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Official Announcements / Re: Big News: New DonationCoder Server
« Last post by skwire on February 23, 2018, 02:48 PM »
I am on page 12 of the essay about the server move.. Will post it this weekend.
-mouser (February 22, 2018, 10:57 PM)

May we assume you already have a publisher lined up?   :P
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on February 18, 2018, 02:17 PM »
Well, the disadvantage of this change is that the temperature icon now gets hidden if you're not showing all systray icons. The weather condition icon is now the only icon I can make visible permanently, in that configuration. I'm on Windows 10, and the temperature icon isn't available in the "Select which icons appear on the taskbar" configuration screen (just like the weather condition icon wasn't there in the previous version). Haven't tried that setting on Win7 (yet), and I don't want to show all systray icons (way too many, uninteresting icons that can't be hidden in another way, AFAIC).
-Ath (February 15, 2018, 01:07 PM)

Apologies, Ath.  I figured there might be some fallout from this.

Is there a way you can make the 'main' icon to use configurable, and the secondary optional? (I actually have them both enabled, but only one is visible all the time)
-Ath (February 15, 2018, 01:07 PM)

There is actually a technical reason for this right now and it boils down to an old ANSI library I use to get that second tray icon displayed.  In other words, the temperature icon is the native one you get with any AHK script and the conditions icon is provided by this third-party library.  The library seems to work fine in Unicode AHK except for the tray icon tooltip.  Basically, it only shows the first letter of the specified tooltip string so I've disabled the tooltip in current build for that extra icon.  You might have noticed that the tooltip only shows when you hover over the temperature icon (before the tray changes I made, it showed only on the conditions icon).  I've tried to fix the library function to work properly for Unicode strings but that sort of thing really isn't in my wheelhouse.  If I could get this library working with Unicode strings, I could fix it how you like.  I mean, I could make it work how you want right now but there won't be any tooltip when you hover over the tray (and I know I'd get bug reports about it).  I'll do some thinking and see if I can make it work using a primary/secondary approach like you suggest.

Now we just need DjPete (Celsuis) icons that go above 48.ico so they can be used for F degrees.
-21944.450 (February 16, 2018, 05:11 AM)

I made a DjPete fahrenheit version for you in the latest release:  http://www.dcmembers...her-v1-7-1-released/

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on February 14, 2018, 08:28 PM »
How do I hide the tray condition? I only need the temp.
-21944.450 (January 16, 2018, 08:05 PM)
I embarked upon a hunt for a systray weather app today and came across this one.  Functions as desired, but please allow my username to serve as an enhancement request...really that's the main functionality i was going after (no condition, just temp).   :) :Thmbsup:
-HideTrayCondition (February 08, 2018, 07:50 PM)

I changed this in the latest version (v1.7.0):

Website | Download
v1.7.0 - 2018-02-14
    * Made the temperature icon the default and made the weather condition icon optional.
429
Developer's Corner / Re: Save/Load list of hotstrings in ini autohotkey
« Last post by skwire on February 12, 2018, 01:39 PM »
I want to Save/Load list of hotstrings in ini.
I can save with iniwrite but how to load saved list so they work as hotstrings is my problem.
-stophereareyou (February 11, 2018, 07:51 AM)

In AutoHotkey, you load INI values with IniRead.

I have tried #include, list.ini
this works. Loads list and saved list can be loaded with script reload in .ahk file.
But when I compile to .exe, list.ini get compiled and embedded in same exe file, iniwrite writes new hotstring in local directory list.ini but only load hotstrings from embedded file.
-stophereareyou (February 11, 2018, 07:51 AM)

You cannot write INI values directly to the executable file.  Typically, INI values are written to, and read from, a separate INI file.
430
Developer's Corner / Re: The Faery Tale Adventure: A personal history of making a video game
« Last post by skwire on February 03, 2018, 08:30 PM »
I actually own the Sega Genesis version of this game.   :D

IMG_20180203_202648.jpg
431
N.A.N.Y. 2018 / Re: NANY 2018 Release: WHAT (Windows Hotkey Activator Tool)
« Last post by skwire on January 29, 2018, 11:08 AM »
Website | Download
v1.0.2 - 2018-01-26
    + Added per hotkey "Always on Top" option.  (Thanks, anandcoral)
    + Added per hotkey "Minimize if active" option.
    + Added "Duplicate hotkey" option.
    * Improved the window activation code.  Windows in the system tray should now have a much better chance of being activated.
432
Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 16, 2018, 08:11 PM »
How do I hide the tray condition? I only need the temp.
-21944.450 (January 16, 2018, 08:05 PM)

