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General Software Discussion / Re: looking for programming language

« Last post by kalos on October 10, 2011, 01:55 PM »

to be honest, I don't know what I want to do, I just know that I want to learn a language that will worth it
vbscript failed, isn't the reason mentioned in first post a good reason?

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General Software Discussion / looking for programming language

« Last post by kalos on October 09, 2011, 05:24 PM »

hello

Trying to start learning a programming language, I chose Javascript, since it is the most widely used one. However, the fact that it does not work independently, but only according to its environment, made me drop it. Then, I moved to VBScript, which was nice to see how easy it is, but I realized it is limited: you cannot display date using more than 3-4 formats, while Excel offers you 17-18, and to be honest, I expect a programming language to give you the option to create your own date format.

So, do you have any suggestions that would make my searching for a powerful programming language easier?

Given the fact that it must be able to identify and interact with windows and controls of other apps, with databases, with website elements, etc

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / Re: IDEA: display first page of pdf, when hovering over the pdf file

« Last post by kalos on October 09, 2011, 12:21 PM »

Win7 is a big no for me
how about text files, images, etc?

-kalos (October 09, 2011, 07:10 AM)

Following up on the post by CleverCat, Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) Quick PDF Tools

-cranioscopical (October 09, 2011, 11:27 AM)

this app doesn't do what the title of the thread says, not in pdf, neither in any kind of file, unless, I miss something

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General Software Discussion / Re: IDEA: display first page of pdf, when hovering over the pdf file

« Last post by kalos on October 09, 2011, 11:10 AM »

Wouldn't it be enough for you to have page 1 as a thumbnail (view: "large icons")?:

-Curt (October 09, 2011, 10:06 AM)

I already use this feature now, but it does not work in desktop and it does not work when I have set folder view to "details" (which is my prefered)

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General Software Discussion / Re: display first page of pdf, when hovering over the pdf file

« Last post by kalos on October 09, 2011, 07:10 AM »

Not sure if u need Windows 7....

-CleverCat (October 09, 2011, 06:40 AM)

Win7 is a big no for me
how about text files, images, etc?

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General Software Discussion / IDEA: display first page of pdf, when hovering over the pdf file

« Last post by kalos on October 09, 2011, 06:02 AM »

hello
is it possible to display a popup with the first page of a pdf, when hovering over a pdf file in Windows Explorer?
same with text, image, etc files
thanks

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General Software Discussion / Re: data binding

« Last post by kalos on October 07, 2011, 02:41 PM »

any idea about data binding scripts/methods?

eg automatically sync specific text fields in a MSWord document with the text input boxes of an app

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: close tab with right click in opera

« Last post by kalos on October 07, 2011, 02:03 PM »

Here's an AHK snippet that will let you middle-click to close a tab in Opera:

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. SetTitleMatchMode, 2
2.  
3. #IfWinActive, Opera ahk_class OperaWindowClass
4. {
5.     MButton:: SendInput, ^w
6. }
7. #IfWinActive

-skwire (October 07, 2011, 01:55 PM)

but it should not work when the cursor is inside text box, when text is selected, etc
I too think it's difficult, but thanks anyway!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: close tab with right click in opera

« Last post by kalos on October 07, 2011, 01:47 PM »

double click or even middle click would be the closest, but why single right click wouldn't be reliable?

-kalos (October 07, 2011, 01:29 PM)

Because, when working externally with a web browser, it's difficult (if not impossible) to know what type of control the mouse is over.  Programmatically, it all looks like one large control instead of individual text boxes, edit fields, etc.  Does that make sense?

-skwire (October 07, 2011, 01:37 PM)

yup, but javascript can interact with webpage elements (maybe other languages too)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: close tab with right click in opera

« Last post by kalos on October 07, 2011, 01:29 PM »

@kalos: Your original request of a single right-click would be very difficult to do reliably.  How about a double-right-click or some other sort of modifier like ctrl-right-click, etc.?

