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Timns Apps / Re: Auspex Build 1.1.1.92 uploaded

« Last post by Ath on February 03, 2011, 05:07 PM »

Found another minor issue in the 92 build:
When adding a replacement through the wizard, it gets auto-assigned a different icon then the one with index 0. That's fine, though it could be an option in the options screen. But when later selecting the replacement for editing, that icon isn't reflected in the Icon combobox in the editing area.

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Official Announcements / Re: Server Slow/Load Issue - Jan 22, 2011 - search temporarily offline

« Last post by Ath on February 03, 2011, 02:23 PM »

Ok, is there a time-window where backups are being made, so I can avoid hitting the barriers?

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Official Announcements / Re: Server Slow/Load Issue - Jan 22, 2011 - search temporarily offline

« Last post by Ath on February 03, 2011, 01:57 PM »

And somewhere about 1/2 hour ago, SMF couldn't reach the database, so here I'm back a few minutes later...

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: List Numberer

« Last post by Ath on February 03, 2011, 01:53 PM »

If I ask for further changes could you implement them yesterday?

-cranioscopical (February 03, 2011, 12:05 PM)

Your further changes are already in there.   

-skwire (February 03, 2011, 12:09 PM)

I'm going to print this and stick it to my office door

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Auspex - a Windows Productivity App

« Last post by Ath on February 03, 2011, 11:11 AM »

... where control+space is autocompletion for variables and functions. I don't think that keyboard combo can be changed?

-timns (February 03, 2011, 10:00 AM)

It's not Ctrl-Space, but a dead key, like ', followed by a space that produces the '. If it where Ctrl-space I wouldn't be able to use it either

@roberro: The dead keys are so natural and transparent in daily use that it's hardly documented, because most users don't want to live without it after they discover it
Most of them I have to help/learn to add the standard VS keyboard, and switch layout using left-ctrl-shift, because they have the need to disable it at times (mostly developers, using quoted strings in their sources).

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Auspex - a Windows Productivity App

« Last post by Ath on February 03, 2011, 06:43 AM »

- Would it be possible to trigger with a popup?
  p.e. now I use \\a" to write an "ä"
        and \\a^ to write an "â"
        and so on
  It would be nice if Auspex can do this:
  write an "a" --> trigger --> popup with â,ä,à etc
         and "A" --> trigger --> popup with Ä,Â,Á etc

-robbero (February 03, 2011, 03:08 AM)

Windows does have the "US International" keyboarddriver available, that can be installed next to the much used US keyboard, and is easily activated/switched by a left-ctrl-shift press. Then it's even easier to type "a to get ä, 'c to get ç, ^o for ô. If you need the accent without the following letter, just press space.
I wouldn't use Auspex for that. It's correct that the standard keyboarddriver doesn't facilitate to show a popup.

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General Software Discussion / Re: I just want to play my mp3 songs nicely with my car studio...

« Last post by Ath on February 02, 2011, 02:02 AM »

.. and it supports SDRam

-tslim (February 02, 2011, 01:35 AM)

Guess you are talking about an SD card, not SD-Ram, that's totally not compatible with car-audio

(Edit: Added link to SD card wikipedia page)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Block/Unblock all network traffic button (one-click)

« Last post by Ath on February 02, 2011, 01:56 AM »

Has anybody here ever even seen an Itanium-based machine, let alone worked with one?

-40hz (February 01, 2011, 08:50 PM)

I have, both seen and worked with, but it wasn't running Windows but HP-UX. It's rock-steady, and performs quite good, for the tasks it was designed for. Not particularly good in any Windows environment though.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Simple Commandline to send Keystrokes

« Last post by Ath on February 02, 2011, 01:35 AM »

Please re-read the readme file, it has samples and explanations, and weblinks to the key mnemonics to use.

Your sample could look something like this, assuming the title of your form really is 'UserForm1' :

[Select]

Shell "S:\WinSendKeys.exe -w UserForm1 {TAB} a"   'try to send Tab key &&  "a"  to UserForm1

But eventually, Excel vba offers enough methods to control that dialog directly, you don't need an external tool for that.
Probably someone with more vba experience can help out here?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Block/Unblock all network traffic button (one-click)

« Last post by Ath on February 01, 2011, 02:48 PM »

It's usually a troubleshooting reason.

