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DesktopCoral / Re: DesktopCoral crashing
« Last post by dr_andus on July 16, 2014, 06:24 AM »
Are you using the latest version?
-mouser (July 16, 2014, 05:29 AM)

I think so (v1.10.01). I've just emailed you.
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DesktopCoral / Re: DesktopCoral crashing
« Last post by dr_andus on July 16, 2014, 05:18 AM »
Hi Mouser,

I'm not sure if it's related to my PBOL problem,

https://www.donation...;topicseen#msg359571

but DesktopCoral crashes several times a day on my Win7, 64-bit system. Normally I just restart the process and that takes care of it, so it's not a massive issue, just a minor inconvenience. But I'm wondering why it might be happening so often.
503
PBOL / Re: Latest Progress Bars of Life - Version 2.03 - May 16, 2014
« Last post by dr_andus on July 16, 2014, 05:09 AM »
Hi Mouser,

for some reason PBOL stopped working on my Win7, 64-bit PC. I restarted my system but I'm getting the same error messages as before, upon either process restart or full system restart:

1. EAccessViolation
2. Access violation at address 661581FB. Read of address 661581FB.
3. Access violation at address 00779BF5 in module 'ProgressBarsOfLife.exe'. Read of address 00000005.

When I close the messages, 2. and 3. pop up a couple of more times, and then PBOL just stops.

Any idea what the problem might be?
504
Living Room / Re: Avast is vulnerable?
« Last post by dr_andus on July 12, 2014, 05:58 PM »
Here is what the free Kaspersky Security Scan found on my machine. None of this sounds terribly serious to me, though I'm no security expert...

Vulnerabilities ( 8 )

Information about applications and operating system components in which vulnerabilities have been detected.

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 2.0\DigitalEditions.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 4.0\program\soffice.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\program\soffice.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QuickTimePlayer.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Safari\Safari.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Story Lite with Java Library\lib\bin\java.exe
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Story Turbo\lib\bin\java.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Adobe\Shockwave 12\SwInit.exe

Other issues (15)

Information about vulnerabilities associated with the settings of installed applications and the operating system.

    "System process debugger detected"
    "Process termination timeout is out of admissible values"
    "Service termination timeout is out of admissible values"
    "Autorun from hard drives is allowed"
    "Autorun from network drives is enabled"
    "CD/DVD autorun is enabled"
    "Removable media autorun is enabled"
    "Windows Explorer - show extensions of known file types"
    "Microsoft Internet Explorer: clear history of typed URLs"
    "Microsoft Internet Explorer - disable caching data received via protected channel"
    "Microsoft Internet Explorer: disable sending error reports"
    "Microsoft Internet Explorer: clear the list of trusted domains"
    "Microsoft Internet Explorer: clear list of pop-up blocker exceptions"
    "Microsoft Internet Explorer: enable cache autocleanup on browser closing"
    "Windows Explorer: display of known file types extensions is disabled"
505
Living Room / Re: Avast is vulnerable?
« Last post by dr_andus on July 11, 2014, 05:28 AM »
Just for comparison, I switched over to Avast! Free for A/V and ditched MSE. I have not noticed any slowdown, slowness in email, etc.
-x16wda (July 10, 2014, 07:54 PM)

Just to be clear, I wasn't making any claims about causal connection between slowdown and Avast! I was just reflecting on the possibility, given the OP's suggestion. I have no evidence one way or another.

I also get a message about A/V not working, but that is limited to when the engine is updating.
-x16wda (July 10, 2014, 07:54 PM)

That might be it. I only noticed it once or twice, it's not an ongoing thing.

One thing that did break in my Avast! months ago (and I just didn't have the time to investigate) is that I used to be able to right-click on a downloaded file and scan it with Avast from the context menu (in Dopus 10). Now when I do that, it wants to scan the entire drive, and I'm not able to get it to scan just one file. Maybe I just need to reinstall it, but if I do that, I might just as well try a different A/V then...
506
Living Room / Re: Avast is vulnerable?
« Last post by dr_andus on July 08, 2014, 08:17 AM »
BTW:  Did your on-line Kaspersky scan find anything?   :tellme:
-crabby3 (July 08, 2014, 06:40 AM)

Unfortunately I wasn't able to complete the scan because it's interfering with my work (slowing down my PC) and it seems to take more than one day to finish. I'll try to run it during the weekend and will let you know.
507
Living Room / Re: Avast is vulnerable?
« Last post by dr_andus on July 07, 2014, 05:06 PM »
Yesterday I ran this free Kaspersky scan  http://usa.kaspersky...scan?ICID=INT1676497
-crabby3 (July 07, 2014, 10:33 AM)

Can it be assumed though that these kind of "free" tools are entirely unbiased? Wouldn't it be in their interest to turn up 'false positives' about their rivals?