Only the temperature icon can be hidden.
433
Official Announcements / Re: Server having trouble sending email to hotmail and att addresses - Jan 16, 2018
« Last post by skwire on January 16, 2018, 07:53 PM »
Sounds like a reverse PTR record isn't set properly for the mail server hostname that's being used.  Most big-name domains won't even talk to an email server that doesn't have a proper PTR record in place.
434
Official Announcements / Re: NANY 2018 - NEW APPS FOR THE NEW YEAR - WRAP UP!
« Last post by skwire on January 13, 2018, 12:08 AM »
Well done, all.  =]
435
N.A.N.Y. 2018 / Re: NANY 2018 Release: WHAT (Windows Hotkey Activator Tool)
« Last post by skwire on January 11, 2018, 06:58 PM »
For the item which don't have 'Title' content, it works not very well, it can't be switched most time.
-israu (January 11, 2018, 01:46 AM)

I'm working on some internal changes that might help with this.  Stay tuned.


Nice program, I took a different approach with Shortcuts Creator which allows users to generate short hotstrings to launch folders, documents, webpages or programs.
-mat2016 (January 11, 2018, 04:51 PM)

Thanks, mat2016.  A few years ago, I wrote a program called Splat that has some similarities to your program.  You can check it out here: http://skwire.dcmemb...s.com/fp/?page=splat
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N.A.N.Y. 2010 / Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
« Last post by skwire on January 10, 2018, 03:10 PM »
100% perfect !
Great support.  Thanks a lot. :Thmbsup:
-RainrooM (January 10, 2018, 02:54 PM)

You're welcome.  I really should add some code to detect that condition and adjust accordingly.   :D
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N.A.N.Y. 2010 / Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
« Last post by skwire on January 10, 2018, 02:30 PM »
Some shortcut to activate this ?
-RainrooM (January 10, 2018, 01:46 PM)

Try this:

  • Close down AnuVu.
  • In the Anuran folder, find the config.ini file and open it in Notepad.
  • Find the H_Sep=### (where ### is some number) value.
  • Change the vaule to something fairly small:  H_Sep=100
  • Save the file in Notepad and launch AnuVu.

Let us know if that fixes things.
438
N.A.N.Y. 2018 / Re: NANY 2018 Release: SubAHK
« Last post by skwire on January 09, 2018, 12:12 AM »
Hi, Skwire - I just wanted to leave a comment on your thread to get rid of the "0 replies" in red letters next to your NANY entry...  Looks interesting, but I'm not even sure what a subsonic server is.  But I love it when people make things for the NANY, even if I never heard of the things they are doing.
-BGM (January 08, 2018, 09:50 PM)

Hehehehe...thanks.  I knew SubAHK would be a niche application because it's a Subsonic-specific program so I didn't expect much in the way of replies.  Subsonic is a media streaming daemon that I use to stream my music collection to various clients (desktop, Android, iOS, etc.).  You can find out more at http://www.subsonic.org or you can check out the author's demo server at http://demo.subsonic.org/
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N.A.N.Y. 2010 / Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
« Last post by skwire on January 08, 2018, 02:38 PM »
Hi, RainrooM.  Would you please show me a screenshot of what you're seeing?  If the information is sensitive, feel free to private message me the image or simply redact the sensitive parts.
440
Living Room / Re: Whatsapp Desktop: can it do videocalls?
« Last post by skwire on January 06, 2018, 06:02 PM »
Disclaimer: I DO NOT use Whatsapp, Facebook, Messenger, etc.

However, I did some research for you and, as best as I can find, there currently is no video/calling capability in the Whatsapp desktop client.  That is, the desktop client can only do text-based messaging. 
441
Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: OMDB movie parser
« Last post by skwire on January 04, 2018, 07:02 PM »
Website | Download
v1.0.2 - 2018-01-04
    + Added "Save as..." and "Auto-save" buttons to make it easier to save data to text files.
    + Moved options from a menu to their own panel.  Choose File > Preferences or press F4.
    * Cleaned up the main interface a bit.
442
N.A.N.Y. 2018 / Re: NANY 2018 Release: WHAT (Windows Hotkey Activator Tool)
« Last post by skwire on January 04, 2018, 04:58 PM »
Working well here skwire with the one window I tried it with (wraith's Plain Tasks) :up:
-tomos (January 04, 2018, 04:04 PM)

Good to hear.  Thanks for the report.
443
DesktopCoral / Re: Usefullness
« Last post by skwire on January 03, 2018, 04:42 PM »
This program is excellent for laptops where the top/bottom portion of the screen has failed.
-Johnny Cakes (January 03, 2018, 03:59 PM)

Quite an interesting use for it.   Thanks for sharing the idea.  :Thmbsup:
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by skwire on January 02, 2018, 09:33 PM »
Is it possible for it to display severe alerts for the location that is being shown by it? If so, please add an option to do that.
-Zero3K (January 02, 2018, 09:32 PM)

IIRC, that information is not in the RSS feeds that power sWeather.  Apologies.
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N.A.N.Y. 2018 / NANY 2018 Release: SubAHK
« Last post by skwire on January 01, 2018, 02:09 AM »
NANY 2018 Entry Information

Application Name SubAHK
Supported OSes Windows 7 (Probably works, but not tested, on Windows XP/Vista/8/10)
Web Page Website
Download Link Download
Author Jody Holmes (Skwire Empire)

Description
Subsonic desktop client. I’ve run my own personal Subsonic server for many years and make use of several different clients depending on platform. However, none have the sort of easy playlist manipulation I want, so I started writing SubAHK.

