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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Batch m3u8 creator - similar to createm3u

« Last post by Winkie on October 22, 2011, 12:51 PM »

Nice review of sPlaylistMaker on addictivetips today:
Create M3U And M3U8 Playlist via Drag And Drop With sPlaylistMaker

Finally more attention for this little but very nice app.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Simple Counter Utility Wanted

« Last post by Winkie on September 09, 2011, 03:36 PM »

Of cource I can't beat skwire , but this is how I like it:

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. #NoEnv
2. #SingleInstance, Force
3. SetBatchLines, -1
4. SetControlDelay, -1
5.  
6. iMyCount := 0
7. bAllowUpdate := True
8.  
9. Gui, 1:+LabelMainGui
10. Gui, 1:Margin, 5, 5
11. Gui, 1:Font, s30
12. Gui, 1:Add, Text, xm w200 h100 0x1200 Center Section vCounterCtrl, % iMyCount
13. Gui, 1:Font
14. Gui, 1:Add, Button, ys w75 h25 Section vInput_btn gInputValue, Set
15. Gui, 1:Font, w700
16. Gui, 1:Add, Button, xs ys+45 w75 h25 gCountUp, +1
17. Gui, 1:Add, Button, xs w75 h25 gCountDown, -1
18. Gui, 1:Font
19. Gui, 1:Add, Checkbox, xm w138 h25 Checked vbDoHourCount gToggleHourCount, Count up on the hour
20. Gui, 1:Add, Checkbox, x+5 w138 h25 vbAllowNegatives, Allow negative values
21. Gui, 1:Show, Center, CountAM
22.  
23. SetTimer, HourCount, 1000
24. Return
25.  
26. MainGuiClose:
27. MainGuiEscape:
28. {
29.         ExitApp
30. }
31. Return
32.  
33. CountUp:
34. {
35.         iMyCount++
36.         FormatAndUpdate( iMyCount )
37. }
38. Return
39.  
40. CountDown:
41. {
42.         Gui, 1:Submit, NoHide
43.         If Not bAllowNegatives
44.         {
45.                 If iMyCount
46.                         iMyCount--
47.         }
48.         Else
49.                 iMyCount--
50.         FormatAndUpdate( iMyCount )
51. }
52. Return
53.  
54. HourCount:
55. {
56.         FormatTime, iMyNow, A_Now, HHmm
57.         If ( Mod( iMyNow, 100 ) = 0 ) ; We're at the top of an hour.
58.         {
59.                 If ( bAllowUpdate = True )
60.                 {
61.                         ; Increase counter by one and then don't allow any more increases until this minute is up.
62.                         Gosub, CountUp
63.                         bAllowUpdate := False
64.                 }
65.         }
66.         Else
67.         {
68.                 bAllowUpdate := True
69.         }
70. }
71. Return
72.  
73. ToggleHourCount:
74. {
75.         Gui, 1:Submit, NoHide
76.         If bDoHourCount
77.                 SetTimer, HourCount, 1000
78.         Else
79.                 SetTimer, HourCount, Off
80. }
81. Return
82.  
83. InputValue:
84. {
85.         Gui, 1:+Disabled
86.         Gui, 2:+LabelInputGui +Owner1
87.         Gui, 2:Margin, 12, 12
88.         Gui, 2:Add, Edit, xm w80 r1 Number
89.         Gui, 2:Add, UpDown, Range-32767-32767 viMyInput
90.         Gui, 2:Add, Button, x+15 w80 Default gNewInput, OK
91.         Gui, 2:Show, Center, Enter a value
92. }
93. Return
94.  
95. InputGuiClose:
96. InputGuiEscape:
97. {
98.         Gui, 1:-Disabled
99.         Gui, 2:Destroy
100. }
101. Return
102.  
103. NewInput:
104. {
105.         Gui, 2:Submit, NoHide
106.         Gui, 2:+OwnDialogs
107.         If Not iMyInput
108.         {
109.                 MsgBox, 36, Please confirm, Do you really want the value to be blank?
110.                 IfMsgBox No
111.                         Return
112.         }
113.         Gui, 1:-Disabled
114.         Gui, 2:Destroy
115.         Gui, 1:Default
116.         FormatAndUpdate( iMyInput )
117.         iMyCount := iMyInput
118.         iMyInput :=
119. }
120. Return
121.  
122. ; FormatInteger -- by Winkie
123. FormatAndUpdate( Int )
124. {
125.         vVar := Int
126.         If vVar < 0
127.         {
128.                 vMinus := "-"
129.                 StringTrimLeft, vVar, vVar, 1
130.         }
131.         Loop
132.         {
133.                 If vVar > 999
134.                 {
135.                         StringLen, vLen, vVar
136.                         vTrim := vLen - 3
137.                         StringTrimLeft, vPart, vVar, % vTrim
138.                         vOut := "." vPart vOut
139.                         StringTrimRight, vVar, vVar, 3
140.                 }
141.                 Else
142.                         Break
143.         }
144.         Gui, 1:Default
145.         GuiControl, Text, CounterCtrl, % vMinus vVar vOut
146. }

