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Living Room / Re: USA Deadly Tornadoes

« Last post by hamradio on April 28, 2011, 03:10 PM »

SPECIAL REPORT: Storms hit TriCities | TriCities.com
11 videos are in the playlist for it.

I think our local weathermen/storm teams around here saved a lot of lives with lots of coverage of the radar and talking about what they was seeing on the radar.

So I give them a big for how they handled the storms moving through last night.

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Living Room / Re: USA Deadly Tornadoes

« Last post by hamradio on April 28, 2011, 08:34 AM »

Here is a report from my region as we know so far...

Heavy storms spawn tornadoes, kill at least 14 in the region

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Living Room / Re: Flash Game of the Week: Zombie Cats

« Last post by hamradio on April 22, 2011, 07:55 PM »

505 clicks to the end myself...

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General Software Discussion / Firefox Extension Guru's Blog

« Last post by hamradio on April 11, 2011, 12:16 AM »

Firefox Extension Guru's Blog

Here is a pretty nifty blog that talks about firefox that I have been visiting recently.

It mentions of a extension called Status-4-Evar which I like cause I like the normal status bar myself.

Info about Status-4-Evar on Firefox Extension Guru's Blog and the link to Status-4-Evar on the addons site... Status-4-Evar

It might be of some worth to people who use firefox.

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General Software Discussion / Re: java help

« Last post by hamradio on April 04, 2011, 01:12 PM »

The following url helped him if I remember correctly...

http://www.dreaminco...isplays-wrong-count/

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Living Room / Re: A Parrot Riding a Car's Windshield Wipers

« Last post by hamradio on March 31, 2011, 12:39 AM »

I don't condone him doing that, but looks like to me the parrot would fly away if it wasn't enjoying the ride because the parrot doesn't look like is attached to anything.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by hamradio on March 22, 2011, 12:00 PM »

Mentioned on Free Download A Day today!

-mouser (March 22, 2011, 10:00 AM)

Neato, thanks, and on that note please see below for a minor but recommended update that I had planned for today.

RECOMMENDED UPDATE:

1. Improved the check for updates dialog code.
2. Optimized how the built-in charts work.


First post for download link or download through the link in the check for updates screen.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by hamradio on March 09, 2011, 11:54 PM »

RECOMMENDED UPDATE:

1. Added chart name as the default save filename.
2. Better check for update handling implemented.
3. Changed delete selected colors and delete all colors shortcut key.

First post for download link or download through the link in the check for updates screen.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by hamradio on March 09, 2011, 11:13 PM »

after downloading almost every update I finally got to unpack this one :-)

Thanks! this is a really lovely, well-thought-out, and well-made, programme


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I have managed to get two unhandled exceptions, but both seem to be resolved now - I'll report in case it's of help
OS is XP SP3

1) on the first start of colorwarlock; first copy (I dont know did I left or right-click, or maybe I did both too quickly) I got thisI clicked continue & all was well (I'm unable to reproduce that since though.. which is fine by me)

2) Second one is when I check for updates via the menuClicking continue - a window opens and it hangs. Looks like it just couldnt reach 'home' -ahh, after the fourth or fifth attempt it's working now, without exceptions!


3) a minor bug:
in the Chart Builder, when typing in a name for a custom colour, I pressed the delete key to delete some text and I got a "Delete colors..." dialogue:
"Are you sure you want to delete the 0 selected color(s) in this chart?"


4) suggestion/request:
again in the Chart Builder: it would be nice if the "Chart Name" as filled in would automatically be transferred to the File Name in the save dialogue.

-tomos (March 09, 2011, 04:59 PM)

1. Cant reproduce that bug either.
2. Should have better handling in the next release.
3. Should also have better handling in the next release.
4. Implemented and should also be in the next release.

Thanks for the information on the issues.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by hamradio on March 08, 2011, 12:37 PM »

RECOMMENDED UPDATE:

1. Modified the Chart Builder form layout.
2. Optimized some of the code. (The optimizations reduced this version from the previous build by 16kb from 268kb to 252kb.)
3. Display HTML Hex Colors and Sort now works for temp charts. ("Bugfix")

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Living Room / Re: Win 7 XP mode

« Last post by hamradio on March 06, 2011, 11:14 PM »

My only note: http://www.winsupers...ing-not-so-much.aspx

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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)

« Last post by hamradio on March 04, 2011, 11:31 AM »

Nice and also...

