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General Software Discussion / Re: extracting info from pdf

« Last post by rjbull on September 13, 2010, 03:03 PM »

PDF Converter 7

-daddydave (September 13, 2010, 02:52 PM)

This is one of the Nuance ones.  I have Able2Extract.  Darwin kindly did a test on his Nuance Pro (more expensive) on the complicated front page of a World patent, for me to compare.  Nuance did a slightly better job, but there wasn't a lot in it.  Able2Extract in fact uses technology licensed from Nuance.

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Living Room / Re: Does Flash or java make websites suck?

« Last post by rjbull on September 12, 2010, 10:10 AM »

When I was at work, I used to check industry web sites using WebSite-Watcher.  I hated all-Flash sites because WSW couldn't see differences in them, if any.  I had lots to do, limited time to do it, and rarely any inherent interest in the sites.  Flash became a block to information transfer.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Notepad that remembers the font (and other settings) used per file

« Last post by rjbull on September 10, 2010, 04:30 PM »

Notetab Pro can do it, within limits; it doesn't seem to offer a huge number of fonts, but there is at least some choice.  Hit the Document menu, then Properties, to have the editor permanently associate the chosen font with the file (I think).  Notetab Pro is payware.  I don't know if the same thing works with Notetab Lite, freeware.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Possible infection in 2.84.01 after unpacking.

« Last post by rjbull on September 10, 2010, 04:05 PM »

Ah-ha...  looks like my Red Box Mode problem is solved (I hope).  I had one of the DLLs Allowed in Online-Armor, but not the other (must have forgotten to save it or something).  On a single quick check, Red Box Mode worked, whereas it was locking up before.  <phew> 

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Screenshot Captor / Re: "Grab Selected Region"

« Last post by rjbull on September 09, 2010, 03:27 PM »

I'm glad that was brought to my attention - Red Box Mode has been locking up for ages here (as posted elsewhere).  First test of crosshairs mode seems OK.

[Edit, 2010-09-10]
As posted elsewhere, looks like my problem was caused by one of the DLLs being a false positive in Online-Armor firewall/HIPS.  I marked both DLLs were Allowed in O-A's configuration, and the problem seems to have gone away.
[/Edit]

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Screenshot Captor excellent program - but . . .

« Last post by rjbull on September 01, 2010, 02:56 PM »

Not everyone is  or was ever dedicated to using PayPal, not everyone wants to pay by credit card and not everyone wants to mail a check or money order and give out personal info.

-fu2 (September 01, 2010, 09:46 AM)

Er... outside of the three options that you've outlined above, what remains? I mean, if you're receptive to the idea of donating to a developer, how else would doing so be possible?

-Darwin (September 01, 2010, 10:26 AM)

Perhaps he could toddle over with a wheelbarrow load of $$$ notes?   

It seems to me that your objection is to a developer having the temerity to ask for money, protestations aside.

We've had that before 

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General Software Discussion / Re: ComboFix=GREAT rootkit cleaner. (Kaspersky failed me big time).

« Last post by rjbull on August 31, 2010, 02:40 PM »

These antivirus programs need to go through a makeover.  Less bloat, and focus on minimizing the performance impact and accuracy/effectiveness.

-superboyac (August 31, 2010, 12:33 PM)

Well said.  And an absolute absence of false positives 

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Living Room / Tracking new books by your favourite authors

« Last post by rjbull on August 29, 2010, 11:28 AM »

If you want to check what other books your favourite authors have written, and in particular, keep track of books written in series, try Fantastic Fiction:

Bibliographies for over 30,000 authors.
Information on over 350,000 books. Throughout the site, just click on a book to see its cover picture, description and publication details

Where possible each entry includes author photo, new and forthcoming books, series, novels, anthologies, short stories, awards, links to authors' Web sites, author recommendations, links to searches in UK and US bookshops for the particular author, and "Visitors to this page also looked at these authors" lists.

Sanity check: I don't know who owns and operates this site, so I don't know what degree of authority its entries have.  But it looks right, our local library uses it, and it's a valuable resource for book lovers.

