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Developer's Corner / Re: Kodingen.com - Free PHP web hosting with your own domain name and much more!

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 30, 2014, 02:40 PM »

there should be a terminal also- look at the top row of icons.  The first is for social.  The second is for teamwork.  The third is for terminal, and the last is just for editing.  Right now, it's way overloaded.  If you got signed up, then I'd suggest actually checking it out another day.

-wraith808 (January 30, 2014, 02:37 PM)

OK.  Thanks.   

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Developer's Corner / Re: Kodingen.com - Free PHP web hosting with your own domain name and much more!

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 30, 2014, 02:23 PM »

I don't get it.  In FAQ how to set up ftp it gives a command line but there's no terminal emulator.  Just an instant messenger type page.

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014: Mug-shots here

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 29, 2014, 10:48 AM »

Is it possible to get a T-shirt instead?  A ceramic mug is way heavy to lug around.  And another T-shirt is always good to have. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tips for Windows 8 (got any?)

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 28, 2014, 04:36 PM »

Notifications of updates doesnt work well here either - I think I've gotten one notification in three months. (In fairness, there *is* some sort of reminder as you boot, but it's too discreet -- for me anyway).

I just worked a problem on Windows Eight Forums(I say "worked" rather than solved) where the poor poster is trying to fathom why MS issued an update to fix Windows Update.  He restored a 2 year old system image and now is in the position where he cannot find the update fix and wouldn't know how to apply it if he could.  Way too catch 22 for me.  Why not just issue a patch like normal software engineers?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Group two windows so they get focus together. Possible?

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 28, 2014, 04:23 PM »

task space?

-Target (January 28, 2014, 04:12 PM)

Looks kind of interesting.  Have you much experience with it?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tips for Windows 8 (got any?)

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 28, 2014, 04:19 PM »

Anyone have a tip to show what file types are assigned to Metro apps?  I am disgusted... I was emailed a wav file (for a voice message) and started playing it. About 5 seconds in, a blasted box pops up "This app needs an update, please download it from the Store to continue".  Really, Microsoft?  Can't listed to a stinkin' wav file without an update??  I will gladly reassign all file types possible away from behavior like this!

-x16wda (January 28, 2014, 04:00 PM)

In a similar vein I have Windows Update set to Never Check for Updates.  After a couple of weeks passed I got a splash page "Windows Update Needs Your Help.. It hasn't been able to check for updates" etc..  Help it?  I want to kill it dead dead dead.  Seems there's no happy medium.  No fixes at all or 50 a day.   

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Perfect Effects 8 Premium Edition for *FREE* until 28-Jan-2014

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 26, 2014, 06:10 AM »

Got it.  Thanks. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Application Database Software

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 25, 2014, 03:18 PM »

LookInMyPC is free and creates a report of installed programs.  Likewise Belarc Advisor.  The reports are in html.  I don't know if there's a switch for plane text in Belarc.  MyUninstaller provides a list of programs that have an uninstaller listed in the Registry.  It can output an html report or you can copy paste from the display.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Bookmarks and Settings Sync?

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 24, 2014, 09:33 AM »

FTP over SSL/TLS
is it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Bookmarks and Settings Sync?

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 23, 2014, 09:43 AM »

It likes the port.  But I get "unrecognized user or password." I just checked with FileZilla and that connects fine.

Edit: likely the encryption is messing it up.  I'm not sure what all these encryption protocols are.  So I don't really know if SyncPlaces supports them.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Bookmarks and Settings Sync?

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 22, 2014, 09:29 AM »

The original author of SyncPlaces,SortPlaces,CheckPlaces has abandoned those AddOns. But they are being maintained available for download.  If you have your own FTP access you can sync using SyncPlaces.  The fly in the ointment seems to be if the FTP uses a port other than the default.  I cannot find anyplace to put the port number in SyncPlaces.

http://daniel-lange....Firefox-add-ons.html

Edit: what I'm doing as workaround is just syncing using a file on the HD.  Now and then I upload the file to FTP using FileZilla.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tips for Windows 8 (got any?)

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 21, 2014, 09:59 AM »

I only rarely use the Start Menu. But it is annoying if I want to get at it and can't find it.  I had a folder on the desktop to collect all the desktop icon clutter.  Only "Programs," the name of that folder, and Recycle Bin on the desktop.  I used Brink's tutorial except I used my existing desktop folder as the containing folder:
http://www.eightforu...ndows-8-taskbar.html

In the screenshot the folders on the left are from Start Menu.  The icons on the right are the ones I swept from the Desktop into the folder "Programs."  Then I just made a toolbar from the folder using the Taskbar options.




Edit: the programs I use most frequently I pin to Taskbar.  A few I have pinned to Start Screen... mainly programming editors and malware scanners.

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Coding Snacks / Re: Screenshot on alarm

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 21, 2014, 06:45 AM »

For just the screen capture, I don't think you need that.  Sikuli has a Screen class with capture method.  It can capture interactively(user selects a region) or automatically(x,y,w,h region is captured.. e.g. the entire screen)

It may also handle multi-monitors.. but I'm not sure the depth of support for them.

http://doc.sikuli.or...n.html#Screen.Screen

Edit:  so the basic plan would be
get captures of the warning and error dialogs.

Use Wait(image) to wait for the dialog to pop up
use Screen to take the desktop capture

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I'm assuming you may run more than one script at a time so one should wait for the warning graphic, the other wait for the error graphic.  Seems very intuitive since you don't have to resort to Python just for captures.  Just use the built in functions.

