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General Software Discussion / Re: restart router after few minutes of inactivity

« Last post by skwire on April 01, 2012, 04:47 PM »

The hard part will be resetting your router in a programmatical way.  What kind of router is it?  Also, how do you detect when to reset it?  Are you test pinging a site or something like that?

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Post New Requests Here / MOVED: IDEA: launch notepad and make it "always on top" in one click

« Last post by skwire on April 01, 2012, 12:03 AM »

This topic has been moved to Finished Programs.

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=30489.0

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: A question for skwire

« Last post by skwire on March 27, 2012, 12:01 AM »

Sorry, nogojoe, they're Windows only.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: make folder set out of a txt file

« Last post by skwire on March 25, 2012, 09:16 AM »

No, it was my fault:

Website | Download
v1.0.5 - 2012-03-25
    ! Erroneous error checking of the text file field.  (Thanks, Contro)

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: make folder set out of a txt file

« Last post by skwire on March 24, 2012, 11:57 PM »

This has been a long time coming...

Website | Download
v1.0.4 - 2012-03-24
    + Unicode compatible.
    + Added manual entry edit field.
    + Paths are saved.
    + Can now create a shortcut in your SendTo menu.  Use the Options menu.
    * Now accepts the root folder path as a commandline argument.  Useful for scripts.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Birthdays (simple birthday tracking app)

« Last post by skwire on March 24, 2012, 07:37 PM »

can you tell me what's the purpose of the add as monthly tick box?

-nogojoe (March 24, 2012, 07:23 PM)

It's an easy way to add a new entry to each month in one shot.

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Skwire Empire / Re: Birthdays (simple birthday tracking app)

« Last post by skwire on March 24, 2012, 06:48 PM »

The months don't get written to the file in a literal sense.  You'll notice that the file is separated into twelve sections; each section represents the month.

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General Software Discussion / Re: xlsx corrupt file, password protected, can't open...need help

« Last post by skwire on March 23, 2012, 09:46 PM »

I'm not sure what the lesson to be learned here is

-superboyac (March 23, 2012, 09:20 PM)

Backups...and lots of them.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Right Click any file and create New Folder by its Name

« Last post by skwire on March 23, 2012, 08:52 AM »

Website | Download
v1.1.2 - 2012-03-23
    ! F2F now ignores 120 DPI settings.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Right Click any file and create New Folder by its Name

« Last post by skwire on March 23, 2012, 07:48 AM »

Because it's not a real shell namespace extension.  It uses some code to create and register what is known as a DropTarget in order to get the file/folder names you have highlighted when you right-click and choose the Files 2 Folder context menu entry.  It was the only way I could find that would accomplish this sort of thing in AHK.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: automate delete files from a .7z archive

« Last post by skwire on March 22, 2012, 11:09 AM »

What sort of format is the list of files to delete in?  One filename per line?  Is the path included?  If possible, can you post a snippet of the file?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Make all Dialog Boxes and Browser Popups come up where the Cursor is

« Last post by skwire on March 21, 2012, 06:38 PM »

Just to be sure, have you tried running it with administrator rights?  You could also try it in XP compatibility mode.

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Living Room / Re: Employers asking job seekers for Facebook passwords

« Last post by skwire on March 21, 2012, 05:50 PM »

I had a prospective client ask if he could friend me on Facebook. Supposedly to "better keep in touch."

I told him I didn't have a Facebook account. Or a Twitter account. Or a Google+ account. (I really don't BTW.) I told him I basically don't like social media and don't participate in any of it. I offered him my e-mail address instead.

-40hz (March 21, 2012, 02:53 PM)

I would have to say the same thing as well as I have none of those types of social media accounts, either.  Maybe, in addition to email, we could offer, say, an IRC channel instead?   

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Right Click any file and create New Folder by its Name

« Last post by skwire on March 21, 2012, 12:29 PM »

Shell extension doesn't get registered on windows 8 consumer preview

-paarkhi (March 21, 2012, 12:17 PM)

That doesn't surprise me.  I have no plans to move to W8 so my support for that OS will be, "If it works, great.  If not, sorry."

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Skwire Empire / Re: sCheckbook

« Last post by skwire on March 20, 2012, 10:55 PM »

Reserved...