I'm just playing the devil's advocate. I'm scanning with Kaspersky as we speak  ;)

I also have Avast! free. I have also noticed some significant deterioration in my PC's performance over the last couple of months, and last week I also had a message from Win7 saying my antivirus is not working, even though Avast was saying everything is fine...
508
General Software Discussion / Re: Group two windows so they get focus together. Possible?
« Last post by dr_andus on July 07, 2014, 08:13 AM »
P.P.S. Having said that, I wish it was a bit more straightforward to move around windows more freely in TS when "auto-size" is off for a window (or all windows). At the moment it doesn't seem possible, I don't know if that's a bug.

I'd also also like an option to turn off "auto-size" for all windows simultaneously, so it doesn't have to be done one by one for 9 windows, let's say. Same could be said about detaching windows from TS (a "detach all" option would be handy).

Cheers!
509
General Software Discussion / Re: Group two windows so they get focus together. Possible?
« Last post by dr_andus on July 07, 2014, 07:47 AM »
But yes, it does feel like a beta still. I ran into a number of bugs on a Win7, 64-bit system (although the developer does warn about them). E.g. I couldn't detach Notepad2-mod, once attached. Also, when moved between different monitors (with different resolutions and sizes), the docked windows can get a bit messed up, so need manual rearranging.

I do hope this app will mature soon.
-dr_andus (February 01, 2014, 06:18 AM)
How about the latest version of TaskSpace? I really need your opinion...
-cshnik (July 07, 2014, 02:58 AM)

I'm using the x64 version of TaskSpace v0.1.5.3, and all the problems I was referring to have been resolved. I'm impressed with the speed of development and the improvements. Many thanks, cshnik, if you're the developer!  :Thmbsup:

P.S. Please note that I've only been using TaskSpace in conjunction with ConnectedText v.6, as it solves several problems for me with that particular application (it allows me to organise CT's floating windows into a single space, e.g. a 2x3 grid, so they can be moved around from one monitor to another together, rather than one by one, with the added benefit that they get "detached" from CT, which otherwise would force these windows to come into the foreground, every time the main CT window is in focus).
510
General Software Discussion / Re: rtf documents to the web for no-bureaucracy sharing
« Last post by dr_andus on July 06, 2014, 05:56 AM »
How about pasting the contents of the RTF into a Google Doc and making it public? Haven't tried it myself but I'd imagine most of the formatting should be preserved.
511
General Software Discussion / Re: Micro-review: Scapple
« Last post by dr_andus on June 30, 2014, 12:31 PM »
Having played a bit more with VUE recently, one area where it might have an edge over Scapple is the way it handles images and file links. You can just drag and drop an image file into the body of VUE and use CTRL+SHIFT+close/open bracket to increase or decrease the size of the image incrementally. in Scapple I wasn't able to change the image size, which becomes a problem if the image contains text that needs to be legible.

Also, you can drag and drop any other file link into VUE, and a link gets created with the name of the file.

Where VUE might be a bit weaker than Scapple is the way the switching between different tools (Select/Node/Link/Rapid Prototyping) is done, which slows things down somewhat. While Rapid Prototyping tries to do it all (i.e. create nodes and links in fast fashion), it's easy to overshoot, and then one needs to backtrack to undo or select other tools to correct things.
512
PBOL / Re: Latest Progress Bars of Life - Version 2.03 - May 16, 2014
« Last post by dr_andus on June 25, 2014, 04:35 AM »
From the description i can't quite tell if the new method will be better for you, but it's now an option, so it's safe for you to upgrade (the option is for each item, where you set the start+end dates).