-skwire (October 07, 2011, 11:51 AM)

double click or even middle click would be the closest, but why single right click wouldn't be reliable?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: close tab with right click in opera

« Last post by kalos on October 07, 2011, 11:47 AM »

hello, any update to this?

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General Software Discussion / Re: list of urls to mht

« Last post by kalos on October 02, 2011, 01:41 PM »

HTM2x- Console Programm, Convert Web Pages to Images or MHT/HTML/Text files
-----------------------------------------------------
HTM2x is a Console (command Line) programm. It can convert Web pages:

    Images: BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, etc.
    Text Files: *.txt, *.mht, *.htm

The trial version supports Bitmap file type only

--------

Really nice find, Renegade 

-Curt (October 02, 2011, 01:03 PM)

ok, I will buy it and test it, although I should be able to first test it, then buy it :S

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General Software Discussion / Re: list of urls to mht

« Last post by kalos on October 02, 2011, 11:12 AM »

thanks but this converts mht to images, it does not download webpages as mht

I am interested in the other ones that are parts etc, as well

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: close tab with right click in opera

« Last post by kalos on October 02, 2011, 10:53 AM »

kalos, is the down-right mouse gesture suggestion good enough for your purposes?  If so, I'll mark this thread as solved.

-skwire (October 02, 2011, 10:21 AM)

mm, not really, because it is not that convenient (esp. when using touchpad) and because I use ahk scripts that prevent this

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General Software Discussion / list of urls to mht

« Last post by kalos on October 02, 2011, 10:19 AM »

hello

is there a program that I can throw it a list of urls and it will save the webpages as mht ?

thanks

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: close tab with right click in opera

« Last post by kalos on October 01, 2011, 12:44 PM »

mouse rocker is already an option that I use in opera, but what I am asking is far more convenient imo

as for closing a tab by clicking the close button on the tab, is inconvenient because you have to move the mouse to the tab to close it

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Post New Requests Here / IDEA: close tab with right click in opera

« Last post by kalos on October 01, 2011, 08:15 AM »

hello

when I right click on the empty area of the webpage, I would like to close the current viewing tab in Opera

this right click closing, should not work when I have selected text, when I have put the cursor inside a text input box, when I right click on a graphics file, when I right click on a link, when I right click on a selected text etc

can anyone implement this?

thanks!!

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General Software Discussion / remove (but not delete) duplicate rows

« Last post by kalos on September 25, 2011, 09:35 AM »

hello

In MS Excel, I want to select specific columns and delete (but not remove) every duplicate instance of each row, below the first instance, for example:

should become:

and not:


any idea?
thanks!

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General Software Discussion / Re: cross tabulation

« Last post by kalos on September 23, 2011, 11:12 AM »

I'm no Excel wizard, but I'm pretty sure you can do what you want with a pivot table.

-skwire (September 22, 2011, 05:06 PM)

yup, I am too sure it can be done easily, but I know nothing about pivot tables and their terminology

if not in excel, is there any other program that can do it? or maybe a good text editor with replace function or script?

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General Software Discussion / cross tabulation

« Last post by kalos on September 22, 2011, 01:13 PM »

hello

I have in an excel file a table like this and I want to make it look like the table below:


anyone know how to do it?

thanks!

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General Software Discussion / Re: schedule emails

« Last post by kalos on September 18, 2011, 03:40 PM »

But what happens (or: do you want to happen) if the message gets marked 'read'; do you manually mark it 'un-read', or do you wait for the next (new) message to appear?

-Ath (September 18, 2011, 12:22 PM)

I usually flag it or mark it unread

OTOH, I could turn this into a NANY2012 project, if that timespan is agreeable with you?

-Ath (September 18, 2011, 12:22 PM)

I will definately keep an eye till then, but I really need a workaround asap, isn't any method to do it, really?

Oh, and the .NET/Outlook link would limit it to be an Outlook-only solution, so no Thunderbird or other compatibility.

