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General Software Discussion / Re: Set Work Area 1.2.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 19, 2011, 03:41 PM »

Nice, useful program, MilesAhead

-kyrathaba (June 19, 2011, 09:43 AM)

Thanks for the comment.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Set Work Area 1.2.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 19, 2011, 02:38 AM »

Set Work Area 1.2.0.0 Added Time Out to Success Dialog.  Download now includes awa.exe.  It works exactly the same as SetWA but all message output is to the console.

To use awa.exe when Windows starts you can create a batch file in a folder in your Path. Just a 2 liner like swa.cmd

[Select]

@echo off
cmd.exe /k awa 0 0 1280 908

This way the console will stay open after login so you can verify the work area was successfully adjusted. If you tend to use the same screen res. and toolbar placement then there's no need to have an app riding in the Task Tray basically doing nothing but monitoring for screen resolution change.

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General Software Discussion / Re: TopmostToggle 1.4.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 17, 2011, 11:09 PM »

TopmostToggle 1.4.0.0 Added Check for Update and other commands to Tray Menu.
Updated Tray Icon to FavesSoft "standard colors".

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Living Room / Re: Scented USB Drives?

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 17, 2011, 07:11 PM »

Looks like they're trying anything to unload USB 2.0

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General Software Discussion / Re: Taskbar Gap 1.5.1.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 16, 2011, 08:43 PM »

Taskbar Gap 1.5.1.0  Backed off 1.5.0.0 change that closed app on System Parameter Changes.  The tendency is just to keep knocking the app off the Task Tray to no gain.  Screen Resolution change detection is still enabled as it's clear what's being changed.

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General Software Discussion / Adjust Work Area 1.0.0.1

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 16, 2011, 05:28 PM »

Adjust Work Area 1.0.0.0

http://www.favessoft.com/downloads.html

Command line utility to set the desktop work area to specific values.

Usage:  awa  Left Top Right Bottom (e.g. awa 0 0 1024 740)

Usage: awa
by itself displays the current work area and parameter info.

Note: I replaced Set Work Area with a FreeBASIC command line awa.exe that's only 81 KB.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Taskbar Gap 1.5.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 16, 2011, 05:03 PM »

Taskbar Gap 1.5.0.0 Now detects Taskbar AutoHide or other system settings change and quits without trying to restore the work area.  There's no point in that case since the system will just ignore it and reset the work area to the screen resolution(if AutoHide is enabled for instance.)

If it detects screen resolution change it still attempts to set the percentage gap if ToggleAtStart ini file option is non 0.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fold 2.0.1.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 16, 2011, 04:51 PM »

If the Taskbar is set to AutoHide, the OS reports the desktop work area the same as the screen resolution.  IOW, there's no way to know where to put the gap.

-MilesAhead (June 13, 2011, 03:20 PM)

I've banged my head on that rock a few times...And I still don't know the answer (I suspect there ain't one).

-Stoic Joker (June 14, 2011, 03:40 PM)

You may be right.  I did a command line app that just sets the work area to the numbers and posts a WM_SETTINGSCHANGE.  It reports success, but when you then check the current work area, it reports the screen res if Taskbar AutoHide is on.  That was a waste of time.

Oh well, at least now I can just set the numbers without an app sitting in the tray.
I don't change screen res voluntarily anyway.

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Search a folder of text files for an expression, copy the line of text

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 15, 2011, 09:00 PM »

to search all .txt files in a folder would be trivial with Grep.  The only thing you have to watch for with Windows versions of Grep is often they want to make a gui out of it. It's really more effective as a command line utility.

I believe this one is a stand-alone windows binary. I'd take a look at it first:

http://gnuwin32.sour...et/packages/grep.htm

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea : Very simple Paint Prgram

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 15, 2011, 05:18 PM »

Not sure if it has the features you want.  But it sure is small.

http://www.softpedia...n/Simple-Paint.shtml

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General Software Discussion / Re: Trim Work Area 1.1.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 15, 2011, 03:37 PM »

Trim Work Area 1.1.0.0 Fixed About Dialog.  Minor code changes.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fold 2.0.1.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 14, 2011, 07:15 PM »

If the Taskbar is set to AutoHide, the OS reports the desktop work area the same as the screen resolution.  IOW, there's no way to know where to put the gap.

-MilesAhead (June 13, 2011, 03:20 PM)

I've banged my head on that rock a few times...And I still don't know the answer (I suspect there ain't one).

-Stoic Joker (June 14, 2011, 03:40 PM)

I just did one that lets you manually set x pixels to trim from each side via ini file.  Here's the post with details:

https://www.donation....msg252210#msg252210

I tried it with my Taskbar set to AutoHide.  Seemed to work as long as I don't change the setting while it's running.  Log off, then back on seems to fix things.  I does detect screen res change though.

Edit: just to be clear, you can set each side individually via .ini file
[Settings]
Left=0
Top=0
Right=80
Botton=0

etc..

If they all evaluate to zero(such as a number out of range) you are prompted to edit the .ini and put in good values.

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General Software Discussion / Trim Work Area 1.1.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 14, 2011, 07:13 PM »

http://www.favessoft.com/downloads.html

  Trim Work Area is a simple utility that allows you
  to trim from the Left, Top,Right and Bottom of
  the desktop work area by a number of pixels
  using ini file settings.  This only effects the area
  used when a window is maximized.  It doesn't
  keep applications from moving into the margin
  area.

