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General Software Discussion / Re: Which programming IDE for Web development?

« Last post by Ath on October 12, 2011, 03:41 AM »

The only (free) alternative you didn't mention is IMHO Eclipse, but that also has a Java UI

Visual Studio can do all you mention (some parts requiring a plugin) and doesn't have a Java UI, but the version you'd need isn't free, AFAICS.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by Ath on October 11, 2011, 05:09 PM »

and this might be a bit too radicle

-nudone (October 11, 2011, 04:49 PM)

Maybe so, but it would need a totally different approach anyway. Maybe something to consider for that re-write

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by Ath on October 11, 2011, 05:08 PM »

Is it possible to make the buttons transparent? The idea would be to create all the graphics for the buttons in one large single background image - all carefully arranged, of course, so that the positions matched the transparent buttons above.

-nudone (October 11, 2011, 03:51 PM)

I've been experimenting with that a few weeks back, but couldn't see a use-case for that, but this way it sounds plausible
Worries me though if you'd want to move some button(s) to another spot in the grid, you would have to re-do the graphic background (guess it'll be implemented in that way) for that.
Maintaining several smaller images separately sounds easier to me, but I'll see what I can do.

That locks out multiple-state buttons

-cranioscopical (October 11, 2011, 04:35 PM)

That is another feature I've been thinking about, maybe semi-transparent colors for each state would work, will be in the same test as above I guess

Maybe it's just something to consider if you do a rewrite of the program.

-nudone (October 11, 2011, 03:51 PM)

What I started a month ago has been 'postponed' for now, as I decided it's better not done in Delphi 7. My original, rather ambitious, plan of re-doing it in wpf/c# (back in March/April, geez was it that long ago?) is much more likely to succeed, but it's probably not going to happen before 2012 is on the calendar.

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Finished Programs / Release: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands: WinButtonEdit 1.0.5.2

« Last post by Ath on October 11, 2011, 03:25 PM »

I added an extra confirmation before starting the DCUHelper program. It also asks to save the current wbuc/ini file if that's not saved since the last change.

A minor update for:

WinButtonEdit 1.0.5.2

Download available from the release message, linking to my DCMembers pages.

Updates can be downloaded also from the WinButtonEdit File/Check for updates option, using DCUpdater when installed.

Any feedback or feature requests are still welcome, as usual

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Living Room / Re: Angry birds in the wild

« Last post by Ath on October 11, 2011, 02:26 AM »

And how they where created:

http://i.imgur.com/s7xb9.jpg

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

« Last post by Ath on October 11, 2011, 02:03 AM »

Here's another milestone that deserves some attention:

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General Software Discussion / Re: looking for programming language

« Last post by Ath on October 10, 2011, 01:36 AM »

I chose Javascript

-kalos (October 09, 2011, 05:24 PM)

searching for a powerful programming language

-kalos (October 09, 2011, 05:24 PM)

How come you use those two statements related in 1 message? Or did I misunderstand and are you now looking for a more powerful language than jscript?

Any .NET language will let you do that.

-Renegade (October 09, 2011, 08:06 PM)

+1

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by Ath on October 08, 2011, 01:28 PM »

Almost anything I do forces the hard drives to start thrashing away with the cache.

-nudone (October 08, 2011, 01:18 PM)

I thought I had system-speed issues after installing the DisplayLink drivers, so I defragged my boot-drive (using MyDefrag with the Systemdisk-daily script), and it has helped quite a bit, but it's still slower starting up then it was before the DisplayLink drivers. Guess there isn't much more we can do about that. I don't have speed-issues after the initial slower start.

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Living Room / Re: Access Point Recommendations

« Last post by Ath on October 08, 2011, 12:19 PM »

A local magazine featured a short press release on the Cisco RV 110 w and it mentioned a price indication of ~€ 80,-

It has more features then you need, but it's Cisco, full of good features, and reasonably priced

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Finished Programs / Release: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands: WinButtonEdit 1.0.5.1

« Last post by Ath on October 08, 2011, 09:37 AM »

Next update will be for WBE getting a better configuration of all Image parameters (7 comma separated values is a bit cumbersome)

-Ath (September 26, 2011, 05:59 PM)

Promises are there to be fulfilled, so I added an Image parameters configuration window to WinButtonEdit.

It can be set to auto-update changes to the preview (default off, there's an Apply button), and the sliders max. range can be set (default 128)(both from the Options menu)
When pressing a button in the preview, the selected button is activated in WBE, and the Image parameters windows is updated as well (when open), any image parameters changes made are 'saved' to the associated button.
A screenshot was added to the release message.

WinButtons version was only bumped to align the update with WBE.

Here's an update release of:

WinButtons 3.5.1.1

and

WinButtonEdit 1.0.5.1

(Extra emphasis to WBE this time)

Download available from the release message, linking to my DCMembers pages.

