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19801

FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Looking for current vesion of Console (FARR2 Plugin): get version failed

« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2009, 03:03 PM »

the console plugin is actually no longer needed... FARR now has built in support for running and capturing and redirecting output of commandline tools.

you can use the appcap command and the %lastappcap% variable to run commands and work with their output.

for example in an alias you could have:

appcap c:\windows\system32\ping.exe donationcoder.com;;;showmemo %lastappcap%

19802

Seedling's Software / Re: New App! File/Folder Date Organizer

« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2009, 02:20 PM »

heayanae,
the built-in sorting operation you are describing is for sorting the view of files within a folder.
the tool by seedling is designed to create subfolders and move files into different folders based on their date.
so, very different operations.

19803

Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: tiny thing to help angry truecrypt users ;)

« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2009, 01:17 PM »

seems like something easy to do, i'll bet someone codes it in the next few days.. let's see..

19804

DcUpdater / Re: bug: all updates shown twice, any idea?

« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2009, 12:55 PM »

ive started working on dcupdater again so ill try to fix.

19805

Screenshot Captor / Re: How to capture a DOS screen with Screenshot Captor

« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2009, 12:19 PM »

i wonder if you can right click and configure the program to run in some kind of compatibility mode which would then let you screenshot it.

Alternatively, one thing that would almost certainly work would be to install a free virtual pc program (like VirtualPc or VirtualBox), and capture the image of that program running your dos game.

19806

Site/Forum Features / Re: A DonationCoder job section for DC Coders?

« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2009, 12:15 PM »

This is again why my idea was to use an existing big job site web service, which anyone could visit when looking to hire someone.

The only modification would be that dc would have some control over which job applicants could join the DC group/page of people looking for work, and have a way where DC could add comments about different job applicants.  The point being that if someone was interested in hiring someone who hangs out at DC, they would have a way to do so and at least have some confidence that the person has been around DC for a while, and is known and trusted here with skills that have been demonstrated.  And the hirer would also know that they could come to DC for a bit of help if they have trouble with the person they hire, etc.

19807

General Software Discussion / Re: What's the dfference between using portable installaions vs PortableApps?

« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2009, 12:11 PM »

some programs like Launchbar commander will autodetect the drive change.
most programs (launchbar commander included, and farr), will let you specify relative paths, or paths using a special variable like %APPDRIVE% or %APPDIR%.

19808

Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: tiny thing to help angry truecrypt users ;)

« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2009, 12:04 PM »

this seems like a good idea.

can i clarify: a solution to your problem would be a commandline tool that took as input a serial number and returned the hard drive number, is that right?

19809

Living Room / Re: dvd burner crisis

« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2009, 12:00 PM »

 

19810

DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: Teddy - A simple drum machine!

« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2009, 11:50 AM »

It's a false alarm, the program is fine and has no virus.

I'll make sure scancode sees this post and checks it out, and figures out what might be upsetting PrevX.


My antivirus tool (Eset nod32) doesn't see anything wrong with it, so i'm quite sure it's a false alarm; the designation of it as "high risk cloaked malware" by Prevx makes me suspicious that it's one of those "guesses" that these security programs do when they aren't really sure if anything is wrong.


When in doubt the best thing is to upload a file to an online scanner like VirusTotal (http://www.virustotal.com/) and get a second opinion.  I did this for the Teddy installer, and basically everything said it was fine except for PrevX which said exactly what you described, which again makes me confident that what we have here is yet another case of a security program scaring people into thinking a program is dangerous just because the security program gets confused.


In practical terms, you can either add an exception to PrevX to make it ignore teddy, or you can go into PrevX options and look for some setting that tells PrevX to stop being so annoying and blocking programs that it is only guessing about.

19811

Mouser's Zone / Re: New Portable Mode for My Apps

« Last post by mouser on April 21, 2009, 11:48 AM »

just copy the .ini configuration files from your existing installations to the usb drive.

afterwords you can edit the settings from within the program to change any drive letters, OR you could open the .ini files in a text editor and look for drive letters to change manually.