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Coding Snacks / Re: Screenshot on alarm

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 20, 2014, 02:44 PM »

I think you would have a better idea if you read through the Hello World example for Sikuli:
http://doc.sikuli.or.../helloworld-win.html

As you can see Click() is told what to click by a small image capture.  In this example it is the Windows Start Button.  But if you can get screen shots of the error dialogs, say the stop sign or yellow triangle for warnings would it not work for those?  The whole idea is to use it when conventional window identification fails or is very difficult.

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Coding Snacks / Re: Screenshot on alarm

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 20, 2014, 12:15 PM »

Most dialogs will have class #32770.  That's probably the impetus for Sikuli.  The inability to get info the conventional way. In fact it works by you supplying a capture of the image to recognize.

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Coding Snacks / Re: Screenshot on alarm

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 19, 2014, 11:53 AM »

You might be able to use Sikuli if you can get it to recognize the warning and/or error icons in dialog boxes.

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Living Room / Re: Wooden toy teaches preschoolers to code before they can read and write

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 18, 2014, 12:15 PM »

See Spot run.  See Jane hack into Fort Knox.  See Dick redirect the gold ingot transport to Jane's house.  See Spot with Mink Coat.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 9 Forums Open for Business :)

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 17, 2014, 10:43 AM »

Heh heh.  If they're out to get you, it ain't paranoia! 

But at least I've been with this group of individuals since I got a machine with Vista pre SP1.  I went on Vista Forums as a "customer" and now they can't get rid of me. 

The same group, including Brink who does most of the tutorials, does Vista Forums, Seven Forums Eight Forums, and now 9(I kid them that eventually we will make our way back to Windows95.)

If you are on one of the forums it's a good idea to sign up for the new forum even if you don't have the OS yet.  That way chances of using the same handle and being invited to VIP private forum instantly are very high.

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General Software Discussion / Windows 9 Forums Open for Business :)

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 16, 2014, 01:54 PM »

Windows 9 Forums Open for Business   I'm hoping 9 undoes some of the mistakes made in W8, such as killing glass.

The forums are accepting registrations now. 

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - Lid On It

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 16, 2014, 01:47 PM »

Updated to v. 1.0.0.2.  Muddled text in Inputs from drag and drop fixed.  Custom icon added.

LidOnIt.zip in first post updated.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tips for Windows 8 (got any?)

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 15, 2014, 05:10 PM »

Since I posted about EaseUS ToDo Backup Free I have installed and used the latest Macrium Free version.  It natively supports W8 GPT with secure boot.  I had a 32 GB FAT32 USB 3.0 stick.  It made a WinPE bootable restore on the stick without erasing my data files.  The only part that may be a drawback for some in this process is a download of about 370 MB to get WinPE 4.0.

The other cool thing, I made a backup image with the stick as destination.  It automatically created files 4 GB max sequentially numbered.  No fuss.  I just clicked "make an image that can restore Windows" and it handled all the details.  They really smoothed out the process, at least for my Toshiba Laptop.  I also took some space from C: and made a data NTFS partition to store images and whatnot. I was very impressed.

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Release - Lid On It

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 14, 2014, 03:12 PM »

Everything needs a readme.
Just put the contents of this post into a readme.txt and include a link here or to your web page.

-mouser (January 14, 2014, 12:16 PM)

OK.  Will do.  

Edit: Zip file attached to first post updated.

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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / NANY 2014 Release - Lid On It

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 14, 2014, 11:39 AM »

And I am happy to put a lid on it believe me. A lot of fooling around with message WM_DROPFILES when AutoIt can catch single files dropped on its own.  But anyway, it probably buggy.  I recommend using the Browse Buttons rather than drag & drop but either should work.

***  Recommendation : Set Power Options for Lid Close to DO NOTHING for both Battery and Plugged In  ***

What it is supposed to do:  Very simple, top input has the name of a file/shortcut/program that will be opened/run when the Laptop Lid is Opened, if checkbox is Checked. Likewise bottom input has the name of what will run when Laptop Lid is Closed, if checkbox is check.  If Lock On Close is checked, the desktop will be locked when the lid is closed.

The file paths and the state of the checkboxes are stored in an .ini file in the same folder as the exe.

No check is made that the machine is indeed a Laptop.

Once you have it set up how you want to use it, then you should be able to create a shortcut for your Startup Folder and start it minimized.  I can't think of a whole bunch of programs I want to start on lid open and close myself so probably the desktop lock will be most useful for those who don't want to lose the WiFi connection when closing the lid for a short time.

There's no readme as it should be pretty intuitive.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Focus-Unfocus and let me link

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 14, 2014, 11:27 AM »

So. Nothing to do ?

Taskbar is notorious for not responding to changes is displayed programs.  That's probably why it was never fixed.  Another reason why I don't like to alter windows and just put the Tooltip when I did my stay on top.  All the features are nice until Explorer crashes.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Focus-Unfocus and let me link

« Last post by MilesAhead on January 14, 2014, 09:20 AM »

So you can have several icons in the task bar representing the window on top at the same time.

Right.  The thing with that board is it's not obvious when the posts are posted.  From reading I got the impression they were still working on a fix. But since the last post was by someone last active back in June I guess not.  I wish they would just put the date of the post in bold and make it easy on me.

Edit: the trouble with adding custom buttons to the titlebar is there is nearly always some side-effect that makes something unstable.  Plus Windows has weird ideas of what "on top" means.  Some jazz to do with the group the window is in or the process that owns it or some non-obvious complication that makes what should be simple, not so...