd on June 24, 2016, 02:12 AM »
True, I just realised that I am going to use double the space in my hard drive for the same files.
Is there a solution for this? To directly backup in the cloud and not locally?
-kalos (June 23, 2016, 08:08 PM)

Yes, Junction Links.

4wd I don't think your link will work very well. It doesn't seem to do versioning, I am not sure if it synchronizes locked/used files, etc.

You are going to use more than twice the amount of space on your local drive if you do versioning.  OneDrive only does versioning for recognised Office documents - so you either need to:
  • recognise you are going to use more space on your local drive;
  • find software that will allow you to do versioning in OneDrive cloud but then it will be synced back to your drive anyway;
  • or find another cloud provider that does versioning.

One way to get local versioning without 3rd party software is to enable File History.
  • Create a folder and share it, (to get a UNC path).
  • Enable File History with the UNC path as the destination.
  • Create a Junction Link in the OneDrive folder to the folder created in step 1.

All versioning will be done locally and then synced to OneDrive but you will use a lot of local drive space.

But you have the caveat @wraith pointed out above, (although I have never seen the problem on my server where I use Junction Links but it's also not used continually).
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by 4wd on June 22, 2016, 09:14 PM »
Something to print out and put up at work:

19-funny-dog-meme.jpg

45 Funny Dog Memes

21-funny-dog-meme.jpg
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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced
« Last post by 4wd on June 22, 2016, 08:53 PM »
Hah!  Just got an email this morning from Microsoft:

2016-06-23 11_53_41.png
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DC Gamer Club / Re: LIMBO: Free (to keep) on Steam for a limited time
« Last post by 4wd on June 21, 2016, 10:10 PM »
(if, like me, you can apparently only access steam thru the client...)
-Target (June 21, 2016, 10:04 PM)

Can you not access the store through the client and add it from there?

EDIT: Just click the Install Game button to add it to your account and you'll get:

2016-06-22 13_17_27.png
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Living Room / Re: Re: Autobackup with OneDrive
« Last post by 4wd on June 21, 2016, 09:56 PM »
Yadis will send them to your OneDrive folder in Windows and from there they will be mirrored to the cloud
-kalos (June 21, 2016, 03:57 PM)

I don't want to hold a local backup, I only need the cloud
-kalos (June 20, 2016, 03:29 PM)

Um .... but that's what you have now, two copies of the same files on your laptop plus a copy on OneDrive, (if you're doing the Yadis! thing).

If you didn't want the extra copy on your laptop all you need to do is create a Junction Link (as mentioned previously) in the OneDrive folder to the folder you want to mirror to the cloud.  You'll end up with one copy on your laptop and one in the cloud.

At the moment you're using twice the disk space.

Synchronizing any folder on your system with OneDrive

Worked fine here on 8.1 Pro.
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DC Gamer Club / Re: LIMBO: Free (to keep) on Steam for a limited time
« Last post by 4wd on June 21, 2016, 09:25 PM »
@Deozaan: Thanks, I was looking at it when it was on special a month or so ago for a couple of dollars ... procrastination FTW!

 :P

... but I believe this is a case of the latter, and that you'll own the game after the promotion ends.
-Deozaan (June 21, 2016, 04:50 PM)

If you look at it in Steam it'll show as GAME PURCHASED before you install it.
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Living Room / Re: Raspberry/Arduinoe/etc. - Choosing a device questions?
« Last post by 4wd on June 21, 2016, 06:29 AM »
They've offered to ship me a new mini dock for the price of shipping... but their cart wouldn't handle the shipping.  *sigh*.
-wraith808 (December 30, 2015, 11:01 AM)

P6214152.JPG

Yours if you want it, I don't have a use for it.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Commandline method of downloading a webpage
« Last post by 4wd on June 21, 2016, 02:20 AM »
Suffice it to say that 4WD came through (as usual though I think he has helpers at Stack overflow as I can Never find the codes he does).
-questorfla (June 21, 2016, 01:23 AM)

Thanks  :)

FYI: Google - Then I quick scan the results stopping at Stack..... (5th result in my part of the world)

Originally was going to do it in Powershell but it apparently can't be done without producing a requester, so VBScript is the next option to use IE's engine.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Commandline method of downloading a webpage
« Last post by 4wd on June 20, 2016, 07:02 PM »
Quite likely but he said it was a single page website on a local server he wanted to archive so it may be suitable, possibly no offsite links to worry about.
1342
DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: MFCRecorder - Continued
« Last post by 4wd on June 20, 2016, 08:55 AM »
This was working fine for me until recently, now it's stopped recording anything and I can't really figure out why. The "view" function is not working either. Has this happened to anyone else? I haven't blocked it with anything as far as I'm aware
-byzene (June 20, 2016, 05:52 AM)

Download it again, download the ffmpeg binaries again, put them in a new directory, and run it.  If it works, try copying the settings file (Settings.xml) from your old installation across and run it again.

If it doesn't work, your settings file possibly has an invalid value or is corrupt, just remove it and start from scratch.

