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Did anyone notice that IntelliComplete has been discontinued "for lack of development resources?"

Looks like it's gone from their site - pity they didn't make it unsupported freeware, or something...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Getting started with Access?
« Last post by rjbull on December 31, 2007, 02:23 PM »
Thanks, all, especially for the offers of help!   :)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Getting started with Access?
« Last post by rjbull on December 31, 2007, 02:22 PM »
But if you want a easier database, check out sqlnotes.

Thanks, but sadly it has to be Access because the intention is for an application at work, and Access is what the company has licenses for.   Getting it to cough up for a license for something else, especially when the application has to run over a network, is not likely to be met with a yes.


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General Software Discussion / Re: Getting started with Access?
« Last post by rjbull on December 31, 2007, 02:17 PM »
Access is pretty simple, but to do something specific that's not provided out-of-the-box, you'll generally need to write some code to automate forms, etc

So I've heard, to the extent that someone described it to me as not so much an application as an application development environment.

There's lots of stuff that's on-line that will be of use: you've probably already found those though...

I admit I haven't looked yet.  This is something I'll be expected to do at work, and I'm still home on Christmas break.

I bought one of those Teach Yourself books: [...] that I wouldn't really recommend

I tend to wonder about all those rank upon rank of paving-slab tomes on various Microsoft applications...  I'll have to take a look when I next get to a bookshop.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Getting started with Access?
« Last post by rjbull on December 31, 2007, 02:07 PM »
Ho humm, do you have any prior database knowledge/experience?

No.   :huh:

My only database experience is with PC-File 5 for DOS, which is flat-file.  Actually, the relational aspect concerns me as much as using a new program.

Don't know of any resources, so this was just a "don't worry too much" heads-up :)

What, me worry?   :o
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General Software Discussion / Getting started with Access?
« Last post by rjbull on December 30, 2007, 05:05 PM »
I shall shortly be expected to develop some databases in Microsoft Access, which I've never used before.  Can anyone recommend any good books and other resources, please?

TIA...

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There is one more thing I’m not sure about, Harrie.

Brandi,

Harrie hasn't been here since June.  Suggest you try the Productivity Talk forum for MTs, where she's a moderator.



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programs actually get a signal when shutdown is occuring, so it wouldn't be hard to catch this signal and then kill the programs in the list.

Does that mean it's possible and worthwhile to make a more general program, one that could trigger a backup when it sees the shutdown signal, for example?


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Can your printer do this natively, without needing an application?

If you still want freeware apps, try out TxtPrint and PrintFile.


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    *Absurd Terminator*

    http://www.nesoft.org/terminator.shtml

    Absurd Terminator - fast Windows Shutdowner and Task Terminator. It helps
    you to make some "absurdly" long and routine Windows functions quicker and
    more convenient.  $17.00.

    Main features:

        - Shutdown/Restart/Log off Windows'95/98/ME/2000 with help of hot keys
    or by one click on system tray icon or from command line, (using:
    terminator.exe /shutdown /restart /logoff - for .bat-files or for
    schedulers and planers);
        - Terminate any running program, task or process quicker and more
    comfortable than in the standard <Ctrl-Alt-Del> function of Windows,
    without confirmation;
        - Terminate programs from command line, syntax: terminator.exe /kill
    [NameOfProgram], where NameOfProgram can be part of the program executable
    file string,

You can kill programs both via GUI and command line with a very small free (6K) program called Taskill

Also:


Shutdown v1.02  FREE!

http://www.rjlsoftwa...re/utility/shutdown/

This program can be setup to shutdown, logoff, turn off or restart a user's machine. Very easy to use and distribute, no is installation required. By default (with no command line options), Shutdown will simply shutdown Windows. With the command line options, you can manipulate the functionality of this program. There is NO user interface for this program, when you run shutdown, it will execute the commands passed.

