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Developer's Corner / Re: Microsoft providing .NET Framework source code!

« Last post by mouser on October 08, 2007, 02:04 PM »

I certainly don't put dirty tricks beneath MS, but i have to say it does seem a bit of a reach for that article to say that the MS goal in opening up the source code is to trap groups like Mono into using their sources and then claim infringement.

Seems more likely to me that the goal might be to make the source available so that they can get free help improving it and answering security issues, while not giving up any rights and retaining full control.

But just reiterating my previous statements -- making the source code for .net available for reading does nothing for me.  My concern is simply are they going to facilitate cross-platform .net development or make active attempts to hinder it.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: MiniCap, Please Help

« Last post by mouser on October 08, 2007, 01:12 PM »

I tried scrolling capture via screenshot captor on the gallery site and it failed -- i think the applet with the animated picture is mostly responsible.  So if Screenshot Captor is failing so will MiniCap i'm sorry to say.

Let us know if/when you find a program that will capture it successfully.  Definitely try the browser plugins, i think they have the best chance of working.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: [BUG?] In the editor window

« Last post by mouser on October 08, 2007, 12:40 PM »

ill be releasing a new build in next couple of days -- let's see if this is fixed by then.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: CPU monitor that plays sound according to activity

« Last post by mouser on October 08, 2007, 10:59 AM »

Welcome to the site Jamie 

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General Software Discussion / Qliner Hotkeys (open source): Hotkey program with visual keyboard

« Last post by mouser on October 08, 2007, 09:43 AM »

Over at ghacks they've found a cool looking hotkey program with one very nice feature that I know will appeal so some people -- you can get a quick visual representation of which keys you have mapped to each program.

http://www.qliner.com/hotkeys/

from http://www.ghacks.net/

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Developer's Corner / Re: Microsoft providing .NET Framework source code!

« Last post by mouser on October 08, 2007, 09:16 AM »

Here's a article from last week warning people to beware of this step by Microsoft, take it for what it's worth:
http://www.eweek.com...,1895,2191754,00.asp

Microsoft is claiming that releasing the .NET Framework reference source code under the Microsoft Reference License will give developers the opportunity to understand more about .NET.  That sounds good for open source, doesn't it? Wrong! Microsoft's so-called opening up of .NET Framework is setting a trap for open-source programmers. Open-source developers should avoid this code at all costs..

hat tip: http://www.sutor.com

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General Software Discussion / Re: Autoreplace in clipboard

« Last post by mouser on October 08, 2007, 08:46 AM »

rjbull hit the nail on the head with CHS method, just in case you are interested:

• CHS doesn't have a way to auto-apply formatting every time you copy something to clipboard per se, BUT you can do it all in one step!  Just select the text in question and then trigger the text formatting preset (rather than copy first) -- see more detailed instructions below.
• But what it will do is let you create+configure a whole bunch of different custom search+replace/reformat/etc presets and show them on a quick pop-up menu for you to apply to text you have just captured while you paste it.
• It comes with some of these text formatting presets that do things like convert the case of the text just copied.

How to use text-formatting preset in quickest way:

• Select the text in question wherever it is
• Bring up quick-popup menu in CHS (ctrl+alt+Q by default)
• Choose the Text Formatting preset submenu (hit T)
• Choose the text formatting preset to apply (you can create your own ones from the CHS main window)
• Text will be copied, formatted, and pasted back

This "one-step" process is actually very useful in doing things like converting a line of text from one case to another, etc.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Announcing discountsoft.org, including thousands discount coupons

« Last post by mouser on October 07, 2007, 09:15 PM »

This is the right place for people to post about their software and sites, and i do not view it as spam if posted here.  He didn't try to pretend that he wasn't associated with the site, and i think by posting it here one is implicitly saying they are associated with the site, so i really don't see any problem with the post.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: MiniCap, Please Help

« Last post by mouser on October 07, 2007, 09:13 PM »

1) there are some nice web page specific capture tools nowadays which may be better suited for what you want.  I know there are some firefox and ie plugins that might be good.
2) i think there is also a web service that will create a screenshot of a long web page also.
3) minicap hasn't been rebuilt for a while -- if you really need minicap, could you first try my screenshot captor program and see if that works on it -- if so then at least i know that my existing code can do it.

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Living Room / Re: DC Unofficial Meeting #5 Took Place - Veign and Mouser meet

« Last post by mouser on October 07, 2007, 09:11 PM »

It was cody.

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General Software Discussion / Re: program to block internet access of a certain file/program

« Last post by mouser on October 07, 2007, 06:55 PM »

i agree with veign -- what you are asking for is a firewall.. you may be able to find a program that does an ok job of just what you want and not other more general things, but i wouldnt be surprised if it wasnt less efficient and buggier than a true firewall.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Grab Selected Region doesn't behave the same way

« Last post by mouser on October 07, 2007, 10:24 AM »

you are describing "red box capture" mode.  in the options you can choose when to use this red box capture method, if at all:

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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - ScreenshotCaptor - 2.37.01 - OCT 7, 2007

« Last post by mouser on October 07, 2007, 05:59 AM »

Minor update released -- you can get it from the updater.

