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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Pre-Release: Printer PaperSource Explorer 1.1.2.0-beta

« Last post by Ath on December 03, 2011, 06:33 AM »

Updated Printer PaperSource Explorer to version 1.1.2.0-beta.
From the Changelog:

Code: Text [Select]

1. 2011-12-03, v1.1.2.0-beta
2. - Improved matching algorithm because of an issue with PDFCreator bin names on Windows Server 2008

Get the update either by running Help/Check for Updates (using DCupdater), or download the installer form the first message in this thread.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Pre-Release: Printer PaperSource Explorer 1.1.1.0-beta

« Last post by Ath on December 03, 2011, 05:59 AM »

Updated Printer PaperSource Explorer to version 1.1.1.0-beta.
From the Changelog:

Code: Text [Select]

1. 2011-12-03, v1.1.1.0-beta
2. - Fixed wrong website url in .dcupdate file
3. - Remove surrounding whitespace when comparing tray names

Get the update either by running Help/Check for Updates (using DCupdater), or download the installer form the first message in this thread.

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by Ath on December 03, 2011, 03:35 AM »

Thanks, ewemoa.

Yeah I saw that 1111, and captured it myself, but hadn't thought of upping the version for that would've been nice.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Pre-Release: Printer PaperSource Explorer 1.1.0.0-beta

« Last post by Ath on December 03, 2011, 03:30 AM »

The "Visit program web page to download update" button on the update checker sent me to a 404 here:
http://ath.dcmembers...ersourceexplorer.php

Did I show up to early? 

-Stoic Joker (December 02, 2011, 05:17 PM)

I mis-typed the url, have to fix that in the next update, sorry The download link from this thread's first post is correct, as you found out.


I can now see why on your Win7 config it didn't match the AutoSelect unrecognized tray: Half of the driver-trays have a space pre-fixed to the name. I'll have to strip that off during comparing , missed that from the previous screenshots, but now it seems obvious.
I can only agree on the crappyness of the HP drivers, as they have IMHO been for the recent 10+ years.

The WinXP display seems quite accurate, doesn't it?

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Pre-Release: Printer PaperSource Explorer 1.1.0.0-beta

« Last post by Ath on December 02, 2011, 04:47 PM »

Updated Printer PaperSource Explorer to version 1.1.0.0-beta.
From the Changelog:

Code: Text [Select]

1. 2011-12-03, v1.1.0.0-beta
2. - Use Windows PrintServer runtime information to separate Active from Hidden/Disabled bins
3. - Load printer data at startup only, and when Refresh is used, to improve display speed.
4. - Added Edit/Expand All Nodes option
5. - Added Edit/Display Hidden/Disabled bins option
6. - Added Edit/Display Runtime bin-names option
7. - Added Edit/Display Unrecognized Runtime bin-names option

Get the update either by running Help/Check for Updates (using DCupdater), or download the installer form the first message in this thread.

@Stoic Joker: Hope you can find some time to check this out, please report any issues here

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General Software Discussion / Re: RANT: Google UI Developers should be SHOT!

« Last post by Ath on December 02, 2011, 01:52 AM »

Localized Google pages tend to get updates like this later, the .com one get it first, usually. Can't see what page you are using, ofcourse

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Pre-Release: Printer PaperSource Explorer

« Last post by Ath on December 02, 2011, 01:47 AM »

I was actually wondering why PPSE thought I had custom paper in trays 1 & 2.

-Stoic Joker (December 01, 2011, 10:15 PM)

That info is straight from the driver. Originally I never thought about getting current configuration from the printer, as I was just interested in the  binnumbers .
I've been experimenting/investigating with reading current info from the PrintServer, but that has the disadvantage of using different names for the inputbins but I'm trying to match them. Not sure yet if the bin-type has anything to do with the paper type setting, I'll compare those too to see if there are differences or more accurate data. I'll post an update tonight (CET), so we can see if/how my matching algorithm works out

Maybe I should add a disclaimer like:
Any discrepancies caused by drivers are the manufacturers' responsibility

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Developer's Corner / Re: Ribbon UI - is it really THAT good?

« Last post by Ath on December 01, 2011, 03:06 PM »

But I've found that once I figure something out in WPF/XAML, the solution is a lot easier to implement, a lot more straightforward, and easier to maintain.

-wraith808 (December 01, 2011, 02:58 PM)

Yup, that, and stick to MVVM.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Pre-Release: Printer PaperSource Explorer

« Last post by Ath on December 01, 2011, 02:44 PM »

SJ, I'm investigating this, to see if I can detect what trays are actually available/installed. Usually it can be either set from the Advanced tab on the printer settings, or it's detected by the driver by querying the printer. Now to get my prying fingers at that info...

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge: Track My Stuff!

« Last post by Ath on December 01, 2011, 01:35 PM »

That is going to be useful for me. I always forget who borrowed my DVD's

Can't wait

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge: Desktop URL Embed

« Last post by Ath on December 01, 2011, 01:31 PM »

Hey wraith, that sounds (no looks yet) great

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General Software Discussion / Re: make USB port disabled or delayed enable on startup - any util do this?

