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General Software Discussion / Re: SequoiaView

« Last post by kfitting on November 18, 2005, 05:43 AM »

I've used SequoiaView for a long time... it's very nice!  For the same idea with more features and more updated-ness try WinDirStat (http://windirstat.sourceforge.net/).  This is what I've switched to from SequoiaView.

Kevin

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Unfinished Requests / Re: Idea: Auto-log all Ctrl-C (copy) into a "diary"

« Last post by kfitting on November 16, 2005, 03:25 PM »

Don't forget mouser's CHS (on this site)... it stores all clips in a database for fast pasting/archiving.

Kevin

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Dumb question?

« Last post by kfitting on November 15, 2005, 08:55 PM »

Yes, FindRun can open urls.... it involves alias' which are things that many people have a difficult understanding fully (well, at least I do).  Mouser answered this question in the forum, but I'm sure he'll be along in a bit to tout their benefits one more time!!  One thing that he is hoping to do with the new version coming out is get some more documentation out there.  But, until he answers the question, search the forum on the word alias.  It will get you where you need to be.

Kevin

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: VERSION v1.05.01 - November 15, 2005

« Last post by kfitting on November 15, 2005, 04:08 PM »

Giving the new version a try.  This may be just me, but figured I would post it in case someone else experiences it: I copied all files out of the archive into a new folder and ran the exe.  CHS put its icon in the tray and just sat there.  I clicked on it and nothing happened.  Finally I CAD and found that it was using ~16 meg of memory.  I tried to end the process and it did after about a minute or so.  Double clicked the exe again and everything is smooth.  Don't know what happened.  I have to wait till I build up some clips!  From the surface quick paste menu looks good.  Any way to have it position by the blinking curser not the mouse?  Assinine, I know, but that's where I first looked!  Will report again,

Kevin

Also, in looking at the few clips I have made, the %windowtitle% seems to be off.  In one case it got the entirely wrong program and in the others it got an old windowtitle.  Unless the windowtitle is not what is on the titlebar...

And guess what?  I'll add these two comments along with some feature thoughts into the bugtracker while I'm at it...

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: VERSION v1.05.01 - November 15, 2005

« Last post by kfitting on November 15, 2005, 01:06 PM »

Cool, I'll give it a try when I get home... the Government has decided to ban downloading zip and exe files.  Well, some places it works.  Cant figure out why.  Oh well!  Thanks for the new version though,

Kevin

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Mouser's Zone / Re: Ideas i want to bounce off you guys

« Last post by kfitting on November 14, 2005, 03:06 PM »

Yeah, locking people out of software entirely after a certain period is not freeware.  It's shareware.

Kevin

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Living Room / Re: SQLite and AutoIt

« Last post by kfitting on November 13, 2005, 07:12 PM »

SQLite does have some limitations, I do not intend to steer the design for the sake of my script.  If what you are using is better suited by all means use it!  But, if SQLite could be used... that would be awesome.  Or if you could make CHS read both database types that would work too.

Kevin

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Another related app : Mayk

« Last post by kfitting on November 13, 2005, 06:44 PM »

No, no real impact on my development.  I didn't even realize it until late middle school or early high school when I tried to explain to my parents a portion of music looked like.  Even then, I think I was more surprised that other people didn't have it than I was that I did.  As far as math is concerned, I'm an Electrical Engineer so synaesthesia didn't impact there a whole lot! 

I definitely wish I had known more about it growing up though.  It really helps with memorization once you think about using it.  I always could memorize math formulas fairly easily because of the colors.  Alas, by the time I started intentionally trying to use it in studies it was mid to late college.  Oh well, live and learn. 

"cross-connected between sensory modalities"??!?!  And people say engineers have their own language!!

Kevin

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Living Room / Re: SQLite and AutoIt

« Last post by kfitting on November 13, 2005, 06:34 PM »

Would it be easy to allow CHS to access SQLite files mouser?  I have no idea what would be involved but it would be pretty cool!  (and make my current work not go entirely to waste   )

Kevin

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Living Room / SQLite and AutoIt

« Last post by kfitting on November 13, 2005, 02:08 PM »

In my neverending battle to find a program to store data, I decided to learn about databases.  Last week I found a person on the AutoIt forums who showed how to use AutoIt as a frontend for SQLite.  So this past week I sat down and got a cobbled together script that accesses SQLite.  I don't know if anyone else will find this useful, but here it is.  Some Instructions (it would help if you already know a little about databases or at least want to learn):

- download the file and extract all files to a directory
- Register the sqlite3.dll (this is actually the LiteX com wrapper for SQLite http://republika.pl/roed/litex/) by double clicking on the reg_litex.bat)
- Double click on Database.exe... the program should open.