19812

Living Room / Re: Milestones

« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2009, 11:09 PM »

Hold on a 'mo.. Has someone gone and shown Chris how to start his own threads now?

Seems like a bit of a risk to me..

19813

Older Newsletters / Newsletter for April 20th, 2009 - Codename "Springtime Prelude"

« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2009, 10:16 PM »

Newsletter for April 20th, 2009

Codename "Springtime Prelude"

1. Newsletter Editorial

Greetings all, and welcome to another edition of the DonationCoder.com newsletter.

First and foremost, it's time to say thank you to everyone who helped make our 4th anniversary fundraiser in March such a great success.  We raised over $13,000 dollars thanks to the generous contributions from both new and long-time members.  That's enough money to pay for our web hosting costs and server administration for the next two years -- Yay!

We also wrapped up our first public survey and we've posted the results online for everyone to read.. Learn what your fellow readers think about the site and our software, and what we should concentrate on in the future.

So on behalf of everyone at the site, let me again say "Thank You."  Starting with this newsletter, we shall now return to normal, non-fundraising mode..

• March 2009 Fundraiser Wrap-up
• March 2009 Survey Discussion

2. Your Participation Requested

No matter what your level of computer knowledge, or how long you've been a DC member, we'd love to have you participate on the forum.  See the links below for some good places to jump in and make your first post.

• Is your online life in your will? (Backups, passwords, etc.)
• Should I switch from xp to vista?
• Recommend to me the BEST USB stick to get
• The need to unplug and recharge is upon me?
• A DC Job Board?

3. DC Site and Forum Stuff

One thing that makes it fun to hang out at the forum is that we're always hearing ideas for new features to make it a better place. We may not have time to implement every idea, but we try to stay busy!

• Find and Run Robot 2.55.01 Released
• DonationCoder.com Link Buttons and Userbars
• New DC Member Kit Stuff
• Request for help: graphic designer/writer to make an old-timey 2-page wackyness
• ReplyTo category added to forum bookmark system

4. Coding Snacks and Mini-reviews

The Coding Snacks Section is where people can request small utilities be coded while they wait.  Since the last newsletter we've had quite a few new ones.  And we've also got a new mini-review to add to the mix.

• Gothic's New Blog on Server Administration and a cool console-y wordpress theme
• Some DC forum-related Greasemonkey Scripts
• Mini-review: Total Commander 7.50 public beta 1
• Coding Snack: Desktop progress meter
• Coding Snack: Sort files into folders based on type
• Coding Snack: Text-less progress bar calculator

5. Software Discounts and Giveaways for April 2009

In April we have a discount on Macro Express Pro, and a chance to win a free copy of it, as well as some DC mugs to give away.  But you'll have to act quickly because the giveaway ends on April 22nd, and the discount ends on April 30th.

• April 2009 Macro Express Pro Discount
• Enter the April 2009 Giveaway Drawing

6. Software Discussion

It's probably fair to say that the majority of the discussions on DonationCoder.com are about computer software.  Below are some noteworthy threads about software posted to DC since the last newsletter.

• Sort files within folder/subfolder for later burning on DVD
• MakeUseOf Blog: How To Set Up Remote Computer Access With Your Mobile Phone
• Uninstaller Roundup - Revo - Total - ZSoft & the less magnificent seven
• OS Re-install Tips?
• Using noscript to force https ssl links in firefox
• CintaNotes
• Sysinternals PageDefrag: Good, Bad?

7. Fun and Games

If you've read the newsletter up to this point, take a break and check out some of the lighter fare from the forum - humour, videos, and games..

• The 100 most iconic internet videos from urlesque
• Know Your Internet Meme
• Tweenbots: A Social Experiment with Human-dependent Robots
• Moar lightsabers plz
• The Dice Tower - Top 100 Board Games Ranked with Video Reviews
• crisis of credit visualized by Jonathan Jarvis
• *nix /usr - where it came from, why it's still there, and how to get rid of it.

8. Developer's Corner

If you're not a developer, don't be put off by the title of this section. There is likely something of interest to you on the Developer's Corner. It's more than just a forum for the discussion of software development, it's also where we discuss web design, entrepreneurial struggles, and general productivity issues.  And it's great to see that the section has been pretty active over the last few months -- keep it up people!