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for 'self email' sender

« Last post by Winkie on September 05, 2011, 12:31 PM »

require further interaction.

-mouser (September 05, 2011, 12:03 PM)

I know, but...

hotkey. start typing

-justice (September 05, 2011, 04:49 AM)

will at least need some dialog, IMHO. If a desktop mail client is present, I would prefer to use it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for 'self email' sender

« Last post by Winkie on September 05, 2011, 12:00 PM »

@justice: Do you use a desktop e-mail client? If so, why not use mailto:? (reference here)

The following AutoHotkey code gives the (in my case Thunderbird) compose window, in which I can edit the message before sending it:

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. #7::
2.         Run, mailto:me@you.us?subject=This is the subject line&body=This is the body text.
3. Return

sendemail commandline exe.

-mouser (September 05, 2011, 06:34 AM)

Or:

• Blat
• Bmail

Or use Blat with AutoHotkey with a DllCall.
Or... use AutoHotkey with CDO COM (with or without AHK_L).

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General Software Discussion / Re: recommend a flexible *command line capable* MP3 tag and rename program?

« Last post by Winkie on September 03, 2011, 02:22 PM »

Back in the day, there was tag.exe by Ca5e.  However, it seems that his original site is no more.     You can grab the latest version I had in my archives from my site:  http://www.skwire.net/~apps/misc/tag.zip

-skwire (September 02, 2011, 07:20 PM)

The latest version is 2.0.52 (Still, dated: 2007-05-03). Since your latest version development is done by synthetic soul.

Or you can download it from Softpedia.

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Skrommel's Software / Re: Source Code for AHK utilities?

« Last post by Winkie on September 02, 2011, 06:25 PM »

For the source of a program on Skrommel's One-Hour Software page, click the little green icon with the white H below the program name.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Windows management script

« Last post by Winkie on August 19, 2011, 03:18 PM »

Thanks Winkie

-tomos (August 19, 2011, 02:32 PM)

You're welcome.
So, we can call this one done?
Or did you catch the AHK-virus and want some other features?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Windows management script

« Last post by Winkie on August 19, 2011, 01:04 PM »

I see there's a 64bit version - would you recommend that?

-tomos (August 18, 2011, 03:28 PM)

Not sure about that. I have no experience with 64-bit.

tried the first example, it works

-tomos (August 18, 2011, 03:42 PM)

But if you want to update to AHK_L the hotkey can become this:

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. #q::ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").ShutdownWindows()

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Windows management script

« Last post by Winkie on August 18, 2011, 02:52 PM »

It should be possible to show the standard Windows shutdown dailog. At least, ShutdownWindows works on my WinXP system (Can't test it on Win7).
@tomos: what AutoHotkey version do you use?

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is Mozilla trying to do?

« Last post by Winkie on August 15, 2011, 02:11 PM »

What is Mozilla trying to do? Continues...
Mozilla Plans To Hide Firefox Version

Conclusion:

It seems like they somehow want to hide the fact that the version changes each 5 minutes, which suggest that they are aware it’s not exactly the best idea So basically, we have a bad idea, we implement it and then hide it from the user. Great plan, shows a responsible attitude!

