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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR v2 Tricks and Tips Clinic

« Last post by mouser on June 30, 2007, 09:49 PM »

It's a little hard to see how this would be useful until you see it in action in ham's plugin.. basically it let's you simulate hierarchical menus of aliases.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR v2.00.116 ALPHA PREVIEW Release - June 30, 2007

« Last post by mouser on June 30, 2007, 08:49 PM »

Vista users rejoice -- use the updater to grab the latest release (2.00.118) which now should display properly on Vista 

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Living Room / Member Site Spotlight: Academic Productivity Blog

« Last post by mouser on June 30, 2007, 04:07 PM »

Member urlwolf runs a great blog with thoughts on academia that someone just pointed me to.  I've visited it before but it really is shaping up to be a nice read and a lot of what he write strikes home.  Definitely worth a visit!

ACADEMIC PRODUCTIVITY is a survival guide for the 21st century researcher. Written by a small team of academics focusing on the topics on knowledge acquisition, production and dissemination, new technologies and productivity strategies.

http://www.academicp...oductivity.com/blog/

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Find and Run Robot (FARR) 2 - Plugin Programming Contest!

« Last post by mouser on June 30, 2007, 03:55 PM »

i meant the picture at the top of the page

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Find and Run Robot (FARR) 2 - Plugin Programming Contest!

« Last post by mouser on June 30, 2007, 02:46 PM »

I'd like for all plugins (at least for the contest) to be released as open source, which will also help future plugin writers.  This would also guarantee security of them.  If you strongly object to your contest plugin being released as open source please talk to me about it.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR v2.00.116 ALPHA PREVIEW Release - June 30, 2007

« Last post by mouser on June 30, 2007, 02:29 PM »

Version 2.00.116 has been updated as of June 30.
FARR v2 now works with my new Updater utility so now you can automatically install updates.

Vista Users:  It seems i reintroduced the old statusbar bug while adding latest font customization code. I'm working to fix that now.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR v2 Tricks and Tips Clinic

« Last post by mouser on June 30, 2007, 02:10 PM »

The new alias file crash has been fixed in latest version, thanks for the bugreports.

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DcUpdater / LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - DcUpdater - 1.32.01 - May 9, 2017

« Last post by mouser on June 30, 2007, 01:38 PM »

DOWNLOAD FROM Program Web Page.

LATEST VERSION:

Version 1.32.01 - May 9, 2017

• [BugFix] Fixed error complaining about "-dontofferdcupdaterpage" flag, seen when checking for updates in Screenshot Captor.

Version 1.31.01 - April 1st, 2017

• [Major Feature] Updated to work with high-dpi (larger than 100% text) displays.

Version 1.30.01 - April 4th, 2012

• [BugFix] Fixed bug where virtualstore location was being written to, causing dcupdater to report old versions of installed programs sometimes; see https://www.donation...x.php?topic=30528.0; thanks to dc member sba
• [Feature] Added the following optional parameters to versioninfo.xml files:Override_VersionFileRemote,Override_WebPage,Override_UpdateFile.  Using these you can effectively have the versioninfo.xml file overide some values of the local .dcupdate file or even redirect to an alternative versioninfo file.
• [Feature] Executable and setup now digitally signed and not zip-compatible

Version 1.28.01 - Oct 8th, 2010

• [BugFix] The extra list of directories to include or exclude was being parsed incorrectly if entries were // commented out
• [MinorFeature] The extra list of directories to include/exclude now skips ignoring a specific directory if passed on the commandline.

Version 1.27.01 - Sep 7, 2010

• Rebuilt with libcurl 7.21.1 -- hopefully this fixes rare crashes of the updater.
• Improved statusbar messages.
• Added new information when the updates being shown are just from a specific program, with checkbox to show all known updateable applications.
• Improved dupe detection -- should eliminate the occasional display of duplicate items in updater.
• Improved handling of case when updater is launched and an instance is already running.
• Fixed mouseover hints from options.
• Added "explore here" item to right-click menu for entries.

Version 1.26.01 - Jan 6th, 2010

• Looks like win7 fixes are successful

Version 1.25.02 - Dec 29th, 2009

• Attempt to fix windows7 crash
• Attempt to fix problems with libcurl library on vista and other flavors of MS Windows.

Version 1.24.01 - Dec 20th, 2009

• Rebuilt with latest version of libcurl (7.19.7) -- may fix some network issues
• No longer packed -- may improve some exit crashes?
• Added support for following redirects when retrieving web update and version files.

