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General Software Discussion / Re: Desktop/email search program

« Last post by Target on May 23, 2009, 05:59 AM »

I'm a bit concerned about the file sizes you quoted (isn't there a 2G limit on PST files?)

best tool I know of for dealing with PST files is <a href="http://www.mailstore.com"> MailStore </a>

I use it for working with about 10 different PST files and it's great (a very nice find by Carol Haynes!!)

see the thread where it was discussed <a href="https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=12851.0">here</a>

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General Software Discussion / Re: Create simple installation file.

« Last post by Target on May 21, 2009, 05:20 PM »

<a href="http://nsis.sourcefo...et/Main_Page>NSIS</a> and <a href="http://hmne.sourceforge.net/">NIS Edit</a>

NIS Edit includes a wizard that generates a basic script which you can then modify (that's what got me started...)

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Coding Snacks / Re: Program that searches numbers inside a txt and perfroms following opperations

« Last post by Target on May 20, 2009, 11:17 PM »

a bit more info on the output folders please - do you want all the matching files to go into a single directory, or do you want some sort of process where files are allocated to certain folders according to a predefined criteria?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Fun with Scroll Lock LED

« Last post by Target on May 20, 2009, 02:05 AM »

try <a href="http://www.autohotke...orum/topic10532.html">here</a>

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mozilla Contest: How Would You Improve Tabbed Browsing?

« Last post by Target on May 20, 2009, 12:02 AM »

can't help thinking that whatever they come up with will still only be a variation on the theme...

I also agree that there are a number of 'core extensions' whose functionality should be incorporated into the basic browser (either as core functionality or as a bundled xtn)

I suspect part of the reason no one uses some of the potentially useful ones is that there are so damn many of the things (and I for one can't be bothered trolling through several hundred 'social networking' extensions to find the handful of useful - ie non social networking - that I might be interested in). 

If they were only categorised better it would be much simpler...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Ruler & Co-ordinates App?

« Last post by Target on May 12, 2009, 08:39 PM »

depending on what you want to do a decent window spy will do what your asking - here's 2 from AHK (not mine, BTW)

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General Software Discussion / Re: autofill in EXCEL

« Last post by Target on May 05, 2009, 08:09 PM »

formula changes to  =if(iserror(vlookup(B2,$f$1:$I$4,2,false)),"" =vlookup(B2,$f$1:$I$4,2,false))

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General Software Discussion / Re: autofill in EXCEL

« Last post by Target on May 05, 2009, 06:32 PM »

You need to highlight the cells which make up your table of data (F2:I4 in the example) and then name that cell range with the name "Datalist".

-tsaint (May 02, 2009, 11:09 PM)

not actually necessary, you can reference the range directly, eg in cell A2 th formula would be =vlookup(B2,$f$1:$I$4,2,false)

Note that the range reference needs to be absolute or else the range will move as you autofill (that's what the dollar signs are for)

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General Software Discussion / Re: autofill in EXCEL

« Last post by Target on April 30, 2009, 06:40 PM »

all done with lookups, however you have to already have all the info in another table

and if you already have the info in another table...

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General Software Discussion / Re: autofill in EXCEL

« Last post by Target on April 30, 2009, 06:11 PM »

do you want the same entry across the row, like this?

Row1 col1 = word1, col2 = word1, col3 = word1
Row2 col1 = word2, col2 = word2, col3 = word2

if so, simply put the formula =$a1 in each of the columns, then fill down the requisite number of rows

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Living Room / Re: Hard drive cooler: I need one (badly) - recommendations?

« Last post by Target on April 28, 2009, 10:38 PM »

I suspect that using an empty case to house 2 drives won't actually be that effective (I think it would akin to using your case with the sides off...)

if don't want to sue the PSU cases and you're happy to be a bit creative there's no reason why you need a 'case' at all, you could quite easily use a cardboard box (I've seen cases made from lego, birdwire, milk crates, etc, at the end of the day all you need is a tube to suck (or blow) air through)

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Living Room / Re: Hard drive cooler: I need one (badly) - recommendations?

« Last post by Target on April 28, 2009, 09:53 PM »

not the PC cases (that would be overkill), I was suggesting you use the PSU cases (like I said, from memory they should be about the right size)

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Living Room / Re: Hard drive cooler: I need one (badly) - recommendations?

« Last post by Target on April 28, 2009, 09:29 PM »

that's where I was headed - actually you wouldn't need the whole case - if you got 3 spare then gut 2 of the 'spare' PSU's and use those cases.  They could sit on top of the existing box so they won't take up much space

From memory they should be big enough and they already have fans mounted - check the voltage on the fans as they may be 110v (240v?) which will require some care when wiring them up

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Living Room / Re: Hard drive cooler: I need one (badly) - recommendations?

« Last post by Target on April 28, 2009, 08:40 PM »

geez, you're making us work for this aren't you...