  • To make use of SubAHK, you must run, or have access to, a fully licensed Subsonic server (or use one of the license-not-needed forks mentioned below). That said, please consider running the official Subsonic product and supporting its author with a paid Premium License.
  • SubAHK is not feature complete at this time. This release of SubAHK only has the playlist manipulation features I wanted. That is, currently, it doesn’t even support playback of files. I do plan to further develop SubAHK as time allows.
  • SubAHK makes use of the official Subsonic API. Therefore, I have no idea if it works with any of the Subsonic forks out there such as MadSonic, AirSonic, etc. If these forks support the official Subsonic API, they should work. No promises, though.

Screenshots

main.png

Usage
Installation
Download the zip file and extract its contents into a new folder.  Run SubAHK.exe and choose Options from the menu.  Enter your server credentials and off you go.

Uninstallation
Exit the application and delete the folder you unzipped it to.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Need a tool to hotkey mouse or keyboard to focus a window
« Last post by skwire on January 01, 2018, 01:29 AM »
I suggest to add option 'Always on top' to have additional benefit for a window.
-anandcoral (December 23, 2017, 03:41 AM)

Can do.

Please direct any new replies to the WHAT (Window Hotkey Activator Tool) NANY 2018 thread for this app.  I'm going to lock this one.
447
N.A.N.Y. 2018 / Re: NANY 2018 Release: WHAT (Windows Hotkey Activator Tool)
« Last post by skwire on January 01, 2018, 01:20 AM »
*reserved*
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N.A.N.Y. 2018 / NANY 2018 Release: WHAT (Windows Hotkey Activator Tool)
« Last post by skwire on January 01, 2018, 01:19 AM »
NANY 2018 Entry Information

Application Name WHAT (Window Hotkey Activator Tool)
Supported OSes Windows 7 (Probably works, but not tested, on Windows XP/Vista/8/10)
Web Page Website
Download Link Download
Author Jody Holmes (Skwire Empire)

Description
Assign hotkeys to activate/focus windows.  This was a recent request by stisev on 2017-12-20; the original thread was here.

Screenshots

main.png
options.png

Usage
Installation
Download the zip file and extract its contents into a new folder.  Run What.exe to start the application.

Notes
  • The window matching comprises the following criteria: process name, window title, and window class.  You will almost certainly have to play around a bit with the text to get certain windows to activate and, even then, some may not.  Furthermore, you do not need to use all three criterion for a given hotkey.  Don't be afraid to experiment.
  • While the add/edit hotkey dialog is open, all hotkeys are disabled.  They are enabled after you click the save button or close the add/edit hotkey dialog.
  • Checkboxes in the main list enable and disable individual hotkeys.
  • You can assign the same hotkey to multiple entries and it will activate all the windows in top-down order.  You can easily change the order in the list.
  • Check out the Options menu for a few usability options.
  • The hotkey selection GUI is such that you can specify just about any combination of keys, mouse buttons, and modifiers.  Go crazy.

Uninstallation
Exit the application and delete the folder you unzipped it to.
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N.A.N.Y. 2018 / Re: BaseImage
« Last post by skwire on December 31, 2017, 06:25 PM »
For webpages, bear in mind that the encoded image is *very* long.
-BGM (December 31, 2017, 06:22 PM)

Yep.  I am fully aware of base64 encoding (email attachments, etc.) but never realised that they could be used in a webpage like that.  =]  Quite slick.
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N.A.N.Y. 2018 / Re: BaseImage
« Last post by skwire on December 31, 2017, 06:16 PM »
I must admit I have never heard of base64-encoded html images -- but it looks neat.
-mouser (December 31, 2017, 02:23 PM)

Me, neither.  However, I did have a play with it and it works as designed.  I dragged an image, copied the img tag to a page on my website, and it worked perfectly.  Pretty cool, actually, when you think about it.  I could see using this instead of actual image files which would make it MUCH easier to move webpages that used static images.  I just might make extensive use of this when I move my current site to the new DC server.

Very cool, BGM.  Thank you for sharing.
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