Version 1.23.01 - Aug 20th, 2007

• Fixed bug causing error when you disable all items and say hide disabled.
• Wasn't properly shutting down automatically when invoked from another program with disabled items.
• Added help for using dcuhelper
• Fixed bug in unzipinstall.exe helper utility which was causing it to not shutdown target programs during unzipping.

Version 1.22.01 - Aug 19th, 2007

• Improved minimize-to-tray interaction with running the updater from a program and running it as a standalone tool.

OLDER VERSIONS:

Version 1.21.01 - Aug 15th, 2007

• Last version broke the notification to programs when a zip-based (plugin) update completed.
• Added more items to the "Installables" tab.
• Modified the download options for location and naming.
• Added default icons for when icons are missing.

Version 1.19.01 - Aug 5th, 2007

• DcUpdater now knows how to look in a local zip file and find dcupdate information and report and run the update for you.
• Right-click popup context menu now provides more information and some more choices.
• Files with .dcupdate extension are now registered to be opened with DcUpdater on double click -- which will show a single-tab interface in the program to make it easier to install NEW packages in this way.
• New Right-click context menu item to do a manual download of the update file without installing (options to add date and version to the filename and specify custom directory).
• Program remembers height of extra info in advanced mode.
• You can now exclude folders and files from scanning by listing them in the Extra Files memo with a - prefix.
• You can now drag and drop .dcupdate files or even ZIP packages onto the main window to install a new package.
• All options are now in a separate dialog.
• Main form now has two tabs, one for installed packages, one for available packages.
• New simple mode button.
• Self-upgrade now takes place after all other items are updated.
• New-install update files will be automatically overrided by installed versions of the same package.
• Checkboxes let you disable items from checking.
• View menu lets you hide disabled items.
• Sorted columns are preserved between runs.
• Added (and set default) an alertbox mode of displaying update from tray.
• Doesn't pop up on failure to connect to network (better for resuming from sleep issues)
• Updater was staying minimized to tray if there were updates that had already been reported.

Version 1.15.01 - July 10th, 2007

• Updater now detects when a second instance is launched and absorbs it's commandline parameters and closes the 2nd instance.
• Drag and drop of files results in adding the FOLDER to the search path.
• The updater now uses a hash of update versions so that it wont "pop up" to show you update information that you have seen before (so now if you dismiss an update popup you wont see it again unless you manually check for updates or a new update becomes available).

Version 1.14.01 - July 8th, 2007

• Updater now does not pop up when there is just an error getting version info.
• Modified program name in order to fix mistaken windows Vista UAC elevation and alert.

Version 1.13.01 - July 7th, 2007

• Updater will now direct you to the website if there is no configured install file for an update.

v1.12.05 - June 30th, 2007

• First public preview release

Note: there is not much you can do with the updater at this point, except to let it check for updates for itself. But soon all of my programs and other programs will be checkable for updates.

However if you have one of the newer FARR v2 preview releases (v.2.00.109 or later), you should be able to check for updates for that (and from FARR as well).

I will be adding the ability to check arbitrary pad files for updates very soon.

Programmers: See the help file for info on how you can make an update file for your program so the updater will check it for new versions and help the user download them.


Looking forward to your thoughts!

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Living Room / Re: Tip: Don't Just Keep a backup of your latest files

« Last post by mouser on June 29, 2007, 07:25 PM »

Armando, that tao of backup is a nice find 

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Mircryption / Re: tcl error handeling won`t work after using mircryption for eggdrop

« Last post by mouser on June 29, 2007, 06:28 PM »

i have no idea about this, BUT there is a tcl pro who hangs out in the mircryption channel on irc (#mircryption on efnet), and he would be a very good person to talk to about this.  His nickname is heidel.

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Mircryption / Re: [<time>] -nickname- ® <8 digits> / problem with nonamescript

« Last post by mouser on June 29, 2007, 03:57 PM »

see the help file for resolving script conflicts -- there is a section on nonamescript.  it just requires some minor changes that all scripts should already have in place to respect the actions of other scripts, but never do.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Free Flash 9 / ActionScript 3 Compiler

« Last post by mouser on June 29, 2007, 03:27 PM »

great find 

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Mircryption / Re: master password, I really want to save it

« Last post by mouser on June 29, 2007, 02:56 PM »

Yes, you can do what you ask.
It's described near the bottom of the help file -- don't have it with me at the moment but if you search help file for master password you should be able to find it.

