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General Software Discussion / Re: Rename Open File in Windows
« Last post by wraith808 on October 28, 2018, 09:49 AM »
so what is IrfanView doing when (on my command) it renames an open picture file?
 :-\

-Curt (October 28, 2018, 02:56 AM)

Its closing the file that it has a lock on, renaming it, and re-opening it.  Or its streaming the whole thing into memory, closing the lock, and then reopening it.  It's not impossible, as I say.  It's just based more on the fact that he wants it to rename a file that something else has a lock on.  I can create a quick test app that would prevent anything from renaming that image file- even irfanview.  :-\

SumatraPDF allows for this and also has a "Rename" option within its own file menu or by pressing F2.  If you choose this option and rename a file, SumatraPDF will rename it and then re-open the PDF with the new filename.  In fact, if you open a PDF file in SumatraPDF and then rename it outside of SumatraPDF, it detects this and its internal "Rename" menu entry becomes greyed out.  At that point, you have to use the "Save As..." option.  FWIW, I use the rename feature all the time for the same reasons as the original poster.
-skwire (October 28, 2018, 08:24 AM)

Yup.  And as I said, that's on the PDF reader :)  Thanks for pointing that one out!  I'd forgotten that SumatraPDF did this exact thing!
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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: NANY 2019 - Android App - Point Motivator
« Last post by wraith808 on October 28, 2018, 09:30 AM »
So, after playing around with it... I still think that there is a place for both together.  Each day, you get points and accumulate a streak.  Your point totals for each day is compared with your prior point total.  When the streak is broken, your points for the entire streak are tallied for a point total for that streak.  So in the end, you get more gamification by the fact that your streaks and point totals for the streaks and days are compared.

Also, I think that adding the ability to set certain goals and rewards for those goals would be a useful addition.
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Android Apps / Re: Other app ideas based on WhenLast code
« Last post by wraith808 on October 28, 2018, 09:27 AM »
I'd say Point Motivator seems slightly more likely to be useful.
-mouser (October 27, 2018, 09:12 PM)

Yes, very!  I've started using it, and will give you (much) feedback  ;D :Thmbsup:
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General Software Discussion / Re: Rename Open File in Windows
« Last post by wraith808 on October 28, 2018, 01:27 AM »
I download many training documents in PDF format in Windows. Unfortunately, many of the file names are generic or truncated so the corresponding file is hard to identify by those titles.

Can someone please code an app that renames files (primarily PDFs) while that PDF file is open for the Windows operating system?

Thanks in advance.
-bardman (October 27, 2018, 11:52 PM)

The problem is the fact that the PDF application has a handle on the file while it is open.  In that case, nothing can rename it without the file being closed first.  You'd have to have a PDF application that streamed it all into a temporary file or memory and then released the file in order to make that work.  And in that case, Windows would allow it to be renamed without a special program to do so.
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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: [NANY 2019] - AudioMarker: Language Learning
« Last post by wraith808 on October 27, 2018, 07:16 PM »
What did you code it in?  Interesting piece of software!  :Thmbsup:
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: PDF-XChange Pro
« Last post by wraith808 on October 26, 2018, 11:22 AM »
$65.45 $93.50 26. Oct 2018 http://www.bitsdujou...in=todays-deals-home

I am disappointed the discount merely is 30% off.

-Curt (October 26, 2018, 06:45 AM)

That lines up with the prior discount on just the editor, doesn't it?
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DC Gamer Club / Re: Latest Steam Giveaway
« Last post by wraith808 on October 25, 2018, 10:20 PM »
Metro 2033 is free on steam for the next 24 hours.

https://store.steamp...pp/43110/Metro_2033/



Recommended.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Game Giveaway
« Last post by wraith808 on October 25, 2018, 05:55 PM »


  • Humble Indie Bundle 14
-app103 (October 24, 2018, 10:02 PM)
Thank you app103!
From that Bundle i can offer single Steam Keys as gift.
    Pixel Piracy
    UnEpic
    Super Splatters

