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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 13, 2011, 01:26 PM »

I didn't figure out a way to get buttons to move among groups.  Is this intentional?

-ewemoa

That's been a TODO item for a small while, I'll get to that later this week.

I implemented (Drag &) Drop support for files

-Ath

That's good news!

You'll be pleased to know that I've not broken anything else in your program (possibly because I've not had a chance to use it, being too busy breaking things around the house  ).

1502

N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 13, 2011, 01:13 PM »

Thanks 

1503

Finished Programs / Re: Release: (Update) GUI Editor for WinButtons: WinButtonEdit 0.8.2 (RC3)

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 11, 2011, 08:29 PM »

• ! Fixed Deleting all buttons crashed with array-index errors (cranioscopical)

-Ath (June 11, 2011, 03:15 PM)

Surely, with a button-centric application such as yours, you can see my requirement to remove all buttons 

More fun tomorrow with the update, thanks!

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 11, 2011, 11:26 AM »

Your reputation of tool-breaker / bug-finder is kindofa public secret around these forums

And that's not the only reputation I have round here! 

The actual fix is that I create the (mandatory) '<no group>' treeview item, when you start a new Configuration using File/New. Creating a new group won't help you either, as you prolly have found out by now...

Indeed I have.

So, I decided to take a copy of Winbuttons.ini and delete from that everything but the first button, then go from there.
Part of the way through the deletion process I got this:
Line 1325 (of winbuttons.exe on my system)
Error: Array variable subscript badly formatted

Also, I tried:
  file/new
    then without doing anything
  File save (as MyTest.ini)
That doesn't seem to want to save.

Before long I may have to read something!

Are we having fun yet? Just pray that you find no other users with my skill(?!) set.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 11, 2011, 09:51 AM »

I was kinda expecting you to find something

-Ath (June 11, 2011, 08:24 AM)

I see we share the same low expectations of my mental faculties — see below

And the work-around for this issue is to save and re-open the new file

-Ath (June 11, 2011, 08:24 AM)

    It wasn't that. Looking at it now, I was trying to create a button without first creating a group! 

I'll be back…

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 10, 2011, 06:17 PM »

Let's see what you find

-Ath

I find that I was expecting to create a panel from scratch using WBE and that I don't know how. This may mean that first I have to read something somewhere  

Rather than simply editing what's there (very easy to do with WBE) I wanted to start with a clean slate.
If I start with an empty .ini I can't use the button fields in WBE so, obviously, I've missed the point.

Looking through the winbuttons.ini, however, I did find one remarkably apposite variable, viz. dummy.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Find And Run Robot (FARR) - Features You Should Know About

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 10, 2011, 03:27 PM »

I just wanted to say thanks mouser for clearing up a few things

-tomos

I'll hop onto this band-wagon and add my thanks.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Just uninstalled FARR!

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 10, 2011, 03:22 PM »

Just did it again.

-phitsc (June 10, 2011, 02:04 AM)

You do realize that there is a limit to the number of times one can install FARR, don't you?
Better find a suitable job soon!

Didn't I see that mouser is working on a new project? FAJR, I think it is called.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 09, 2011, 09:49 PM »

@Ath

I was just looking at the first version earlier today. It's been on my to-do list for ages but I keep getting sidetracked into doing nothing (the sun's out).
Tomorrow I'll have a go: if anyone can break it, it'll be me    or, perhaps,    would be more appropriate.

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Living Room / Re: $ vs €. there we have it again!

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 07, 2011, 09:41 AM »

Maybe one reason pleasure is more affordable in the USA is because suffering is much more expensive?

-40hz (June 07, 2011, 03:54 AM)

Cute thought     

Masochists 'R' US

1511

General Software Discussion / Re: Shift Kicker 1.1.0.0

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 07, 2011, 09:37 AM »

Good name 

1512

Developer's Corner / Re: Backpager, an online web editor

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 07, 2011, 09:33 AM »

That looks pretty good!   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Naming one's product

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 06, 2011, 06:24 AM »

The "pus##" makes me wonder if perhaps even you don't know the meaning of pus^w?