- Click the open/create database button and open sqlite.db in the extracted folder... the database should load and show items in the tree.  Click on the items (tables) and you should see their contents pop up into the listview.  Click the plus sign to expand the tree items and you can see all columns within a table.
- Feel free to play around.  I have the GUI mostly laid out, but not all functions are working yet.  Functions that do not work have their buttons grayed out. 

Basically, this program does three things as evidenced by the three tabs.  The tab that pops up first (Raw View) is meant to help visualize the database structure and allow you to easily create and manipulate a database.  I coded this so I could easily generate test databases while learning and to learn SQL.  The third tab (also operational) allows you to enter in raw SQL and see the results.  If you do a command that changes the database you will have to go back to the raw view, refresh the database and look to see if the table was modified.  The first tab will pull everything together.  I hope to be able to make a database GUI something like what mouser has in CHS only able to be customized.  Plugins will allow you to make different kinds of databases with different queries etc.  I still don't know enough to get this part working... so I finish the other sections!  But it's coming. 

After CHS gets it's updates, it may do a lot of what this can do.  But I got a lot of experience and now know SQL very slightly!  Enjoy.  Feel free to post comments or bugs.  The exe worked for me but it may crash for others.  Also, there are sure to be bugs within the code.

Here is the AutoIt discussion... its a tad long, but I'm blink314.  http://www.autoitscr...mp;gopid=123937&

Kevin

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Finished Programs / Re: ARGH!!!! How To Save View In Open/Save Dialog???

« Last post by kfitting on November 13, 2005, 01:42 PM »

I don''t know if it modifies the save box... I think it does, but there is multienhancer.  Run it once, it patches a dll and you're set.  No running in the background.  It doesn't offer much customizing but I like the effects.

http://www.netcult.c...mue/ElmueSoft-en.htm  scroll down to find MultiEnhancer

Kevin

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Another related app : Mayk

« Last post by kfitting on November 13, 2005, 01:36 PM »

Yes I am... numbers, letters, and music in particular.

Kevin

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Official Announcements / Re: ANNOUNCING - DonationCoder.com Logo Contest

« Last post by kfitting on November 12, 2005, 05:28 PM »

I agree... last one is nice!

Kevin

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Official Announcements / Re: ANNOUNCING - DonationCoder.com Logo Contest

« Last post by kfitting on November 12, 2005, 02:41 PM »

So far I must say I like mouser's idea of the bird on the lower part of the C in DC.  That would look pretty cool.  You could make the letters thicker for printing.

Kevin

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Any volunteer to enter bugs/feature requests into the bugtracker?

« Last post by kfitting on November 12, 2005, 09:29 AM »

Ok I added a bunch of features/bugs.  Basically I went through all the posts on the first page of the forum.  Don't know if I got everything, and there might be some stuff that was requested a few versions ago that I didn't catch... but it's a start.

Kevin

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Minimized Startup not working

« Last post by kfitting on November 10, 2005, 09:20 PM »

Could you give a quick way to enter the CHS realm of the bugtracker mouser?

Kevin

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Minimized Startup not working

« Last post by kfitting on November 10, 2005, 03:50 PM »

Actually... this might be a good time to enter this request into the bug/feature tracker.  I'll be honest I don't quite know how to use it, but that's the best way to get mouser's attention I believe.

Kevin

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Minimized Startup not working

« Last post by kfitting on November 10, 2005, 01:47 PM »

What's Up??  A new update is needed!  Fortunately mouser will be working on CHS in the next month.  Just wait a bit and hopefully the problem will be corrected!

Kevin

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Living Room / Re: I'm not for censorship,but you'd figure google would have a filter.

« Last post by kfitting on November 10, 2005, 10:49 AM »

Well, as soon as this conversation devolves into personal attacks I'm out! 

Some valid points Carol... I'm not out to save anyone: that's God's job.  I may state what I believe (this thread) but I cannot save anyone.  Actually, one of my chief complaints is that the church is not acting as it ought to act.  Partialy this is because we arent standing up enough in society (probably seen as stepping on other people's beliefs) so dont be too quick to agree with me!  Real quick, your response to my 'other people's beliefs' arguement did not invalidate my point. (Not saying my point is irrefutable, just that you merely restated what I was arguing against.)


