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General Software Discussion / Re: Amazing games from coder Kenta Cho

« Last post by mouser on November 09, 2008, 09:18 AM »

cool stuff. 

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: [Request]

« Last post by mouser on November 09, 2008, 09:18 AM »

can you explain more these ideas.. i'm not sure i fully understand.

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Living Room / Re: keep xp, put vista on 2nd partition on a raid 0 drive - will i regret it?

« Last post by mouser on November 09, 2008, 08:42 AM »

just to mention that i've recently been considering the floppy GAG type approach and it seems like a good way to go to me. i like the idea of hiding partitions not selected, and having the bootup selector being in floppy rather than messing with boot loaders on the hd.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Fingers in the nose guide to build javascript plugins. Does that mean its easy ?

« Last post by mouser on November 09, 2008, 08:40 AM »

but I thought may be I could encourage myself to open files using FARR almost all of the time if I could make a plugin which could manage "pseudo" file associations and take over opening the files by applying those associations appropriately.

thats kind of a cool idea..

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Fingers in the nose guide to build javascript plugins. Does that mean its easy ?

« Last post by mouser on November 09, 2008, 06:59 AM »

What were the uses you think about this fonctionnality mouser ?

some plugins would be creating entries that aren't real files, and so they would hande their own launches to decide what to do when user clicks.

But as for handling a result that the plugin did not itself create, it would be useful for a plugin that worked like a modifier and didn't create results of its own.

For example, imagine a plugin that was designed to run a program under a different users permissions (like admin), so you type your search and then type +runas:admin

then when you hit enter to launch a program, that plugin would see the +runas: modifier and take over the launching.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Fingers in the nose guide to build javascript plugins. Does that mean its easy ?

« Last post by mouser on November 09, 2008, 03:12 AM »

im not sure i understand your question about onprocesstrigger..
it's fine for a plugin (that has a reason to) to handle the launching of items it didn't create.

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Living Room / Re: Request for suggestions: Group Bookmarking Tool

« Last post by mouser on November 09, 2008, 01:49 AM »

Glad to meet you Wade

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best App to save whole webpage AND its linked pages?

« Last post by mouser on November 09, 2008, 01:34 AM »

Offline Explorer is expensive (we had a discount in the past) but is top of its class:
http://www.metaprodu...ine_Explorer_Pro.htm

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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR Error : Entry Point Not found.

« Last post by mouser on November 09, 2008, 01:31 AM »

hmm.. do you guys have any plugins installed?  could you try disabling them or removing them and seeing if that fixes the problem -- at least that would give me a clue.

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Finished Programs / Re: AHK Coding Snack Idea: Deluxe AHK Script Manager (AXEM)

« Last post by mouser on November 09, 2008, 12:13 AM »

i had another cool feature idea: a way to mark and unmark an ahk script as one to be run on windows startup.

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Living Room / Re: Flash Game of the Week: Robokill

« Last post by mouser on November 08, 2008, 11:39 PM »

ace, we don't do that kind of stuff here (sharing license keys etc.)

while i would personally like to see all software switch to a donation-based payment system where people can pay what they want and can afford, i think it's important to support small independent developers.

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Delphi and C++ Builder / Re: ListBox Multi Selection Help

« Last post by mouser on November 08, 2008, 03:58 PM »

sorry i misread.  You can do *exact* same thing just use the property Selected[i] which returns true if it is selected.

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Delphi and C++ Builder / Re: ListBox Multi Selection Help

« Last post by mouser on November 08, 2008, 02:57 PM »

The TCheckListBox component has a property called "State" which is indexed by the item number, and returns cbChecked if its checked, or cbUnchecked if not.

so for example if you have

Code: C++ [Select]

1. TCheckListBox *mylistbox;

and you want to see what items are checked you could do

Code: C++ [Select]

1. for (int i=0;i<mylistbox->Items->Count;++i)
2. {
3.   if (mylistbox->State[i]==cbChecked)
4.     {
5.     // item #i is checked
6.     }
7. }

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General Software Discussion / Backup Review Webite: Compare online backup services

« Last post by mouser on November 08, 2008, 01:32 PM »

DC Member city_zen found this site and mentioned it on this thread discussing people's favorite online backup tools:

Backup Review was established in 2004 to provide objective and timely information to buyers of online backup and storage services.

