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Developer's Corner / Re: Need help from Inno Setup gurus

« Last post by Ath on December 26, 2010, 02:36 PM »

That's what I write several times a month on the NG's there

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Developer's Corner / Re: Need help from Inno Setup gurus

« Last post by Ath on December 26, 2010, 02:24 PM »

@kyrathaba You should really sign up to the news server on jrsoftware.org, it is so helpful if you have questions after reading the fine manual, which you seem to have missed, reading all these n00b questions here...

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

« Last post by Ath on December 02, 2010, 03:50 PM »

ISPP can handle quite some stuff, but as I said, you have to press it a little (meaning it's not really easy)
It can update external files, but afaics, it doesn't handle s&r based on regex's, but a simple s&r it should be capable of. And looking at the help, it seems it can only write in ini format files...
And then there's the occasional Exec(), ofcourse, so some external tool can come in handy

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

« Last post by Ath on December 02, 2010, 02:41 PM »

Hm, though this is useful, you do know that Inno Setup with the ISPP preprocessor (comes standard with the Quick Setup Pack) does have fabulous support for pre-compile scripting/processing, amongst which is version extraction from exe/dll version resources, and even from textfiles when pressed? I'd not pursue in this direction further as it's 'already there'...
Examples and much more is available from the news groups at the jrsoftware.org site.

Inno Setup is ofcourse the best choice you can make for a free installer tool

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Timer Screensaver to display elapsed time or idle time

« Last post by Ath on September 17, 2010, 05:25 AM »

Hm, I don't need to know how long I was away... I'd be more interested to see how long it is going to take before the screensaver is actually going to be started, after leaving my system idle, but still sitting at my desk. But I guess that's another utility

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Living Room / Re: Linux based E-book reader with two touchscreens about to be released.

« Last post by Ath on June 12, 2010, 09:40 AM »

I'm still not sure about folding the thing over the back and using it like a spiral notebook. How do you keep the screen that would then be on the backside from getting scratched up?

-Deozaan (June 11, 2010, 02:53 PM)

Same rules as a dead tree edition I guess ... Be careful where you set it down so you don't get goo on the pages.

-Stoic Joker (June 11, 2010, 10:15 PM)

Do you mean to say that the back-screen doesn't blank & auto-revert like some car-audio stuff does when it is turned off???

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Clipboard Help and Spell

« Last post by Ath on June 11, 2010, 06:43 AM »

I'd expect it an issue with the AV, most users just use the Run option when downloading, and the way the self-extracting zip is handled is probably not to the liking of that AV package.
Your suggestion of putting it in another location is most likely going to fix it.

'Real' troubles concerning false positives with Inno Setup installers are usually solved within hours or days after a report to the AV vendor, when they push their next update...

(Been an Inno Setup user/supporter for over 10 years)

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Living Room / Re: Linux based E-book reader with two touchscreens about to be released.

« Last post by Ath on June 11, 2010, 02:54 AM »

Finally an e-reader with a large enough screen for us 45+ trying to avoid bi-focal glasses

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Living Room / Re: Approaches to computer builds

« Last post by Ath on June 07, 2010, 03:18 PM »

And whatever you buy: Let it be of good quality, as cheap is going to shoot you in the foot somewhere along the road (or when on the road)

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Developer's Corner / Re: OCX or API call to control notebook LCD brightness

« Last post by Ath on May 08, 2010, 08:31 AM »

I repeat (haha) the "off/on" toggle option is a great idea for those wanting "sudden privacy" or a goof like me doing long hours of programming and needs to go do *other* things for some minutes and allow processing to continue. In this line of thinking perhaps it would be best to have a password along with the "off"?

-AmericanoInPhils (April 23, 2010, 09:14 PM)

Isn't that what {win}+L combined with the Empty screensaver is for?

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General Software Discussion / Re: XML editor

« Last post by Ath on May 08, 2010, 08:27 AM »

Despite all the structured views of the XML managers (editors seems a little too less description) named here, I'm not going to switch from my favorite for handling XML: Notepad++ (aka NPP). None of them handles XML much easier then just like plain text, and the default color settings are sometimes even worst than plain b/w.
NPP handles XML just so nicely, by offering the entire file in the editor window, with all/current nodes (un)collapsible with simple keystrokes, a readable color coding default setting, and what not. And because I use it a lot when handling any text-like files, it is installed on most of my development and test systems, so I usually have it around when I need it

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Living Room / Re: Should I swtich from w7 32 bit to w7 64 bit?

« Last post by Ath on April 11, 2010, 07:47 AM »

Been on Vista x64 since November 2007. Just because I bought the Dell system with it, and one of the intentions was to run VMWare on it with several VM's in parallel. Now it's just a pity that there's only 4 GB of RAM in it, in 1 GB modules, and replacing that is rather expensive, as there are no vacant dimm slots.
Mots troubles back then where hardware drivers and AV issues. There was no proper x64 version of what AV package available. Luckily that all changed big time over the last 2 years.
Switched to Windows 7 x64 last September. Now only wait for my PC to get replaced, by the end of this year, so I can have more RAM (I'm aiming for 16 GB ) to finally run more than 3 VM's (2003/2008 server) next to each other, and actually use them/put to work at the same time.

