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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: [N.A.N.Y. 2019] - Process Lister [status=done]

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 21, 2018, 05:09 PM »

I put some love into that project.

This is what you await:


I respected your wishes in a good way me hopes that really.

New features:
- Columns have up/down sorting ability (each header got own mechanic) by clicking on its header
- StatusBar with some info text and a sizegrip

Removed features:
- Column auto-sizing
- "Refresh" button (moved to statusbar)

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: [N.A.N.Y. 2019] - Process Lister [status=done]

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 21, 2018, 02:05 PM »

Nicely done.  I gave it a quick test and it seems to work as described.  Some random thoughts:

• Don't autosize the column widths
• Allow sorting of the columns
• Add a statusbar to the GUI so the resize gripper in the lower right is larger.

-skwire (October 21, 2018, 01:42 PM)

No autosize = no problem
Sorting, a slight problem there might be if I add sorting for creation time, I will do my best
Statusbar = no problem

any other wishes/functions can be added if you name them
to me just PID and Time was important, rest just to fill screen hehehe
*just right now finished adding proper icons; if that would be a wish; its done*

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / [N.A.N.Y. 2019] - Process Lister [status=done]

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 21, 2018, 11:55 AM »

Hello Community,
maby some of you might find this tool useful too.
I did it for myself, i just had 3 things in mind that i have successful brought to code and finally to display :-)

This tool enumerates all loaded processes and list them with
- Full Filepath + Name
- Process ID
- Process Creation Time (<- that was my basic intention)

Requirements:
Windows

Sample View:


(You will need 7zip to extract file)

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N.A.N.Y. 2016 / Re: ScreenshotCaptor (Link) in autostart

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 21, 2018, 05:18 AM »

Bedauerlicherweise weisen weder Acronis noch Avast auf sowas hin.

-HelmutWe (October 21, 2018, 04:00 AM)

german: Aber ich hehehehe schön das der Tipp ins Schwarze traf

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General Software Discussion / Re: FIX to get your fan under control in your laptop? (Might not be overheating.)

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 21, 2018, 02:00 AM »

Hi there, interesting what you wrote, the way i would go would be, get AutoRuns from SysInternals (Microsoft) and run it.
Since your missing application started with windows on boot, it should be enlisted in there as *missing*.
That would save you alot of steps on finding out what and why, just my 2cents to that issue.

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 21, 2018, 01:45 AM »

Hello sweet communtity, I'll tell you something about me too.
I'm in the best years of my life. I studied business administration.
Computers were and still are my great passion.
I gained my first programming experience on a Commodore-64 then continued with an Amiga up to my first 286 processor :-)
In my job programming is not needed, but it is a part of me, as a hobby i could never let it be to stop.
It makes me incredibly much fun to discover new things or to improve old ones.
Since I jumped on the 286 train, I have gained a lot of experience with Assembler and Pascal.
Meanwhile I program only with Object Pascal (Delphi RAD).
This forum I found exactly like Helmut, I needed a Screen-Capture-Tool because my own didn't quite do what I wanted and I wanted to look around at the competition how it does, well I stayed at the competition :-)
And the best thing is, I can indulge my hobby here and help others with little programs or offer my own applications.
I also live in germany and wish everyone a great time!

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Create Folder, Give It Name: Current Date and Time

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 18, 2018, 01:10 AM »

@4wd cool job!

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UrlSnooper / Re: URLSnooper can't sniff wirelessly on Windows 10?

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 17, 2018, 06:08 AM »

Thanks for posting TeeJay, that's great news about NCAP winpcap-compatibility option -- it's the first I've heard about it. 

-mouser (October 16, 2018, 10:55 PM)

i also told, much shorter, but told :-)

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / Re: [NANY 2019] - unnamed Wallpaper Tool - [suggestions welcome]

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 17, 2018, 05:58 AM »

i was told that i forgot to mention, those test applications, you just need either 32 or 64, the 32bit should work on any machine, 64bit limited to 64bit OS.

final product might have install.exe to let you choose or plain 32bit
(for such kind of application i see no real advantage/usage that it should be 64bit)

if no replies are comming, i will put my nose in books and read more about context menu handlers :-)

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N.A.N.Y. 2019 / [NANY 2019] - unnamed Wallpaper Tool - [suggestions welcome]

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 15, 2018, 05:42 PM »

Dear DC Community,

I would like to introduce a small program.
the idea comes from this thread initiated by Curt.

In short, as a request i did a small tool that opens associated program with current set Wallpaper.

