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What's the Best? / Re: Open source vector graphics software?

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 07, 2006, 07:08 PM »

I've tried XaraXtreme and was very happy with it. I was able to use it for my needs, and i know absolutelly nothing about image editing. Very good software indeed.

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Coding Snacks / Re: New Coding Snacks listing page

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 07, 2006, 03:30 PM »

wreklessxx: i think you're looking for something that most browsers already have: autocompletion. Opera has it, and firefox and internet explorer also have it. Another option is Roboform. (notice that this is completelly on the wrong section of the forum, might be better to post in the general software discussion section.

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Living Room / Re: Go for a good laugh in this comparison between regular Europeans and Italian

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 07, 2006, 09:59 AM »

  Very well done movie, and very funny too!!
Not exatly realistic (lost of that stuff happens in portugal too ), but definitelly a good laugh! 

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Skrommel's Software / Re: LabelControl

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 07, 2006, 09:58 AM »

is ""listviews" the last entry category?

-chrisk (November 07, 2006, 08:05 AM)

I have no idea..  My screen is too small to see. Actually, by checking out the code, i conclude that there's still one more: "treeviews".

the really fundamental (and, i'm afraid, very pedestrian) question i have is this:
how does one enter, what does one enter, according to what rule/syntax etc, into the different settings dialogue categories (that's the way, isn't it, to control what one manages to activate, in a given app, from the keyboard).

-chrisk (November 07, 2006, 08:05 AM)

I belive that this isn't controllable per app, you just insert the controls you'd like to be able to use with the program. And i think that all the ones that exist are already there on the first launch. This means that  if something isn't detected, that's because ahk / LabelControl can't detect it (afaik).
If you'd like stuff not to be detected in opera, you'd have to make it not work for any app, as you can't choose in which apps this works. As for stuff not being detected on FoxMail, i'm sorry i can't help you since this is skrommel's program and i really don't know where'd get those values from...

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Push2Talk

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 06, 2006, 11:36 AM »

  At least now you've got it working in your main keyboard.. And you know you need to get a new keyboard

Also it's good that the good keyboard is the one on the laptop, that'd be way harder to replace

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Push2Talk

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 06, 2006, 03:04 AM »

I still get the same i did before..
While i keep the key pressed, it's at D, when i release it, it changes to U..

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Push2Talk

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 05, 2006, 03:49 PM »

It appears to be working here. (not in a very efficient fashion but working nevertheless)
Was this what you were looking for?

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Top banner weight

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 05, 2006, 03:32 PM »

@vegas: notice that the matter here isn't the size in pixels of the banner, that is to be kept. What Mark0 means is that the current banners are too space-consuming due to lack of compression.

My opinion about this matter is that as long as the lack of quality isn't noticeable, it should be reduced. But i really don't make much fuzz about it because it's mostly loaded from opera's cache.
It might matter in terms of DC bandwidth, tough.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Push2Talk

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 05, 2006, 03:25 PM »

What do you mean by "flip-flop"?  if you keep F12 pressed it won't keep the mic on?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Push2Talk

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 05, 2006, 03:06 PM »

Oh.. Sorry, my fault. I see you had lots of work trying stuff out.
Actually, ahk's sintax has this smal pecularity: when you want to pass a constant argument to a function and not a variable, you must enclose it in quotes. This means the correct way to do it is the following:

F12::
SoundGet,micvol,Microphone:2,Volume
ToolTip,Mic is On
SoundSet,100,Microphone:2,Volume
Loop
{
  Sleep,100
  If not GetKeyState("F12","P")
    Break
}
ToolTip,Mic is Off
SoundSet,0,Microphone:2,Volume
Sleep,2000
ToolTip,
Return

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Push2Talk

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 05, 2006, 04:56 AM »

Hum.. Then you need to change on on your script's first line, "#s" to "F12" and a few lines below  "If GetKeyState(F12,P)" to " If not GetKeyState(F12,P)".

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Push2Talk

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 05, 2006, 04:45 AM »

OH, F12 is way nicer. Just change the one i did, replace "Insert" with "F12" on line 15 and 24, and you should be set to go. Didn't this last one i posted work for you?

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General Software Discussion / Re: mouse/key associations

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 05, 2006, 03:57 AM »

Well... I don't think so, since it's quite similar to ahk. But i honestly can't tell, since i've never used it.

As for the possibility of making this... I think you might have a way.
Double-click on an empty space = create folder <- supported by DOpus
Drag and drop menu on explorer <- supported by xyplorer
Middle click on browser = open in new background tab <- supported by opera

As for mouse gestures across the whole system, you will most probably like strokeit. It works incredibly well!

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Living Room / Re: New Ms Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 - Looks Interesting..

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 04, 2006, 07:54 AM »

...and which logitech mouse would that be?  it looks similar to a wired mouse i used to use with my laptop.

