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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« Last post by skwire on February 05, 2014, 04:36 PM »

I found a small bug when adding a series and refreshing one series. Both actions result in the following unzip error:

-wjamoe (February 05, 2014, 03:49 PM)

I'm a little unclear so could you please provide some more detail?  Was this a particular series?  Or, are you saying that you were adding and refreshing at the same time?  Or....?

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« Last post by skwire on February 05, 2014, 01:44 PM »

Thank you very much for the new features!

P.S. I have updated the screenshot for the TPFC entry, hope you're OK with it (animated .gif with 4 frames and 5 seconds delay).

-joby_toss (February 05, 2014, 01:01 PM)

No problem at all.   . Thanks for taking care of that.

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« Last post by skwire on February 04, 2014, 04:23 PM »

Since I haven't heard of any problems with these interim builds, I'm going to go ahead and promote it to a release.

Website | Download
v1.1.1 - 2014-02-04
    + Added a simple tracking ability to epCheck.  You can now set the
      watched/unwatched state using the checkboxes for each episode.
    + Added a "Show special episodes" option to control whether or not a
      series' special episodes are listed.  (Thanks, lanux128)
    + Added an option to give some control over how many banner images are
      downloaded for a series.  (Thanks, nickodemos)
    + Colours now apply to the Series tab episode list.
    * Broke out the search functionality to its own tab.
    ! Worked around an issue where the episode list would sometimes be
      loaded twice.

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Living Room / Re: Programmers: What size monitors do you guys prefer?

« Last post by skwire on February 04, 2014, 02:59 PM »

I have two Dell S2340M 23" monitors.  I really like them and they're really well priced.

NewEgg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260109
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Dell-293M3-IPS-LED-23-Inch-LED-lit-Monitor/dp/B009H0XQRS

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014: Mug-shots here

« Last post by skwire on February 03, 2014, 12:18 AM »

To be honest, I didn't think much of your effort in 2007!

-cranioscopical (February 02, 2014, 11:22 PM)

So....funny story about the 2007 mugs.  Start here and read a few posts past:  https://www.donation....msg145103#msg145103

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« Last post by skwire on February 02, 2014, 09:20 PM »

Noticed that the save to CSV only does one series at a time. If we could highlight what we liked one could select all and then search a CSV file.

-nickodemos (February 02, 2014, 05:02 PM)

You know...all the data you want is in the XML files in the data folder.  You could write a script or a parser to search through those.

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« Last post by skwire on February 02, 2014, 04:17 PM »

I really appreciate your enthusiasm for epCheck so I hope you're not too disappointed when I tell that most of your requests are somewhat out of scope for what I intended for epCheck.  I'll go through your requests...

Is there a way to add either a second tab for series or maybe have it so that if you right click on the series tab it will switch from "current/ongoing" to a "canceled/catch when I can" tab.

-nickodemos (February 01, 2014, 08:35 AM)

I have been rolling around in my head a sort of "profiles" type of functionality where you could save/load specific lists of shows.  In other words, you could make several lists to cover your needs: watching, watched, cancelled, etc.  I wasn't thinking additional tabs...more like a drop-down where you could select which profile to view.  No ETA at this time, though.

Another thought. If people keep using your program to keep track of shows new and canceled it might be nice to have a search functions on the story line.

-nickodemos (February 01, 2014, 08:35 AM)

I really doubt I'll ever add something like this. IMO, this is way out of scope for epCheck.

Another edit. Just was looking and thgought about  maybe having the # and episode column set to a default minimum so as to be able to always have that information visible. Seen that many times when # hits three digits things get covered.

-nickodemos (February 01, 2014, 08:35 AM)

Since the widths of the listviews are automatically saved, just resize the column as you need.