-superboyac (February 01, 2011, 02:44 PM)

Oh, Ok, hm, I always just try to get it set up right the first time but that's without guarantees...

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Block/Unblock all network traffic button (one-click)

« Last post by Ath on February 01, 2011, 01:49 PM »

Since I've switched to MSE from Kaspersky, there is one thing I miss: the "block all network traffic" button.

-superboyac (January 30, 2011, 12:03 AM)

Have you ever actually used that feature? And if so, what was happening that made you decide to turn your network off?

I've seen that (big) switch in ZoneAlarm ever since it was introduced, years ago, and I never understood what would have to happen, that I should switch the connection off

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DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: GetSerious0.1 - (don't expect much)

« Last post by Ath on January 31, 2011, 05:20 PM »

I think this behaviour is due to a vista theme where the progress bars animate from zero to their current spot.
and since I use xp, I didn't understand at first what you meant.

here's a customized version - see if it solves the problem for you.
and heh, I had to choose a color, green looks classic.

-kobi7 (January 31, 2011, 04:57 PM)

Pfew, that a lot less distracting. And that green is really classic, close to my car's color, British Racing Green 

When clicking a bit on the +1/-1 semi-button, it changes to some count (up and down with left/right mouseclicks), that has no relation to the number of app-titles shown, don't know what that's supposed to mean? The +1/-1 didn't return, but I could it to go to "15 items shown" (and more if I wanted to), though there are only 4 items actually showing

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Site/Forum Features / Re: BADGE IDEA: special badges for helpful individuals

« Last post by Ath on January 31, 2011, 04:00 PM »

If it's just a number, then it would fit nicely next to the "Posts:" number, and it would probably in green or gold color.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: BADGE IDEA: special badges for helpful individuals

« Last post by Ath on January 31, 2011, 03:57 PM »

1) I like the concept of the badge counting the number of entries (or "helps" in this case).  So it would be really cool if there was a count on the badge for the number of times someone has provided a good solution for the individual asking.

-superboyac (January 31, 2011, 03:53 PM)

You mean we can build up Kudo's here That's nice, but I'd be expecting some folks to get way bigger numbers there than would fit in the standard badge icons we currently have

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DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: GetSerious0.1 - (don't expect much)

« Last post by Ath on January 31, 2011, 03:53 PM »

Hm, it's pretty useless for registering what app is been most active, as it's selected based on the windows title instead of app-class, as the title changes with ever new page I select using my browser, or changing directories with my file explorer.

And the constantly moving progress bar is quite annoying as well, after about 10 seconds .

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Shutdown Windows toolbar ( SuperboyAC special for DC!)

« Last post by Ath on January 31, 2011, 02:47 PM »

I've been running TrueLaunchBar for years now, and there is a nice "Shut Down Computer" plugin that does just what you suggest. I don't think it's available as a standalone tool though.
Here's a screenshot

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Developer's Corner / Re: Choosing an Installer

« Last post by Ath on January 31, 2011, 01:54 AM »

...I checked out the stuff at the Code Project, ...

-Renegade (January 31, 2011, 01:48 AM)

That's the base I used, indeed.
I'll start at your script tonight, when I'm home.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Choosing an Installer

« Last post by Ath on January 31, 2011, 01:35 AM »

Hm, sorry you missed my post, earlier in this thread. I pointed to my blog to the script we used for JottiQ, that is modular, and can detect .NET 4, and download and install it during the setup phase if it's missing. I looked at the kynosarges page before, but I missed the automatic download feature, so I upgraded another initiative.