Current Manual:

Welcome to Open Wallpaper v1.1
(c)reated by KodeZwerg for DC in 2018

-Curt Edition-

Installation/Usage:
Extract the OpenWallpaper.7z anywhere
if you like it in "Program", take care to choose correct location!
32bit belongs in here \Program Files (x86)\
64bit belongs in here \Program Files\

Run OpenWallpaper.exe as Administrator.
A Dialog will appear, click [OK], thats it.
From this point you can right click on desktop and choose "Open Wallpaper".
This would run any associated application according to fileextension found.

Uninstallation:
Run OpenWallpaper.exe as Administrator.
Choose [No], delete OpenWallpaper.exe, thats it.

Updating Registry:
(needed if you copy OpenWallpaper.exe elsewhere or rename it)
Run OpenWallpaper.exe as Administrator.
Choose [Yes], thats it.

you can pre-test application by run "OpenWallpaper.exe -open", if it succeed you can follow above guide.


add 32 or 64 for .exe name according to your version

the "Curt" Edition will be used as Preview in here: 32bit or 64bit (you will need 7zip or compatible to extract)
Thats how it looks after successful installation:

In theory it should work with any Windows Version where this application can be run on. I removed Windows 8+ as requirement and added downward compability support.

Whats my future plans with it?
I will convert whole app to a context menu handler (such do support submenu)
Since this is a fresh territory to me, i might have a bumpy start that might be buggy, please have respect with me.
Add Multi-Monitor support.
SubMenu would contain:
- Open in Explorer
- Open Image
- Edit Image (i need to investigate system registry to do such, i might find more options that shell offers to do, like Print)
- Set New Image (that would open a filedialog to locate a picture)
- Copy Filename
- show Filename (that would OSD current filename)
- hide Filename
- remove Menu (that would my way to let you remove my thing)
(i dont know yet exactly how to support multi monitor within SubMenu, let me suprise you, i am happy to find out)
if all goes well, i think adding image display mode change like Windows 10 offers "can" be possible (stretch/fit/default etc)
Later editions could contain some "Add Text" feature etc etc etc, whatever is needed i try to realize.

or i do a real application with GUI and bling bling, you as community decide wich way this project should go. SysTray app would also possible, or a mix :-)
I am happy to do and offer all Delphi coders to share code.

/edit
you can reach me more direct in DC's IRC #DonationCoder channel on chat.freenode.net.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: DONE: copy my wallpaper's full title

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 15, 2018, 04:32 PM »

perfect, i thank you to confirm it!!
thread now is done to me, as another thank you = 64bit
if you loaded my *OFFLINE* marked, i was dumb, it actually was 32bit, now all should be well.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: DONE: copy my wallpaper's full title

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 15, 2018, 04:20 PM »

*OFFLINE*

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Post New Requests Here / Re: DONE: copy my wallpaper's full title

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 15, 2018, 04:06 PM »

just to be sure, the last version that works flawlessly, also with spaces and icon in context menu on your machine, yes?
(if so, that'll be my template for greater tool)

32/64 bit there is no advantage between, since it open external tool, tool can be both aswell

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Post New Requests Here / Re: DONE: copy my wallpaper's full title

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 15, 2018, 03:14 PM »

the application is very raw/basic indeed.
and very dumb aswell, i have not put much code in. (i tried to follow your wish, not many nasty clicks, it might eat errors to skip [YES][NO] questions, i can add errorchecking with output that you have to confirm, for now it just "do" and system "do" whatever system "does")
if you like to test, this was my yesterday last edition.
i deeply tested alot of combination, with desktop slideshow/photo/color, the last option do display error since commandline would be empty.
i tested from folder with spaces and other strange symbols, on my own machine it works like it should.
icon display works, open image works, unicode names works.
i do really hope that it does same on your machine. i will not rebuild 64bit, when i started this problems begun.

i will not rebuild 64bit

i do if you say that this build works flawless.

/edit
if only the icon represents the problem for you, you can modify registries Icon with "shell32.dll,324" that value, this would be same like you showed me on a photo earlier

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: copy my wallpaper's full title

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 14, 2018, 07:35 AM »

I'm gonna take this problem seriously.
I'm really sorry that it worked out well at first and now new problems appear again.
Too bad you're turning down IRC, I could have a better chat with you.
I'll take care of delivering you a good product.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Focus issue when capturing

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 14, 2018, 07:26 AM »

interesting would be, what have you focused (where is caret) while you press hotkey.
it might be possible that something got focus that eat all your hotkey tries.