This utility works well in combination with our Message Manager Deluxe login script utility. Click here to download Shutdown v1.02 .

Command line options for Shutdown:

SHUTDOWN.EXE {command option} {force}

Pass the option you wish to perform on the command line.

1 = Shuts down the system to a point at which it is safe to turn off the power. All file buffers have been flushed to disk, and all running processes have stopped.
2 = Shuts down all processes running and then it logs the user off.
3 = Shuts down the system and turns off the power. NOTE: the system must support the power-off feature.
4 = Shuts down the system and then restarts the system.

FORCE = Forces processes to terminate. Instead of bringing up the "application not responding" dialog box for the user, this value forces an application to terminate if it does not respond.

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General Software Discussion / Re: internet information manager...
« Last post by rjbull on December 23, 2007, 03:36 PM »
I many times have to redo the google searches, trying to put in the exact phrases which i had earlier googled to get to the results

Not a Web information storage utility, but as an adjunct you might like Nir Sofer's freeware MyLastSearch:


MyLastSearch utility scans the cache and history files of your Web browser, and locate all search queries that you made with the most popular search engines (Google, Yahoo and MSN). The search queries that you made are displayed in a table with the following columns: Search Text, Search Engine, Search Time, Web Browser, and the search URL.
You can select one or more search queries and then copy them to the clipboard or save them into text/html/xml file.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best password manager?
« Last post by rjbull on December 20, 2007, 04:43 AM »
Sounds like RoboForm, KeePass and some of these other products are worth a look, but they'd have to be pretty good to make me take the time to learn a new product and convert a bazillion passwords!

Passwords Max [...] does have an export utility to export the database to a comma-delimited text file

From KeePass Help:


KeePass imports and exports data from/to CSV files in the following format:

"Account","Login Name","Password","Web Site","Comments"

So you could try exporting from Passwords Max and importing into KeePass, though you'd probably have to fiddle with the CSV formats to make the fields match.  A good tool for doing that sort of thing is CONVERT by Bruce Guthrie.  It's a DOS program, but works well.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager
« Last post by rjbull on December 20, 2007, 04:28 AM »
There is also this kind of special  file manager: SurF (freeware).

Humpf.  Needs .NET Framework.
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Best Text Editor / Re: How could y'all not mention Notepad Minus?
« Last post by rjbull on December 20, 2007, 04:25 AM »
And, TheGun is only 6144 bytes!  :o  And it saves text  :)


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General Software Discussion / Re: Best password manager?
« Last post by rjbull on December 18, 2007, 04:18 AM »
I've installed one of free alternatives (formautofiller.com).

IE only?  Not even Firefox as well?

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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager
« Last post by rjbull on December 14, 2007, 10:31 AM »
what file manager is better as a resource hog?  What are the issues that I can investigate to set a correct install/priority to keep a file manager from slowing other applications down?

You might consider a bit of lateral thinking, and try out Mouser's Process Tamer here at Donation Coder:


Process Tamer is a tiny (140k) and super efficient utility for Microsoft Windows XP/2K/NT that runs in your system tray and constantly monitors the cpu usage of other processes. When it sees a process that is overloading your cpu, it reduces the priority of that process temporarily, until its cpu usage returns to a reasonable level.

I use Total Commander all the time, including my Win98SE laptop, and don't find problems with it.  From what little I've used Ztree Win (which is console mode) and XYplorer, the new kid on the block, a no-install program with free version as well as a payware one, I haven't seen problems with them either.

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General Software Discussion / Re: The MAIN reason EVERYONE should use EverNote!*
« Last post by rjbull on December 13, 2007, 06:07 AM »
You make EverNote sound like a keylogger.  That isn't what you meant, is it?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best password manager?
« Last post by rjbull on December 13, 2007, 03:32 AM »
I'm using Opera which not work with AIRoboform so I try to use keepass ^^. Does it have any keepass plugins for Opera ?