The latest interim build is here and adds colouring to the main episode list: http://skwire.dcmemb...pCheck_v1.1.0.42.zip

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014: Mug-shots here

« Last post by skwire on February 02, 2014, 03:55 PM »

Here's mine:

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: turn IE proxy server on/off

« Last post by skwire on February 02, 2014, 12:34 PM »

Website | Download
v1.0.4 - 2014-02-02
    * Made it so the 0.ico and 1.ico icons are not overwritten when the
      program starts.  This allows you, if you so desire, to swap out those
      two icons with your own.  (Thanks, Mike)

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: automated mp3 rip from video clip

« Last post by skwire on February 02, 2014, 12:00 PM »

can I use it to save the video and discard the audio?

-whippy (February 02, 2014, 01:57 AM)

No, that's not the purpose of this application.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: turn IE proxy server on/off

« Last post by skwire on February 01, 2014, 10:31 PM »

Hi, traingreg, and welcome to the DonationCoder site.    Apologies for missing your post.  

The Proxy Switching seems to work well! I did have one question, however, when there are multiple users (with multiple logins) using the computer is there any way to install it so it will work for ever user. Right now it seems like I have to install it for each person.

-traingreg (January 22, 2014, 04:01 PM)

I suppose you could write a script or something like that.  However, the application doesn't have any sort of built-in ability to install itself for all users.


Website | Download
v1.0.3 - 2014-02-01
    + Added the ability to set a proxy state check interval.  This allows
      the IE Proxy Toggle to update its icon if the proxy state is changed
      by an external source.  You can find this new option in the tray menu.
      (Thanks, J. Quonce)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Change default browser script

« Last post by skwire on February 01, 2014, 11:40 AM »

There is also mouser's own BrowserTraySwitch:

https://www.donation...owsertray/index.html

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Change default browser script

« Last post by skwire on February 01, 2014, 11:05 AM »

but my target is run websites from a txt file where the path to the browser isn't and don't know the browser finally is on.

-Contro (February 01, 2014, 10:19 AM)

You can do what you want with a simple batch (.bat) file.

[Select]

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" http://www.google.com
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" http://www.bing.com
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" http://www.cnn.com
...

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« Last post by skwire on January 31, 2014, 10:22 PM »

@J-Mac: Will you please try this latest interim build and see if that resizing bug has been alleviated at all?  Thanks.

http://skwire.dcmemb...pCheck_v1.1.0.37.zip

If you change the setting for 'The' to be at the end it will not update the ones you had added before.

-nickodemos (January 31, 2014, 10:19 PM)

Not a bug.  You can rename a highlighted series by slow-clicking it twice or by pressing F2.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sStockQuote

« Last post by skwire on January 31, 2014, 04:23 PM »

This is awesome.  But don't let bloomberg hear about this!

-superboyac (January 31, 2014, 04:13 PM)

Thanks much, superboy.  Based on how little sStockQuote actually does in terms of stocks and portfolio stuff, I'm rather surprised by the amount of positive feedback that it gets.  I mean, is there really a derth of apps that do what sStockQuote does?  I'd like to think there are many, much more capable stock apps out there.  Again, I know jack squat about stocks and the stock market so it's an honest question.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sStockQuote

« Last post by skwire on January 31, 2014, 03:42 PM »

Hi mthadley, and welcome to the DonationCoder site.   

Would be terrific if the Market Capitalization column (extended tab) took into account M (million) vs B (billion) when sorting

-mthadley (January 31, 2014, 12:33 PM)

I've tried all the sort options available to me and, not suprisingly, none of them will sort that way.

Would also be helpful to show currency (for stocks on non-US markets)

-mthadley (January 31, 2014, 12:33 PM)

As I mentioned before, I know very little about the stock market so I'm not quite sure what you're asking for.  sStockQuote gets its data using the method found here: http://www.gummy-stu...f.org/Yahoo-data.htm.  If you can correlate the data bits you want with the codes in that table, let me know, and I'll see what I can do.

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« Last post by skwire on January 31, 2014, 09:00 AM »

I'm using it with no issues so far.   

-msteph (January 30, 2014, 07:51 PM)

Thanks for the feedback.   

