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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 04, 2018, 11:27 PM »

None of that has been proven though.  It's going to be a big problem- Bloomberg is not giving out sources, and no one is confirming.  Could end up with egg (and the SEC) on Bloomberg's face if this is proven to be false.

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: N.A.N.Y. 2019 Announcement

« Last post by wraith808 on October 04, 2018, 03:21 PM »

And I'm behind my schedule!

-Tuxman (October 04, 2018, 02:21 PM)

At least you've started!  I'm behind schedule because I haven't even had a chance to start on my idea yet!

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Coding Snack Guidelines / Re: AutoHotKey script to assign mouse button to Esc playing Gems of War

« Last post by wraith808 on October 04, 2018, 02:08 PM »

Many games actively sense if AutoHotkey is working period.  If you can get your mouse software to remap, that would be your best option.  What kind of mouse do you have?

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Latest GOG Giveaway

« Last post by wraith808 on October 04, 2018, 11:07 AM »

Woot!  That's the one I voted for

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Append/Concatenate/Merge text files, but prepend filenames

« Last post by wraith808 on October 04, 2018, 10:04 AM »

I like PowerShell because it reminds me a lot of ARexx on  Amiga, you can write off the cuff small bits of code that leverage the system and other programs, run them instantly, and get reasonably non-cryptic error messages back when you screw up.

-4wd (October 03, 2018, 05:30 PM)

I was going further back to the source in my memories, i.e. REXX^w on OS/2

Plus it's part of the system, I don't need to install IDE, compiler, etc, etc.

-4wd (October 03, 2018, 05:30 PM)

Yeah, there is that too.  I use csc quite a bit for that reason too for simple things- no external dependencies.  The right tool for the job 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone using Blackbird?

« Last post by wraith808 on October 03, 2018, 05:46 PM »

Paste your command line here, and perhaps someone can help you with it, or at least verify that it's not your machine.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Append/Concatenate/Merge text files, but prepend filenames

« Last post by wraith808 on October 03, 2018, 03:29 PM »

Code: PowerShell [Select]

1. Get-ChildItem ..\*.ps1 | ForEach-Object { Add-Content -Path 'output.txt' "----------`r`n$($_.FullName)`r`n----------`r`n"; Get-Content $_ | Out-File 'output.txt' -Append -Encoding utf8 }

Output:

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1. ----------
2. Z:\test\Base64Encode.ps1
3. ----------
4. $Content = Get-Content -Path K:\favicon.ico -Encoding Byte
5. $Base64 = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($Content)
6. $Base64 | Out-File K:\encoded.txt
7.  
8. ----------
9. Z:\test\concat.ps1
10. ----------
11. Get-ChildItem ..\*.ps1 | ForEach-Object { Add-Content -Path 'output.txt' "`r`n----------`r`n$($_.FullName)`r`n----------"; Get-Content $_ | Out-File 'output.txt' -Append -Encoding utf8 }
12.  
13. ----------
14. Z:\test\Detect-Computers.ps1
15. ----------
16. Ping 192.168.0.255
17. arp -a | select-string 'dynamic' | foreach  {$_.line.trim().split(" ") | select -first 1 } | foreach {(Resolve-DnsName -Name $_ -ea 0).namehost}
18. (Test-Connection SABnzbd -Quiet -Count 1)

-4wd (October 03, 2018, 07:48 AM)

Google again?  You have me wanting to use powershell for more than I use it for...

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Living Room / Re: Any maths genius?

« Last post by wraith808 on October 02, 2018, 07:59 AM »

From a purely informational point of view, what happens when there are less than 250 files to be processed?

Does the process stop?
Does it continue, thereby processing less than the stipulated 250 files per day?

-4wd (October 02, 2018, 01:24 AM)

The only way to win, is not to play the game 

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: N.A.N.Y. 2019 -- ScrabbleScore

« Last post by wraith808 on October 01, 2018, 05:21 PM »

You can call me a lazy programmer . This app currently doesn't have a word database included in it. All it does is adding the values of every letter in the word and showing the complete score. This way, you can calculate the value of any word, regardless of whether it is legitimate or not.

-dmytron (October 01, 2018, 03:51 AM)

I don't think lazy... that's what I thought it did from the start!    You shouldn't need a word database in order to calculate a score... You just need to store what the non-1 point letters are, assume the others are 1-point, and then from the indicators of multipliers, you can figure out the score!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Trickiest EXCEL formula problem ever!

