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20401
Living Room / Re: These Wonderful Friends of DC
« Last post by mouser on March 06, 2009, 12:31 AM »
Freeware Genius with some nice words:

Screenshot - 3_6_2009 , 12_28_59 AM.png
20402
General Software Discussion / Re: What's your mouse of choice?
« Last post by mouser on March 06, 2009, 12:26 AM »
how come there aren't more mice with small trackball wheels where the mousewheel normally is? doesn't this seem like a logical thing to build?
20403
Living Room / Re: The Making of The Petaminx - Rubik's Cube Cubed and Made by Insane People
« Last post by mouser on March 06, 2009, 12:00 AM »
Edvard, lol, nice one  ;D
20404
Finished Programs / Re: REQ - Random (real random) file from folder and subfolders
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 11:59 PM »
nice idea, nice work scancode  :up:
20405
Living Room / Re: Google Maps on Paper [ScreenToaster promo video]
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 04:23 PM »
i dont even care if there is a point.. it's beautiful and wonderous.
20406
Find And Run Robot / Re: [bug] FARR error and freeze if html view mode page tries to close win
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 02:20 PM »
fixed -- not yet uploaded -- will be in next update.


A separate but related issue:

what's still not fixed that i'm not sure how to handle is the other side of this coin -- posting to a web page javascript that the page is closing if the user clears the search or closes farr.. 99.99% of the time this does not matter, but for some javascript things (like maybe tiddywiki), a script on a page wants to do something (or prompt user) when the user is leaving the page.

Update: Maybe i spoke too soon -- on testing it seems that the js unload event is indeed called when switching away from browser window, so that's good.
20407
Mircryption / Re: Having Trouble in combination with another script (eggdrop)
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 01:33 PM »
why don't you join #donationcoder on efnet and i can see if i can help you more, it's hard to do this over the forum.
20408
Official Announcements / Re: MARCH 2009: It's the 4th Anniversary DonationCoder.com Fundraiser
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 12:40 PM »
Where do I send the chocolate/pictures?

See address on bottom of About page.
20409
Living Room / Re: These Wonderful Friends of DC
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 09:31 AM »
And here's Confessions of a freeware junkie, another great software blog:

Screenshot - 3_5_2009 , 9_29_13 AM.png
20410
Activation/License/Language Help / Re: License Question
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 09:11 AM »
i've resent your license key, you can message me if you don't receive it and i can try to figure out why.
i'll move this post to another section later.
20411
Mircryption / Re: Having Trouble in combination with another script (eggdrop)
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 09:08 AM »
try not using plaintext block script at all, just to make sure it isn't to blame.
20412
Mircryption / Re: Having Trouble in combination with another script (eggdrop)
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 06:33 AM »
if you disable your channel specific encryption key lines, does the problem go away?
20413
FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Aliases for tracking packages
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 06:05 AM »
Thanks for this, very useful  :up:
20414
Independent Study Projects / Re: Planetary Weight Computer System ... haha... Still learning C
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 05:45 AM »
you can edit your post your make the correction :)

it's a good start.

first to answer your question about breaking out of a loop: this happens not infrequently.  a common solution is to have a flag before the switch statement like:
bool needtobreak=false;

then you have your switch statement, where if you wanted to break from loop you would simply do:
needtobreak=true;

and then after your switch statement you would have

if (needtobreak)
  break;


Now some more general comments:

You are using some styles that would be considered ok in the early days but are frowned upon these days.
For example, using numeric error codes.  You dont want to use any magical numbers in your coder, it makes it very hard to read as it gets bigger.  A better solution might be to define at the begining of your file:
#define ERROR_BADWEIGHT 1
then in your code:
err_msg(ERROR_BADWEIGHT)
and in void err_msg(int error you wouild have:
if ( error == BADWEIGHT)


you are also repeating a lot of code like with dif functions for each planet.  it would be a good excercise to try to make it more generic, with at the very least a single function like:
PrintWeightOnPlanet(char* planetname, double weightconversionfactor)
20415
Mircryption / Re: Having Trouble in combination with another script (eggdrop)
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 05:38 AM »
can you try disabling (put a # in front of) the lines:
set mcpskey(defaultd) "my_key"
set mcpskey(defaulte) "my_key"

and set keys ONLY for the channels you care about.
20416
Developer's Corner / Re: Feedback on dcmembers site
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 04:54 AM »
Love it  :-* :-*
20417
Screenshot Captor / Re: Command line tools for after-capture processing
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 04:22 AM »
See the help file on Advanced Usage->"Using 3rd Party Tools" for more info on configuring multiple tools with SC, that you can trigger from the Tools menu.  It actually has a little tutorial there.  Try getting it to work with an image editor before you try a .bat file.

Screenshot - 3_5_2009 , 4_21_34 AM.png

BUT.. I'm trying to remember though if the "External Editor" which is configured a bit differently and in a different options tab, supports these commandline parameters.  I'll have to check on that and update it if not (If it doesn't, then its just going to be passing the image filename as the first paramter).
20418
Site/Forum Features / Re: Dc Member Blog Idea - Feedback Requested
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 04:08 AM »
Lutz, that's a good question -- but mainly the idea is to leave it up to the group to come to some consensus about the scope of the blog.. i'd guess that much of the content would be about software, but not all.  It can reflect individual interestes, as long as no one is trying to use it as a marketing gimick.