If you can wait a few hours (I'm now at the start of my working day, and I'm busy for the next 10 hours or so) I can update your script to have that incorporated.
The whirlwind at the JottiQ thread shows it's quite tested a few times And it'd be for free ofcourse

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Ten Timer

« Last post by Ath on January 30, 2011, 11:18 AM »

Ah, I like quick updates

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Developer's Corner / Re: Choosing an Installer

« Last post by Ath on January 30, 2011, 09:51 AM »

The features Eóin lists are nice and all, but .msi installers always seem so godawful slow compared to solutions

-f0dder (January 30, 2011, 09:38 AM)

IMHO that's some kind of a feature, it scares ppl away from MSI...

and how do you easily get files out of a .msi package without running the installer?

-f0dder (January 30, 2011, 09:38 AM)

There's always Orca, a tool by Microsoft to edit an MSI, instructions for installation and use are here

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Official Announcements / Re: Server Slow/Load Issue - Jan 22, 2011 - search temporarily offline

« Last post by Ath on January 30, 2011, 09:44 AM »

Does this new caching stuff have impact on the refresh/update of the main forum page, at the bottom where the last 10 updated threads are shown? Now if I make a post, it takes a little while and a few screen refreshes for it to show up there

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Living Room / Re: Crazy Woman is Crazy...

« Last post by Ath on January 30, 2011, 09:40 AM »

Well the lawyer is probably happy to accept his fee while knowing full well it's a futile exercise.

-Eóin (January 30, 2011, 09:32 AM)

That kinda confirms my impression of lawyers in general

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Park Cursor Aside

« Last post by Ath on January 30, 2011, 09:37 AM »

More and more to my own surprise I'm beginning to love this tool. I've even enabled it at startup on my work-computer
After some weeks of use I'm still not fed up with it, as I expected at first

Now I myself am finding the park relative to window, better than relative to screen. You see, now the mouse cursor does not block my view of the document or field, but still is near by, specially on large monitor. Planning to make this as default for next version. But some more feedback on it will be appreciated.

-anandcoral (January 20, 2011, 12:18 AM)

I'd totally agree with this change, all I need now is the higher count of keystrokes and the black-list/white-list features. Don't rush, I understand you're busy with other stuff, but it would be really nice to have...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Simple Commandline to send Keystrokes

« Last post by Ath on January 30, 2011, 09:09 AM »

Another update and now WinSendKeys 2.5 is released

Latest release & download moved to separate thread

The changelog for 2.5 since the previous release, copied from the script:
; 2011-01-29, version 2.5-beta
; + Added -f strokesfile option to read keystrokes and mousestrokes from named file,
;            commandline strokes are handled first
; - Minor adjustments
; 2011-01-30, version 2.5
; ! Avoid ever overwriting the script with debug-log-file (if not .au3 or .exe extension, add .log to scriptname)
; + Added reading settings from optional .ini file:
;   Get parameters from .ini file with the same name as this script/exe, only if the file exists, create file manually!
;   Sectionname: [Settings]
;   Variables:
;   delay=100 : delay between keystrokes/mousestrokes sent to the application
;   mousestrokes=0 : Enable mousestrokes by setting this to 1
;   mousespeed=0 : Speedfactor for mouse move, value between 0 and 100, 0 = immediate, 1 = fast, 100 = slow
; - Documented and optimized script functions

Attachment includes AutoIt3 source, updated readme, a sample strokefile (.stro) and .exe

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General Software Discussion / Re: Simple Commandline to send Keystrokes

« Last post by Ath on January 28, 2011, 04:54 PM »

So, got the most stuff tested and corrected, and a readable readme done, so I can release WinSendKeys 2.0

Latest release & download moved to separate thread

Here's the Changelog for 2.0, copied from the script:
; 2011-01-27, version 2.0-beta,
; + Added mouse-modes, postfix with ## for ControlClick, #% for MouseClick
; + Added more logging and messages
; 2011-01-28, version 2.0,
; * Changed WinTitleMatchMode to be case-insensitive
; ! Fixed MouseClick mode
; + Allow Activate-Only by giving no keystrokes
; - Window not found message shows only in debug mode
; - Updated helpmessage

Hm, maybe Mouser could move/split this thread to the Coding Snacks/Finished section, as that's what it basically was  

Attachment includes AutoIt3 source, readme and .exe