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Find And Run Robot / Re: Alt+P Always crashes FARR

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2007, 03:36 PM »

fixing..

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: license key problems

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2007, 12:42 PM »

Hi peg, I'm here to help.

You can email me directly at [email protected].

You can also check our new Help Desk - just click Help link at the top of any page on the site.

ps. The license key page is here: https://www.donation...r.com/Keys/index.php

(You are logged into the forum so it is recognizing you.)

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR v2.00.44 ALPHA PREVIEW Release - February 6, 2007

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2007, 05:07 AM »

Check out the new sound and fade in options.

I also added a bunch of clipboard functionality tools (see help file).

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Ability to limit what extensions are returned

« Last post by mouser on February 06, 2007, 04:04 AM »

i think i will add this, only because i can do it more quickly with a special extensions only filter.

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UrlSnooper / Re: URLsnooper refuses to start!

« Last post by mouser on February 05, 2007, 11:37 PM »

Anyone else with WinMe could try this latest version - it's strange that it's working on my test win98 machine.

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Living Room / Re: Calling people on my PC

« Last post by mouser on February 05, 2007, 12:37 PM »

cowcrombie,
it's definitely possible - i've done it myself.

you need a modem that supports answering machine / voice mail type technology and soft software that can control the modem.

this thread discusses software for using your pc as an answering machine but basically any software+modem that can do answering machine functions on your pc can also let you dial your phone from your pc:

https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=5937.0

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Living Room / truecrypt thread orphan

« Last post by mouser on February 05, 2007, 12:35 PM »

heh - maybe a forum hiccup? ill split it off.  tell me what thread this should be a reply too and ill merge it.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Universal Help utility

« Last post by mouser on February 05, 2007, 11:02 AM »

very nice idea 

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General Review Discussion / MOVED: Universal Help utility

« Last post by mouser on February 05, 2007, 11:02 AM »

This topic has been moved to Announce Your Software/Service/Product.

https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=7332.0

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Living Room / Re: Accesspoint and/or router - help!

« Last post by mouser on February 05, 2007, 10:24 AM »

db90h has been getting insane in his linksys router firmware coding and stuff.. maybe he has some advice?

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Find And Run Robot / Re: CPU Freezes

« Last post by mouser on February 05, 2007, 10:18 AM »

Well you can attach to it and debug it but im not sure what good that would do.

Happens after you launch something - this sounds like the old problem we had where a digit key was sort of retriggering search as the form was closing.  It wouldn't surprise me terribly if this was what was happening again after i made changes to the key launching recently..

What keys are you using to launch farr? Tell me again if it's non-english keyboard?

The only thing that confuses me is that im not sure why farr wouldn't pop back up again even if this is happening.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: CPU Freezes

« Last post by mouser on February 05, 2007, 09:33 AM »

does it happen while it's searching, or while minimized?
what setting do you have for "Inactive Memory Use" on General Options tab?

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UrlSnooper / Re: URLsnooper refuses to start!

« Last post by mouser on February 05, 2007, 09:25 AM »

can you take a screenshot of the error message please?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Minesweeper cheats!

« Last post by mouser on February 05, 2007, 02:40 AM »

bah you are all doing it wrong.
the proper way to play is described here:
https://www.donation.../results.php?item=44

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General Software Discussion / Re: Minesweeper cheats!

« Last post by mouser on February 05, 2007, 01:15 AM »

is the flight simulator easter egg in the new excel?

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Developer's Corner / Re: How long should a software time trial be?

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2007, 11:18 PM »

Welcome to the site patrick - your blog has been discussed here a few times and i'm a regular reader.  It's a tad too focused on maximizing profits for my normal tastes (that's not a knock on your site at all just a comment on the kinds of blogs i normally read), but it really does make for interesting reading and I think it's a wonderful resource for new microisv people to get insight into selling their own software.  I think it's incredibly rare for someone to be so honest about how their business is doing and why, on such a regular basis.