-vegas (November 04, 2006, 03:04 AM)

Oh, i forgot to say. It's a logitech mx310 wired mouse which is 3 years old but still in prefect working order!

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Developer's Corner / Re: What programming language is paying your rent this month?

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 04, 2006, 07:52 AM »

Programming doesn't pay my rent, my parents do. But currently, what makes me work hard is php+html, C (yes, not cpp, my professors are that retarded) and MySQL.

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Living Room / Re: what do YOU install on a fresh Windows PC?

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 04, 2006, 06:38 AM »

Hum.. First of all? Find And Run Robot. (so that i can decently launch everything else i install after it).
Next... Maybe autohotkey, so that i can have gridmove and my hotkeys working.
Next... I'll need to download and browse the web to get all the stuff i need, so... opera!
Next... keepass so that i can get all the passwords for the stuff i need (like DC forum, mail, etc).
Next... winamp so that i can hear music while installing stuff.

And then... the loads of crap i have in my 4-column start menu 

[edit]@brotherS: thanks, that was a bb tag (typewriter). i thought it was visible in all browsers[/edit]

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Push2Talk

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 03, 2006, 08:34 PM »

Ok... I changed it to the insert key (i didn't use the pause key as there seems to be some error in ahk with that key... very weird).

It's programmed in [url=http://www.autohotkey.com[/url]autohotkey[/url]. Just check the site, the distribution comes with a very complete help file.

Ok, it should work now.

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Fonts problem

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 03, 2006, 04:01 PM »

I'm sorry, i'm not a native english speaker and didn't mean it's not normal to have bigger font sizes. What i meant was to say it's non-default, not non-standard.
I'm very sorry to hear you say that, as this problem really isn't the developer's fault.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Links to Review and Comments - Add yours!

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 03, 2006, 03:57 PM »

MerleOne: You can double-click the tray icon and farr will come up.
I think it's better for you to do one more click, than changing that and going against the default behaviour of tray icons. I hate it when they are activated by only one click (like flashget...  )

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Push2Talk

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 03, 2006, 03:55 PM »

This is just a quick fix as this isn't really my script and i'm quite busy at the moment.
I've set the hotkey to ctrl+shift+S. I didn't use ctrl+S because that would make it impossible to use ctrl+S for anything else, and that's a quite important hotkey.

If you'd rather have it with any other hotkey, please just say it.

[edit] attachments removed... see below[/edit]

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Fonts problem

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 03, 2006, 03:18 PM »

Hi mike-in-nc! Welcome to DC.
I hope launchbar commander will suit your needs.
About the dialogs appearing funny with large fonts, it's a known problem with all of mouser's programs.
I think it's the tool mouser uses to make GUIs that has that problem with non-standard font sizes. You're not the first to complaint about it, let's hope it gets fixed!

In the meanwhile... Enjoy the program

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General Software Discussion / Re: Interface Design Desperation.. Help needed!

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 03, 2006, 05:13 AM »

How about EasyPrototype?

-NeilS (November 02, 2006, 01:34 PM)

Thanks for the suggestion, NeilS. It does look good and work well, but it's for low-fidelity prototypes.

I have decided that flash is a bit beyond my needs, as there are way too many commands and such.
My current best option is html+php, but i'm now going to take a good look at borland turbo.
Thank you so much for your help so far, i hope i'll find the perfect solution asap!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Interface Design Desperation.. Help needed!

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 02, 2006, 12:39 PM »

I have just found one better way to describe what i'm looking for:
"dynamic Powerpoint". Something that will allow me to create a bunch of screens, and link them easily, but keeping some states at the same time.

I'm learning php, but i still don't know much about it, and i really was looking for a sort of mouse-directed solution.

Nevertheless, php+html looks like my best solution up to the moment.

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General Software Discussion / Interface Design Desperation.. Help needed!

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 02, 2006, 11:59 AM »

I'm desperatelly needing help with school stuff. This particular class is taking loads of my time so i need your help on this one.

I just need to know if anybody knows a simple way to make a user interface. It can be anything, from an executable to a flash animation or even a web page. I just need to keep it simple and fast.

The interface is for a DVD renting machine with no database, just some static stuff. This means there's almost no need for variables and such, almost like a web page. Truth is that there are like 40 static screens (all of them follow a template), and i only have a few days to do it. (no, i didn't leave it to the last moment, that's the time they gave us)

So, i ask for your help. Can you tell me a good way to do it?


Here's the ones i've thought about:

• Flash (although i know nothing about it and it looks like there's too much to learn and too litle time)
• Html + Php (looks like the best option right no)
• Cpp (using some kind of easy gui maker. Don't know anything about it, though)
• Other programing languages, using easy gui makers. But i know of none like that.

I hope you can help me... Thanks! 

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: application sensitive pop-up notes

« Last post by jgpaiva on November 02, 2006, 11:40 AM »

Nudone: I think we're on the same page!!