Updates can be downloaded also from the WinButtonEdit File/Check for updates option, using DCUpdater when installed.

Any feedback or feature requests are still welcome, as usual

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Main window font size

« Last post by Ath on October 08, 2011, 08:50 AM »

Doesn't it scale with the Windows default font size? (Haven't tried myself)

If you set Windows to 125% (120 dpi for pre-Windows 7) most apps scale to the larger font size, and so should CHS, IMHO. Why should the CHS main window have a larger font then default font size?

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Living Room / Re: Buying a fast new PC, anyone have a favorite US system builder?

« Last post by Ath on October 07, 2011, 04:19 PM »

I'd be sure to get some kind of guarantee that the system you receive is according to the specs you ordered and expect. Sounds silly maybe, but managing expectations on both sides in any commercial deal can be quite a challenge.
Your requirements are pretty accurate but there's still room for interpretation, and once the system is built and delivered, their interpretation could be "we're done, you pay now", and a conflict is near.

This is another good reason to have a supplier at reasonable traveling distance, if possible, so you can go there and evaluate before delivery. It's top dollar your paying, and a classy system you're expecting, so some 'quality assurance' is required.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is this a worthwhile idea for a program?

« Last post by Ath on October 07, 2011, 02:19 PM »

Might I drop the suggestion 'regex replace' at just in front of your shoes? The source-capturing and result-presenting would be the next challenge ofcourse, but this is just a quicky suggestion

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

« Last post by Ath on October 06, 2011, 02:25 PM »

I'll make my 1000th a special one

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Living Room / Re: Steve Jobs is dead.

« Last post by Ath on October 06, 2011, 03:43 AM »

It was suggested elsewhere on the web that the "iPhone 4S" be renamed to "iPhone 4Steve", but I get the impression that's what they did already, honor him with the S in that name, and not name it iPhone 5.

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AutoHotkey / Re: Always on top

« Last post by Ath on October 04, 2011, 02:13 PM »

Or grab a copy of WinButtons, that even has a nice configuration editor WinButtonEdit, and can easily be configured to be Always On Top

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Toggle Touch Screen

« Last post by Ath on October 04, 2011, 01:43 PM »

@ebennetthill, have you researched the ThinkVantage software, available with that tablet? It appears to have several configurable tools/options, that might provide you with what you need to achieve what you want. (I read this tip when searching for solutions for this issue, though I don't know anything about that ThinkVantage software.)

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

« Last post by Ath on October 04, 2011, 01:28 AM »

Kudos!

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Living Room / Re: How many slaves work for you?

« Last post by Ath on October 03, 2011, 04:27 PM »

I was wondering how long before someone said something about that.

-wraith808 (October 03, 2011, 04:13 PM)

Some 42 twiddlies

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Living Room / Re: How many slaves work for you?

« Last post by Ath on October 03, 2011, 03:34 PM »

42.

-wraith808 (October 03, 2011, 03:24 PM)

That 42?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for the best solution to stock and organize code snippets

« Last post by Ath on October 03, 2011, 03:08 PM »

Would any of the note-taker apps discussed lately, fit your request? There have been several in this forum in the last month(s).

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Txt Split & Sort

« Last post by Ath on October 03, 2011, 02:50 PM »

And next to what rjbull suggests, there's also GSplit 3, that has a UI but can also be controlled from the command-line.

I've been using that to split huge logfiles into manageable pieces, and repeatedly split long lists (4000+) of usernames into the portions needed (250) for a testing tool.

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Living Room / Re: Massive Security Vulnerability In HTC Android phones

« Last post by Ath on October 03, 2011, 09:53 AM »

I live in a busy city, where coverage is perfect. Put the phone on the table, get four bars (max). Pick it up, display drops to 1 (one) bar. Go somewhere less populated, and I have to reach for my old Nokia to make a call.

The Sensation is the first phone I've ever had that drops calls. When it does connect, sound quality is poor, and too often I can only hear every second word that's spoken on the other end.

-tranglos (October 03, 2011, 09:36 AM)

In such case I'd go back to the shop/service provider, and have the phone replaced, it sounds like it's faulty.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: WinSendkeys: Latest version thread. Version 3.2.1, released 2011-10-01

« Last post by Ath on October 01, 2011, 01:53 PM »

which finds WinSendKeys in the sub-folder but not the .stro

-cranioscopical (October 01, 2011, 12:46 PM)

Ah, yes, the -send command of WB doesn't change directory to the WinSendKeys (WSK) folder, and by specifying just a filename without path, WSK expects the file to be in the current directory, and that is the WB directory as you already found out.

I could change that, but I'm not sure it would make you any happier

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Share your mouse and keyboard with multiple Mac or Windows computers

« Last post by Ath on October 01, 2011, 12:19 PM »

Renegade was hoping to find a beta-tester