Also, make sure ffmpeg.exe and ffplay.exe are allowed through your firewall.
1343
Living Room / Re: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits
« Last post by 4wd on June 20, 2016, 08:44 AM »
Did you try the Headless 4.4 No Fastboot version?
-4wd (June 20, 2016, 02:04 AM)

I wanted a GUI. :(  That's the reason I purchased the one with the HDMI DIP.
-wraith808 (June 20, 2016, 07:28 AM)

I meant just as a test to see if it would flash at all, it still has DIP support  :)
If it works you can always install X-windows until you upgrade to Win10 and try reflashing.

Went to do my second C.H.I.P. and I couldn't flash it in the Win 8.1 Pro x86 machine, reinstalled the driver, restarted, just didn't want to do it.

So tried in the Win 10 Pro x64 machine, it didn't want to do it either after driver install.  So restarted, upgraded Chromodo, ran CCleaner to clean out any cache stuff, stopped any other internet transfers, then tried again ... and it worked.

It says that there are options for downloading the OS image so you can flash offline but I must be going blind because I couldn't see any.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Commandline method of downloading a webpage
« Last post by 4wd on June 20, 2016, 08:11 AM »
This VBS script from StackOverflow worked fine here from the command line.

NOTE: You do need IE to be installed.

eg.
Code: Text [Select]
  1. cscript SaveAsMHT.vbs https://www.donationcoder.com K:\test.mht
Gave a .mht file that could be opened in IE with the DC home page.

Considering you're talking about a single page capture it might be easier than using wget.
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Living Room / Re: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits
« Last post by 4wd on June 20, 2016, 02:04 AM »
Did you try the Headless 4.4 No Fastboot version?
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Living Room / Re: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits
« Last post by 4wd on June 19, 2016, 02:19 PM »
Could always try one of the bootable Linux distros on a flash drive (providing persistence is enabled to allow you to install Chrome plus add-ons).
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Living Room / Re: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits
« Last post by 4wd on June 19, 2016, 10:16 AM »
Yes, failed the first two times which was because I had a pending restart for some updates which I hadn't noticed, this is on a Win 8.1 Pro x86 machine.

After the restart the flashing of Debian 4.4 GUI version worked straight off.

Flashed using the C.H.I.P. Flash add-on in Chromodo, took about 15-20 minutes to complete flashing.
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Living Room / Re: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits
« Last post by 4wd on June 18, 2016, 10:07 PM »
Two C.H.I.P.s with HDMI sauce for the price of a Pi:

P6194140.JPG

P6194141.JPG

Next to an original RasPi B:
P6194144.JPG

EDIT: After having a short play with one of them I've found that you really need to use either a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard or a powered USB hub if you're going to connect any peripherals, (barring you've connected a LiPo cell - it can draw extra current from that).
I tried powering it from a couple of USB2 ports on different machines and it always shut down when it came to load the GUI, (I know USB2 is a little underpowered for this but it was what I had to hand quickly).
I then tried using my Tronsmart 54W 5 port 5V desk charger, (2.4A available on each of 4 normal ports), it still shut down when it came to load the GUI.

During these short tests I had either the receiver of a Microsoft All-in-One Multimedia keyboard/trackpad - 100mA draw) plugged in or my G15 v2 keyboard - every time it failed to reach the GUI.

So, let it boot up with no USB device attached, (plugged into a plain old USB2 port on my Microserver), and it booted to GUI.  Then I plugged in the MS receiver, (keyboard/trackpad functional immediately), and it worked fine for at most 10 minutes until it came to do some CPU intensive stuff, in this case load the web browser, then it shut down again.

Looks like I'll have to invest in a BT keyboard  :-\

From this thread:
The AXP209 has a supply limit of 900mA using only the USB power-in. CHIP itself will pull up to 500mA at load, which is indeed reached during each boot when the CPU is maxing out during boot-up.

If you really want to use your peripheral without a separate power source, you can enable the no-limit option with:

sudo axp209 --no_limit

This switch will flip back to the default 900mA on each reboot. You could add the command to an rc.local startup script, but our engineers have warned against it.

Adding a battery would also increase the total amperage output.

Tried to input the above command (sudo axp209 --no_limit) but received an error message saying the plugin doesn't exist, (they are scripts in the /etc/axp209/plugins directory).

Even with a limit of 900mA on USB input power that still should have left 400mA available for the USB port to power the MS receiver, (when powered via the desktop charger) - it should be more than enough.

A little more investigation required to find the mysterious --no_limit script/switch and what it does so I can at least get a decent run out of it.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Software recommendation for extracting video clips: Avidemux
« Last post by 4wd on June 18, 2016, 07:13 AM »
It was much better under the old versions where you could just drop clips on the interface to have them appended.
-4wd (June 12, 2016, 04:16 AM)

In the last version (windows) dragging files in the interface also appends it.
-antekgla (June 18, 2016, 12:10 AM)

Woops, you're right ... must have re-enabled it under the QT interface at some point.
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Living Room / Re: Thanks again for the Windows 10 upgrade reminder - NOT
« Last post by 4wd on June 18, 2016, 02:22 AM »
Probably not really relevant but I tried their desktop app a few years ago and found it was rather flakey getting the information, sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't.

I ended up just using the Firefox add-on to initially add the auctions and then use the Gixen web interface to edit.

And of course, switching to 2FA on ebay means I now have to disable 2FA for the auction time, set Gixen, then re-enable 2FA afterwards.

Also, while I've only used Gixen in the past, there is also Myibidder which is a similar service, they're free (web based usage) and have smart phone apps.
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