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Skrommel's Software / Re: Problems with Ghoster
« Last post by brotherS on November 25, 2005, 12:30 PM »
Hi skrommel,

I have a new problem with the external on/off script in my main AHK script. This is the code:

^+p::
Process, Exist, Ghoster.exe
pid=%ErrorLevel%
If pid=0
  Run,D:\Downloads\Ghoster.exe
Else
  WinClose, Ghoster
Return

Today I found out it still works to enable Ghoster, but not to disable it anymore. It tried several things, then I just moved it to the very top of my AHK script - and it works again! What other command(s) (that I probably added to new scripts above that one) could stop this from working?
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Living Room / Re: Funny online windows error message generator
« Last post by brotherS on November 25, 2005, 06:35 AM »
Hehe, nice! I like this one best:

1678
Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: auto-save AutoHotkey.ini daily to another folder
« Last post by brotherS on November 25, 2005, 01:54 AM »
Hmm, very strange:

At 23:07, while we still had the 24th, it created this file:
AutoHotkey-2005-11-25

EDIT:
Err, probably it is working just fine, I was just confused by the fact that the file date wasn't changed when copied, but that's good, I just have to get used to it :D
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Great and helpful :) Thanks!

Two suggestions for the/a next version:

- allow to set a time frame in which it should work only. I'd love to be able to run this 24/7 but to only let it mute between 23:00 and 07:00

- add fade out/fade in option: I'd like it to use like 5 to 7 seconds to fade out and maybe 2 or 3 seconds to fade back in
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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: auto-save AutoHotkey.ini daily to another folder
« Last post by brotherS on November 24, 2005, 04:01 PM »
:) How about something along the lines of
[...]
clean and simple solution, thanks! :)
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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: auto-save AutoHotkey.ini daily to another folder
« Last post by brotherS on November 24, 2005, 04:30 AM »
I didn't suggest option 1) because I want it to be as fast as possible, but I like your suggestion 2)!
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Finished Programs / DONE: auto-save AutoHotkey.ini daily to another folder
« Last post by brotherS on November 23, 2005, 11:36 PM »
Hi,

I'd like to add a few lines to my main AHK script (that's running 24/7) that will copy this script to another partition but with the name AutoHotkey-YYYY-MM-DD.ini (so for today it would be AutoHotkey-2005-11-24.ini) once a day only - so I'd get one copy for every day the PC is running.

Any ideas? Maybe this could be somehow combined with the auto-reload on save script?

;2005-11-23
;auto-reloads the AHK script
;http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=135&highlight=auto+reload
$^s::
  Send, ^s
  SetTitleMatchMode, 2
  IfWinActive, AutoHotkey.ini
    {
       TrayTip, AutoHotkey, reloading script...
       SetTimer, RemoveTrayTip, 1500
     }
return

RemoveTrayTip:
    SetTimer, RemoveTrayTip, Off
    TrayTip
    Reload
return
;http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=135&highlight=auto+reload

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Living Room / Re: QuickReply has been enabled in your forum profil
« Last post by brotherS on November 23, 2005, 07:14 AM »
Nice!  :Thmbsup:
1684
Site/Forum Features / Re: irc channel now lists new posts as they occur
« Last post by brotherS on November 23, 2005, 03:41 AM »
Nice idea, I idle in IRC and use the RSS feed :D
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General Software Discussion / Re: Strange sites in my registry
« Last post by brotherS on November 23, 2005, 03:39 AM »
I just checked and also found a few casino URLs in my registry. I believe some adware that's long gone placed them there and don't think they can do any harm where they are.

It really seems to be true that if you want a 'clean' system you need to format C: and install everything from scratch again at least once a year...  :(

Btw, statistics showed that
- 98 out of 100 men visit XXX sites every now and then
- ...and that 2 out of 100 were lying when asked

;)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Protect Email Addresses on Web Sites
« Last post by brotherS on November 22, 2005, 10:03 AM »
...and thanks for the "My Name Is here" joke  :Thmbsup:
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General Software Discussion / Re: Protect Email Addresses on Web Sites
« Last post by brotherS on November 22, 2005, 09:55 AM »
I'm not sure if anyone here needs it or wants it, but it's there for anyone that does.

And all for the amazingly low price of $0.00 USD. I don't know what that is in pounds, but I'm pretty sure it is 0 Euros ;)
:D I'll recommend it to a few friends who might be interested, you should put it on http://fileforum.betanews.com/ etc.

