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2401
What's the Best? / Re: Word document compare?
« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 11, 2009, 11:12 AM »
Hang on all this levity is a bit off topic  :onfire:
2402
I have had that happen a number of times.

The most frustrating time was when I disable one of my unused network adapters in device manager - the next time I enabled it I got the reactivate message.

I have also had the same problem after removing security software (can't remember which one off hand)!

Basically MS activation sucks - and they don't know their arse from their elbows when it comes to any sort of Genuine Advantage!
2403
Living Room / Re: Baby Cody Plushie is born
« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 09, 2009, 03:25 PM »
Maybe he could go on holidays and return home after each visit (with postcards and photos from his travels) - I'm sure Nudone and myself would make him more than welcome on a UK visit ;)
2404
Two shows just starting up again in the US - "Weeds" and "Burn Notice"

Having said that I don't live in the US so I tend to not watch live TV anymore - there is hardly anything worth watching theses days on UK TV.

My all time favourites in recent years (on DVD) are The West Wing and Boston Legal.

Been watching Grey's Anatomy on DVD recently (missed it thus far on TV - and most doens't seem to get shown in the UK). Really enjoyed it - especially the early series which are very funny.
2405
Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

I have been playing with powerline adapters and have managed to set up a connection from one building to another without any issues. They are quite happy with it the way it is at the moment and if they need it to be wireless in the future I can simply add an expander to the powerline adapter in the external building.

Cheers
2406
You just need the serial number that you got in the email when you bought AdMuncher.
2407
General Software Discussion / Re: Wanted: Simple drum machine program!
« Last post by Carol Haynes on May 31, 2009, 07:56 PM »
jimleemusic please state your affiliation with QuickBeat clearly. It is policy on this forum that if developers advertise their products in this way they must make it clear that they have a financial interest in the product.
2408
Its a Netgear 54g router (supplied by SkyTV Broadband so I am not sure of the model number). I know wireless n has good range but even so I think it would struggle through numerous solid stone walls - all about 24-30" thick !!

I have got some homeplugs to try out and will give them a go on Monday. My only concern is that the two buildings are on the same mains supply but have separate distribution boards and there seems to be some variability about whether homeplugs can work on two separately distributed circuits. At least the homeplugs should get me to within about 10 feet of the destination (even if it doesn't work in the second building) - I can then run an ethernet cable under the gravel path into the next building and either install a switch, wifi Expander or a wall mounted ethernet socket. Fingers crossed the homeplug works.
2409
General Software Discussion / Re: Desktop/email search program
« Last post by Carol Haynes on May 28, 2009, 11:45 AM »
I have moved MailStore databases from one computer to another without much of an issue. If I remember correctly I just installed MailStore on the new system and then replaced the database folder with a copy of the folder from the other machine. Started up the new MailStore and the database was all there as normal. I haven't tried the commercial version though so I don't know if things are different there.

The only issue is that MailStore archives are only compatible with the same or newer versions of the software but if you keep systems up to date with the software this won't be a problem.

In terms of use - I just let MailStore archive everything every time - I don't need exceptions and it doesn't create duplicates - it is also intelligent enough that if you move an email item in your PST file from one folder to another it adjusts the archive to match without creating duplicate entries - which is very nice.

Another nice thing is that you can archive from any supported client (including hotmail, gmail etc. straight from the web or any POP accounts) and it supports the 'don't display images' idea unless you click display images in archived emails - avoiding potential malware issues in any spam you or your system miss.

True deleting of old mail from the PST file (or other mailbox) can only be done by date but you can set it up to only archive the folders you choose so you could copy any emails you want to keep in the PST file into a non-archived folder. You can still archive this folder by setting up another archive profile just for that folder but omit the deletion option.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Desktop/email search program
« Last post by Carol Haynes on May 27, 2009, 08:34 PM »
Mailstore has a server edition for company use (though it doesn't need to run on a server).

I haven't used the server edition as it is quite exensive and I don't need the features but the free Home version is excellent and quick - though not for commercial use.

As I understand it the server edition acts as a central searchable repository for all of your archived email. The archiving and searching is very quick and you can set it to archive mailboxes automatically by scheduling. It will also automatically delete emails from local PST files if you require this when archiving by your choice of criteria. This means you can keep PST files small whilst still allowing the users access to archived mail.

Once mail is archived it can be accessed via the MailStore application and users can recover messages to their mail app or forward/reply to emails using their favourite app from within MailStore.

There are also archiving functions built into MailStore for backing up you email archive to other locations or media.

The only disadvantage from an Outlook users perspective is that it only archives emails - you can't archive other Outlook data (such as tasks/calendar/contacts etc.) in MailStore - but these don't generate huge PST files and you can use Outlook's built in archive function to archive this stuff off into archive PST files which can be accessed as required or added to the Outlook profile.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Desktop/email search program
« Last post by Carol Haynes on May 27, 2009, 05:01 PM »
best tool I know of for dealing with PST files is <a href="http://www.mailstore.com"> MailStore </a>

AFAICR, though, the free version won't catalogue archive files that are not loaded into Outlook. I could be wrong about this, though...