If anyone is interested in any of these Keys, let me know which one and I'll PM you the Details to redeem it after i found out how. :-)

-KodeZwerg (October 25, 2018, 05:29 PM)


I don't think you can keep the downloadable games and gift the Steam versions. You have to tie your Humble Bundle account to a Steam account, and then click the links to add them to your Steam account. They don't give you individual links that you can give to others.
-app103 (October 25, 2018, 05:51 PM)


They actually do.  In the redeem screen for the key, you actually get the individual game links.  You can click gift to others or redeem.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Batch Editor for URL and LNK Properties
« Last post by wraith808 on October 25, 2018, 09:35 AM »
That's some serious batch file work there!  Takes me back a ways... excellent work!  :Thmbsup:
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Batch Editor for URL and LNK Properties
« Last post by wraith808 on October 24, 2018, 09:52 PM »
I guess what's throwing people off is that you want to alter several links to have the same value for a given property.  That's pretty much it, in a nutshell?  And not sure that you can do that for shortcut key; I mean you could, but Windows only recognizes one of them.
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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Create Folder, Give It Name: Current Date and Time
« Last post by wraith808 on October 24, 2018, 02:36 PM »
I'm wondering what explorer.exe has to do with it anyway.  It's PowerShell we're using....

-nkormanik (October 24, 2018, 04:48 AM)

That could be because explorer.exe isn't just Window explorer.  It's the shell.
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Android Apps / Re: Other app ideas based on WhenLast code
« Last post by wraith808 on October 23, 2018, 12:58 PM »
You could also gamify it, either in general, or at the users configuration.

An example of what I mean: You put in exercise and also put in after 7 consecutive days, you get to go get a small ice cream (or something).  After you get to 7 days, it shows you a screen with your goal on it and a medal or something.  By default, you just get a medal maybe.  And on the main screen, it shows the number of medals that you've accumulated.
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N.A.N.Y. 2016 / MOVED: ScreenShotter at 4K resolution
« Last post by wraith808 on October 22, 2018, 02:30 PM »
This topic has been moved to Automatic Screenshotter.

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=46563.0
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Living Room / Re: Google finds Vulnerability in G+ API. Sunsets G+ in response.
« Last post by wraith808 on October 22, 2018, 12:30 PM »
There are actually several alternatives showing up, or that I'm becoming aware of, and I'm trying a lot of them.

A few that I've tried and notes:

MeWe   http://www.mewe.com Your profile is not viewable unless you send/confirm a friend request. Centrally owned.  Has both public and private communities.
Diaspora* http://www.diasporafoundation.orgDoes not have communities.  Each pod is individually owned.  I'm currently on http://www.pluspora.com. More on the way that the decentralization works can be found at https://pluspora.com...0136b7d300505608f9fe
Hubzilla    http://www.hubzilla.orgSimilar to diaspora in that it is decentralized community run by individuals in a network.  I think it has communities, though I've just started.  I'm currently on http://start.hubzilla.org
Cake   http://www.cake.coDifferent than most social networks, you follow topics and conversations rather than people.  Centrally owned.  Does not have communities.


Those are all of the ones that I'm currently looking at- most active on Pluspora and MeWe.  I also signed up for Mastodon and Minds, but haven't really given them enough of a try to fairly comment.

There's also an open document of G+ Alternatives: https://docs.google....U52sTYbrI/edit#gid=0

So while it's still a bit sad to me that Google is killing plus, it's also been a real learning experience on alternatives.
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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!
« Last post by wraith808 on October 21, 2018, 08:46 PM »
You didn't have the youtube tags around it.  Fixed!
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Living Room / Re: Game Design Kit
« Last post by wraith808 on October 21, 2018, 03:39 PM »

From the designers of the White Box comes another look at game design- this time from a cooperative angle.  From the blurb: "A new book from the publisher of The White Box for people who play, discuss, critique, design, and love cooperative board games."