-Deozaan (June 05, 2011, 08:30 PM)

Thanks for pointing out that pus tool!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need Help figuring out what personal wiki software fits my needs

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 06, 2011, 06:19 AM »

You might want to look at Canaware NetNotes

-40hz (June 05, 2011, 07:26 PM)

A modest rework of that and you have a decent mini-review! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Naming one's product

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 06, 2011, 06:15 AM »

Pus or pis?

(see attachment in previous post)

I put that in "The Soju Garden" a while back. It's still on the market. Has been forever.

But "pis"?

-Renegade (June 05, 2011, 07:59 PM)

at least it's 'cool'

-Target (June 05, 2011, 08:20 PM)

You're in for a surprise!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Naming one's product

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 05, 2011, 06:36 PM »

I've discovered (through bitter experience) that it doesn't pay to be too clever about naming products

-40hz (June 05, 2011, 02:30 PM)

Quickly, show that to mouser!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Naming one's product

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 05, 2011, 06:35 PM »

Pho-TO-pus

Directory O-pus


It's all in the emphasis.

-mrainey (June 05, 2011, 03:00 PM)

Well, with respect, no: sometimes it's in the reading.

Hmm…  Directory O-pus, that's the Irish file manager isn't it, the one where you weep when trying to configure it?

And yes…

I'm a very satisfied user of Directory Opus.

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Living Room / Re: Should retailers be held accountable for recommendations?

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 05, 2011, 11:26 AM »

I

-daddydave (June 05, 2011, 08:24 AM)

The suspense is killing me! 

Or should we all take turns adding a word?

am

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General Software Discussion / Naming one's product

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 05, 2011, 10:48 AM »

On Bits du Jour today  (June 5, 2011):

> Photopus Pro for PC - 60% off Today Only                         
>                                                               
> On Sunday 5 Jun EST you can get Photopus Pro at a huge discount!


Is it just me?

I realize what was intended here but would you really want to name your product Photo pus?

Perhaps it's for those who want suppurating snaps…

Probably a good idea to run potential names by as large a panel of friends/colleagues as possible.

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Official Announcements / Re: DC Server Down for 3 hours on June 4, 2011 due to datacenter power outage

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 04, 2011, 07:24 AM »

The main DC server/forum is now back online

-mouser (June 04, 2011, 06:44 AM)

Thank you Gothic!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 10

« Last post by cranioscopical on June 01, 2011, 04:32 PM »

must stop having negative expectations

-tomos (June 01, 2011, 02:41 AM)

Most of us call those experience 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Directory Opus 10

« Last post by cranioscopical on May 31, 2011, 08:09 PM »

Especially this one:
you're looking at images in the viewer and you see one you want to open in your image editor - you have to take note of the name, go back to the main window, find the file. A simple open [current image in viewer] in external app, or even just copy filepath would solve this.

-tomos (May 31, 2011, 03:21 PM)

Would it work for you to set the thumbnails value to 256x256 for image browsing? If so, a simple double-click will launch the image in whatever you have set as the default system viewer.

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Living Room / Re: Backup Strategy: "The Threes"

« Last post by cranioscopical on May 30, 2011, 08:23 AM »

i wish i was as disciplined about keeping offsite copies, it's my one weakness.

-mouser (May 30, 2011, 07:18 AM)

My neighbours are far enough away that it's a no-brainer. We meet up with them once a week anyway.

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Living Room / Re: Backup Strategy: "The Threes"

« Last post by cranioscopical on May 30, 2011, 08:21 AM »

That is, I think it makes sense to think about buying a new 1 or 2 TB drive each year to use as a backup and download repository, never erasing anything, and simply placing it on the shelf (or offsite) when it gets filled up, and then buy a new one, leaving the old full drives for emergency restoration should something really go wrong.

-mouser (May 30, 2011, 07:18 AM)

Too true, I just bought a couple of bare 2TB drives for a laughably small sum.

Probably a good idea to spin up those full repository drives now and again.

If you're going just keep everything, having a couple of (a few) drives and a minimal plan (drive A, code; drive B, photos etc.) will save hunting through multiple drives later, unless you are super-diligent with your indexing.

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Living Room / Re: Now you're REALLY screwed...

« Last post by cranioscopical on May 29, 2011, 11:24 PM »

http://www.phillips-...y_about_phillips.htm

-MilesAhead (May 29, 2011, 08:34 PM)

I'll head on over there and look a round.