If you don't care about formatting, look at Archivarius. If you do care about formatting, check out X1. Both of these suggestions are shareware mind you (@$30 for Archivarius and $50 for X1)...

There is a trick to doing this - just create a new Outlook profile with all your Archive files loaded and then use MailStore to grab the archived mail from that profile.

You can set up MailStore to monitor more than one Outlook profile.

You can then set your main profile as the default profile and supress the 'ask which profile' prompt when Outlook starts.
2412
Thanks all - I think the problem is sorted by sing HomePlugs - I have ordered a couple and will give it a go.

Turns out the rental cottage is actually detached from the main house but on the same electricity supply - I am hoping that the homeplugs can cope with being that detached (they have separate fuse boxes but are run from the same supply meter) otherwise I will need to run a cable from one home plug to the other house and attach a wireless expander or some form of switch.
2413
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Homeplugs might be a good suggestion to an expander in the neighbouring house (or access point in non-router mode).

I'm doing this for someone else so I don't really want to flash non-standard BIOS code to their hardware in case I am not around in the future to sort out any problems for them.

The simplest solution would be to live without wireless and simply give the rented house a simple ethernet socket!
2414
Thanks for the suggestions but I don't think a simple (ahem) repeater would do the job.

The problem is the expander only gets the signal as far as the partition wall between the houses - the signal won't go through the wall because it is too thick so I would need something on both sides of the wall connected by a short cable through the wall - one to collect the signal from the router - the other to expand the signal on the other side of the wall.

If it were possible to place the router next to the wall (it isn't) then a simple expander would solve the problem.

Having said that I have never used the Belkin device you mentioned (though the reviews on Amazon aren't exactly universally positive) but I have use the Linksys expander before and found it a nightmare to configure, it had poor WiFi protection (that made it even harder to configure) and only seems to work with other Linksys products.
2415
I am trying to expand a wireless network from one house into the house next door. The destination is a holiday cottage but the walls are too thick to allow normal wireless signals to get through - 24" of solid stone!!!

We can drill a hole and pass an ethernet cable through but the router is not positioned on the adjacent wall so ideally I need a device in the main house that will pick up the wireless signal and pass it through the wall and then another device to allow the signal to work in the next house.

Anyone any ideas what is required?

It is trivial to set up a wired connection by running an ethernet cable from the router through the wall and then just add a switch for a wired connection but how can I do this with just a short cable through the wall and wireless signals otherwise on both sides of the wall?

Can you use wireless routers as wireless switches (i.e. not in wireless mode) in which case how do I connect them together and how do I set up WiFi security in this sort of setup?

TIA

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Welcome Umberto
2417
Developer's Corner / Re: PHP Database help.
« Last post by Carol Haynes on May 25, 2009, 04:27 AM »
Have you checked this out using google?

http://www.google.co...amp;client=firefox-a

Lots of items listed that look like they do what you want - including complete drop down menu scripts for free.

The following look like good starts:

http://www.scriptdun...ript/freescripts1010 - it says it now includes MySQL stuff but I didn't check that out. See http://www.steo.it/php/dropdownmenu0.6/ for the download and there is a demo version of the menu at the top of the page.

http://www.coremedia...p_down_menu_php.html - uses arrays to generate drop down menus - just fill the array from your MySQL data

You will have to modify any of the scripts to read your database entries and insert the read values into the script.

Don't wish to be funny but I found these scripts within 30 seconds of looking?
2418
There is an upgrade path from Jaws to gDoc

See http://www.globalgra....com/en/gdoc/upgrade

I got to that page from http://www.jawspdf.com/gdoc.html

Upgrade prices (in pound sterling - full price in brackets) seem to be:

JawsPDF Creator --> gDoc Creator GBP 20 (GBP 49)
JawsPDF Creator or Editor --> gDoc Fusion GBP 60 (GBP 99)

Not cheap if you have already bought Creator and Editor as there doesn't seem to be any credit for having bought both products in the past (which is the logical upgrade path to Fusion).
2419
General Software Discussion / Re: RAMdisk on XP 32bit - brainstorming!
« Last post by Carol Haynes on May 22, 2009, 05:42 AM »
Seems a bit slow in coming for Vista given the length of time Vista has been the primary OS for Windows boxes (at least according to MS). It is also very strange that they say it is 64 bit compat but then say it isn't ???
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General Software Discussion / Re: RAMdisk on XP 32bit - brainstorming!
« Last post by Carol Haynes on May 21, 2009, 04:51 AM »
According to the features page:

 Supported OS
 
  Windows 2000, Windows XP (32-bit), Windows 2003 (32-bit)
  Windows XP (64-bit), Windows 2003 (64-bit), Windows Vista (32-/64-bit)*
 
 

 * indicated function or feature is not integrated into current version of VSuite.

see http://www.romexsoft...products/vsuite.html

Not overly sure what the * refers to - does it mean all version of Vista or just Vista64 ?

