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General Software Discussion / Re: pinning a program to taskbar, open in its own singular window
« Last post by skwire on November 23, 2018, 04:23 PM »
Applicationize might work for you.  I use it for several webapps that don't have a dedicated desktop version.  About the only thing I really miss is the ability to "close to tray" that most desktop apps have (but that's a very minor niggle).  FWIW, if you're worried about privacy implications, the project and code are on GitHub.  You can also still use the "More tools > Create Shortcut" option in Chrome but I prefer the wholly separate process and window that Applicationize creates.
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Living Room / Re: Is it possible to have Microsoft Exchange account to Ymail Android app?
« Last post by skwire on November 21, 2018, 09:04 PM »
Fwiw, K-9 Mail for the app.
-4wd (November 21, 2018, 10:23 AM)

Absolutely seconded.  I've used K-9 mail since getting my first Android phone about nine years ago.  Love it.
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on November 19, 2018, 08:29 AM »
Hi, kenor4, and welcome to the DonationCoder site.

It is posiblle add more precis conversion for metric units? e.g.: one decimal place or optionally?  Thx!
-kenor4 (November 19, 2018, 08:06 AM)

Do you mean for the temperatures?  If so, no, because I just display what the weather data feed gives me, i.e, I'm not rounding up or down.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Batch Editor for URL and LNK Properties
« Last post by skwire on November 15, 2018, 09:23 PM »
Also, most respectfully, are you taking over this programming request from skwire?  And, is there any chance a search capability (for URL and LNK files) will be built into the program?
-berkland (November 15, 2018, 06:18 PM)

Apologies for the delay.  I've been taking care of a family medical emergency this week and have not had time to work on my application.  That said, I will finish it, and it will have search and replace functionality.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Looking for a scrolling rich-text displayer to show an AUP
« Last post by skwire on November 14, 2018, 11:45 PM »
To clarify, you want a simple window that displays an RTF file and has just the two buttons (OK and Cancel) at the bottom?  When you say scrolling, do you mean it auto-scrolls the text or did you mean it simply has a vertical scrollbar?
281
Living Room / Re: Funny Video: Multiplayer Flight Simulator Air Traffic Control Job
« Last post by skwire on November 14, 2018, 09:58 AM »
Bahahahahaha...I am dying laughing over here.   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
282
Living Room / Re: Is there a way to easily carry earphones for my mobile?
« Last post by skwire on November 13, 2018, 07:17 PM »
https://www.youtube....h_query=wrap+earbuds
283
N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: NANY 2019 - Color Mixer
« Last post by skwire on November 13, 2018, 01:21 PM »
Very slick, and quite fun to play around with.   :Thmbsup:
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Request: Ahk script to extract archive to subfolder of current directory
« Last post by skwire on November 12, 2018, 02:24 PM »
^ you may need to read his post more closely; I believe chashnniel is saying your options takes far too much work...
-Curt (November 12, 2018, 02:15 PM)

Curt, the options/scenarios the OP wants can easily be handled in programming.  Furthermore, I agree with 4wd, and would have suggested the same two methods.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Batch Editor for URL and LNK Properties
« Last post by skwire on November 09, 2018, 05:55 PM »
If i remember right, .url is plain text file like .ini.
-KodeZwerg (November 09, 2018, 11:15 AM)

Yes, it is just a renamed INI file.  I've worked with them in the past on some other apps I've written.



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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Batch Editor for URL and LNK Properties
« Last post by skwire on November 09, 2018, 11:00 AM »
Looks great, KodeZwerg!  I hope to finish out the LNK handling on my app this weekend and at least get that version out to berkland for testing.  The URL handling will come after the LNK  handling is done.
287
General Software Discussion / Re: DonationCoder featured on list of "9 Safest Free Software Download Sites"
« Last post by skwire on November 07, 2018, 07:51 AM »
That's quite a nice endorsement.   :D
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Batch Editor for URL and LNK Properties
« Last post by skwire on November 06, 2018, 08:45 AM »
What happen to a defined Hotkey after your Tool modified a file, is value gone, is value kept.
-KodeZwerg (November 06, 2018, 02:07 AM)

As I mentioned, with the FileCreateShortcut command, I can add a Ctrl+Alt+[Key] hotkey which would work for shortcuts on the desktop and in the start menu. However, for whatever reason, the FileGetShortcut command in AHK does not return the hotkey data.  I also checked the Shortcut Search and Replace application mentioned previously in this thread and it does not appear to handle the shortcut keys, either.  Soooo...maybe there is some WinAPI-related thing with actually getting those hotkeys?  I don't know.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Batch Editor for URL and LNK Properties
« Last post by skwire on November 06, 2018, 01:51 AM »
it misses Hotkey but looking nice  :up:
-KodeZwerg (November 06, 2018, 01:42 AM)

I could add hotkey support but it's so limited that it's really not worth the time:

  • In AHK, all LNK-style hotkeys have to be created as Ctrl+Alt+[Key].
  • Furthermore, the shortcut key of a newly created shortcut would have no effect unless the shortcut file resides on the desktop or somewhere in the start menu.