As far as continuing this discussion, I actually argued with myself about even replying at all.  As Innuendo pointed out, these types of discussions often lead to retarded personal attacks (aka Slashdot replies).  Also, these types of discussions, while they can be interesting, are not suited to a medium that has no personal communication (meaning face-to-face). 

But, I've been thinking about this sort of thing a lot recently and there is one thing that I've noticed: Western culture strives for reasoning an logic while burying feeling and emotion.  At the same time we praise people when they do something with feeling.  Also, we attempt to make all decisions rationally, based on irrational data.  We can NEVER prove anything to anyone else because our culture will not allow it!  Compare this to other cultures, where you can "know" something in your heart as well as your head.  I had a professor from Israel who told me about this.  He mentioned that American culture refuses to know unless we can understand it.  But, this takes away love, art, and beauty if followed to it's logical conclusion. 

Anyway, I could ramble for hours.  But... I'm done.  As I said, you and I cannot prove anything to each other!  Post-Modernism has done it's work and rendered us rather confused!

Kevin (maybe....)

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Living Room / Re: I'm not for censorship,but you'd figure google would have a filter.

« Last post by kfitting on November 10, 2005, 09:12 AM »

In other words: believe what you like so long as it agrees with what I believe.  The problem is that doesnt work!  It's fine in theory, but as soon as you say I dont care what other people believe so long as they arent intolerant, you actually care what they believe. 

I agree that there have been great atrocities committed by religion fueled politics (I'm a Christian and I think one of the worst displays of Christian Politics were the Crusades...).  But, in the end, no matter how much we say we dont care what others believe, we really do.  You will never have religious agreement because a fundamental part of any religion worth it's salt is that it is the "only way" (what good is a religion if it doesnt stand for anything?  You would have wimpy followers!).  HOWEVER, just because I believe that Christianity is correct, I do not believe we ought to kill people who dont agree with it.  I dont believe that my Christian beliefs make me unable to see both sides of an issue.  It does mean that, at the end of the day, my choice rests on my Christian beliefs come what may (suffering, or death included).  An excellent example of this kind of belief comes from watching Christian martyrs (those who die... and those who suffer).   Not many people are willing to love those who are killing them.

Summary: It is impossible to not care what other people belief with conditions.  You have to accept that their beliefs may involve stepping on your beliefs... kind a self-defeating arguement. 

And I also agree with you... this has gotten off the original subject, but it's interesting!!

Kevin

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Any volunteer to enter bugs/feature requests into the bugtracker?

« Last post by kfitting on November 10, 2005, 05:44 AM »

What time frame do you want?  I would be willing to start.  Do you have a convienient list somewhere?  I cant promise that it would be done within a day however!  If anyone can get started right away, or is able to devote the time to get it done quickly they may be a better choice.

Kevin

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Living Room / Re: I'm not for censorship,but you'd figure google would have a filter.

« Last post by kfitting on November 10, 2005, 05:42 AM »

I agree partially to seperation of church and state. However, seperation of church and state leads to legislation of morals.  How can you seperate your beliefs from policy?  For one thing, that's like asking the media not to be biased, but for another thing that's asking people to be unfeeling robots.  I dont care how much you try you cannot make an unbiased decision, just as you cannot prove anything. 

I find it interesting that people praise others who have a tremendous passion for things that dont really matter (sports, hobbies, etc.), while at the same time trying to divorce all passion from things that do matter (decision making, religion, politics, for example). 

Before I get beseiged by people: yes, obviously making political decisions purely based on passion leads to profound corruption... let's not go to EITHER extreme here.

Kevin

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Living Room / Re: I'm not for censorship,but you'd figure google would have a filter.

« Last post by kfitting on November 09, 2005, 03:22 PM »

And so we see why people act the way they do.... no one is responsible for anyone else.  "It's not my fault they could turn it off," has led the United States to the individual-centered state it's currently in.  You cannot legislate morality... the US is trying and failing.

Kevin


And yes I am an American, thankful to live here.  But this doesn't mean I like everything America "stands" for.

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Living Room / Visual 2005 Express for FREE

« Last post by kfitting on November 08, 2005, 04:42 PM »

Saw this earlier today... wouldn't mind hearing people's thoughts on it.

http://forums.micros...=126606&SiteID=1

you can download the full ISO's here:
http://msdn.microsof...ess/support/install/

Kevin

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Living Room / Re: Benefits of web hosting with DonationCoder from my perspective

« Last post by kfitting on November 08, 2005, 05:41 AM »

Me three.  Might I also ask that there be a page somewhere showing who the members are that have websites and links to those sites?

Kevin