Also it is not clear which features are included in which versions because the features page is identical for free, pro and server versions (in fact it is the same page).

Update - there is a comparison at http://www.romexsoft...disk-comparison.html

Update 2 - having read the comparison chart it appears that the * above actually refers to all the 64 bit OSes and Vista 32 (i.e. the whole line) so it is rather confusing/misleading of them to put that information on the 'features' page at all!!

The lack of support for Vista 32 makes you wonder where the development is going with this app though for XP users the free version looks very good (assuming it works as stated).
2421
Haven't got an answer to this particular problem but why not set up your email addresses in future so that they are just forwarders and don't store email on the server at all -0 that way you can have the same effect but without the hassle!
2422
General Software Discussion / Re: PDF on my website/fill-in?
« Last post by Carol Haynes on May 17, 2009, 05:01 PM »
Carol,
Thanks for the quick reply. I may end up spending the $400 for Adobe, but I was hoping someone might know of a less expensive option.

If the client wants to create web forms perhaps you should charge them for the software since they will need to have it to generate the forms - whatever you buy.

Why do they need to use PDF forms when it would be very easy to create a webform? If they need to print the forms in a particular way then with the right webform script they could download all completed forms as a spreadsheet and mailmerge them into a formatted Word document.

One such script is http://www.appnitro.com/ which only costs $29 and makes it extremely simple to generate complex forms by a simple drag and drop web based interface. I have used very successfully and spreadsheet download of multiple forms works great (you can select the forms you want to download in a CSV file or download them all).
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General Software Discussion / Re: PDF on my website/fill-in?
« Last post by Carol Haynes on May 17, 2009, 03:35 PM »
This is in the Acrobat Pro 9 help file:

Add a submit button

When you distribute a form, Acrobat automatically checks the form. If it doesn’t find a submit button, it adds a Submit Form button to the document message bar. Users can click the Submit Form button to send completed forms back to you. If you don’t plan to use the Submit Form button created by Acrobat, you can add a custom submit button to your form.

   1. Using the Button tool, create a button. Double-click the button and set options in the General and Options tabs.
   2. In the Options tab, choose an option in the Layout menu for the button label, icon image, or both. Do one or both of the following:
          *

            Type text in the Label box to identify the button as a submit button.
          *

            Click Choose Icon and either type the path to an image file or click Browse and locate the image file you want to use.
   3. In the Actions tab, choose Submit A Form on the Select Action menu, and then click Add.
   4. In the Enter A URL For This Link box, do one of the following:
          *

            To collect form data on a server, type the location. For example, http://www.[domain]/[folder]/[subfolder]/ for an Internet address or \\[server]\[folder]\[subfolder]\ for a location on a local network.
          *

            To collect form data as attachments to email, type mailto: followed by the email address. For example, mailto:[email protected].
   5. Select options for Export Format, Field Selection, and Date Options, and click OK.

Note: If the data returns in FDF or XFDF format, the server URL must end with the #FDF suffix—for example, http://myserver/cgi-bin/myscript#FDF.
Submit Form Selections options

The following options are available in the Submit Forms Selections dialog box:

FDF
    Returns the user input without sending back the underlying PDF file. You can select options to include Field Data, Comments, and Incremental Changes To The PDF.
    Note: Selecting the option for incremental changes is useful for receiving digital signatures in a way that is easily read and reconstructed by a server.

HTML
    Returns the form in hypertext markup language.

XFDF
    Returns the user input as an XML file. You can include Comments with the field data or just the field data.

PDF
    Returns the entire PDF file with the user input.

Field Selection
    Specifies what fields are returned. To receive only some of the completed field data, select Only These, click Select Fields, and select which fields to include or exclude in the Field Selection dialog box.

    For example, you might use this to exclude some calculated or duplicate fields that appear in the form for the user’s benefit but which do not add new information.
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General Software Discussion / Re: What the hell is OpenCandy?
« Last post by Carol Haynes on May 16, 2009, 08:10 PM »
If OpenCandy is a purely OPT-IN system as stated above then surely the installation of OC should also be OPT-IN and not uninstall after silent infiltration?

This may not be malware as such but the fact it is being installed silently with other apps makes it an unwelcome intrusion in my opinion - and it it is sending any information back to OC without expressly telling the user that it is doing that then it is (at least as far as I am concerned) spyware.
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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Free AnVir Task Manager!
« Last post by Carol Haynes on May 16, 2009, 07:25 PM »
Thanks Ashraf - that's really cool.
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