Really nice to have you drop by 

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Living Room / Re: Why Small Programs Can Take Years To Complete

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2007, 10:41 PM »

Nice find app.
On the other hand i do think it's not quite right (or night right for all programmers) to say that it's the same kind of motivation as solving puzzles..

I think much of the motivation is something like:
"I like to build new things out of nothing"

Whether you are a writer, programming, artist, etc. - you like to build things.
And you enjoy the pleasure of producing something of "value" from your work - the surprise of not knowing exactly what will come out of you as you work.. and getting better and learning as you go.

And the feeling of having accomplished somethig at the end, and having learned something new in the process..

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR v2.00.42 ALPHA PREVIEW Release - February 4, 2007

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2007, 10:25 PM »

in display tab of options their are checkboxes for each column.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Usage tips in Farr

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2007, 10:24 PM »

i need to revamp the help and tips..
my plan is to make a series of video screencasts showing all the different features and tips, and maybe we can put together a nice list of new tips then.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR v2.00.42 ALPHA PREVIEW Release - February 4, 2007

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2007, 07:03 PM »

V2.00.42 is up (see first post in thread for details) - same secret url as before - message me for download link.

It's Mostly a minor update with bugfix, however you can call up control panel stuff (just type in control panel item description or type cpanel)
Plugins are coming soon!

This is getting close to public release time.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR v2.00.39 ALPHA PREVIEW Release - January 29, 2007

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2007, 05:11 PM »

its unlikely farr will ever be ported to linux, but these launch tools are starting to get popular so i expect linux will have some more good alternatives for linux in the coming year or so (written by others!).

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General Software Discussion / Re: laptop died. Need to troubleshoot it in a record time. Installing winXP from USB

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2007, 11:38 AM »

depending on the age of the laptop, you may or may not be able to boot from an external usb drive.
during boot, go into the bios (del key or f2 key usually during first seconds of boot up).  see if you see an option for "BOOT order" or something like that.  See if there is an option for booting from a usb drive.. i'm afraid it sounds like an older pc which might not support usb booting.

do you have a floppy disk drive?  if so, you may be able to find a tiny floppy disk rescue disk that will let you get to your file system on windows.

is it a common namebrand laptop? if so you may be able to bring it into a computer shop and they could swap your hd into another laptop and fix it or otherwise swap in a new cd drive temporarily.

The fact that you can boot into windows partly does sound like it may be a driver problem.  Did you just recently install daemon tools? if so there is a high likelyhood that is the cause.  and you may be able to get your computer to boot by doing waht you said regarding safe mode but finding a way to skip that driver.

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Developer's Corner / Re: c++ resources for the VB programmer

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2007, 11:29 AM »

back to your questions thought:

You can set breakpoints and debug in dev-c++, though its not the best debugging environment.  You could also get Microsoft's free c++ edition.

You've now encountered 2 of the many c++ pitfalls, and survived them, so you are on the right track.
You can initialize variables in c++ when you declare them:

[Select]

int x=0;

Actually understanding why int variables are not initialized will tell you a bit about the mindset of c++ coders and compiler designers.  C and C++ are designed for speed - so unless you specifically tell the program to set the variable, it's not going to waste precious cpu cycles doing it for you.

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Developer's Corner / Re: c++ resources for the VB programmer

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2007, 11:27 AM »

I agree with Eoin, not only might c# be a better match, but it's a more modern and "pure" language that will likely teach you better habits  (ironically this advice is again coming from a c++ coder).

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UrlSnooper / Re: URLsnooper refuses to start!

« Last post by mouser on February 04, 2007, 11:24 AM »

Thanks for being so nice about the delays.
Here is a new version to test:
https://www.donation.../Beta/URLSnooper.exe

I can't guarantee that winpcap will detect your adapter, but i have tried this on win9x and it installs and runs without trouble.  I've added code to detect the operating system and install the proper version of WinPCap.

So.. Give it a try and let me know if it works (you may need to reboot after it installs if it doesn't detect your network adapter).