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General Software Discussion / Re: Set Work Area 1.2.0.0
« Last post by Ath on June 20, 2011, 05:06 PM »Does FreeBASIC also make it run (even) quicker?
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, so please feel free to test WinButtons and WinButtonEdit and report any errors they didn't find, or point me at any mistakes I may have made 
I tried your idea on my Netbook yesterday and it would not work, in fact I could not get the batch file to run either.
These are the windows I got when I tried:-pilgrim-online (June 20, 2011, 03:57 AM)
It's a bit hidden, sorry for any confusion:They are both there-Ath-ewemoa (June 19, 2011, 07:33 AM)
I think I'll re-do this option a bit for the next release.Ah, btw, choosing File -> New and then pressing the Cancel button leads to the file dialog appearing again here...I get a feeling of Deja Vu.That's on purpose, you have to choose a filename (sorry for the fuss, though).-ewemoa (June 19, 2011, 05:55 AM)-Ath (June 19, 2011, 07:04 AM)
don't have both *.wbuc and *.ini for their value in "Save as type"? For example, "New" and "Save as..." both lead to one where the value is only *.wbuc...They are both there (that's the same dialog, btw), but I seem to remember having naming-issues when both specs where there in the same selection. I'll retest that. Maybe I should add *.* to that dialog too?-ewemoa (June 19, 2011, 05:55 AM)
Ah, btw, choosing File -> New and then pressing the Cancel button leads to the file dialog appearing again here...I get a feeling of Deja Vu.That's on purpose, you have to choose a filename (sorry for the fuss, though).-ewemoa (June 19, 2011, 05:55 AM)
by dropping any of the other appropriate *.ini files on to the treeview -- the result was no change in the treeview.Ah, re-tested and confirmed as a bug (a round brace a few characters too far to the left-ewemoa (June 19, 2011, 05:55 AM)
). Fixed in the next release.If .wbuc is now the preferred file extension, do you think it would make sense for the default WinButtons.ini to be renamed to use the new file extension?I didn't do that on purpose, as users would be surprised to see the original WinButtons configuration where they may have created a personal one with the old filename, and the .wbuc file gets preference...-ewemoa (June 18, 2011, 04:52 PM)
It should work equally well for both .wbuc and .ini files (these are the only supported extensions, ATM). One peculiarity you could see is that if the current WBE instance has a file opened that is in the set of files dropped. That already open file is kinda ignored, but left open in the original WBE instance. If multiple drop files is enabled and more are dropped, the extra files should open in new WBE instances. If multiple drop files is disabled, nothing might happen when multiple files are dropped that include the file already open in WBE.WBE supports Drag&Drop, configurable for either a single file or multiple files into multiple (new) WBE sessions (details in the readme)This works for me sometimes. My current guess is that it works for .wbuc files but not .ini files.-Ath-ewemoa (June 18, 2011, 04:52 PM)
Do you think this "drop on to .exe" feature is a possibility?I'd have to figure out how to do that, I'm not familiar with that feature (aka: I never open files that way myself). If the file association is set to open with WBE, a double click would suffice-ewemoa (June 18, 2011, 04:52 PM)
then you learn to become right handed by necessityI added a second mouse to my PC's (work and home) and placed it on the left side of my keyboard (I'm normally right-handed) to relieve the strain/pain in my right arm in a busy period at work. It took a few weeks to get used to, but I'm still using it as an extra mouse or when my right-hand wireless mouse's batteries are empty. And the occasional visitor at my desk sits on my left side, so they can use it to point out or assist with something, if needed.-Josh (June 18, 2011, 08:35 AM)
If you cut it off... <clipped> Worked for me!Hm, I'm not sure if I would want to take that sacrifice-Josh (June 18, 2011, 08:35 AM)
But who suffers from that problem?About 10% of the world's population is left-handed (sourcew) but that doesn't mean they suffer from it-Josh (June 18, 2011, 08:28 AM)
Actually, that PC is quite devoid of sofware/service as I use more and more portable apps these days.-Shades (June 17, 2011, 07:27 PM)
I'd prefer that it not be a requirement for a system's registry to be modifiedThat is for sure not a requirement, just an additional option, available from the Options menu, and by selecting it again it will be fully removed assuming the proper privileges are available (else it should silently fail both actions). (It's finished already, but I'm testing it some more)-ewemoa (June 17, 2011, 03:47 PM)
able to drop a WinButtons config file on WinButtonEdit.exe to have the config file opened up in WBEAnd that's also nearly finished and it will be an Option to either drop and open a single file or open extra WBE instances with the extra files. It's under the same testing regime as above-ewemoa (June 17, 2011, 03:54 PM)
I'll repeat my earlier questionI saw your original question, but I've been thinking about a) what you meant exactly, and b) what exactly you meant-cranioscopical (June 17, 2011, 08:39 AM)
associate a different .something file extension with WBEOh-cranioscopical (June 17, 2011, 08:39 AM)
you want to register the file extension, ah, that can be done, but I'll think/search about the extension to use, as most 3-letter combinations are in use already.)BTW, any chance of being able to drop WinButtons config files on WinButtonEdit.exe to have the config file opened up in WBE?Would you expect it to run 3 instances of WBE, if 3 files are dropped on a single instance, or just open the first and ignore the rest?-ewemoa (June 16, 2011, 04:22 PM)
This software is no longer available, does anyone have a mirror?It's not quite up to date (executables from 2008) but the original site is still available. The blog is dead though.-justice (June 17, 2011, 04:02 AM)
if I choose both closebutton and movable, I won't be able to move the window via the borderAlmost correct.-ewemoa (June 16, 2011, 07:55 PM)
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Ath, FWIW close button doesn't work for me (XP SP3). Escape always works.-cranioscopical (June 16, 2011, 02:44 PM)
Similar results to cranioscopical -- pressing the escape key works while clicking on the close button doesn't seem to.I've already found out it is to do with the Extended Style parameters of the window. Guess Vista/Win7 enforce the minimum required to have a working Close button, while XP doesn't-ewemoa (June 16, 2011, 04:22 PM)
Been fighting this before to get rid of a border when having a background color set And it was a small borders issueFWIW, using :dropList: (example below), I see the behavior I expected for :dropItem: / :dropItem1:I'll have a look later today (at work ATM), but that looks like a buglet of some sort-ewemoa (June 16, 2011, 04:44 AM)-Ath (June 16, 2011, 05:31 AM)
, would have worked for 1 file if you had dropped 2 or more files on the button.Clicking on the close button does not appear to have any visible effect.I can find no issues with either the Close button or pressing <Esc> with WinButtons having focus. Is there perhaps an extra (older) instance of WinButtons running that's waiting for a condition/hanging/cycling perpetually? (You could check that using Process Explorer or Task manager)-ewemoa (June 16, 2011, 04:14 AM)
FWIW, using :dropList: (example below), I see the behavior I expected for :dropItem: / :dropItem1:I'll have a look later today (at work ATM), but that looks like a buglet of some sort-ewemoa (June 16, 2011, 04:44 AM)
Really, I wish there were some comprehensive and consistent guidelines for this sort of thingThere are a lot of guidelines, it's just quite hard to get hold of all of them. If you only follow guidelines you most likely will get stuck in good intentions-ewemoa (June 16, 2011, 01:33 AM)
, so if you need a particular feature (or hotkey) then use it unless you can't or it breaks something else