So it works by forcing the browser to decipher the email addresses locally, right?
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Jazper's Software / Re: ShoutCast Concierge v1.0.0.5 BETA
« Last post by brotherS on November 22, 2005, 03:06 AM »
Hehe :D ShoutCast Concierge will get quite some traffic to the site once it's ready, I'm sure of that!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft BOB Review
« Last post by brotherS on November 22, 2005, 03:04 AM »
Hehe, BOB bashing is really popular  ;D
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Jazper's Software / Re: ShoutCast Concierge v1.0.0.5 BETA
« Last post by brotherS on November 22, 2005, 02:59 AM »
ah, ok thats very clear description
I just improved it :)

- and very cool!
Err... the description or the program? :D

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Jazper's Software / Re: ShoutCast Concierge v1.0.0.5 BETA
« Last post by brotherS on November 22, 2005, 02:55 AM »
can someone explain to someone who doesnt know anything about shoutcast (me), what shoutcast concierge actually does?
Hehe, sure, I guess we thought everyone knows that ;)

ShoutCast Concierge lists your favorite online radio streams and shows you what they are playing right now without you having to tune in to check manually. So it's much easier to don't miss something good!  :up:

Might not make that much sense for stations with fixed schedules but there are lots of stations without a real schedule and stations that are playing music only.
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Jazper's Software / Re: ShoutCast Concierge v1.0.0.5 BETA
« Last post by brotherS on November 22, 2005, 02:48 AM »
FIXED: Now resizable, and size will persist - make the "Load Servers" window resiszable or at least bigger, it now shows only 4.5 streams at once.
FIXED: Now deleting anything where Pos() of "http://" is above 1 or = 0- in the "Load Servers" window, hide the "#EXTINF" lines
FIXED: Added Mutex to prevent 2nd instance - running the .exe again while cause to load a second copy :-/
FIXED: Added Mutex to prevent 2nd instance - if you could, make it check if it's exe is already running when it's started: if it's...
FIXED: Changed form style to sizeable, enabled maximizi button  - let the user change the size
ADDED: Save form state/size(persistant) on close

To Do
- add the "enable" checkmarks
- add something like skrommel's *great* "watch for song titles or artist names" idea (see above)
- let the user change what kind of info that window should show
- I would prefer a much smaller window, where I could have just the info most important to me visible,
- allow the user to give the streams 'nick names', so that one knows *which* stream is "NA" (see #3 in screenshot)
- allowing 'nick names' would also help to prevent problems with extremely long stream names (see #4 in screenshot)
Thanks for the new version, looking forward for the next one already! :D


bugs:
- (MAJOR) GUI does not show up on startup (confusing), it should start up empty IMHO and then load the info (or add an option for that)

- (MAJOR) if hit the "Load" button, then select "Add by playlist" and in the next window don't even select a playlist but just click "Finish" it deleted streams from the main window! I tried the same again, and another stream vanished. I then quit ShoutCast Concierge and started it again - just to see the streams were just deleted from the GUI and I now had quite a few duplicate entries...

- (MAJOR) if ShoutCast Concierge isn't able to load a stream, it will go on trying forever, not loading the streams after that

- (MAJOR) after working perfectly for maybe 5 hours I just noticed ShoutCast Concierge stopped updating one of the streams sometimes in the last 2 to 4 hours. It still displays the title of a show that ended 2 hours and 10 minutes ago

- (minor) in the "Load servers" window, when scrolling up and down a list of ~60 stations imported from a playlist, there's sometimes a noticeable delay, the window just freezes for a second or so before it scrolls down to where you tried to move the slider

- (minor) clicking the stream URLs does not open a browser window to load them (Windows 2000 Pro here)

- (minor) the size of the slider in the main window does not represent the size of the window. It's so small that it looks like there are ~100 other streams, but there are just 4 as of now


suggestions for to do list:
- ESC should close the "Load servers" window

- ESC should minimize the main window to the tray

- in the main window, rename the "OK" button to "minimize"

- add an "mark/highlight stream if stream title contains..." option and let the user define a few words for which ShoutCast Concierge checks the titles. Example: "live" --> that would highlight/mark those streams playing live shows right now (which contain the string "live" in the title). This is kinda related to that suggestion to change the playing stream in Winamp when it contains certain words/a certain string, but instead this should only somehow mark the stream where the title matches a specified string.

- in addition to that "mark/highlight stream if stream title contains..." option, what about being able to define a .wav sample that would be played if a stream triggers the 'alarm'?

