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Living Room / Re: Your favorite quotes?

« Last post by AndyM on December 26, 2008, 10:22 PM »

"You can believe me because I never lie and I'm always right" - Firesign Theater

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General Software Discussion / Re: Calendar Math, which language to use?

« Last post by AndyM on December 24, 2008, 07:21 PM »

This wouldn't be something relatively straightforward in Excel with a little VBA?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Cusor Wormhole for multi-monitor setup

« Last post by AndyM on December 11, 2008, 09:19 PM »

this s/b easy with a very short autohotkey script
if nobody has posted one here by tomorrow, I will,or say it wasn't as easy as I thought

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

« Last post by AndyM on November 22, 2008, 09:48 PM »

I too really miss RichScrollbar

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Living Room / Re: Recommend a keyboard

« Last post by AndyM on November 13, 2008, 09:09 PM »

I want two of these:

http://www.cvtinc.com/products/keyboards/stellar.htm

but I have to rejigger one of my keyboard trays, need more height for this keyboard

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Open Containing Folder

« Last post by AndyM on October 31, 2008, 08:38 PM »

This script has the target following the mouse in a box.

And isn't the folder which contains that target the one you want to open?

The script has a subroutine that identifies the executable associated with that window.  One could build on that to write a script to do what you want. 

Writing the subroutine would have been way beyond me, but if I spent the time, I think I could use it to write an ahk script that would do what you want.  It would be a stretch but  if I wanted the utility bad enough I would spend the time and enjoy it as a learning experience.

But I have too much going on at the moment to get sidetracked, so either someone else can do it (Skrommel?), or you could have your own learning experience.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Open Containing Folder

« Last post by AndyM on October 30, 2008, 10:42 PM »

But I atone.  Here's an ahk script from Skrommel that displays the .exe file and path next to the mouse for whatever window the mouse is hovering over.

You could use the GetModuleFileNameEx(p_pid) subroutine to get the path and open the folder, and put it in an .ahk or .exe file to use as a context menu choice.

[Select]

;WinProcPath.ahk
; Show the filename of the windows below the mouse
;Skrommel @ 2007

#SingleInstance,Force
#NoEnv

Loop
{
  MouseGetPos,x,y,winid,ctrlid
  WinGet,pid,Pid,ahk_id %winid%
  path:=GetModuleFileNameEx(pid)
  ToolTip,%path%
  Sleep,100
}


GetModuleFileNameEx(p_pid) ;by shimanov at www.autohotkey
{
   If A_OSVersion in WIN_95,WIN_98,WIN_ME
   {
     WinGet,name,ProcessName,ahk_id %p_pid%
     Return,name
   }
   h_process:=DllCall("OpenProcess","uint",0x10|0x400,"int",false,"uint",p_pid) ;  PROCESS_VM_READ=0x0010  PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION=0x0400
   If (ErrorLevel or h_process=0)
      Return
   name_size=255
   VarSetCapacity(name,name_size)
   result:=DllCall("psapi.dll\GetModuleFileNameExA","uint",h_process,"uint",0,"str",name,"uint",name_size)
   DllCall("CloseHandle",h_process)
   Return,name
}

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Open Containing Folder

« Last post by AndyM on October 30, 2008, 10:29 PM »

Macro Express might do what you want. 
www.macros.com

-AndyM (October 29, 2008, 04:51 PM)

Oh no!  This reply was meant for another thread (something about clicking on buttons or controls).  Sorry!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Open Containing Folder

« Last post by AndyM on October 29, 2008, 04:51 PM »

Macro Express might do what you want. 
www.macros.com

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General Software Discussion / Re: Help me with MS Word styles

« Last post by AndyM on October 26, 2008, 04:00 AM »

I hate styles in Word -- they're not stable -->  they tend to change (enough so that I've had to put many templates as Read Only!). That's it. I just needed to say it.

-Armando (October 25, 2008, 11:31 PM)

That's never happened to me.  There are commands that will update a style - do you have a hotkey assigned to one that you hit by accident?

Word without styles would be only half as useful for me in terms of automation and consistency.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Help me with MS Word styles

« Last post by AndyM on October 22, 2008, 04:01 PM »

So are you saying there's no way to format the list with indentations, numbering, and formatting all in one click of a style?

-superboyac (October 22, 2008, 03:29 PM)

You can, I do it all the time.  But if I remember right the setup is a bit quirky.  Look for an MVP article by Shauna Kelly or Susan Barnhill. 

If I find it first I'll post it.
--------------------------------

http://www.shaunakel...utlineNumbering.html

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea: Pop out from directory

« Last post by AndyM on September 18, 2008, 10:20 AM »

all selected files were moved the directory above.

-pongosnodgrass (September 18, 2008, 05:48 AM)

just drag the selected files to the parent folder, or any other folder, in the folder pane.  instant copy.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: clean Taskbar without clock and start button

« Last post by AndyM on August 21, 2008, 02:24 PM »

LClock relocates the Start Button to hide it and everytime I start PS Tray Factory, the whole tray gets covered by the start butto.

-apfel (August 21, 2008, 09:53 AM)

Ah, I don't hide my start button so I haven't seen that behavior.

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Living Room / Re: using 2 mice - can I have different settings for each?