« Last post by wraith808 on October 01, 2018, 09:41 AM »

Try asking on a website designed for people to ask questions and get them answered, such as Stack Exchange:

https://meta.stackex...soft-excel-questions

-Deozaan (September 30, 2018, 10:53 PM)

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: N.A.N.Y. 2019 -- ScrabbleScore

« Last post by wraith808 on September 30, 2018, 04:53 PM »

You can attach exes just fine, as shown, just not embed them. And I was just referring to my own advice on uploading exes, nothing set in stone on the site.

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: N.A.N.Y. 2019 -- ScrabbleScore

« Last post by wraith808 on September 30, 2018, 11:53 AM »

Updated to remove embed line.  I'd still suggest zipping before posting instead of posting the .exe.  Many browsers won't download exes or if they do will mark them as unsafe, sight unseen.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Tally folder contents by file date

« Last post by wraith808 on September 28, 2018, 09:22 PM »

I hadn't updated it yet; unfortunately, I've been a bit busy at work.  It is now updated to save in the run directory by default, though I did add another command line param:

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1. [Option('s', "savedir", Required=false, HelpText = "Save directory.  By default the file stored the in directory where tallyfiles is run")]

As far as the limitations of what it does with the dates, it's a limitation of the information that windows stores in the FileSystemInfo structure.

It has the following properties (and definitions)

FileSystemInfo.LastAccessTime: The time that the current file or directory was last accessed.

FileSystemInfo.CreationTime: Gets or sets the creation time of the current file or directory.

FileSystemInfo.LastWriteTime: Gets or sets the time when the current file or directory was last written to.

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: cStatus a portable network scan and monitoring tool

« Last post by wraith808 on September 26, 2018, 01:00 PM »

Just an FYI... Malwarebytes stopped triggering on your site. 

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Tally folder contents by file date

« Last post by wraith808 on September 26, 2018, 10:30 AM »

wraith808, beautifully done.  Thanks a million.

TallyFiles -d "C:\Windows System Tools" -o "Windows System Tools.txt"

Two enhancement requests:

1.  Allow the default output file save location be to where TallyFiles.exe resides and is executed from (via batch file there) (instead of folder being acted upon, presently the default save location).

Thus, command would be merely:

TallyFiles -d "C:\Windows System Tools"

(and .txt extension would be added to "Windows System Tools")

2.  I specified "Creation Date."  Could we have the option of "Date Modified"?

You might already be allowing for this through your -c, --compare option.  But I don't understand how it works, if so.

Great job!

Thanks again.

Nicholas

-nkormanik (September 26, 2018, 12:57 AM)

I can do the first easily... will update later today.  As far as the second, the -c is the way to do that.  Three properties on the FileInfo object in windows are: [C]reation Date or Last [A]ccess Date or Last [W]rite Date.

I know last write date is the last day it was written (i.e. modified) and the create date is pretty obvious.  I haven't been able to figure out how it computes last access date.  So to change your command line above. 

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1. TallyFiles -d "C:\Windows System Tools" -c W

And even currently, you don't have to put output; it infers it from the folder name.  You only have to specify that if you want a different name from the folder name.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Vivaldi and Multiple User Profiles

« Last post by wraith808 on September 24, 2018, 02:06 PM »

FWIW, I use, and really like, Vivaldi, but don't miss the multiple profiles feature.  I never really used them in Chrome or Firefox, either.

-skwire (September 24, 2018, 01:50 PM)

I run separate work and home profiles, as both have certain logins that are unique to them (Microsoft account is the one that I can't do without)

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General Software Discussion / Vivaldi and Multiple User Profiles

« Last post by wraith808 on September 24, 2018, 01:25 PM »

So, I started trying to look for a viable alternative for Chrome (trying Vivaldi and Brave right now for the second time each).  Though I liked Brave, there was just a bit too much still missing for me right now, and for having an ad blocker built in, they sure do miss a lot.  So, I'm on Vivaldi again.  Initial impressions are good, though I'm surprised that there aren't multiple user profiles built in.  Did any Vivaldi users here use this feature in Chrome?  If so, how do you get around it?  I see several threads on it, but nothing solid, other than installing a completely new instance.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Tally folder contents by file date

« Last post by wraith808 on September 22, 2018, 11:53 PM »

You can download it from https://my.pcloud.co...AxYJFJUz9dOpvmb4fLby

There are two files in the 75kb archive... TallyFiles.exe and CommandLine.dll.