All my new/re-installed PC's (at home as well) get treated with x64 Windows 7 these days, as I haven't found any current software that won't work on 64 bit Windows yet. (The earlier troubles are long gone). And the use of extra memory is a nice benefit for most software.
Sometimes older hardware, like Canon & HP printers and Canon scanners, need to be hooked up directly to get the proper drivers from Windows Update, but after that they can be easily connected through the network.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows XP to Vista to Windows 7 Upgrade advice

« Last post by Ath on March 04, 2010, 03:12 PM »

Well, you'd better not try to press the current XP installation into XPMode: that's not going to happen.
Get a real virtualization tool like VMWare (Server, Player 3, Workstation) and try to import the XP install into a virtual machine (either local or remote though the network, then both should be same cpu-brand AMD or Intel). If that works (ymmv, did it several times, but not always successfully), run the VM and see if all is well (turn down the memory setting for the VM by about 50% to be able to start it properly) If all still is well, store the VM and enhance the PC to a clean install of Win7, install the VMware product you used earlier, and run the VM if & when needed. Presto! you're done

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Pascal - Lazarus?

« Last post by Ath on February 26, 2010, 04:17 PM »

Hm, I'd wait another 6 weeks or so (April 12 is the planned release date...), and get the VS2010 C# Express edition (but the RC I have installed in a VM is much, much better than the beta 2 of a few months ago). Looks like VS is nearly up to par with Eclipse for an IDE (I still like Eclipse better, and it's always improving ) but VS2010 Express has big potential, and the price is right

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General Software Discussion / Re: Should I pay to go from 3.0 to 3.1?

« Last post by Ath on February 26, 2010, 11:00 AM »

The real question ofcourse is: Do the improvements warrant the upgrade-price?

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Developer's Corner / Re: Fixing user-sent coding-bugs as "challenges"?

« Last post by Ath on February 26, 2010, 10:53 AM »

Hm, I'm not allowed to show any code I mock up, because my contract explicitly forbids that

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Living Room / Re: What's a good giveaway idea?

« Last post by Ath on February 20, 2010, 04:30 AM »

And added to what Stoic Joker says, an extra qualifier could be that the comment has the best/most useful new feature request of all comments posted .

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Run commands on computer remotely via email

« Last post by Ath on February 02, 2010, 05:23 PM »

Isn't this what your average script kiddy is trying to achieve, sending you email with a link of a pretty/nude girl?

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Developer's Corner / Re: Regex help, please?

« Last post by Ath on February 02, 2010, 04:58 PM »

I can't comprehend how secret your data is , but dropping it into an online regex tester would reveal any mistakes you can make in one day
I'd either drop it on www.regexlib.com/RETester.aspx or www.regextester.com (but the latter is Java based)

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N.A.N.Y. 2010 / Re: NANY 2010 Final Release: Startup Bully

« Last post by Ath on January 04, 2010, 04:57 PM »

Could this be tweaked to kill the unwanted QuickLaunch entry that Outlook creates every time it is started? Now that would be nice! Or am I missing some point here...

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N.A.N.Y. 2010 / Re: NANY 2010 Release: Piggy Banks

« Last post by Ath on January 04, 2010, 03:21 PM »

The only features that I missed so far are:
- Set a starting date in the past, for the sums I already saved up
- Select a different interval, f.e. every Sunday, or the first or last day of each month
In the last case, then the projected arrival date should be in the same magnitude, I presume.

I may be over-bidding, but I'm saving for a new compiler, and my monthly sum doesn't fit well in a daily accrual  

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DonationCoder.com Newsletters / Re: Special Edition Newsletter for January 4th, 2010 - Codename "NANY APPS 2010"

« Last post by Ath on January 04, 2010, 03:06 PM »

Well, congrats to all who made the NANY a success again this year!

I almost entered, but was already pretty sure I couldn't pull this new project off in time, so I never even dared to pledge 
It's still not even halfway finished (20/80 instead of 80/20), but probably I'll publish this one later, and do a fresh retry by the end of this year.

Thanks for giving us this great podium.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Discrepancy Trainer

« Last post by Ath on December 31, 2009, 09:07 AM »

+1 for Bestimate

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Older Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for December 9th, 2009 - "The NANY Event Begins"

« Last post by Ath on December 10, 2009, 02:59 PM »

Thanx, it's even starring me

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Developer's Corner / Re: Is there such a thing as Rentacoder in reverse?

« Last post by Ath on December 10, 2009, 02:48 PM »

Isn't that what 50% or so (may be even 80%) of all 2-men software-startups are all about, 1 guy with a good idea and some sourcecode, and another guy with commercial skills (and/or funding) to get it sold?