-Nebulus

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Make folder with current date

« Last post by Winkie on August 08, 2011, 02:22 PM »

It seems I am too late with XMD

-fenixproductions (August 08, 2011, 02:31 AM)

It's never too late to suggest good software . I love software with a lot of (command line) parameters... 
So XMD is bookmarked for reference. For now I have enough with XYplorer's New Templates:

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Drop target to move files to predefined folders

« Last post by Winkie on August 03, 2011, 03:36 PM »

addictive tips has a descent review of Drop Zone today :

DropZone – Copy And Move Files To Specified Folders via Drag & Drop

And Howtogeek also noticed that (and did a shameless crop of Skwire's screenshot):
Drop Zone Is a Drag and Drop File Mover

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Living Room / Re: Are we allowed to avoid the "My Docs" mess in Win7?

« Last post by Winkie on July 25, 2011, 02:41 PM »

But.. and here's the key point.. I don't go near that directory with my own files.  I use my own custom MyDocs folder for any program data that *I* have control over.  So any program where i have a choice, and where I care about the data, I save to the MyDocs folder.

This has the great advantage of letting you easily distinguish the relatively small number documents that you actually work with and care about (which are in MyDocs), and those that are auto managed and you probably don't much care about, in the "My Documents" path.

-mouser (July 25, 2011, 02:03 PM)

+1

~ Thanks Winkie for those links

-tomos (July 25, 2011, 02:21 PM)

You're welcome.

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Living Room / Re: Are we allowed to avoid the "My Docs" mess in Win7?

« Last post by Winkie on July 25, 2011, 12:14 PM »

I think it's really up to windows to allow users to customise the save/save-as/open dialogues.
=> Problem solved.

-tomos (July 25, 2011, 03:29 AM)

Like this?:
Common File Dialog Box - Customize Places Bar - Windows 7 Forums

[edit] then I'm back looking for a dialogue extender for save/open. Ah well, just what I'm used to... [/edit]

-tomos (July 24, 2011, 02:14 PM)

I just want a choice of favorite directories added to my "save as" dialog.

-dbarton (July 18, 2011, 10:42 PM)

The suggested software

HTH

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Faster boots combining hibernate and restart (Boot Snooze)

« Last post by Winkie on May 26, 2011, 02:01 PM »

Boot Snooze is reviewed on ghacks today :

http://www.ghacks.net/2011/05/26/boot-snooze-restart-then-hibernate-or-standby-your-pc/

Boot Snooze, a freeware app by Donation Coder member Skwire, has been designed to bring the best of both worlds together. It combines a restart of the computer with an automated switch to hibernation or standby.

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Copy the "Save As" filepath to the clipboard

« Last post by Winkie on April 10, 2011, 09:51 AM »

• I bought XYplorer Friday on the BDJ special.  It's great!
• I think I may be able to do what I'm looking for with it. 
• Or use it in place of what I'm trying with a notetaking program.
• So this can probably moved to "solved."

-bob99 (April 10, 2011, 07:50 AM)

• Congratulations, nice to hear you like it too.
• If you want to put XYplorer to good use I have a suggestion for you for the sorting:
  I save everything in one folder and then use XYplorer to move everything to the right place. Either by using "Move To", which remembers the last used folders or by using some "Move To" User Defined Commands (UDC) (menu User). I assigned a keyboard shortcut to the "Move To" UDC-menu so when it's pressed that menu pops up at the mouse cursor position for easy access. (see screenshot below for how UDC's look like with Custom Keyboard Shortcuts)
• You can use the tags/comments feature for that (although I have no experience with them. I did add the tagging buttons to the toolbar (also see screenshot) but haven't had time to put them to use... )
• Great!

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Developer's Corner / Re: Cheap Artwork for Web Sites and Software

« Last post by Winkie on April 10, 2011, 08:15 AM »

Thanks for the heads up, Renegade.