Run TallyFiles to see the options, but they are

        [Option('d', "directory", Required = true, HelpText = "Directory to Scan")]
        [Option('f', "format", Required = false, HelpText = "Format of Date (Default yyyy-MM-dd)")]
        [Option('o', "output", Required = false, HelpText = "output filename (default name of directory, stored in directory)")]
        [Option('c', "compare", Required = false, HelpText = "compare to [C]reation Date or Last [A]ccess Date or Last [W]rite Date")]


So by default, if you run TallyFiles d=c:\test it will tally the files in c:\test and store them in c:\test\text.txt.  Formats are c# datetime formats (https://docs.microso...-time-format-strings), and if you specify an output filename, it will store it there. 

Requires .NET 4.5.2

Let me know if you have any questions.

Update: Added ability to use write and last access dates.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Tally folder contents by file date

« Last post by wraith808 on September 22, 2018, 09:42 PM »

And by date, do you mean cration date of the files, modification date, or something else?

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: cStatus a portable network scan and monitoring tool

« Last post by wraith808 on September 20, 2018, 11:30 AM »

That url is not the one that is in your original post, i.e. http://www.hnsoft.pt/

EDIT: There was an image up there when I replied, but I don't see it...

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: ACDSee Photo Software on offer until 23d May

« Last post by wraith808 on September 19, 2018, 03:55 PM »

I'm beginning to wonder if this is a perma-sale...  nobody ever pays the "full" price?

-rjbull (August 07, 2018, 04:47 PM)

People have had trouble for doing similar things... so I'd hope they'd consider the legalities of that approach.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: FileMenu Tools is free for 2 days

« Last post by wraith808 on September 17, 2018, 11:54 AM »

There were folders named with Hiragana characters in what I extracted.  I moved all of these to the root.  A few of those were supposed to be contained in others as shown on running when files were not where they were supposed to be.  Diagnosed the errors and moved those (AppInfo I think was one, forget the other).  It was a pretty straightforward process from the error messages.

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: cStatus a portable network scan and monitoring tool

« Last post by wraith808 on September 17, 2018, 08:38 AM »

I can't do much more but only say that my software and site are clean, use it only if you want.

-hugo nabais (September 17, 2018, 08:04 AM)

I've used your software so know that it is clean (and Clicador doesn't show up in my local Malwarebytes).  But, others visiting won't know, and will disregard it out of fear, so figured it might be good to inform you.  The details were some sort of riskware was detected: "Riskware, or “risky software,” describes legitimate software programs that contain loopholes or vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers for malicious purposes."  With that in mind, your reasons make sense.

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Living Room / Re: EU to Stop Summer (or is it Winter) Time

« Last post by wraith808 on September 16, 2018, 03:23 PM »

Please remember the basics. Time zones are as old as civilization itself: You go to another place, east or west, and adjust your clock accordingly - weather it is your inner clock or an actual clock. It was always like that. Only, now there is a name and a organized system.

Also, in this system there is no winter time, because that is normal time.

Forgive me for sounding like an old man past his bedtime.

-Curt (September 16, 2018, 01:05 PM)

The part that you're forgetting is that if each country chooses its own time, i.e. Summer or Winter, it will be nothing like that.  It would be better if no-one switched, and everyone was on the same relative time around the world.  When you're working with someone else around, this changing of the time is terrible, as sometimes, someone can be 9 hours away, and sometimes 10... and the 10 can make it quite hard to collaborate.  If some chose the 9-hour difference and others chose the 10-hour difference, this would be insane.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Any program required to move files to a NAS.

« Last post by wraith808 on September 16, 2018, 12:11 PM »

Wraith808, you are full of crap. Read back thru the posts, Everything was going great until you and Mouser (who should know better) and 4wd and Ath just had to chime in and just couldn't stay out of this initial post and practically hijacked it with all your own input.

I felt like reaching thru the screen and telling you all to stfu.  This was my requirement/idea NOT yours for gawd sakes.

All of you should be ashamed of yourselves for butting in and ruining this.

I am the one who did not get anything, YES I am the one who is punished here, thats the bottom line.

Ring the shame bell.

-Craig381 (September 16, 2018, 11:40 AM)

I didn't jump in, other than to agree that robocopy was a good tool.  It's apparently you that aren't reading well.  You could indeed reach out to KodeZwerg behind the scenes to see if he'd be willing to continue.  Offer him encouragement and perhaps even compensation.  But instead, you'd rather play the victim, and try to shame others- even the one that was trying to help you.  Entitled much?