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Non-Windows Software / Re: Google Play Store Android updates not new

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 18, 2017, 10:25 AM »

It hasn't happened to me; couple of phones, couple of tablets

Just think of it as Google wanting to make you feel special.

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General Software Discussion / Re: New PDF editor: FlexiPDF from SoftMaker

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 14, 2017, 08:25 PM »

FWIW
Open Office Draw handles .pdf and is okay for unambitious formatting (and it's free).
Word 2016 is better at handling tricky formatting (about the same as FlexiPDF)
WordPerfect X7 manages quite well.
Of what I have, Acrobat X is the best. Some of my documents require quirky formats and Acrobat X is more faithful in its reproduction of those.
 

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General Software Discussion / Re: New PDF editor: FlexiPDF from SoftMaker

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 13, 2017, 06:21 PM »

I don't see an export to Word option in FlexiPDF Pro v1.06 Win.

The only export option I am offered is HTML3. That output a 28 page .pdf document, with fairly complex formatting, to HTML which Word 2016 brought in looking pretty much the same as the original.

OTOH Word 2016 inhaled the original .pdf and produced perfectly good results without FlexiPDF as an intermediary.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Text Dragon

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 12, 2017, 09:57 PM »

@cranioscopical - TD does not create an 'untitled.rtf' file. It just creates TextDragon file, please let me know what you find out.

-c.gingerich (October 12, 2017, 06:42 PM)

I had a compiled Autohotkey GUI script of my own running.
That's the source of the Untitled.rtf

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Text Dragon

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 12, 2017, 04:41 PM »

Just discovered that 2.2 throws an error as well; no log file.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Text Dragon

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 12, 2017, 04:32 PM »

@Chris G,

I tried this on 2 machines and had some problems.
I get an "Untitled.rtf" file, along with the desired TestDragon-selected-format file, no matter which format I select.
There's a lot of stuff running on my machines and I wondered if something other than TextDragon was causing this. Now I think that is probably not the case as, after removing TextDragon, the drag ability is gone.

I'm a bit pressed for time at the moment but I'll dig around some more as soon as possible. Just wondered if the "Untitled.rtf" item meant anything to you.

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Pi-hole - A black hole for internet advertisements.

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 09, 2017, 03:15 PM »

Thanks for sharing. Please keep us posted about any snags you might encounter.
 

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Timestamp Clamper - for hammering file/folder timestamps into a reasonable range

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 09, 2017, 03:13 PM »

Boy, that's fast!!!

-Curt (October 06, 2017, 03:23 PM)

^+1
a tenth of a second!

-cranioscopical (October 02, 2017, 07:02 AM)

Gentlemen, it merely means that you have well-warmed up file system caches

-apankrat (October 09, 2017, 05:33 AM)

Nonetheless, I think you deserve the cache eh?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Send Yourself to Mars (again)

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 06, 2017, 09:50 PM »

I, too, shall soon be in the red.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Timestamp Clamper - for hammering file/folder timestamps into a reasonable range

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 02, 2017, 07:02 AM »

Boy, that's fast!!!

Thanks for sharing.

To my amazement I found one file 'created' in 1601. I know I'm getting a bit long in the tooth but really…   

Searched 1708 folders, 31185 files as close to instantly as I can measure subjectively (actually reported as 0.1 sec).
 

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: MobySaurus

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 26, 2017, 10:54 AM »

Try

This link which is https://www.donation...s/moby_thesaurus.exe

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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 25, 2017, 08:57 AM »

Thanks for posting, I find that really useful. On rotation my screen used to behave like a trainee kangaroo.

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Living Room / Re: Who's your favorite scientist ?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 20, 2017, 11:06 AM »

"Power to you", Joule be saying next...

-Shades (September 19, 2017, 10:09 PM)

Well, if I have time but I'm only ohm faraday.

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Living Room / Re: Who's your favorite scientist ?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 19, 2017, 02:05 PM »

Q:What's your favourite scientist?
A: A physicist

-4wd (September 19, 2017, 06:03 AM)

Gosh, I was foioled again!     

But then again, Watt's mine.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 18, 2017, 08:36 PM »

What do you think of the new color listing in the chart builder?

-hamradio (September 18, 2017, 07:01 PM)

Nice!

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 18, 2017, 05:00 PM »

Thanks for the continual upgrades!

 

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Living Room / Re: What's your favorite scientist ?

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 16, 2017, 10:52 AM »

Paracelsus
Isaac Newton
Max Planck
Galileo Galilei

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Living Room / Re: irma-geadon

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 14, 2017, 02:14 PM »

I am mostly worn out from humidity but otherwise OK.

Good to hear from you!
 

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Living Room / Re: Original DonationCoder's members computer quotes

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 12, 2017, 02:06 PM »

Some versions of Windows are a paneful experience.
 

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N.A.N.Y. 2018 / Re: NANY 2018 Release: Joomla Extensions

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 08, 2017, 02:02 PM »

As I have been working for the last several months on migrating the DC website to the Joomla content management system, I have ended up coding a bunch of custom extensions.  Some are dc-specific and won't be of much use to others, but several would be of use to general joomla sites.  I plan on releasing a few as part of my NANY offerings this year.

-mouser (September 07, 2017, 08:47 PM)

I hope you're including one that mutes the colors. That would be a site for sore eyes.
 

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Living Room / Re: Back from Donationcoder past....

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 04, 2017, 09:02 PM »

Good for you! 

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Living Room / Re: Weather notifications

« Last post by cranioscopical on September 02, 2017, 08:03 AM »

Usually the weather forecast authority relevant to your country is the best source of info, eg. The Met Office for the UK.

What have you tried, and why are they unsuitable?

-wraith808 (September 01, 2017, 03:29 PM)

Cue round of 20 questions ...

-4wd (September 01, 2017, 10:55 PM)

1) What?

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 30, 2017, 09:17 PM »

 

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 29, 2017, 01:30 PM »

I am slowly looking into the DPI issue as well...

-hamradio (August 29, 2017, 12:21 PM)

 

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by cranioscopical on August 28, 2017, 03:53 PM »

Just a report from a high dpi screen esperience.

On my 3000x2000 267 ppi screen, CW gets the correct color of where it thinks the cursor is.

From the attached image you'll see that 'Chart Builder' thinks the cursor is at x: 1027  Y: 283 while the 'Window Spy' shows X: 2053  Y:566.
The cursor is actually on the red close box of CW and the 'Window Spy' correctly shows its color (C35A50). CW correctly reports 555655 as the color at where it thinks the cursor is situated.

This isn't due to the beta version; I installed the older version on the higher dpi machine and its behavior is the same.

On my 'normal' 1920x1080 screens everything is peachy.