You could also probably make a National Weather Service version based on files located:

http://www.weather.gov/rss/

The "Observed Conditions" suggested pickup is 15 mins after the hour every hour according to the xml source for the one I looked at.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by hamradio on February 26, 2011, 07:31 PM »

1. Added more sort routines.
2. Rewrote KnownColors palettes for compatibility.

See first post for download or use the built in updater checker download button to launch the url in default browser for the download.

Also Note: Last update unless something major comes up for February 2011.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by hamradio on February 25, 2011, 07:23 PM »

New version is out with...

1. Customize copy actions of colors.
2. Sort by Alphabetical Order.
3. See help for complete list.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by hamradio on February 15, 2011, 11:18 AM »

MINOR UPDATE:

1. Added option Border Style of Colors.
2. Optimized color chart load code.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by hamradio on February 12, 2011, 09:31 PM »

@hamradio
It is getting better and better

Any thoughts about sorting?

-fenixproductions (February 03, 2011, 01:45 PM)

Meant to reply sooner...but perhaps in the chart builder.

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Living Room / Re: All Hail...!

« Last post by hamradio on February 11, 2011, 11:39 PM »

All Hail!

The Grand hamradio the Mighty: Shimmering Khan of the Wetlands

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is there a right-click menu tool to quickly resize images?

« Last post by hamradio on February 06, 2011, 04:26 PM »

Another option: For XP I always used the Microsoft Power Toy Photo Resizer. Right-click on file and resize. Can't get much simpler. And someone has re-invented Photo Resizer for Win7. Seems to work fine.

-johnk (February 05, 2011, 03:34 PM)

On that last url...

About
This is a clone of the Image Resizer Powertoy for Windows XP -- a PowerToy that allows you to right-click on one or more image files in Windows Explorer to resize them. It was created (by me) to extend support to non-XP and 64-bit versions of Windows (including 2000, Vista & 7).

-http://imageresizer.codeplex.com/

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Official Announcements / Re: January 2011 Giveaway - Winners Posted

« Last post by hamradio on February 04, 2011, 12:19 PM »

Thanks everyone and congrats to all the other winners. 

Also, thanks to Rob for offering Sagelight Image Editor which I won and to all the other prize givers.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by hamradio on February 03, 2011, 12:35 PM »

RECOMMENDED UPDATE:

1. A blend color tool has been added to the chart builder.
2. Remove Duplicate Colors in chart builder.
3. Reworked the color tools layout of the chart builder.
4. A few other changes.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by hamradio on January 30, 2011, 03:07 PM »

Updated to have a few ToolTips in configuration builder (Magic Screen Eyedropper is one of those. ).

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by hamradio on January 28, 2011, 12:34 PM »

Updated now with a screen eyedropper, a couple new generate color options, and a built-in update checker. You can also still use the dcupdate file with DcUpdater if you prefer that way also. See first post for download link.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by hamradio on January 04, 2011, 09:08 PM »

@hamradio
Everything seems to be fine now.

Although I am thinking about other converters so new palettes could come and there is always a chance for new bugs

BTW Few feature requests.

1. Would it be possible to add menu items grouping possibility? It would be nice feature for large lists scenario.

What I mean:

• get Custom menu items count,
• calculate height for all of them,
• if its larger than screen height then create groups for letters (i.e. A-D, E-H, etc.).

2. Create custom palettes thumbnails and store them in cache file. Next time user clicks on palettes menu, he/she will be able to choose them more easily.

Something like:
 (see attachment in previous post)
3. Please add "unique colours only" option for Chart Builder.

4. Please add Color Warlock icon for its executable. It is nicer something else than the one provided by system by default.

-fenixproductions (January 04, 2011, 07:14 PM)

#4. Ah guess cause I forgot and only had 256x256 icon in it. That it wont show on non vista or 7 machines for the icon. Download replaced still same version as no actual coding was did.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by hamradio on January 04, 2011, 01:38 PM »

@hamradio
Palettes work correctly when loaded from menu but there is still an error on startup.

To reproduce:

• start Color Warlock,
• from Custom menu choose some palette,
• close application,
• start CW again.

Note: after deleting settings.dat application can be started without errors again.

BTW I've attached all converted Inkscape palettes. In addition: there is also small command line converter within package (requires .NET 2.0).

-fenixproductions (January 04, 2011, 12:57 PM)

Getting there on that fix I think.

Should be fixed for now try and see for me please.  It was the first time it had a big file listing in it so it brought out a bug that wasn't noticeable with the small list.  

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Release: Color Warlock

« Last post by hamradio on January 03, 2011, 10:06 PM »

Updated to hopefully fix a few bugs that fenixproductions found.