- also in addition to that, you could popup a tray balloon that just says "Stream XXXXXX matches "[trigger]: [STREAM TITLE]"

- let the user decide in which order the info is displayed and what is displayed. Example: in the first line the current title, second line the stream name (and don't show the URL at all)

- allow to set a "save space mode" where "Current Title:" would be just "T:", "Stream" would be "S:" and "Stream URL:" would be "U:"

- let the user choose the font size: I'd like a bigger font size, but for the titles only

- let the user enter text that will never be displayed. Example: if a stream title is "Anonymous Artist - Feels Strange - Jazzdrive - 24/7 Greatest Industrial Speed-Jazz Ever on the Planet, check it out!!!" one would enter "- 24/7 Greatest Industrial Speed-Jazz Ever on the Planet, check it out!!!" into that option and from now on see only titles like "Anonymous Artist - Feels Strange - Jazzdrive"

- let the user set the maximum length for each of the fields (separately). Example: title length: 120 characters, stream title length: 85 characters

- add option to have the ShoutCast Concierge window always in the foreground, combined with an option to automatically hide it if another app uses full-screen mode (the video player for example)

- maybe allow users to set the transparency of the main window (in %) if you add the "always in the foreground" option

- add ability to change the order of the streams in the main windows, maybe by adding a "Manage" button next to the "Load" button, which will open a new window where you can move the streams a) to top b) up c) down d) to buttom?

- when clicking "Add by Playlist" in the "Load Servers" window, the "Select Playlist" field in the next window that opens should be filled with the past of the last playlist that was used in this window

- add auto-dupe checker: when adding a stream, check if the exact URL is already imported - don't check only for stream title please
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Jazper's Software / Re: ShoutCast Concierge v1.0 Bug Reports
« Last post by brotherS on November 21, 2005, 01:25 PM »
Another idea: add an "mark stream if stream title contains..." option and let the user define a few words for which ShoutCast Concierge checks the titles.

Example: live --> that would highlight/mark those streams playing live shows right now.

This is kinda related to that suggestion to change the playing stream in Winamp when it contains a certain word, but instead this should only somehow mark the stream where the title contains one of the specified word.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Total Recorder
« Last post by brotherS on November 21, 2005, 12:34 PM »
I have only just registered the Pro version and it seems to have an option to run a command at the start of a recording, but then is limited to closing a window at the end.
Closing a window? Could you post a screenshot here please?
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Living Room / Re: OneNote 12 (coming in 2006) beta1 is out now...
« Last post by brotherS on November 21, 2005, 11:32 AM »
OCR would be awesome... I would love to be able to take a picture of an interesting paragraph from a book or magazine and archive it.
Then buy a scanner and just do that now already :) (saving it as pdf with new scanner soft will add searchable text to the document)

My biggest problem with OneNote is that it seems rather obtuse.  Granted, I only spent about 10 minutes with it, but it still seemed overly complex.  My second biggest problem is that it's Microsoft... not that I hate Microsoft, but if it's Microsoft it means proprietary file format and that just wont fly for storing data long term.  I NEEDto be able to get my data out easily or import it into another app with as little work as possible.
Yeah, that's the Microsoft problem - overly complex and you never know how to work with new file formats...
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I use Replay Radio 2 automatically record @ the same time every weekday.  It's free 4 what I need it 4.

Net Transport has come in handy 4 me 2 though.
Please post URLs for widely unknown programs if possible :)

After seeing that http://fileforum.betanews.com/ doesn't list Replay Radio (often a bad sign)
I was looking for reviews and while I wasn't able to find great reviews on well-known pages I found http://www.windowsma...Id=979278&stext=
Maybe worth a try.
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Living Room / Re: OneNote 12 (coming in 2006) beta1 is out now...
« Last post by brotherS on November 21, 2005, 07:13 AM »
Things I look forward to is the powerful OCR engines that will be included to make everything searchable, including the ability to search audio for recognized voice.
Hmm, I didn't saw anything about OCR when (speed-)reading those pages, but when would I need that? To get the text out of JPGs?

Ability to search audio sounds great, lets see how that works out :)
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Living Room / Re: OneNote 12 (coming in 2006) beta1 is out now...
« Last post by brotherS on November 21, 2005, 05:02 AM »
Could you please start a thread in https://www.donation...index.php?board=42.0 - where you and maybe Carol tell us about "Why you would want MS OneNote?"

I saw a short video about it a year ago but saw nothing spectacular in it - why do you folks like it? :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Total Recorder
« Last post by brotherS on November 21, 2005, 04:48 AM »
Sounds good :) Then let me ask you both this:

Is there an option to execute a command before and after a scheduled recording?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Total Recorder
« Last post by brotherS on November 21, 2005, 02:06 AM »
There's nothing that I could show you that you can't find by reading the manual which is here (http://www.highcrite...ad/TotalRecorder.pdf).  It's definitely written quite well, not to mention some of the mini-tutorials on the website itself, good stuff.
Thanks for the URL, will read that too.

Question to both of you (and whoever is reading this): How willing is the coder to add new features to TR?
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