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DcUpdater / Re: PAD databases and software subscriptions

« Last post by mouser on June 29, 2007, 02:02 PM »

I was definitely considering making a version of this tool that would include ability to browse a large pad database locally, or search online pad db sites, and then keep track of + install programs for the first time, or install updates easily.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: My paid donation wasn't acknowledged

« Last post by mouser on June 29, 2007, 08:53 AM »

Carol, see the page about donationcredits:
https://www.donation...m/Donate/Credits.php

After a long period of inactivity (currently 12 months), any abandoned credits in your account will be treated as a general site donation.

Abandoned is the key word here.. if someone comes back 2 or 3 yrs later and says that they woke up from a coma and want to manage their $5 in credits again, we're happy to oblige.

The intention is only that people who are not interested in dealing with allocating credits have their donation eventually go to the site; a lot of people fall into this category -- they want to support the site but don't want to get involved in the microdonation stuff.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: My paid donation wasn't acknowledged

« Last post by mouser on June 29, 2007, 08:09 AM »

Welcome to the site pratanakangsadal (that's a long name!),

Also, in case you didn't stumble upon it yet, you can at the top of the forum pages that you are listed as a supporting member (meaning you are recognized as having made a donation) -- so any time you ever lose your license key and need another you can just visit this page and get a new one: https://www.donation...r.com/Keys/index.php

tomos,
we tried an experiment many months ago to give people 100% control of all of their credits and never looked back yet.  so the answer is that no credits automatically go to the site, it's up to the donor where to allocate them.

It's a bit nerve wrattling from my perspective, but as a practical matter many people don't do anything with their donation credits and so they will eventually just go to the site by default.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR v2.00.100 ALPHA PREVIEW Release - June 07, 2007

« Last post by mouser on June 29, 2007, 07:59 AM »

Thanks Robert, that's exactly what's supposed to happen, but it wouldnt be the first time there is a difference between what happens and what's supposed to happen

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Living Room / Tip: Don't Just Keep a backup of your latest files

« Last post by mouser on June 28, 2007, 10:51 PM »

In the backup guide i wrote a long time ago i emphasized the need to keep older copies of your files.

Today i discovered that a programming project i had worked on several years ago was no longer in my directory where i keep my programming projects.  Somewhere along the line in the last two years i had deleted it mistakenly, probably thinking it was junk.  Thankfully i had an old copy of my documents and was able to retrieve it.

This is my way of reminding you, do NOT simply keep a single backup of your latest stable system.  You need to keep older copies of your files going back years.  You don't have to keep such backups of your entire pc, but at least of your document directories.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Requesting good alias files

« Last post by mouser on June 28, 2007, 10:00 PM »

As most of you know, FARR is going to be released for public testing very soon, and i would love to include some more alias files made by members.

The new alias file system in FARR makes it possible for users to create a standalone alias file for sharing, including special icons to associated with result entries.  I'd love to include some of these alias files created by you guys with the release.

The new alias system even lets us make a subdirectory with the alias files, icon files, and helper program, so it's perfect for making alias files that work with a little helper tool (like nircmd!).

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Maze Craze - Fun 2D game by Wreckedcarzz

« Last post by mouser on June 28, 2007, 07:20 PM »

i tried it -- it's a very cool effect but i think it makes playing harder and less enjoyable for me.
could definitely be a nice effect in a dungeon game though.. i wouild also make it scroll before you get so close to the edge, right now you dont have any chance to see where you are going before it appears within a few pixels of you.

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General Software Discussion / MOVED: Software to AVOID!

« Last post by mouser on June 28, 2007, 03:10 PM »

This topic has been moved to Company Complaints.

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=9015.0

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Developer's Corner / Re: Docoto Defense - DonationCoder.com Game in Development

« Last post by mouser on June 28, 2007, 01:39 PM »

#4 the last one looks best to me.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Post your FARR v2 Plugin Idea Requests Here - Plugin Writers Read In

« Last post by mouser on June 28, 2007, 12:51 PM »

hierarchical organization for aliases is an interesting idea jenny.. i was thinking of writing a kind of hierarchical notetaking and clip management plugin, it might be usable for the kind of thing you are suggesting..

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Post your FARR v2 Plugin Idea Requests Here - Plugin Writers Read In

« Last post by mouser on June 28, 2007, 12:16 PM »

i know this has been suggested before but i think the following would be useful:

plugin that shows list of installed printers and select one to set as default.
plugin that shows list of of add/remove entries and select to uninstall.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software to AVOID!

« Last post by mouser on June 28, 2007, 10:53 AM »

don't forget we made a new section for complaining about companies:
https://www.donation...ndex.php?board=215.0