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Developer's Corner / Re: What about web-based (php, ruby, python, etc) DC coders doing some web snacks?

« Last post by mouser on October 07, 2007, 02:40 AM »

Does anyone want to take a try at creating the CodyTasks idea that we tossed around a little while ago?

The idea is to have a script that would keep track of some # of tasks and who had completed each one.

Some more details, keeping things as simple as possible:
Admin can create a text file (or database table) that lists tasks.
At first i think the task completion will be completely on the honor system, so users should see the list of tasks and be able to check tasks they complete.  Eventually it would be nice to be able to say some tasks can only be marked complete for a user by the page admin.
So when a user visits the page the script should look up their username and show them the list of all tasks and which ones they have accomplished, and let them mark tasks they have completed.  Where do user names come from?  We will interface the script to the forum database, so the script should simply include a function call to "getusername" which will sometimes simply return null, meaning the user isnt logged in and so there is nothing for them to do.
Lastly, we would also want it so users could see a list of all people who have accomplished tasks.

Any takers?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Appaholic - Another nice freeware review page

« Last post by mouser on October 06, 2007, 07:21 PM »

suleika, I use windows classic style and have no intention of changing to any skinned theme.  Don't be ashamed to be classic

plutchok -- your site looks very nice and worth letting our readers know about 

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Developer's Corner / Re: Microsoft providing .NET Framework source code!

« Last post by mouser on October 05, 2007, 10:33 PM »

Like i said, there is a ton i like about .net, C#, and MS development tools.  I consider myself pretty neutral in the open source debates -- i love the idea and spirit behind open source, but i have been burned so many times with half-finished open source tools that show no sign of having developers willing to fix the unfun-to-work-on-issues that i have grown to fully expect it now. 

(In my ideal world all source code would be "open" but developers would get enough funding to support them while they work on the non-fun but necessary stuff and would be free from others taking their code and profiting from their work -- but that's a side issue and a pipe dream).

Anyway -- nothing would please me more than hearing some announcement some day that MS fully blesses and supports the Mono project and is committed to seeing 100% cross-platform compatibility of all .net features in a timely fashion so that everything written for .net would be fully portable on win/mac/linux/etc.  I don't pretend to understand the business issues that would be involved.

I'm just saying that as much as I may like a lot of .net, i'm not going to be embracing it until i know it's a viable long-term cross platform solution. My primary development platform would in all likelyhood stay on Windows, but I don't think single-platform languages are a good idea and i don't want to go down that path again.

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by mouser on October 05, 2007, 08:23 PM »

Hi Laozi and wecome to the site
Those pictures are beautiful -- what a machine 

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Living Room / Re: Online business incorporation in the US... recommendations?

« Last post by mouser on October 05, 2007, 08:20 PM »

Yeah, that's the one i think -- good memory.
That site seems a very reasonable approach to me.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Appaholic - Another nice freeware review page

« Last post by mouser on October 05, 2007, 07:28 PM »

relequestal, your site was featured in our last newsletter as member site spotlight

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Developer's Corner / Re: What about web-based (php, ruby, python, etc) DC coders doing some web snacks?

« Last post by mouser on October 05, 2007, 06:44 PM »

very nice 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mind-Mapping Software

« Last post by mouser on October 05, 2007, 05:11 PM »

the most important thing to me in such tools is ease of use.. make it really easy for me to do the basic stuff like put objects on screen and connect them and then move them around.  i know it sounds obvious but many of the big drawing tools i've seen are geared for complicated stuff and are not the best for quickly sketching out stuff.

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Developer's Corner / Re: What about web-based (php, ruby, python, etc) DC coders doing some web snacks?

« Last post by mouser on October 05, 2007, 03:43 PM »

Hey chris -- i'm sorry i didn't respond to your post until now -- The demo pages showing it in action seem to be down at the moment but, very neat idea! 

Anyone else want to show off some web scripting you've done?

Or volunteer to create a fun new service for dc members? I have a few ideas I can suggest, but i think the fun thing might be to just try to round up some people ready to create some web stuff and take suggestions.

If you are just getting your feet wet and aren't sure if you are ready to try creating a public program, drop by the programming school section of this forum and do a few exercises..

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Living Room / Re: DC Unofficial Meeting #5 Took Place - Veign and Mouser meet

« Last post by mouser on October 05, 2007, 03:32 PM »

Yeah i just assumed Darwin was orangey.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Request: Auto print

« Last post by mouser on October 05, 2007, 01:39 PM »

I've just added the feature but i haven't uploaded it yet, i'll post here when i do.

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DcUpdater / Re: Proxy

« Last post by mouser on October 05, 2007, 10:19 AM »

i think libcurl (which i use for dcupdater) can use web proxies fine -- i just have to figure out how to configure them.  if anyone has a reference on which proxies work in dcupdater currently and which don't, that would help.