Let me know.
-mouser (May 17, 2014, 01:24 PM)

Just had the time to finally check this out, it's great to have the option, thank you!
513
What's the Best? / Re: What's the best Journal (Diary) software?
« Last post by dr_andus on June 18, 2014, 07:02 PM »
For diaries however, I'd think one of the wiki apps might also be a possibility.
-40hz (June 18, 2014, 06:07 PM)

Here are a couple of ways to do it with the so-called "date topic" in ConnectedText:
http://takingnotenow...n-connectedtext.html
http://welcometosher...nderbox-for-windows/
514
General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful
« Last post by dr_andus on June 18, 2014, 05:43 PM »
... today I came across this:Chrome extension All Seeing Eye indexes all text in your Web history - CNET, and found in the Chrome Web Store:
-IainB (June 17, 2014, 08:56 PM)

Maybe it's time for a "Chrome Extensions: Your favorite or most useful" thread?  ;)
515
General Software Discussion / Re: Loss-Proof Text Editor
« Last post by dr_andus on June 13, 2014, 05:25 AM »
These writing applications have optional auto-save:
516
General Software Discussion / Re: Anyone using CherryTree for Windows, or Linux for that matter?
« Last post by dr_andus on May 30, 2014, 01:43 PM »
Circles and arrows and a paragraph linked to each one explainin' what each one wuz may help.  :)
-MilesAhead (May 30, 2014, 05:18 AM)

Do you mean about the recommended software? WhizFolders has such explanation, if you scroll down their main page. It's a half-way house between a hierarchical notes database and a desktop wiki. But it's Windows only and not free.
517
General Software Discussion / Re: New App - Floating Ruler - Feedback?
« Last post by dr_andus on May 30, 2014, 05:40 AM »
And there is also Screen Calipers - DonationCoder.com

518
General Software Discussion / Re: pdf tool for search and removal of batches of elements in pdf
« Last post by dr_andus on May 25, 2014, 11:05 AM »
These guys have a lot of custom tools for various types of PDF editing:
http://www.a-pdf.com/products.htm
519
General Software Discussion / Re: AutoHotkey script to replace spaces in file names with underscores
« Last post by dr_andus on May 24, 2014, 07:10 PM »
Thanks rjbull. I was able to run it in the clip preview window, but for some reason I'm not able to assign a global hotkey to it (perhaps due to my particular keyboard mapping). It just gives me an access violation error, whenever I try to use a global hotkey to trigger it. But never mind, the AutoHotkey script does the trick, I was just curious to see how it would work in ArsClip.
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General Software Discussion / Re: AutoHotkey script to replace spaces in file names with underscores
« Last post by dr_andus on May 23, 2014, 11:07 AM »
In the meantime a kind soul who had seen the above had emailed me a script that does work within my particular setup, so my problem is solved. Thank you very much for all your help.

Here is the script, in case anyone else runs into this problem:

[Select]
;----------------------------------------------
; CTRL+SHIFT+Z Replace spaces with underscores |
;----------------------------------------------

^+z::
clipboard=
Send, ^x
StringReplace, clipboard, clipboard, %A_Space%, _, All
Send, ^v
Return
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General Software Discussion / Re: AutoHotkey script to replace spaces in file names with underscores
« Last post by dr_andus on May 23, 2014, 07:20 AM »
Thanks, lanux128, here it is (though it doesn't say much to me  :)

AutoHotkey.png

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General Software Discussion / Re: AutoHotkey script to replace spaces in file names with underscores
« Last post by dr_andus on May 23, 2014, 03:43 AM »
As for ArsClip, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I tried to set up a macro for replacing spaces with underscores, but the keyboard shortcuts would not trigger most of the time, and if some combinations did, it would just replace the copied text with the macro text: " REPLACE="_"]

arsclip.png
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General Software Discussion / Re: AutoHotkey script to replace spaces in file names with underscores
« Last post by dr_andus on May 23, 2014, 03:32 AM »
Thanks for all your help. I have UAC switched off. I've never seen that tray balloon pop up, but then I only managed to execute the script twice so far, and after both instances things got messed up.