One would be much better off using AutoHotkey for one's hotkey shortcuts or any of the other available hotkey-centric app launchers.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Drag Drop renamer
« Last post by skwire on November 05, 2018, 08:51 AM »
I was using "move".
-magician62 (November 05, 2018, 07:25 AM)

Are you moving them to a different drive?  If so, that's the same thing as a copy and will typically take longer than moving files to a different location on the same drive (which, as 4wd mentioned, is just renaming the file).
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Batch Editor for URL and LNK Properties
« Last post by skwire on November 04, 2018, 11:33 PM »
Changed up the UI a bit:

2018-11-04_233245.png
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Batch Editor for URL and LNK Properties
« Last post by skwire on November 04, 2018, 09:58 PM »
I've had some more time to work on this.  It's getting there:

2018-11-04_215701.png

I travel for work, and I've been traveling more than usual lately, so I haven't had as much time as I'd like to work on this.  Thank you for your patience.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Batch Editor for URL and LNK Properties
« Last post by skwire on October 28, 2018, 05:37 PM »
Will we be able to sort the columns?
-berkland (October 28, 2018, 04:56 PM)

Yes.

How will we be able to select a file?
-berkland (October 28, 2018, 04:56 PM)

All the standard ways; drag-n-drop, file select dialog, etc.

I don't see any way to mark the files for selection.
-berkland (October 28, 2018, 04:56 PM)

The final will have checkboxes.  Again, that screenshot was early and represented about twenty minutes of work.

Will we be able to select more than one file?
-berkland (October 28, 2018, 04:56 PM)

Yes.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Rename Open File in Windows
« Last post by skwire on October 28, 2018, 02:09 PM »
Shoot, so I have just been using the wrong app the whole time! Sumatra will now be employed when renaming my PDFs. Thanks, everyone.
-bardman (October 28, 2018, 01:13 PM)

SumatraPDF is great, and I use it for 99% of my PDF reading needs.  For the rare, problematic PDFs that Sumatra won't render, and for minor editing, I keep an older PDF-Xchange Viewer installed.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Rename Open File in Windows
« Last post by skwire on October 28, 2018, 08:24 AM »
Yeah. I can do a 'Save As' in Adobe Acrobat and the rename is no issue. Apparently, the 'Save As' obviously does not have a restriction for renaming an open file in contrast to just renaming the file via right-click.
-bardman (October 28, 2018, 06:43 AM)

A "Save as..." operation creates a copy of the open file, i.e., it doesn't rename the original, open file.

You'd have to have a PDF application that streamed it all into a temporary file or memory and then released the file in order to make that work.  And in that case, Windows would allow it to be renamed without a special program to do so.
-wraith808 (October 28, 2018, 01:27 AM)

SumatraPDF allows for this and also has a "Rename" option within its own file menu or by pressing F2.  If you choose this option and rename a file, SumatraPDF will rename it and then re-open the PDF with the new filename.  In fact, if you open a PDF file in SumatraPDF and then rename it outside of SumatraPDF, it detects this and its internal "Rename" menu entry becomes greyed out.  At that point, you have to use the "Save As..." option.  FWIW, I use the rename feature all the time for the same reasons as the original poster.

@bardman:  Rather than creating an app for this, is it possible for you to just switch to using SumatraPDF?
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Batch Editor for URL and LNK Properties
« Last post by skwire on October 25, 2018, 11:30 PM »
I started working on this, so here's a teaser screenshot:

2018-10-25_232937.png

Obviously early...but it'll get there.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Batch Editor for URL and LNK Properties
« Last post by skwire on October 24, 2018, 10:32 PM »
I can do this one in a day or three if nobody gets to it sooner.   :Thmbsup:
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Automagic Digital Photo Manager
« Last post by skwire on October 24, 2018, 01:57 PM »
Something simple in PowerShell while skwire whips up a masterpiece
-4wd (October 23, 2018, 05:36 PM)

Hahaha.   :D  I've been traveling for work a lot lately, so I won't be able to get to this for at least a few days.  Thank you for coming up with your rendition of the original ask!
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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: [N.A.N.Y. 2019] - Process Lister [status=done]
« Last post by skwire on October 21, 2018, 06:38 PM »
Looking good and working fine on my Windows 7 box.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Automagic Digital Photo Manager
« Last post by skwire on October 21, 2018, 03:43 PM »
To review:

  • Source is an SD card full of photos in the standard DCIM folder.  The folder structure of this folder is of no concern, i.e., we're not looking to recreate it in the destination.
  • Choose a destination folder on the computer.  In this folder, create a new folder with the year and a subfolder of the month.
  • Move all photos in the DCIM folder, and its subfolders, into this destination folder.
  • Start Windows Explorer at the current month subfolder of the destination.

Does the SD card show up as a drive letter?
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