The problem with the front fan setup though is that, if I were to cut the hole and put the fan 1/2 in 1/2 out, it would hit more resistance than it is now, because both hard drive slots would be partially blocking it (making it about 1/2 effective instead of the 3/4 or so it is now).

not sure that it works like this, but it's your call.  Personally I suspect that this would be less of a problem than putting the case front back on

The front won't work unless I had a smaller fan - I need something that will fit on top of/under the drives, to blow air on/over/along them. Front and side don't work, and if I went to the back of the drive cage (in relation to the front of the computer) it would have little/no cool air coming in (no fan pulling cool and fresh air in)

Is it safe to assume your not overly attached to the case or have no real aversion to cutting the thing up?

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Living Room / Re: Hard drive cooler: I need one (badly) - recommendations?

« Last post by Target on April 28, 2009, 08:20 PM »

With the case closed, the computer actually seems to more heat (the rear fans blow out air that is noticeably hotter than with the side door removed),

-wreckedcarzz (April 28, 2009, 08:01 PM)

this is to be expected as it's actually drawing the air out of the case instead of just sucking cold air from the big hole in the side (the path of least resistance)

I could cut the hole, but the front panel *still* won't fit on with it there.

will it fit on the inside of the case, ie where it is now, but between the drives and the case?  There's usually room (at least in my limited experience)

If there's some room, but not enough, just cut the hole slightly larger than the outside of the fan and mount it as far in as you can comfortably get it - cut a couple of strips out of a steel can for mounts and seal the gap with some scraps of thin foam packing.

Actually it occurs to me that you could kill some of the noise by using soft mounts - there's no load so reasonably heavy card would work inplace of the tin mounts   

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Create folder structure or path

« Last post by Target on April 28, 2009, 07:43 PM »

sorry to disappoint

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Living Room / Re: Hard drive cooler: I need one (badly) - recommendations?

« Last post by Target on April 28, 2009, 06:39 PM »

interesting, i never thought of that deo..

-mouser (April 28, 2009, 06:28 PM)

(good?) cases are supposedly designed to flow - theoretically 'cool' air is drawn in and over the hottest areas

Could be it does, though I'm not totally convinced as there seem to be a lot of places this could break down

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Living Room / Re: Hard drive cooler: I need one (badly) - recommendations?

« Last post by Target on April 28, 2009, 06:31 PM »

Having the sides off the case actually decreases airflow.

-Deozaan (April 28, 2009, 06:21 PM)

probably wouldn't make that much difference in this setup

personally I'd cut an opening in the case behind the fan, mask the openings in the case either side of the fan, and mount the fan so it's drawing rather than blowing...

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Create folder structure or path

« Last post by Target on April 28, 2009, 06:00 PM »

here's another try -

[Select]

#singleinstance
#persistent
outpath:="::{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}"
return

$F11::
fileselectfolder, OUTPATH,*%OUTPATH%,3
Path_tmp:= outpath

loop, parse, clipboard,`n,`r
{
filegetattrib, myATTRIB, %A_loopfield%
ifnotinstring, myATTRIB, D
{
Stringgetpos,myPOS,a_loopfield,\,R
stringleft, mySTRING, a_loopfield, %MyPos%
}
else
MySTRING:=a_loopfield

if substr(mySTRING,2,1) = "`:"
stringtrimleft,mySTRING, mySTRING,3

loop, parse, mySTRING,\
{
filecreatedir,%path_tmp%\%a_loopfield%
Path_tmp.= "\" . a_loopfield
}
mySTRING:=
MyPOS:=0
PATH_tmp:=outpath
}
return

runs all the time, copy a folder (CTRL+C) and use the hotkey (F11) to duplicate the folder and it's associated path in the folder of your choice (you get a prompt to select the target dir when you use the hotkey

also works with files (the file name is stripped out of the path), and with multiple folder selections, ie selecting

C:\
   | Documents and Settings:
       |  Administrator
            |  All Users
            |  Application Data             
            |  Desktop
            |  Documents
            |  My Pictures
            |  Favorites
            |  Start Menu
       |  Default User
       |  User1
       |  User2

You'll end up with

D:
 | temp
     | Documents and Settings
         |  All Users
           |  Desktop
           |  Documents
           |  Favorites
 
the tray icon could also be removed to reduce the clutter

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to duplicate a file in the same folder?

« Last post by Target on April 28, 2009, 05:44 PM »

that was the idea 

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to duplicate a file in the same folder?

« Last post by Target on April 27, 2009, 11:33 PM »

cool, thanks!!

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to duplicate a file in the same folder?

« Last post by Target on April 27, 2009, 11:06 PM »

try this then...

hot key is WIN+ALT+V

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to duplicate a file in the same folder?

« Last post by Target on April 27, 2009, 06:48 PM »

Are you going to add "duplicate to" functionality? Would like that very much.

-PhilB66 (April 27, 2009, 11:48 AM)

how would that be implemented - alternative hotkeys? (I asked this elsewhere in the thread)

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to duplicate a file in the same folder?

« Last post by Target on April 26, 2009, 11:25 PM »

outstanding response Philb66!!

glad to see we finally (!!) got a result (no thanks to me...)

If you're not whale heeled we can play for lower steaks, those for tuna lately won't cost as much.

-cranioscopical (April 26, 2009, 10:47 PM)

I asked for ham, and you served me corn...

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to duplicate a file in the same folder?

« Last post by Target on April 26, 2009, 09:24 PM »

more than enough cents than to try and up the ante with you on this one (I'll only end up short changed)