  You may find it useful especially if you use toolbars
  that auto hide, or if you have your taskbar set to
  auto hide.

  Requirements:  Windows XP or later.
  Tested on a single monitor setup only.

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Search a folder of text files for an expression, copy the line of text

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 14, 2011, 01:47 PM »

Also I'd look at some of the Linux utilities ported to Windows. Usually there are many more built in features than similar Windows command line tools. Grep and Find are good examples.  They may take some set up if they need  a bash shell environment.  But as example, find can search for a pattern and execute a command on every match.

Plus they tend to be stable rather than changing behavior with every minor OS version update.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fold 2.0.1.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 14, 2011, 01:38 PM »

Enabling "display full path in title bar" did tile the first Explorer, but not the second.

Disabling taskbar autohide tiled the second Explorer (of my pair) so now it works!

Thanks!

-JohnFredC (June 14, 2011, 06:02 AM)

Glad you got it going.

I would also take a look at using TaskbarGap since it accommodates screen resolution change.  At some point I may add the functions to let the user set the percentage gap per side for cases where they use auto hide or for other considerations such as gadget bars on different edges of the screen.  But one step at a time(or "stepwise refinement" as they used to call it.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fold 2.0.1.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 14, 2011, 02:17 AM »

edit: I'm curious. How many folders are you trying to open?

Just two.

The other reason why it may not position the windows is the Explorer Folder Option "display full path in title bar" must be enabled.  Otherwise it has no way to distinguish which folder window is which.

Most of my folder/Explorer utilities require that option enabled.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Taskbar Gap 1.4.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 13, 2011, 06:29 PM »

Taskbar Gap 1.4.0.0 Now detects screen mode change and reloads itself.  If ToggleAtStart ini file option is non 0 then it will set the gap using the new work area.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fold 2.0.1.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 13, 2011, 04:14 PM »

It's noted in the Readme that AutoHide has to be disabled for the utility to operate.

-MilesAhead

Sorry, I tend not to read readmes very closely.

edit: I'm curious. How many folders are you trying to open?

Just two.

-JohnFredC (June 13, 2011, 03:41 PM)

Only thing I can think of with the folder placement, is if they take too long to open.  Even with only 2 folders there should be a combined delay of about 10 seconds.  But if the HD is busy when trying to launch that could mess things up.  In my testing though it's usually if I have 5 or more folders with a busy HD maybe the last one will get left out of the placement.  I haven't run into it doing nothing at all.

I'm not sure of the intricacies of Desktop Coral but if that's not suitable there should be other placement utilities freeware that will work with AutoHide.  You might try AutoHotKey forum or AutoIt3 forum or a download site like Softpedia or download.com.

The ones I'm working on are for the common case of one monitor with a launcher or other toolbar next to the taskbar, as would apply to most people. I don't have a 2 monitor setup to get into a lot of variations.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fold 2.0.1.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 13, 2011, 03:26 PM »

Fold 2.0.1.0 I've gone back to manually placing windows up to 8 as it looks better than TileWindow.  Also it avoids Minimize All at least up to 8 folders.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Fold 2.0.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 13, 2011, 03:20 PM »

If the Taskbar is set to AutoHide, the OS reports the desktop work area the same as the screen resolution.  IOW, there's no way to know where to put the gap.  You should just use Tile Windows.

It's noted in the Readme that AutoHide has to be disabled for the utility to operate.

edit: I'm curious. How many folders are you trying to open?

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General Software Discussion / Re: -1 for BrowserChooser

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 13, 2011, 03:09 PM »

Thanks, Miles! Nice tip.

One week later and web links from Outlook still take some fiddling before they'll open properly.
Install in haste, repent at leisure. 

-Jimdoria (June 13, 2011, 01:29 PM)

Heh heh. Speaking of install, it's weird how things go around.  I found a nice free skin thingie for Inno Setup to dress up the install dialog.  Just when I get a few of them made, now everything has to be "portable" to be cool.

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General Software Discussion / Re: HalfShell 2.1.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 12, 2011, 06:13 PM »

HalfShell 2.1.0.0 Now passes up to 4 folders to alternative shell.  Q-dir will accept 4 folders on the command line.  I just tried it.  Of course command line length can be an issue.

Also there's the down side that the folders must be all in the same enclosing folder to be selected and copied to clipboard simultaneously.. unless they are in Recent Places, favorites, or some other shortcut container.  But it's just a convenience. I know with FreeCommander sometimes I want to navigate to the folder I have open in Explorer on startup.  At least with this I can go up one then hit the hotkey.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Taskbar Gap 1.3.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 12, 2011, 02:57 PM »

Taskbar Gap 1.3.0.0 Added Change Gap command to Tray Menu.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Taskbar Gap 1.2.1.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 12, 2011, 02:32 AM »

Taskbar Gap 1.2.1.0 All Tray icons are compiled into the exe.  No need for external .ico files anymore.

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General Software Discussion / Re: FolderCache 5.9.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on June 12, 2011, 01:14 AM »

FolderCache 5.9.0.0 Changed the routine that shows folders Side By Side to take into account TaskbarGap.exe running on the machine.  If so, it assumes TaskbarGap has adjusted the work area to leave a gap next to the taskbar.  Meaning it will just minimize all currently open windows, open the folders, then call TileWindow API.