/edit
what i meant to say, from programmers point of view, a program can override a hotkey in its own thread/process.
mousers wonderful screenshot app set global hotkeys, such can be blocked/reassigned/overwritten from within other applications.
thats why it would be good to know what is focused/got caret when pressing hotkey. this would give a reproducable clue i hope.

terminating other applications that you started after screenshot capter was loaded, one by one to find the disturbing enemy, that would i also try.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: copy my wallpaper's full title

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 14, 2018, 05:58 AM »

somehow i got problems to to reproduce error.
i snapped a larger area to show you from wich folder i installed as test.
and finally how the context menu react.
sorry my bad, icon name was already in quotes, i just checked, was my first thinking when i hear that a space do problems.

please tell me, if allowed to know, in wich folder did you copy the .exe ?
the 32bit should not run from \Program Files\xyz123
the 64bit should not run from \Program Files (x86)\xyz123

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: copy my wallpaper's full title

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 14, 2018, 05:27 AM »

ahhh, me dummy has not caught that, version 1 would be blank aswell.
to fix: goto Registry like written above, edit the "Icon" entry and put the name in "quotes".
that should repair it.

example:
now its entry is C:\Some Where\OpenWallpaper.exe
fixed it should be "C:\Some Where\OpenWallpaper.exe"

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: copy my wallpaper's full title

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 14, 2018, 05:08 AM »

omg LOL, blank, now i am more than confused   

a suggestion aslong i havent fixed and you like to use the new with correct icon, as workaround.
open regedit.exe.
goto HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DesktopBackground
there you find subkey OpenWallpaper64 and OpenWallpaper86 (and for version 1 = OpenWallpaper)
both of them got entry called "Icon"
enter there either location of version 1 .exe, should result with my dwarf icon or you can download on internet any icon you like (pay attention to 12x12 pixel limit and that it is .ICO!)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: copy my wallpaper's full title

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 14, 2018, 04:58 AM »

good to know that the app itself is working again correct. (error was me, i missed to remove a space)
i will surely figure out why the heck the icon is gone/wrong.
can you please capture and show how it looks on you machine (if able, with both versions installed, they do not harm version 1, so you could have 3 openwallpaper entries)
or does it look like on my shot?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: copy my wallpaper's full title

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 14, 2018, 04:50 AM »

@4wd, better script you find here if needed, plus multimonitor support.
if I perceive mousers suggestion and make a NANY out of it, that also comes in.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: copy my wallpaper's full title

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 13, 2018, 07:41 PM »

after a huge battle with my debugger, i am of the opinion that i have now eliminated the culprit.
I ask for indulgence for all the testing, but now I am more than optimistic that everything will work.

the whole thing would also be too good to be true, a mistake is still known to me and I am faced with a strange puzzle.

before you get started, there's something to keep in mind this time.
first perform a "remove" action from the existing OpenWallpaper.exe or OpenWallpaper32.exe or OpenWallpaper64.exe, that doesn't matter which file because all use the same key.
(run as Admin and select [NO])
This time this is desperately necessary!
i gave the 32bit and 64bit new registration keys that don't work together with the old ones.

if you have successfully removed the old version you can download an archive containing 32bit and 64bit here.
the handling of the new versions remains the same.
if you like you can install both versions parallel this time.
in the context menu every version now has its own short code behind it (x86 or x64)

and now I'll tell you what a riddle I can't get solved.
i don't know exactly where yet nor can i understand why it happen at all, at least the context menu of the 64bit version has a wrong picture.

if the new version doesn't work again, i have no choice but to make a "Demo App" or you stay with the first version.

[edit]
and of course you can pre-test like always, to try without installation run "OpenWallpaper32/64.exe -open"

Preview to show my image riddle:

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: copy my wallpaper's full title

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 13, 2018, 05:27 PM »

sleep well, if you like to continue this project, i can build a Demo again what lists me at wich point something goes wrong. (a window driven Demo with textbox)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: copy my wallpaper's full title

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 13, 2018, 05:10 PM »

no deinstallation / system reboot / removal needed.
but running .exe once as Admin an click [YES] is required.


OR

a quicktest, run "OpenWallpaper32/64.exe -open" and check what file is loaded.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: copy my wallpaper's full title

« Last post by KodeZwerg on October 13, 2018, 04:59 PM »

did you update registry with the new builds?
they have now 32/64 inside name.

to update registry run OpenWallpaper32/64.exe as Administrator and choose [YES]

i just want to be sure.