« Last post by Ath on December 01, 2011, 06:09 AM »

Hm, a bit OT, but I do see the DisplayLink drivers (for a same MIMO screen ) having the issue of blanking the screen for several seconds a few times during boot, but eventually the login screen shows and I can log in. And I never unplug the MIMO.

More On-topic:
DisplayLink did release a new driver (6.1, previous 5.6), just last week, maybe that helps? (I just saw them, and haven't installed yet)

Totally on-topic:
I just googled this tool: http://www.disableusbports.com/ that you could give a try

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Early Beta: Ethervane Echo

« Last post by Ath on November 30, 2011, 06:15 AM »

That's what Excel (sometimes) does. Perhaps version 2003 does that more than 2007. Basically, Echo sits there waiting until Windows tells it that clipboard contents have changed. You start Excel, and Excel rewrites the clipboard all by itself - that's a bad thing to do.

-tranglos (November 30, 2011, 05:28 AM)

Is there a possibility that this is caused by some Excel add-in installed on the users' system? Some VBA scripters take rogue steps 'to get it working', and never look back after that.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Pre-Release: Printer PaperSource Explorer

« Last post by Ath on November 29, 2011, 05:22 PM »

Ok, here is a pre-release for PaperSourceExplorer 1.0.0.0-beta. Official release will be ofcourse on 01-01-2012.

Download available from the above pledge message, here

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Living Room / Re: Dell 4Gb to 16Gb DDR 3 upgrade --- £500

« Last post by Ath on November 29, 2011, 04:01 PM »

If I'd need 32 GB I wouldn't be putting that in a laptop, but in a proper desktop with a huge processor, not available in a laptop, for pulling all those Virtual Machines through the clay.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Ribbon UI - is it really THAT good?

« Last post by Ath on November 29, 2011, 01:45 AM »

This MSDN page gives help in making a decision whether to use a ribbon or not: http://msdn.microsof...esktop/cc872782.aspx
This (MS) Blog entry is also quite useful, and more geared toward the Office 2010 (IMHO improved) Ribbon: http://blogs.technet...the-ribbon-mine.aspx
Maybe that helps.
The main separation that I make is:

• Is the application document-oriented, like Word or Excel, (or help-authoring for that matter) then a Ribbon can be quite productive.
• Is the application data-centered where there are a lot of selections to make and field-based data-entry then Ribbon UI doesn't help much, and a Menu and/or Toolbar based UI would work just as fine, and save quite a bit of screen real-estate too.

But that doesn't mean that I can always do it like I think it should be done

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General Software Discussion / Re: clock

« Last post by Ath on November 28, 2011, 05:13 AM »

It can be dragged to the second monitor, but it isn't 'allowed' to stay there, probably because the x/y coordinates are normalized to the current screen-size instead of the desktop-size. The date-hint does show on the second monitor in my setup

never tested it with multi-monitor and have no way of doing so

-app103 (November 28, 2011, 04:22 AM)

We, fellow DC-ers, can do that for you

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Lists on the blog

« Last post by Ath on November 28, 2011, 01:48 AM »

Hm, Chrome (both -dev and Canary builds, v17) is also a tad out of line:

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: Lists on the blog

« Last post by Ath on November 28, 2011, 01:42 AM »

And in IE8 it looks like this:



Great, all those 'standards compliant' browsers

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mike Halsey article on firmware upgrades/updates ...

« Last post by Ath on November 27, 2011, 02:29 PM »

Reading this thread, it seems to boil down to 1 point: Ask yourself: What's in it for me?

No improvement? No Go.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: small file name length-related bug

« Last post by Ath on November 25, 2011, 07:12 AM »

Looks like a typo in de code, the max normal path/filename is 261 characters, while SC allows for 161, dodgy or on purpose?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: can I use Screenshot Captor to add a THICK border around an image?

« Last post by Ath on November 25, 2011, 05:45 AM »

Hm, I found Special Effect Options/ Quick Borders, but it only allows a Width of 9 pixels to be entered, and manually modifying the ini file gets it reset to 9 on startup

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Screenshot Captor / Re: can I use Screenshot Captor to add a THICK border around an image?

« Last post by Ath on November 25, 2011, 05:32 AM »

I just tried the 'Border for Image' option, on the right-side toolbar in SC, and selected 'Simple Border Around Image - Outside (resize)', and then repeat 10 to 25 times, should give your nice thick border. Unfortunately there's no keyboard shortcut for that option (or I just didn't find it).

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: USB Safely Remove and Zentimo, Black Friday 30% off

« Last post by Ath on November 25, 2011, 01:36 AM »

Got this e-mail offer today:

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Not as good as previous offers, but for those interested...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Outlook PST Repair Recommendations?

« Last post by Ath on November 24, 2011, 04:53 PM »

And creating a new pst file, then copying all folders over, delete the old pst, does that help (or was that option no. 1 in the other pages, that I didn't look at)