What's in the Book

Meeples Together contains 14 chapters about the nature, mechanics, theory, and frontiers of cooperative gaming.

Along the way, 14 in-depth case studies (or more, depending on stretch goals!) of cooperative gaming’s greatest hits — from Pandemic and Battlestar Galactica to Contract Bridge — demonstrate the concepts and ideas. (Not to mention Appendix V’s capsule reviews of more than 90 cooperative titles!)

The physical edition is a 384-page, 6" × 9" trade paperback containing more than 150 illustrated figures.

Digital editions will include a tablet-optimized PDF version, an Epub version, and a Kindle (.mobi) version.

More at the Kickstarter.

I know that a lot of people here are interested in cooperative games, so I thought it would be of interest.

Meeples Together is being funded as a digital or hardcover book on Kickstarter.

The project is currently fully funded, and given their delivery on the White Box, the challenges and risks seem to be few.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10: merge the bugs now, we'll fix them later
« Last post by wraith808 on October 21, 2018, 11:48 AM »
Since I've turned off updates (finally finding a real solution) and manage them myself, it's been great.  There are several things I like better on Windows 10, but am now glad that they aren't diluted by the terrible update policy.
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Living Room / Re: The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies
« Last post by wraith808 on October 19, 2018, 02:10 PM »
Well, the pressure is mounting:

https://www.engadget...eillance-retraction/
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Living Room / Re: I'm getting married, wish me luck!
« Last post by wraith808 on October 19, 2018, 08:48 AM »
 -  Get Facebook...it reminds you
-Stephen66515 (October 19, 2018, 05:24 AM)

Yes, as they mine all of your other information and have breaches  ;D  :huh:  :-\
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Living Room / Re: I'm getting married, wish me luck!
« Last post by wraith808 on October 18, 2018, 02:29 PM »
I will now resume total personal information and photo blackout for the next 15 years
-mouser (October 18, 2018, 11:36 AM)

Will you retire from information blackout at that point?  ;) ;D :Thmbsup:
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Living Room / Re: Movies you've seen lately
« Last post by wraith808 on October 18, 2018, 02:27 PM »
Just saw Night School.  Pretty predictable and neat, but good fun!

night_school.jpg
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Mini review: The Journal
« Last post by wraith808 on October 17, 2018, 09:57 AM »
Of course, if you do your reviews from the users' perspective, you never get free licenses...
-ital2 (October 17, 2018, 09:22 AM)

A bit disingenuous, considering that he won it, then trialed it, and only then reviewed it.  I used it for several years, and didn't need that functionality, and recommend this software.  And I paid for it.  YMMV.
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Living Room / Re: An article on the slow death of Google by Lauren Weisman
« Last post by wraith808 on October 13, 2018, 09:58 AM »
If you look up Alphabet, you'll see that it is the parent company of Google.

https://en.m.wikiped...rg/wiki/Alphabet_Inc.

In 2015, Alphabet was created as a tech holding company by the founders of Google, and one of their most prominent holdings is Google.

I will also point out that he never said anything about cash flow; the others that he spoke of held on for interminable periods, seemingly in good financial health. The rot for many companies start on the inside.  And that rot presaged their fall in retrospect.
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Living Room / Re: "If you don't steal [from the commons] you are stealing from your family".
« Last post by wraith808 on October 11, 2018, 10:38 PM »
It's a long article divided into 6 sections. And yes, that was a prime example of pettiness.
-Shades (October 11, 2018, 12:31 PM)

Some companies just haven't had the time or resources to update to the standards of the GDPR.  So instead of opening themselves up to liability, they do that.  It sucks, but that's the way of the world today.
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Living Room / Re: I'm getting married, wish me luck!
« Last post by wraith808 on October 11, 2018, 10:36 PM »
Thanks for sharing the photos! With Cody behind the lens you didn't have to snap at each other... make sure that you keep it that way!  :)
-cranioscopical (October 11, 2018, 09:26 PM)
:Thmbsup:

Congrats again, and well wishes!  Thanks for sharing with us!
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