Back to the issue of whether we should host it as a separate wordpress blog vs. adding it to the forum system, here are two existing blogging addons for the simple machines forum software (and then there is also my own homebrew system):

20419
Screenshot Captor / Re: SC Folder window popping up after screenshot
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 04:06 AM »
i'm hard pressed to think why it would do this, except maybe you've configured it to launch something post capture that it can't find?

Screenshot - 3_5_2009 , 4_04_20 AM.png

if you can't figure out the culprit, exit SC, backup your ScreenshotCaptor.ini file and then restart to reset default options.  then compare your old versus new settings .ini files to figure out what it was.
20420
Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 01:53 AM »
but uh.. what about the other new guy?

A big welcome to Rodney and Tyler too, who i missed from before.  And anyone else in this thread that I may have missed.  :)
20421
Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?
« Last post by mouser on March 05, 2009, 01:46 AM »
And a belated but warm welcome to you Ordstrin!  :Thmbsup:
20422
Living Room / The Daily What’s Top 7 Billy Mays Infomercial Re-Dubs : NSFW Language
« Last post by mouser on March 04, 2009, 07:10 PM »
Has anyone else here seen these before?  It's a new kind of humour on the youtube, audio dubs of infomercials.

Here's a list of Top 7 dub-overs of infomercials starring Billy Mays, complete with video.

They are hillarious if only for the fact that they try to stick quite close to the original scripts -- they seem improvisational in spirit.  They aren't trying to change the meaning of the infomercials, they are just putting a little twist on the presentation style.  That's their brilliance.

Honestly i am in awe of the people who come up with the ideas to do these kinds of things.

20423
Older Newsletters / Newsletter for March 4th, 2009 - Codename "A Call to Action"
« Last post by mouser on March 04, 2009, 06:12 PM »
Newsletter for March 4th, 2009
Codename "A Call to Action"


"If you read nothing else on our site, read our blog"
(new rss feed with images)



1. Newsletter Editorial

Greetings everyone, this is a very special edition of our regular newsletter.

Today I'm asking for your help.

I hope you'll see enough reasons to become a supporting member of our site - and decide that now is the perfect time to do so.

This month marks the 4th Anniversary of the DonationCoder.com website.  It's been my distinct pleasure and honor to meet and talk with many of you through these monthly newsletters, through email, and in thousands of posts on the forum.  I hope you've found some program or discussion on the site that has improved your life at least a little bit.  I know from the feedback that many have.

Now we need your support to keep the site running smoothly.  Just as importantly, we need your help to show the world that our idea for a software cooperative site funded by user donations is a viable one.

Your donation, and the donations of others just like you who have found our site and software useful, add up one by one, little by little.  They have made it possible for us to continue to pay for a heavy duty pair of web servers that cost us almost $6,000 a year and provide web space for dozens of freeware authors.

So..

If you've not yet donated, or can spare a little more, please take action and make a donation now.  We will put the donation to good use as we work to improve the site, update our programs, and develop new applications in the coming year.

Everyone who makes a donation during the fundraiser will receive a lifetime license key for *all* of the software we make (dozens of high quality programs), as well as lifetime access to our shareware discount and giveaway section. In addition, everyone who donates during the fundraiser will permanently be entitled to all software updates and new software we develop in the future -- even if we decide to begin charging subsequent members for new programs.  So if you think there's even a small chance you could might benefit from our software in the future, now is the perfect time to join.

We're also kicking off a return to securing shareware discounts for DC members with discounts on a couple of DC favorites this month, including Website Watcher -- one of the best tools I know for web surfing addicts.

I hope to hear from you soon -- on the forum, through email, or via your donation.  And please stay tuned to the forum this month for more surprises.. Or better yet drop by and make your first post!

-Jesse Reichler (mouser)
 Site administrator, programmer, and your humble newsletter editor,
 March 2009

Quick Links:




And now back to our regularly scheduled newsletter..


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.



3. New Big List of DC Software Updates

I released a big batch of updates to my programs on DonationCoder, with a few more scheduled for the coming weeks.  And DC Member skwire continues to update his fantastic Trout music player which is becoming a favorite on the forum (especially for audiobook listeners).



4. Software Discounts for March 2009
This month we have big discounts on: Website Watcher (30% and one of my favorite programs), Local Website Archive (30%), AM-Notebook (30%), SoftCat CD Cataloger (40%), and JP Software's Take Command v10 Dos Shell Enhancer (50%).  We're going to try to get back to securing regular monthly discounts for our supporting members.



5. 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.



6. Website Discoveries

In each newsletter we highlight some of the best web discoveries on the forum:



7. Mini-Reviews by Members

We encourage forum members to post quick mini-reviews of software they discover.  Since the last newsletter we've had quite a few new ones.



8. 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..



9. 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!



10. 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.

20424
Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Shape Collage - Free Automatic Photo Collage Maker
« Last post by mouser on March 04, 2009, 03:16 PM »
It looks terrific!

Can you re-attach your images but use smaller versions (dont use anything bigger than 1200x1024 or so as it causes trouble) -- i had to replace it temporarily.
20425
Living Room / Re: These Wonderful Friends of DC
« Last post by mouser on March 04, 2009, 01:30 PM »
thanks, fixed.

i stumbled upon elite freeware blog last year and posted about it here: https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=14498.0

and then the writer of the blog stopped by the forum and hasn't left since! (dc member gexecuter)  :up: :up: :up:

it's a great blog.
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