« Last post by AndyM on August 19, 2008, 07:40 PM »

Could you find a mouse that you could use backwards?  I've just been fooling with the little portable mouse I carry, and I can use it so-so facing the other way (so with my left hand I still double "left" click with my index finger)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: clean Taskbar without clock and start button

« Last post by AndyM on August 19, 2008, 12:33 PM »

LClock , on the "other" tab has a box to "hide Start Button". 

http://www.neowin.ne...php?showtopic=157465

-AndyM (August 18, 2008, 08:20 PM)

Cant use this methode, because of PS Tray Factory. (problems)

-apfel (August 19, 2008, 07:09 AM)

What kind of problems?  I run PS Tray Factory also (couldn't live without it).  Plus I run quite a bit of other stuff.  I'd like to know what problems you had - might be clues for me to figure out some of my system's idiosyncrasies.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: clean Taskbar without clock and start button

« Last post by AndyM on August 18, 2008, 08:20 PM »

LClock , on the "other" tab has a box to "hide Start Button". 

http://www.neowin.ne...php?showtopic=157465

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to change hundreds of shortcuts... in a hurry

« Last post by AndyM on August 17, 2008, 05:18 PM »

In your old machine, they all pointed to G:\Library, right?

So start out the same way in your new machine.  The targets are still in G:\Library, and the .lnk files, wherever they are, still point to G:\Library.

Make \NewLibrary on drive Q:.  Now just right drag&drop everything in G:\Library to Q:\NewLibrary, and select "move".  Or move the whole Library folder to Q:, and then rename it NewLibrary.

In either method, the .lnk files will update themselves, no?  (as long as you *move* the files, not copy them and delete the originals.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: XP Toolbar menu sort order

« Last post by AndyM on August 15, 2008, 09:26 PM »

I've stumbled across a way to keep my toolbars from re-sorting alphabetically, leaving the icons in the order I manually set up by dragging the icons around.

It involves opening the folder, moving file and folder icons out of the folder, and then moving them back in the order in which you want them to appear in the toolbar.  As you add them back to the original folder, they appear at the bottom of the toolbar menu, and so far they stay in that order through reboots.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Where did my "smart quotes" go? (Word 2003)

« Last post by AndyM on July 29, 2008, 07:54 AM »

I use Word 2002, but 2003 probably works the same way.  Sometimes
Smart Quotes has gotten flaky, this has worked -

In the AutoCorrect dialog box,
"AutoFormat As You Type" tab,
"Replace as you type",
check the box: "Straight quotes" with "smart quotes"

Sometimes I have to toggle the box a time or two.  Sometimes
restarting Word with a blank document and toggling the box fixes it.
Sometimes then reloading the original file where the problem first
cropped up will then work ok.

If necessary, with the "smart quotes" box checked, do a search and
replace with the dumb quote as both the 'find' and the 'replace' text.
Word will fix the smart quotes as the search and replace operation is
run.

---------------

Just checked the link in Lanux128's post, and I forgot there's also
the same "Straight quotes" with "smart quotes" checkbox in the
"AutoFormat" tab.  I haven't had the problem since I changed
machines, but unchecking/checking both boxes always worked.

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Living Room / Re: Flash game : Fantastic contraption

« Last post by AndyM on July 25, 2008, 10:20 PM »

This is a bad game, a very very bad game.
Have to go...

-AndyM (July 25, 2008, 09:28 PM)

No, it's just too diffcult to click-click-cilck-solve. If you don't want to brain it, don't play it.

-f0dder (July 25, 2008, 09:58 PM)

The problem is I can't stop playing it.
Sometimes I take a break - I check out other people's contraptions.  I'm in awe (and a little frightened)

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Living Room / Re: Flash game : Fantastic contraption

« Last post by AndyM on July 25, 2008, 09:28 PM »

This is a bad game, a very very bad game.
Have to go...

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: right-click on Close icon results in file / folder parent opening

« Last post by AndyM on June 18, 2008, 09:25 PM »

I tried the new version, but I still can't right-click on an item in the fly-out menus of toolbars/quicklaunch etc.  It's as if I'm right clicking on what's underneath the icon (desktop, other window, etc)

But I'm happy to try anything you come up with since having this work would be very cool.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: right-click on Close icon results in file / folder parent opening

« Last post by AndyM on June 17, 2008, 01:41 PM »

This is great!   

   But I had to unload it because it disables the right-click menu for taskbar/toolbar/start menus.  More precisely, it's the items on the submenus/fly-out choices which can't be right-clicked.

Can this be fixed?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Mouse Wheel Scroll Can Cycle Through Applications on Taskbar

« Last post by AndyM on May 26, 2008, 08:38 AM »

How about using Lanux128's script, but add a few lines to check the mouse cursor position.  If the cursor is over the taskbar, send the Alt-Esc or Alt-Shift-Esc.  (You'll probably get this when Lanux128 is back at his desk )

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: right-clcik tp Close a folder / file to open parent etc

« Last post by AndyM on May 22, 2008, 09:24 PM »

I think this was a feature in OS/2 also, or I had a utility that added a button next to the close button that closed the folder and opened the parent.  Very handy.

I'd be interested in this also.