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General Software Discussion / Re: Open/Save Dialog Extenders for Corel Apps

« Last post by mouser on January 23, 2006, 02:13 PM »

btw 25% discount on file-ex for donationcoder.com donating/honorary members ends jan31:
https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=1724.0

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: perform random URL queries (Random Submitter)

« Last post by mouser on January 23, 2006, 07:43 AM »

new version with user agent field:

https://www.donation.../RandomSubmitter.zip

let me know if it works ok.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: perform random URL queries (Random Submitter)

« Last post by mouser on January 23, 2006, 07:28 AM »

ah yes... brain getting foggy without my usual caffeine.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Problem with V2.09.09

« Last post by mouser on January 23, 2006, 04:11 AM »

i've *finally* found the cause of this strange vertical color bars problem (thanks db), and should have it fixed soon.

it has to do with a call to set brush color, which can occur when applying a simple black border, either directly or throught the new thumbnail creator.  there may be other cases where it is triggered as well.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: perform random URL queries (Random Submitter)

« Last post by mouser on January 23, 2006, 02:42 AM »

hehe - looking up at those screenshots it seems i already added such a function..
try filling in the referrer field. does it work?

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Developer's Corner / Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby

« Last post by mouser on January 23, 2006, 01:35 AM »

a programmer who just sent me ruby code for mircryption told me about this link to a creative common's licensed book on the Ruby programming language: http://poignantguide.net/ruby/

it's a truly inspired, wacky, eccentric, lovingly written book with off-topic sidebars and wonderful cartoons.

if only all programming books were so wonderful.

[ps. i'm not a big fan of ruby but i still loved browsing through the online book] 

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Mircryption / Mircryption+Fish compatible code now available for delphi+ruby

« Last post by mouser on January 23, 2006, 01:31 AM »

Thanks to godfucked and the anonymous ruby coder who sent me new submissions of code to perform fish+mircryption compatible encryption+decryption from Delphi and Ruby:

https://www.donation...others_otherlang.php

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Best E-mail Client / Re: The Bat - how to customize?

« Last post by mouser on January 23, 2006, 01:29 AM »

absolutely there is - in fact the first thing i do with each new account is set that to 0!
it's in the account properties:

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE - IDEA: perform random url queries (Random Submitter)

« Last post by mouser on January 23, 2006, 01:26 AM »

i can add an option to let you customize that if you like, to mimic ie or firefox, etc.

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Living Room / Re: DIY Projector Project - Pre-Pre-Planning stage

« Last post by mouser on January 23, 2006, 01:11 AM »

looking forward to seeing the pictures!

If everything goes as planned (which it wont)

lol

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Finished Programs / Re: Timed desktop screenshots -- not for spyware!

« Last post by mouser on January 23, 2006, 01:04 AM »

screenshotcaptor has a function for this - try it and let me know how it works for you..
i could also add it to the new minicap more lightweight capture utility designed mainly for commandline usage..

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Living Room / Re: Ricky Gervais new audio show mp3 (from the british version of The Office)

« Last post by mouser on January 22, 2006, 07:54 PM »

episode 8 is up

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Mini-Reviews by Members / pc mag reviews bittorrent clients

« Last post by mouser on January 22, 2006, 06:13 PM »

looks like pc mag beat us to bittorrent review:
http://www.pcmag.com...,1895,1913683,00.asp

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Official DonationCoder.com Reviews / Re: add version number to programs

« Last post by mouser on January 22, 2006, 04:44 PM »

absolutely yes - we've been meaning to do this and keep forgetting.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: commandline screenshot options

« Last post by mouser on January 22, 2006, 04:43 PM »

stefan is right (by the way screenshot captor does have a quickie "add image to current screenshot", see last item on file menu).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best Personal Translation/Dictionary/Thesaurus Software?

« Last post by mouser on January 22, 2006, 04:41 PM »

if you are looking for thesaurus+dictionary and not translation, def. give a look to mobysaurus (which is being hosted on our server):
http://www.www.donat...re/Other/mobysaurus/

the author is a great guy who is voraciously adding features and is always looking for suggestions, etc.

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Best E-mail Client / Re: Mulberry is dead

« Last post by mouser on January 22, 2006, 01:03 PM »

does anyone have a link to information about it being discontinued? i'll add the info to the review if so.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Open/Save Dialog Extenders for Corel Apps

« Last post by mouser on January 22, 2006, 12:59 PM »

file-ex has a way of being trained to handle nonstandard dialogs; they even mention corel dialogs:
http://www.cottonwoodsw.com/fx3tips.html

Corel applications (Word Perfect, Ventura, DRAW, etc.)
Most versions of Corel applications don't use the "common" file dialogs, but some use dialogs that look close enough to the common ones to File-Ex that they are enhanced automatically. In some cases, this doesn't work because of the minor differences, so File-Ex needs to be trained for them anyway. For simple training instructions, see the help file.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: new version e-mail alert

« Last post by mouser on January 22, 2006, 12:54 PM »

i think brotherS has the main things covered, i didn't even think about the fileforum idea.
if you really want email reports, the feedblitz thread now has a simple signup url where you can subscribe to get daily email digests of this forum, or with a little effort you can create your own email digests of particular sections of the forum.

you might also look into an rss feed reader which will alert you on new information, and you could use that to monitor specific sections of the forum.

a program like website watcher could also be used to monitor specific pages for changes - monitoring the screenshot captor webpage or the releases webpage would alert you when there has been a change/newversion.

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ProcessTamer / Re: ProcessTamer Status : Not Running

« Last post by mouser on January 22, 2006, 12:50 PM »

check this thread also:
https://www.donation...59.msg14666#msg14666

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ProcessTamer / Re: garnet back again

« Last post by mouser on January 22, 2006, 12:49 PM »

check this thread: https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=1092.0
i think you've got a service disabled that is needed in order to monitor processes.

from that thread:

I think I've found the cause of the problem, I use XPlite to remove components I don't use, one component is 'Performance Monitor' if I reinstall that using XPlite, ProcessTamer works, so yeah like you say most likely some DLL issue.

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

« Last post by mouser on January 22, 2006, 05:57 AM »

thanks wurst, i have to say that EFB forum really seems fantastic; i only wish i could read german to enjoy it more.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: How to save the background transparent for PowerPoint presentation

« Last post by mouser on January 22, 2006, 05:56 AM »

while i could add such features to screenshot captor, the easiest and most flexible approach is to configure a graphics program (like paint.net) to launch from screenshot captor and use that to make regions transparent.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: How to save the background transparent for PowerPoint presentation

« Last post by mouser on January 22, 2006, 04:56 AM »

can you be a little more specific about what you mean by "background"?

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Screenshot Captor / commandline screenshot options

« Last post by mouser on January 21, 2006, 11:09 PM »

thanks to a company who put up some money for this, i'm going to be releasing a little minicap utility for commandline invocation of non-interactive screenshots.

i'm looking for any suggestions of features to add.

[EDITED - i removed the details here since they are now documented in the official announcement of MiniCap, see below]

MiniCap has now been released for beta testing:

https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=2179.0