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Developer's Corner / Re: Executing a file from a link

« Last post by Ath on January 14, 2011, 02:33 PM »

I wanted the links in the report to be "live" so that you can do <a href="file:\\c:\DCDisplay\DCDisplay.exe c:\path\file.cbr">FileName</a> but this doesn't work.

-nharding (January 08, 2011, 09:36 AM)

Does it help if you use forward slashes instead of backslashes? And I recall a 'file:' prefix needs a triple-slash if a local file is involved, like file:///c:/DCDisplay/DCDisplay.exe bladibla

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Official Announcements / Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry

« Last post by Ath on January 13, 2011, 03:51 PM »

...Looks a bit old, but hey, I haven't got too big and important needs anyhow,...

-worstje (January 13, 2011, 03:34 PM)

If you look at HelpScribble, you'll notice it's also not very modern, but since XP, Vista and 7, all stuff created/screenshot'ed in the Windows 98/2000 era looks archaic...
The last time HS was updated was September 2010, so it's still 'alive', but the history shows that it's a 'slow mover' these days.

You don't happen to know any specific arguments that took you to H&M or away from other tools, do you?

-worstje (January 13, 2011, 03:34 PM)

I wasn't involved in the selection process, so I don't know what or why, but I'll ask around, somebody should know

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General Software Discussion / Re: Skwire's DC member site marked as suspicious

« Last post by Ath on January 13, 2011, 03:28 PM »

You must have been leaching that site way too much

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Official Announcements / Re: January 2011 Giveaway is open for entry

« Last post by Ath on January 13, 2011, 03:25 PM »

@worstje
We are using Help & Manual in our company, after being with Robohelp for many years until they sort of 'gave up' (we also did).
H&M was chosen after a thorough selection procedure over several other packages because of robustness, usability and support-options, features that Robohelp didn't (properly) have.
I'm not one of the guys working with this tool, but you can give it to anyone that's a bit of a writer and at least computer-literate, and get very nice result from it.

If you shouldn't win it here, and the price is a blocker; I've always been fond of HelpScribble (created by another Dutchman ), I bought when I ran my little software firm.

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Timns Apps / Re: Auspex

« Last post by Ath on January 13, 2011, 02:42 PM »

... despite the mention of "bugs" 

-timns (January 13, 2011, 11:49 AM)

I did get my Redmine account today, and plan to write up some of the issues I see with Auspex later, but yes, there are some...

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Developer's Corner / Re: Just How Many Programs Have You Written and Never Released?

« Last post by Ath on January 13, 2011, 02:19 PM »

Well, after being in this business for over 25 years, I've got my share of good apps, crap apps, abandoned stuff, trials, and the likes.
At first it always is hard to get going on a new idea (or even have a new idea ), but if it starts being a working 'thing', it's getting more and more satisfying. It's also harder and harder to focus my mind on the daily job, and not be distracted with 'that idea in the back of my mind that needs some fix or improvement...'
And when it finally is doing what it should do and it's (fairly) presentable, and the momentum or the original motivation of writing that thingy isn't gone, then eventually it will be presented to the audience... if any.

Guess that, like most of us experienced, about 10 percent of what turns into a project of some kind is actually released or used, and the rest is just what it has always been: collateral damage (mostly because of the diskspace it takes)
But then, most likely, there are some gems, hidden in the debris

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General Software Discussion / Re: Word Processor OS

« Last post by Ath on January 10, 2011, 04:56 PM »

Are you sure you need a computer-like device for that? A simple paper notebook (yup, the kind that you can tear pages off of) and a pencil would do, I guess?

If it has to be something electronic, the Chrome OS on it's special laptop, by Google could fit in nicely, but you'd have to make Docs your startup-page then

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: JottiQ

« Last post by Ath on January 10, 2011, 05:17 AM »

7-zip is a free download for Windows and Linux (but JottiQ still isn't going to work on Linux with Mono because of the WPF requirement)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is it so difficult to hide the Title Bar?

« Last post by Ath on January 09, 2011, 02:38 PM »

Ath, both Photoshop and Chrome have the same elegant solution for most of the problems you mention...

-paulobrabo (January 09, 2011, 11:34 AM)

I'm afraid that's a matter of taste, and that's not mine

The discussion on the lack of pixels in height of monitors is a whole different one, and would have been easily solved if you had gotten the U2711 model (2560x1440 with 0,233 mm pixels)
I bought an Iiyama E2607WS with 1920x1200 resolution a year ago, and it works for me, but I'm still searching for a monitor with at least a 3840x2160 resolution (16:9) and 0,30 mm pixel size (without seams, else 4 panels of 1920*1080 would do)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is it so difficult to hide the Title Bar?