I'm starting to think that the problem may have to do with some conflict with my Apple keyboard remapping. For example, I get different behaviour with clipboard related shortcuts depending on the types of shortcut keys I use. Also, when I tried to set up a hotkey for the ArsClip macro and hit Command, which is mapped as Win, it showed up as Win+CTRL. So I suspect a lot more is happening when I press certain keys than I'm able to see.

Anyway, here is my keyboard remapping script, in case anyone might be able to spot the culprit in there:

[Select]
;---------------------------------
; Apple Keyboard remapping       |
;---------------------------------

; Function Keys

+F3::Send {PrintScreen}

+F7:
IfWinExist, ahk_class iTunes
ControlSend, ahk_parent, ^{LEFT} ; < previous
return

+F8::
IfWinExist, ahk_class iTunes
ControlSend, ahk_parent, {SPACE} ; play/pause toggle
return

+F9::
IfWinExist, ahk_class iTunes
ControlSend, ahk_parent, ^{RIGHT} ; > next
return

+F10::Send {Volume_Mute}
+F11::Send {Volume_Down 3}
+F12::Send {Volume_Up}

#Left::SendInput {Home}
#Right::SendInput {End}
#+Left::sendInput +{Home}
#+Right::SendInput +{End}
!Left::SendInput ^{Left}
!Right::SendInput ^{Right}
!+Left::SendInput ^+{Left}
!+Right::SendInput ^+{Right}

^Backspace::SendInput {Del}

; copy, paste, save, select all etc
#c::^c
#x::^x
#v::^v

#s::^s
#a::^a
#z::^z
#b::^b
#i::^i

; Keyboard Characters

^3::Send {Raw}#
^2::Send {Raw}@
^'::Send {Raw}"

I also have this at the top of my main AutoHotkey script (I don't know what it does. I inherited it from someone):

[Select]
SetTimer,UPDATEDSCRIPT,1000
UPDATEDSCRIPT:
FileGetAttrib,attribs,%A_ScriptFullPath%
IfInString,attribs,A
{
FileSetAttrib,-A,%A_ScriptFullPath%
SplashTextOn,,,Updated script,
Sleep,500
Reload
}
return

#Persistent  ; Keep the script running until the user exits it.
#SingleInstance force
#MaxHotkeysPerInterval 200
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General Software Discussion / Re: AutoHotkey script to replace spaces in file names with underscores
« Last post by dr_andus on May 22, 2014, 04:23 PM »
Do you use a clipboard manager like ArsClip or CHS?  If so, you could use their search-and-replace feature to do this.  Or, try Clippy or Text Monkey, which I mentioned in a previous thread: Explote a clip from the clipboard
-rjbull (May 22, 2014, 03:51 PM)

Thanks for the suggestion. However I'd really prefer to use AutoHotkey for this, so that the whole operation can be carried out by a series of keyboard shortcuts in one place, rather than having to switch to another software window and then back again.

lanux128's script really does what I want, it's just that I'm running into a conflict with some of my other AutoHotkey scripts somehow...
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General Software Discussion / Re: AutoHotkey script to replace spaces in file names with underscores
« Last post by dr_andus on May 22, 2014, 05:55 AM »
I actually managed to run your script once, after I suspended all my other scripts. However, when I re-enabled some of them, it stopped running. And when I disabled them again, your script still wouldn't run again. So there is something that only allows it to run once, even if the interfering scripts are disabled again.

I thought I managed to narrow it down to this script as the interfering one, but I'm not entirely sure:

;-----------------------
; ALT+W to count words  |
;-----------------------

!W:: ; ALT + W to activate script
ClipSaved := ClipboardAll   ; Save the entire clipboard to a variable of your choice.
Clipboard := 
Send ^c
; Send {Left}
ClipWait, 2
StringReplace, clipboard, clipboard, ', x, All
ClipWait, 2
StringReplace, clipboard, clipboard, -, x, All
RegExReplace( Clipboard, "\w+", "", Count ) ; PhiLho
Clipboard := ClipSaved

; To have a ToolTip disappear after a certain amount of time
; without having to use Sleep (which stops the current thread):
#Persistent
ToolTip, Word Count: %Count%
SetTimer, RemoveToolTip, 5000
return

RemoveToolTip:
SetTimer, RemoveToolTip, Off
ToolTip
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