I don't think so, though you should check the KeePass Web site for plugins etc.  However, you shouldn't really need them. You have to go to your browser, click in the first box you want filled, then Alt-Tab to KeePass and press Ctrl-V, or use the KeePass global hotkey if you've configured it along with the window title for autofill.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How do you archive your Email or MBox2CHM?
« Last post by rjbull on December 12, 2007, 04:09 AM »
Aid4Mail and/or MailbagAssistant by Fookes Software?

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: XYplorer File Manager
« Last post by rjbull on December 11, 2007, 05:55 AM »
UNC no, the rest yes. Simply hide the columns or drag them to the order you like.

Thanks, DonL!

Suggest you consider UNC for the paid version,  though.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: XYplorer File Manager
« Last post by rjbull on December 11, 2007, 04:34 AM »
XYplorer-free has that nice feature where you can clip a directory listing of files+paths to the clipboard or to a CSV file, but is there a way to make it use UNC paths instead of drive mappings, and to choose only the columns you want, in the order you want, instead of all of them?

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So is there a program that can rename files that either works by 'rename namechannel*.mpg to namechannel.mpg' or works by saying 'rename namechannel $todaysDay $todaysMonth $todaysYear'.

Suggest you run a command prompt and DIR > DIR.DIR.  Then redirect DIR.DIR through Horst Schaeffer's LMOD List MODifier and make a temporary batch file to cut out the bits you don't want.


LMOD 1.3 Filter (c) 2002 Horst Schaeffer
Syntax: LMOD options string_with_tokens
Options:
   /Ln[-m] line [range] to select (default: first non blank line)
   /L[n]*  all lines [starting n]
   /E      include empty input lines (default: no output)
   /S..    delimiters for word extraction, instead of default (,;=)
   /B..    as /S, but excluding blank space as delimiter
   /Nn     starting line number (for token
  • ), default: /N001

Insert from source line (expression in square brackets):
 [p,l $n U|L Rn]  default []: complete line
   p,l     from position p, length l (default rest of line)
   $n      word number n ("!" for last word); optionally ñoffset
   $n:m    range of words by number (blank space will be inserted)
   U|L     convert to upper|lower case
   Rn      right aligned in output field of size n
Other tokens:
   
  •      insert CR+LF
  • [-]     omit CR+LF at end of output
       
  •      line number (digits acc. to option, default:3)
  • [=n]    tab to position n in output line
       [~n]    ASCII code n (decimal)
       [".."]  quoted char/string (use for redirection symbols)
    [/tt][/color]
Other option; run one of the renaming tools that can recognise the date strings and remove them, e.g. BKrenamer, which recognises regular expressions.

[edit]
<sigh>  I should take notice of the little warning that tells you someone else has posted while you were still typing...   :-[
[/edit]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best password manager?
« Last post by rjbull on December 09, 2007, 03:19 PM »
I am not really interested in trying others unless someone knows a good one that is also a form-filler AND syncs with Palm OS.

I admit KeePass isn't really a form-filler like RoboForm.  But, you can convert KeePass passwords for Palm via the KeePass to Keyring converter.



       
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General Software Discussion / Re: Find and replace from text file? Or similar?
« Last post by rjbull on December 09, 2007, 01:58 PM »
Surf to Eric Pement's home page.  Click the SED link from the main menu, and when it loads, page down to the section on command-line search-and-replace tools.  He says, very succinctly,  more or less everything that needs to be said on the subject, unless you like DOS applications, in which case you need the Free Software for DOS home page as well.  If you're attracted by MiniTrue, don't overlook Eric Pement's supplementary page of tricks and traps with it.



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GOE 2007 Challenge Downloads / Re: HowLong2It - GOE Challenge 2007 Entry
« Last post by rjbull on December 05, 2007, 09:20 AM »
Hmmm, an element of reinventing the wheel here.  Take a look at Horst Schaeffer's Date Reminder

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