« Last post by Ath on January 09, 2011, 11:25 AM »

And you would want to close, minimize or maximize all apps from their auto-hiding menu's (press Alt to bring that into view) or from their Taskbar icon (W7 assumed, without taskbar labels enabled) ??
How are you going to drag that window around your desktop if it doesn't have a 'handle' to drag it by?

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JGPaiva's GridMove and Ahk Tools / Re: grid for one vertical and one horizontal monitor?

« Last post by Ath on January 09, 2011, 11:20 AM »

Could you give a suggestion for the grid you'd like on that setup?
Most grids are relatively sized, so should all work just fine on any size monitor, just pick a layout that fits your preference.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Wireless sensor

« Last post by Ath on January 09, 2011, 09:47 AM »

I've used this key/profile decription in the past to enable num-lock on the logon screen, so it could be worth a shot to try running/launching it from there.

-Stoic Joker (January 04, 2011, 06:49 AM)

That was on Windows NT, and for newly created accounts only, from W2K on it (sort of) remembered the last state of num-lock

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Living Room / Re: Can we stop with the diagonal screen length thing?

« Last post by Ath on January 09, 2011, 07:37 AM »

Sidenote:
That "HD Ready" moniker on a TV actually means you can feed it some of the recognized HD formats (sometimes as low as 1280x720 resolution, and there are lower HD resolutions), not necessarily meaning "Full HD". It's sort of the same as "High-Speed USB" that came with USB 2.0, and that says nothing about the actual highest USB speed available

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DcUpdater / Re: libcurl download error

« Last post by Ath on January 09, 2011, 07:28 AM »

I've a proxy here, and after setting the DCUpdater parameters correctly, it works just fine

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Living Room / Re: May be time to change password at Twitter

« Last post by Ath on January 09, 2011, 05:51 AM »

Another good reason not to have a Twitter account

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

« Last post by Ath on January 09, 2011, 05:49 AM »

I'm still using PCA, so probably it's going to stay for a while

Do you have something to test on dual-monitor setups, or added a white- or black-list already? (Didn't mention that last one before, but it's a possible alternative or addendum to a white-list ofcourse)

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Duplicate Photo Finder

« Last post by Ath on January 09, 2011, 05:35 AM »

Murphy's law is still actively working as it always has.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why is it so difficult to hide the Title Bar?

« Last post by Ath on January 09, 2011, 05:22 AM »

In fact, why we still have Title Bars at all?

-paulobrabo (January 09, 2011, 05:11 AM)

To uniquely identify several instances of the same application, or find different applications holding nearly the same content (Wordprocessor and a pdf output of that same document? Which one to start editing...)

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Duplicate Photo Finder

« Last post by Ath on January 09, 2011, 05:19 AM »

Thanks Renegade, for this improvement
I'm always extra careful, even with lots of backups, with all my photo's, so I'm usually waiting for this kind of improvements before I even install tools like these.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Programs close when switching to battery power (Win 7)?

« Last post by Ath on January 09, 2011, 04:40 AM »

Hm, I've seen that happen on laptops of colleagues. AFAIK The only way to get it 'fixed' is to re-install Windows, because there is some hick-up or clash of drivers (probably older versions currently already updated) that cause this. Ppl with exact the same laptops, 'installed' using the same image-file, and gotten the same updates (controlled by a local WSUS server), one can have the issue, while none of the others has.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Ini manipulation tools (text manipulation tools) software

« Last post by Ath on January 09, 2011, 04:31 AM »

Nice Program. But perhaps is better more automation with no command line.

-Contro (January 06, 2011, 12:17 PM)

Huh? what's wrong with a commandline tool? It won't get more flexible then that.

I'd suggest awk in a Windows dress, part of the gnu-win utilities

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Living Room / Re: Can we stop with the diagonal screen length thing?

« Last post by Ath on January 08, 2011, 07:28 AM »

What's up with that?  Is there some gentleman's agreement in the industry that you don't talk about WxH?

-40hz (January 08, 2011, 07:13 AM)

Must I share my weight and height? Somebody'd probably be embarrassed

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY MUGs

« Last post by Ath on January 08, 2011, 06:33 AM »

Can't wait to get my first NANY mug!

-Apathetic_Coding (January 07, 2011, 09:48 PM)

Me too, but I'll (try to) earn it this year by taking the challenge (with time and myself)

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Living Room / Re: Good Code diagram by XKCD

« Last post by Ath on January 07, 2011, 01:15 PM »

Do they mean good code has to come from a cloud

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: JottiQ

« Last post by Ath on January 06, 2011, 05:20 PM »

It's really nice that Jotti opened the service again for JottiQ, congrats!

Now for all users to follow the presented guidelines on the intended-use-pattern...