-Ath (September 18, 2011, 12:22 PM)

no problem, as for me

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General Software Discussion / Re: schedule emails

« Last post by kalos on September 18, 2011, 11:44 AM »

I (that's me, indeed ) still fail to understand what an e-mail in your inbox offers over a (simple) repeated reminder of an appointment (Calender/Agenda-item with alarm enabled). If that scheme works for you with Google Calendar, why wouldn't it for your locally installed Outlook? (Unless you meant you have Outlook Express, that doesn't offer an Agenda, instead of the full-blown MS-Office Outlook...)

-Ath (September 18, 2011, 08:59 AM)

an unread/flagged email in my outlook inbox is permanent and always draws my attention each (of the numerous) times I check my outlook inbox, while a reminder, even repeated/snoozed, it appears only few times (I mean, I can get reminded about a task, but if next moment the telephone rings, I may forget it)

also, having all my pendings and to-do's in one window, helps me alot, it's more organized, helps me set priorities, etc, and since I receive emails that require actions, it is nicer to have them all gathered together

last, let's say for some reason I miss to see a reminder, eg. outlook crashes, or a window staying on top hides it, etc, while an email in my outlook inbox, is always there

however, I do not want only desktop reminders or only emails, I want both

If that scheme works for you with Google Calendar, why wouldn't it for your locally installed Outlook? (Unless you meant you have Outlook Express, that doesn't offer an Agenda, instead of the full-blown MS-Office Outlook...)

-Ath (September 18, 2011, 08:59 AM)

I have full Outlook, not just Outlook Express, but I don't know if I can do this:

I want to import a list of dates and times and at these times to automatically:
1) send an email and repeat every two hours for three times
2) display a desktop alert every two hours for three times

the above data (eg, the dates, the text, the snooze time, the repetition, the email notification, the desktop notification) should be stored in an excel file or something and imported easily

can this be done with Outlook?

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General Software Discussion / Re: schedule emails

« Last post by kalos on September 18, 2011, 08:50 AM »

very nice, since it works, this is what is needed, but it has a major drawback: it is online and it won't work if I am offline!

-kalos (September 18, 2011, 04:28 AM)

Correct me if I'm wrong but if you want emails while you're offline that kind of implies you either need to run an email server on your machine, (which is pretty simple, I do it on my XP Pro machine - just the supplied MS SMTP Service), or direct inject into your email programs database somehow.

-4wd (September 18, 2011, 07:11 AM)

1) I mainly refered to desktop notifications while I am offline, and the fact that Google Calendar, since it is an online web service, it won't deliver desktop notifications when I am offline. Is there a work-around for this?

2) As for receiving emails while I am offline, it would be very useful for me to inject unread incoming emails in my Outlook, is there a way for this? The page you posted describes this?

3) Last, if I set Google Calendar to send a desktop notification at Sunday (three of them, at specific hours) and I open my pc at Monday (not only get online at Monday, but actually open my pc on Monday), will I get them on that day instead? ie. Is there a way to automatically transfer them on the next day I open my pc?

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General Software Discussion / Re: schedule emails

« Last post by kalos on September 18, 2011, 04:28 AM »

Google Calendar, Set Reminders for event, 2/3 of them for email, 2/3 for desktop/pop-up alert (max of 5 total reminders), with different intervals (you can customize). It's not Outlook of course, but it works...

- Oshyan

-JavaJones (September 17, 2011, 09:34 PM)

very nice, since it works, this is what is needed, but it has a major drawback: it is online and it won't work if I am offline!

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General Software Discussion / Re: schedule emails

« Last post by kalos on September 17, 2011, 07:01 PM »

nope, this doesn't seem to do what I want

I want to import a list of dates and times and at these times to automatically:
1) send an email and repeat every two hours for three times
2) display a desktop alert every two hours for three times

it seems so easy, I can't imagine there is no program that can do it, but I can't find any