Now, if I can be forgiven for being so bold, the design at the Super Simple web site is pretty good. The artwork is clean and well presented. Could it be better? Sure. Is it going to win any design contests? No. Is it well presented and attractive? Absolutely. And I did everything there… kind of…

-Renegade/Ryan on Cynic.me

You are right, (the design of) the site is good. It's also very funny.
One small suggestion on the design though: make it clearer that the search box is an search box. Now the design is the same as the bar next to it, which is confusing.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to make Firefox Not Open PDF Files

« Last post by Winkie on April 08, 2011, 05:13 PM »

@Curt:
How do you think the icons should look like? I can alter the style for you if you want.
Something like this, perhaps?

-Winkie (April 05, 2011, 02:39 PM)

Let me answer that myself after a PM to Curt, Curt likes the whole set I made: Cursor Indicator On Link Hover.

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General Software Discussion / Re: how do I get back my "Open with..."?

« Last post by Winkie on April 08, 2011, 04:39 PM »

my Vista reads:
%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe %SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1
I would guess it is the same?

-Curt (April 08, 2011, 03:53 PM)

They are the same, but when you can always try to subsitute both %Systemroot% for %WinDir%. That surprisingly fixed it on my XP!

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: XYplorer Lifetime License Pro on offer BdJ Friday 8th April 2011

« Last post by Winkie on April 08, 2011, 03:30 PM »

"Portable File Associations / Portable Openwith Menu"
Search is super fast.

-tomos (April 08, 2011, 02:27 PM)

++++1

"the Catalog"

I use the Catalog a lot and don't use any (Mini) Tree. I especially like that you can swap them easily.
See my post in a previous thread EDIT: @Tomos: you already saw that one...

Tagging & "Commenting" - I'm not sure are they only readable by XY?

Don't use them either (yet).
But you're right:

The tags are stored in a database file named "tag.dat" located in the application data folder. This file is a normal text file (UTF-16LE encoded) which contains all data in an open, simple, and human-friendly format. You can open it in any text editor to check or even manually edit its contents. This makes it future-safe and accessible for other applications.
http://www.xyplorer..../index.php?page=tags

-XYplorer Tour

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General Software Discussion / Re: how do I get back my "Open with..."?

« Last post by Winkie on April 08, 2011, 01:34 PM »

Try following the instructions here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/218805

-skwire (April 08, 2011, 01:02 PM)

Thanks for the link, Skwire. Now I was able to finally fix this problem on my XP pc:

SYMPTOMS
When you double-click an unknown file type, an unexpected default action may occur.

-MS KB

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N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)

« Last post by Winkie on April 08, 2011, 12:02 PM »

I'm having a strange issue. When I click Help -> Check for Updates, I get the following:
 (see attachment in previous post)
If it's not obvious, the problem is that it doesn't even check for updates for Trout. It only checks for updates for DcUpdater. (Current version is Trout 1.0.5 build 85)

I don't know if this is a problem with Trout or with DcUpdater or DCUHelper or what.

-Deozaan (April 08, 2011, 03:01 AM)

Looks like a problem with Trout to me. It looks like Trout creates the Trout.dcupdate file when you click Help -> Check for updates. And the file it creates is missing all xml-brackets at the beginning of each line...
If you manually add the inequality sign <  to the beginning of each line which does not have one, double clicking dcupdate file works.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to make Firefox Not Open PDF Files

« Last post by Winkie on April 05, 2011, 02:39 PM »

However, the icons look outdated and too small; they are not easy to distinct. It should not be very difficult for a pro to make them even more useful.

-Curt (April 04, 2011, 05:42 PM)

@Curt:
How do you think the icons should look like? I can alter the style for you if you want.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to make Firefox Not Open PDF Files

« Last post by Winkie on April 04, 2011, 02:43 PM »

Or Link Alert

-AndyM (April 04, 2011, 02:36 PM)

-> Link Alert
Is a nice one, but I'll stick with Cursor indicator, I never needed to know more...

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to make Firefox Not Open PDF Files

« Last post by Winkie on April 04, 2011, 02:15 PM »

I am constantly clicking on links that i think go to websites and instead...

-mouser (April 03, 2011, 06:42 PM)

If you want a warning beforehand: install Stylish and this userstyle: Cursor indicator