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Right Click any file and create New Folder by its Name

« Last post by skwire on March 20, 2012, 10:37 PM »

Unicode filenames won't work for sure.  Otherwise, I think you're okay.  If a file doesn't move into a folder, chances are that a file already exists by that name in said folder.  In other words, F2F doesn't overwrite or rename files when moving.

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Skwire Empire / Release: sCheckbook

« Last post by skwire on March 20, 2012, 09:18 PM »

Title	sCheckbook
Description	Simple checkbook or bank account register.  I wrote this as a simple way for my daughters to keep track of their money.  I feel there are plenty of other full-featured account tracking applications out there and I don't want to reinvent the wheel.  As such, there are no fancy features like reporting, etc., nor will there be.  The application, however, does offer export to CSV and HTML formats.
Supported OS	Windows 7.  Probably works, but not tested on, Windows XP/Vista/8
Website:	http://skwire.dcmembers.com/fp/?page=scheckbook
History	Changelog
Download	Portable zip
PAD file	pad.xml
Screenshot

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Right Click any file and create New Folder by its Name

« Last post by skwire on March 20, 2012, 08:53 PM »

Try this:

1) Download this: http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/files_2_folder/Unreg_F2F.zip
2) Run the Unregister_F2F_Shell_Extension.exe file and that should unregister the shell extension.
3) Put your Files2Folder.exe file where you want and run it.  It should ask you if you want to register the shell extension.  Let me know if it doesn't.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Right Click any file and create New Folder by its Name

« Last post by skwire on March 20, 2012, 08:34 PM »

Do you still have the "Files 2 Folder" entry in your context menu?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Ctrl-C direct to sequential files in designated folder

« Last post by skwire on March 20, 2012, 05:47 PM »

HOWEVER, a tiny efficient freebe by Skwire and Company probably would work better.
So..., until then, issue sorta solved.

-nkormanik (March 20, 2012, 04:40 PM)

I'm confused because my code snippet above does what you asked for, no?
https://www.donation....msg281503#msg281503

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Happy B-Day FARR

« Last post by skwire on March 20, 2012, 02:57 PM »

Holy Moses! Did mouser invent those first-generation tablets?

-cranioscopical (March 20, 2012, 09:35 AM)

No, Holy Mouses did.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Right Click any file and create New Folder by its Name

« Last post by skwire on March 19, 2012, 11:38 PM »

As an FYI, keep in mind that this application is NOT compatible with Unicode filenames.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Right Click any file and create New Folder by its Name

« Last post by skwire on March 19, 2012, 11:27 PM »

For selected files... create subfolders by EXTENSIONS, move files to their appropriate subfolder based on their EXTENSION.

-nkormanik (March 19, 2012, 04:43 PM)

Here you go:

Website | Download
v1.1.1 - 2012-03-19
    + Added third method to allow sorting to folders based on file extensions.  (Thanks, nkormanik)

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Skwire Empire / Re: Birthdays (simple birthday tracking app)

« Last post by skwire on March 19, 2012, 10:41 PM »

Dcupdater keeps downloading v1.0.8 and I download the same version when I download from the software page.

-Herbesj (March 19, 2012, 02:55 PM)

Yep, sorry about that.  I reverted the build once oblivion and nogojoe reported the ANSI/UTF-8 screwup I made.  This was to prevent any others from messing up their birthdays until I could write a fix for the problem.  Apologies for the trouble; here the latest version:

Website | Download
v1.1.0 - 2012-03-19
    ! Fixed ANSI/UTF-8 issue introduced by the last build.

Backup your current birthdays.txt file before running this version.  Ideally, this version should just appear to work as normal on your machine but please let me know either way.  Thank you.

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Living Room / Re: Mobile hotspots: your experiences. (mine included)

« Last post by skwire on March 19, 2012, 12:47 PM »

I use my (rooted) Android phone as a hotspot for my kids when they want WiFi acces for their iPod Touch devices (when we're on the road, etc.).  It takes all of twenty seconds to start the app and have the kids connected.  I've also used it for my work laptop when I'm travelling.  For the record, though, I'm on an unlimited plan and I refuse to pay tethering charges.  What a damn joke they are.  Instead, I use whichever free tethering app works at a given point in time.  If said tethering app gets shut down or stops working, I simply move on to the next one that does work.