I noticed that on a few occasions that it would take a long time to launch. I am assuming that it is gathering information at this time from the web and updating information about the shows.

-nickodemos (January 30, 2014, 08:17 PM)

Actually, it only runs that routine after the GUI is shown so I'm not sure what is causing the slow startup.   

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N.A.N.Y. 2013 / Re: NANY 2013 Release: sImgurUploader

« Last post by skwire on January 30, 2014, 08:33 AM »

sImgurUploader only works with an anonymous API account so I'd choose the "Anonymous usage without user authorization" option (and leave the second part blank).

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« Last post by skwire on January 30, 2014, 08:29 AM »

Has anybody else tried the watched/unwatched functionality and, if so, had any issues with it?

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« Last post by skwire on January 28, 2014, 03:05 PM »

Great program! I just downloaded it tonight and tried it out. What little I entered so far is looking pretty good!  

-J-Mac (January 27, 2014, 12:00 AM)

Thanks, this has been a fun one to code.

One issue I encountered: Gotta be real careful when resizing the window.

-J-Mac (January 27, 2014, 12:00 AM)

I have seen/experienced this occsionally as well and I think the problem is contained in one of the various libraries I use to extend the capabilities of AutoHotkey.  Unfortunately, I've not been able to fully pin down why it does this.    

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General Software Discussion / Re: Delete lines starting with a string in a txt file predefined

« Last post by skwire on January 27, 2014, 06:48 PM »

I want to delete all the lines that begins with "dermatitis" without quotes.
But the effect is that all the lines are deleted.....

-Contro (January 27, 2014, 05:54 PM)

Follow lanux128's steps but check the "Regular Expressions" box and use this as a search string: ^dermatitis

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sCheckbook

« Last post by skwire on January 26, 2014, 09:47 PM »

Website | Download
v1.0.9 - 2014-01-26
    + Added a "Toggle reconciled state" option to the menu to allow
      multiple selected entries' reconciled state to be toggled back
      and forth.  (Thanks, J. Katz)

v1.0.8 - 2014-01-07
    + Added basic Find/Replace functionality.  (Thanks, J. Katz)
    + Added "Tax deductible" column.  (Thanks, J. Katz)
    ! DPI-related fix to saved listview column widths.

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« Last post by skwire on January 26, 2014, 08:06 PM »

Here is the latest interim build: http://skwire.dcmemb...pCheck_v1.1.0.24.zip

This moves the watched state data to its own watched.ini file in the data folder.  It should move any current watched data from the config.ini to the new watched.ini but if for some reason it doesn't, I apologise.  

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - epCheck

« Last post by skwire on January 26, 2014, 07:37 PM »

I just seen that what is watched is in the config.ini. My idea still stands on reverse recording and it can stay in the config.ini.

-nickodemos (January 26, 2014, 02:15 PM)

Thank you for your idea.  However, I'm not going to do this because:

• Your reverse way would involve having to compare the current list with any potential new additions every time a series is refreshed.  Programmatically, I find it much easier to simply keep track of watched episode IDs.  Sure, the list will grow over time but...
• ...even with over a hundred TV shows and all episodes watched, the size of the text file is going to be inconsequential.  I tested this with 118 series and all episodes marked watched.  The resulting watched.ini file was only 158 KB.  That was with Doctor Who (700+ eps) and Cops (~900 eps).
• In regards to a performance hit, again, I think it's going to be extremely minimal.  Most any (semi) modern computer can parse through thousands of lines in a text file in fraction of a second.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Delete lines starting with a string in a txt file predefined

« Last post by skwire on January 26, 2014, 12:46 PM »

Contro, you really ought to try Text Monkey Pro.  It's not free ($30) but it can do all sorts of things to text files including the thing you mention in this post and many that you've mentioned in the past.

http://www.boxersoftware.com/tmfeat.htm

In the "Line Operations" section, there is a "Delete lines that contain user-specified text" option that should cover your need expressed in this thread.