• 101 High Quality CSS And XHTML Free Templates And Layouts
• Dr.Dobbs Silverlight Programming Game Challenge
• Website design recommendations for a small business site?

9. News You Can Use

DC Member Ehtyar has taken to producing wonderfully weekly summaries of important tech/computer/security news articles that he comes across on the web.  A big hit on the forum.  How is he able to keep up this pace and when will he collapse from exhaustion? We are all waiting to find out.

• Tech News Weekly: Edition 14-09
• Tech News Weekly: Edition 15-09
• Tech News Weekly: Edition 16-09
• GhostNet - The Facts

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Alias for searching certain folders that are not in "search folders"

« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2009, 08:47 PM »

when you add a modifier to a search directory, as described in the thread i referenced, you are telling farr NOT to search the folder by default, so it wont effect normal search times.  it will only search the directory when explicitly told to.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Alias for searching certain folders that are not in "search folders"

« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2009, 08:34 PM »

see: https://www.donation....msg159505#msg159505

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Mouser's Zone / Re: New Portable Mode for My Apps

« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2009, 01:23 PM »

depends where you need to refer to a relative path..
but for example in FARR, you can use:
%APPDRIVE%
%FARRDIR%

other programs (screenshot captor, launchbar commander, etc.) are similar.

launchbar commander will actual try to fixup drive letter if it changes.

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Mouser's Zone / Re: New Portable Mode for My Apps

« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2009, 12:45 PM »

If I understand correctly, to install on a USB drive, I just run your installer and specify the USB drive path for the install.  Wouldn't it be better to just be able to unzip to the USB drive manually?

No. You do NOT have to run the installer.

The installers I create are actually "zip-compatible-exes", which means you can unzip them exactly as if they were .zip files, and then just run the programs from the unzipped location.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's the dfference between using portable installaions vs PortableApps?

« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2009, 11:03 AM »

Although it would be better if FARR and LBC works from the USB...which i think it does.

all of my programs (except url snooper which needs the winpcap drivers installed) can be run portably.

19819

Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR v2 - Official Bug Tracking and Feature Request Thread

« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2009, 10:42 AM »

remove the environment variables plugin

19820

Living Room / Re: Recommend to me the BEST USB stick to get

« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2009, 01:05 AM »

nice find kartal. 

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Living Room / Re: Recommend to me the BEST USB stick to get

« Last post by mouser on April 20, 2009, 12:21 AM »

here's the usb drive i would get, purely for its size, so it can be put on a keychain:
http://www.amazon.co.../detail/-/B001AMI91E

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Ignore Thread and Improved Bookmark Mod Implemented

« Last post by mouser on April 19, 2009, 08:01 PM »

maybe ill add a feature where it automatically removes the item from your ToReply list if you reply after adding it (right now you have to remove it manually, like you do for all items).

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR Release v2.107.04 beta - Sep 23, 2012

« Last post by mouser on April 19, 2009, 05:24 PM »

Latest release:

Version 2.55.01 - April 19, 2009

• [MinorFeature] - Added variables accessible by aliases: %SEARCHBOX% (contents of current search box as shown) and %SEARCHSTRING% (current search string; may differ from search box based on alias dosearch manipulations).
• [MinorFeature] - Updated to be compatible with new VclSkin Builder version 5.
• [MinorFeature] - Added modal messagebox function DisplayMsgBox that plugins can call.
• [BugFix] - DeleteAll from launch history wasn't working.
• [MinorFeature] - Added commandline option -launch.
• [Feature] - Added delayed search initiation option.
• [BugFix] - the new setuservar alias launch string wasn't working right.

19824

ProcessTamer / Re: Feature Request: Extend "Min. Change Interval" field?

« Last post by mouser on April 19, 2009, 04:07 PM »

This has been implemented in latest version.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: [Enhancement request] Better "search as you type" a.k.a incremental search

« Last post by mouser on April 19, 2009, 04:06 PM »

First try at implementing this is now available in the current version 2.55.01 just uploaded; let me know what you think!
-mouser