The online backup and storage industry is enjoying a rapid growth and is expected to grow along with the availability of broadband Internet for years to come. As such, there are a growing number of providers entering the market. This is great for buyers, as greater competition lowers cost and increases choice.

However, it also makes it a lot harder to choose the right provider. Backup Review helps potential users make the right choice by providing all relevant information, including monthly ranking of the top 25 providers.

http://www.backupreview.info/

from https://www.donation....msg137402#msg137402

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Coding Snacks / Re: CHKDSK Assist - Schedule CHKDSK Operations

« Last post by mouser on November 08, 2008, 11:45 AM »

Very cool -- i just put it on the blog (and added it to the Coding Snacks page).

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General Software Discussion / Re: AVG vs TicTocTitle

« Last post by mouser on November 08, 2008, 10:29 AM »

AVG deleted both programs - without warning and without using quarantine.

that kind of behavior by irresponsible antivirus programs is what infuriates me.  TOTALLY unacceptable.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR: New feature: User Variables tab

« Last post by mouser on November 08, 2008, 09:34 AM »

ah i finally understand what you were asking about wrt referencing env paths.. it doesnt work currently i guess, but i will fix now.

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Living Room / Re: Need some college advice/assistance

« Last post by mouser on November 08, 2008, 09:07 AM »

it might depend on what kind of job she wants to purse with her new skills..
one direction might be advertising/marketing.  another might be photojournalism, etc.

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Circle Dock / Re: Question re modifying (system) DLL's

« Last post by mouser on November 08, 2008, 09:01 AM »

More knowledgeable people will post a fuller reply i hope -- but my understanding about these hook dlls is that depending on the type of hook it can "appear" like its attaching to all sorts of files and dlls, but it's not modifying them or doing anything to them, it's just the nature of the hook.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Caller ID

« Last post by mouser on November 08, 2008, 07:40 AM »

Not free but i've tried call recording/id programs from these guys before and been impressed:
http://www.voicecallcentral.com/

direct link to their callerid software: http://www.voicecall...k_unwanted_calls.htm

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Living Room / Re: NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month 2008 begins now

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2008, 01:28 PM »

Glad to hear it 
Keep us updated on your progress and on your novel.

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Living Room / Re: World of Goo - Indie Game with Great Reviews?

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2008, 01:15 PM »

It's quite cool and impressive, and very well done..  I did however get a bit bored and stopped playing after the middle of chapter 2, but on the other hand these kinds of construction games aren't really my genre of choice, so that's really not a knock on the game.  Still feel good about supporting an indie developer 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Master of Defense - Another Great Tower Defense Game

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2008, 01:13 PM »

Drop by the irc chat channel when you have some time (see Chat button at top).

I think the most important thing, based on experience i've had working with others, is to figure out what would be a reasonable project/goal that could be achieved and implemented in the time you have.

One of my biggest problems is getting carried away with ideas and then eventually they grow too big and you get un-motivated.

So some planning ahead of time will go along way -- and figure out a good small game to make that won't drive you to the bring of insanity and exhaustion.  (you can save the exhaustion and insanity for version 2 of your game).

Why not start a new thread in the Developer's Corner section of the forum: https://www.donation...index.php?board=75.0

Title it something informative like "Requesting help with ideas on making a Tower Defense Game"
And tell everyone a little about your background, what language you might want to program it in, etc.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: A Petition to Beg DC member Ecaradec to write Multi-FScript v2.0

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2008, 10:21 AM »

Wonderful news!
I don't think you should feel constrained to make it compatible with fscript v1, so if there are things that would be easier to do differently, by all means do.

As you say, i think it makes sense to have the dll be like a supervisor of plugin scripts -- it could actually query each plugin script and ask them if they want to handle the search and then hand over control to the first plugin script that wants to handle it.

Tell us what we can do to help and we stand ready like loyal soldiers!

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Check the new FreewareUpdater

« Last post by mouser on November 07, 2008, 06:19 AM »

Looks neat.  Link to homepage: http://www.freewareupdater.com/