Sample pages:

• Stieg Larsson
• Reginald Hill
• Kate Elliott
  (If you like fantasy, I strongly recommend her "Crown of Stars" series)
• Sarah Ash

Screenshot of Fantastic Fiction home page:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mouse Jiggler

« Last post by rjbull on August 27, 2010, 03:06 PM »

I don't know how it compares with Mouse Jiggler, but in similar situations I've used Caffeine, which fakes keystrokes.  It's by Tom Revell, more famous as the author of Stickies.  It's small, and doesn't need .NET.

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Living Room / Re: Simple way to connect two computers (both XP) ?

« Last post by rjbull on August 22, 2010, 02:18 PM »

Is there a simple way to connect two computers ? Quick & dirty, I just want to get some files and compare some directories.

-tomos (May 19, 2010, 06:49 AM)

Do both PCs have parallel ports, or USB ports?  If so, and provided you have the appropriate special cables, you can just use Total Commander.  I used to routinely connect a WinXP and a Win98 that way (parallel port version).

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Auto-push/pull clipboarder?

« Last post by rjbull on August 19, 2010, 03:11 PM »

If these don't quite suit your needs, have you thought of using a full-fledged macro program like Macro Express?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Infix PDF Editor now at version 4

« Last post by rjbull on August 19, 2010, 02:56 PM »

Infix Pro PDF Editor on offer at Bits du Jour on Wed. 25th August 2010 at half price - but that's still $79.50 instead of the regular $159.00.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Auto-push/pull clipboarder?

« Last post by rjbull on August 18, 2010, 02:33 PM »

ClipMate's product description includes:

An exclusive PowerPaste(TM)  feature puts ClipMate in "rapid fire" mode, allowing quick pasting of a series of items into an application.
[...]
Do you work with a lot of structured data?  If  you have data that is separated by commas, tabs, linefeeds, etc., then ClipMate's "Exploding PowerPaste" can make short work of data entry.  People who work with a lot of contact information (lists of name, address, etc.) absolutely love this. 

Clicking on "more viewlets" on that page takes you to ClipMate Flash Demos and Tutorials.  The third one down is the demo of the feature I think you need, Tutorial 2 - PowerPaste.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Auto-push/pull clipboarder?

« Last post by rjbull on August 17, 2010, 04:28 PM »

I haven't tried it, but most of the even slightly advanced ones have some kind of semi-automatic multiple pasting.  E.g., read ArsClip's Help on Form Mode.  ClipCache and ClipMate have similar things that allow you to paste a series of items in one go.  They don't usually remove the items from their "database of clips," but move the pointer up and down it.  You might come to an accommodation with them.  ArsClip is free, donation accepted; the other two are payware.  ClipMate is the 700-lb gorilla of the genre.

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General Software Discussion / Re: NEED: Microsoft Word (doc/docx) to text converter.

« Last post by rjbull on August 17, 2010, 04:07 PM »

I don't know about DOCX, but for plain DOC, Antiword for Windows worked well for me.

There's also catdoc, which was more for DOS and Linux, but I could never get it to work.  I see there's now a 32-bit Windows version, catdoc ported to Windows, but the author says it doesn't support DOCX either.  A quick Google search turned up a few leads that might be worth following.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: USB Safely Remove, 50% discount on January 17th

« Last post by rjbull on August 16, 2010, 09:10 AM »

USBDLM V4.5.2 is another freeware alternative

-Midnight Rambler (August 16, 2010, 05:34 AM)

Only free for personal use, just checked.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: USB Safely Remove, 50% discount on January 17th

« Last post by rjbull on August 15, 2010, 11:12 AM »

Thanks, tomos!  I overlooked that one   

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: USB Safely Remove, 50% discount on January 17th

« Last post by rjbull on August 15, 2010, 10:46 AM »

USB Disk Ejector works fine too and is freeware.

-Midnight Rambler (August 14, 2010, 05:38 AM)

USB Safely Remove does more than just eject.  Samples:

• Display surprise removal USB devices
• On attempt to stop a whole card reader:
  
  • Ask a question
  • Always disconnect
  • Never disconnect (only allow ejection of memory cards)
• Drive letter management —
  
  • Hide drive letters when there are no media inserted (System setting)
    This option is very useful when you have a card reader. Usually card readers
    create several extra empty drives in the system. After this option is enabled you
    will only see drives of those slots where memory cards are inserted into.
  • Prohibit assigning the following drive letters to hot-plug devices
  It will prevent Windows from assigning the specified drive letters to hot-plug
  devices (flash drives, USB drives). It is useful if you have nelwork drives
• Global Autorun
  Here you can assign programs to launch on connection or disconnection of all devices visible by the program
  

The feature I like most is the ability to permanently assign a drive letter to a USB device.  E.g., one USB stick always appears as F:, another as G:, the card reader is always H:, and my WD Passport external HD is always I:, whether or not they are present at boot time and in whatever order they are added.  

If you want even more features, the same firm make Zentimo.  Key features:

• Drive Letter Management
  The program can hide drive letters of unused card reader slots, tie a drive letter to a specific device and many more...
• Portable App Quick Launcher
  Lets you launch any application located on your external drive with a click
• Powerful Autorun
  Can automatically mount\dismount your TrueCrypt drive, a file manager, check flash for viruses or anything else on device connection\disconnection
• Real Safe Device Removal
  Lets you stop your device, displays locking processes or even activate a stopped device back.
• Honest Drive Speed Test
  You can see your drive actual read\write speed

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Finished Programs / Re: Skinny Paste

« Last post by rjbull on August 15, 2010, 10:08 AM »

Maybe Solway's CLIPTEXT ?  It's lightweight all right; only 140K download.  You'd need to check it works on late-model Windows, though.

Solway's own screenshot:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Task\Project Utility

« Last post by rjbull on August 13, 2010, 03:21 PM »

Here's a List of outliners - maybe some more ideas to try?

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General Software Discussion / Re: new email notifier that only reports specific emails with popup and sound?

« Last post by rjbull on August 07, 2010, 11:57 AM »

I think Poppy can do what you want - I haven't tried it, but the features list looks right.  Freeware with donation encouraged.

Poppy for Windows
Current version is 5.9.1

    * Checks multiple POP3 accounts for new mail.
    * Uses the taskbar icon to indicate that mail is waiting.
    * A configurable interval between checks of the POP3 account.
    * A a convenient popup menu to reach all functions and configuration.
    * Play a sound when new mail has arrived on any account.
    * Play a different sound for each account.
    * Execute an external program when new mail has arrived.
    * Show a non-interfering popup window when new mail has arrived.
    * Automatically hide the popup window, without user intervention.
    * Always notify or only when new mail has arrived.
    * Always notify or only when mail from a friend has arrived.
    * Dialog to display 'From' address and subject of each message.
    * View the headers of an e-mail message.
    * Preview the source of an e-mail message.
    * Delete e-mail messages from POP3 servers.
    * Select and/or unselect messages based on selection rules.
    * Only notify based on the selection rules.
    * Check e-mail headers against an anti-SPAM DNS blacklist.
    * Option to automatically delete SPAM messages
    * It is small and easy to use.
    * Support for POP3 servers that use SSL (like GMail).

This program is freeware, but please consider making a donation to support future development.
        
     Copyright © Jan G.P. Sijm

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General Software Discussion / Re: Command line tools - Console apps heaven

« Last post by rjbull on August 06, 2010, 06:13 AM »

ZTreeWin

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General Software Discussion / Re: Task\Project Utility

« Last post by rjbull on August 04, 2010, 04:31 PM »

Working now, thanks 

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Finished Programs / Re: Frep - commandline find and replace

« Last post by rjbull on August 04, 2010, 04:16 PM »

For once I agree with Tuxman     Though I used AWK more because AWK scripts are easier to maintain.  Another option is Minitrue by Andrew Pipkin, which is specifically designed for the job.  It's worth reading Eric Pement's sed page for more details on this; keep paging down to the "related batch editing files" section which mentions Minitrue amongst others.  On no account overlook Mr. Pement's supplementary page on Minitrue workarounds.  Mr. Pement appears unaware that Jason Hood has made an updated version of MiniTrue that fixes some issues, though I haven't tried it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Task\Project Utility

« Last post by rjbull on August 03, 2010, 04:37 PM »

At time of writing, 2010-08-03, 22:36 GMT, your link is 404'd.