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General Software Discussion / Re: OneKey 1.5.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 17, 2011, 05:20 PM »

OneKey 1.5.0.0  Fixed bug when hotkey changed via Tray Menu

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Compare dictionary (text) files and remove duplicate entries

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 17, 2011, 04:57 PM »

I'm not quite getting what you want for the end result. If you continually filter the additional lists to remove entries found in the master list, wouldn't it result in just having a master list?  Since the master has all and all sublists are stripped of entries in the master, would not all subsidiary lists eventually be empty?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: NewsBin Pro $35.00 -> $10.00 *lifetime subscription*

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 16, 2011, 04:41 PM »

http://www.newsbin.com/

NewsBin is software that downloads files from Usenet Newsgroups.
An account with a Usenet News Server is required to use NewsBin

One time fee for the Full version of NewsBin Pro.
Note: The Tax Weekend Discount of $25 will be applied to your order.

-> Does not include Internet Search <-

https://www.newsbin....mp;coupon=A66CBFC3FA

 

-Bionic71 (April 16, 2011, 01:55 AM)

I bought Newsbin back in 2006. It's a most excellent binary news reader. I don't use their search service as that's the expensive part.  In fact they are in beta for version 6 which is a major update for the UI.  Floating windows and such.  Has automatic par repair and unrar built in.

I won't get into a debate about usenet.  I think many of the discussion forums have gone to the web. But with dozens of thousands of individual groups I think you can find a few that are amusing.

Newsbin is built for binary download, as mentioned.  For stuff like Tennis discussion group you would probably want to use something like Gravity.

I also use UsenetExplorer where a license purchase gives you a certain amount of time subscribed to the search engine(was 18 months but I think it's down to annual now.) But there are free search engines you can use from your browser.

I did learn from experience that Newbin stores some encrypted data in the registry. If you use a registry cleaner it's a good idea to open Newsbin Help Menu and click Register/Update Key. Otherwise 7 days later it will tell you the trial is over etc..  The cleaner just deletes the token that shows you paid.

Their forum is quite useful.  Reported bugs that can be verified are usually fixed promptly.  The online help is being revamped for v. 6 and is vastly improved compared to 2006.

Also if you have multiple physical HD you can set the unrar destination to a different drive to reduce thrashing and speed up the assembly of the downloaded parts.

Usenet Explorer is also a nice app.  But I use Newsbin constantly and mainly use UE for the search engine component.

For $10 if you have any interest in usenet binaries you'd be crazy not to go for this deal.

edit: I guess I should mention, if you have broadband, a Giganews account or other comparable premium service, will let you download at full bandwidth.  Both Newsbin and UE download at full throttle from my Giganews server.

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Remove duplicate entries from within a single large (text) dictionary

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 16, 2011, 01:36 AM »

sort -u input.txt >output.txt (in Cygwin) is very fast and working great. Thank you for pointing me towards the ported nix apps.

@Moderator: Please close this thread.

-bhuiraj (April 16, 2011, 01:34 AM)

Glad it worked for you.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Virtualization to Create Single EXEs from Mixed Assemblies

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 16, 2011, 01:30 AM »

I've only given this a cursory try, but Enigma Virtual Box is similar and free.  There's an enhanced paid version.

Since I read this thread it prompted me to visit the site again. Seems v. 2.0 of EVB was just released on the 14th:

http://www.enigmapro...tor.com/en/home.html

The "Protector" version claims .NET support and sells for $149 USD for single user license. I played around a bit with the free version. It was easy to use.  Rather like a simple installer wrapper app.

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Remove duplicate entries from within a single large (text) dictionary

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 15, 2011, 08:00 PM »

Most of the solutions I found were memory based. For example, load into a dictionary(associative array, hash, map etc.) and write it back out.  Same problem.  I couldn't find a free Virtual Memory backed dictionary. Scripting.Dictionary would do it for small data, but I suspect if would crap out processing a GB file.

Others were use a db.  Linux solution is likely the simplest. Plus it's derived from a system that's done that type of stuff for a long time. Not Windows.

There should be some free Windows editors that handle files of arbitrary length.  Try Softpedia.  Just so you can look through the file without loading the entire file in ram. When you change file position you have to wait for some disk churning is all.

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Remove duplicate entries from within a single large (text) dictionary

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 15, 2011, 05:36 PM »

Assuming you are running Windows, I'd look for a port of Linux utilities.  Linux has many tools designed for the output of one to be piped to the input of another, rather than loading everything into ram.

Searching around the solutions I found ranged from creating a database, to do it yourself merge sort etc.. but the simplest was a Linux command line solution.

Check for Windows ports of the sort and uniq commands.

edit: the discusion on this thread may give you some ideas:

http://www.cyberciti...ing-duplicate-lines/

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Move dialog boxes to the center of the (correct) monitor

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 15, 2011, 04:44 PM »

I know. I agree with you. 

I just wanted to make it clear to people reading this thread that dialogmove isn't just a multi monitor tool; as that might put people off from trying it.

First time readers could have got the wrong end of the stick.

-nudone (April 15, 2011, 02:57 AM)

I gotcha'.

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General Software Discussion / Re: OneKey 1.4.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 14, 2011, 09:06 PM »

OneKey 1.4.0.0.  Fixed bug where hotkey or launch file/shortcut changes were not saved to .ini on shutdown or log off.

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General Software Discussion / OneKey 2.0.5.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 14, 2011, 09:04 PM »

This is yet another tray hotkey.  The idea this time is a hotkey dedicated to launching a single shortcut, or data file, or exectuable/batch file.  If you have one thing that you open constantly but you don't want to mouse for it or use a spot on the Super Bar or whatnot, you can use this to have it launch with a function key press.

Default hotkey is F11.  Hotkey can be changed via Tray Menu or by command line param.  Pressing the hotkey before the launch file has been initialized, or using the Set Shortcut or File to Launch command in the Tray Menu, brings up an input box.  Simply type in or paste the path to the file/shortcut.

I tried a file open dialog first, but it was a pita navigating to start menu or program files etc. I thought the simple Input Box was better since you can just use Explorer Copy As Path command or just type the path in manually.  The nice thing is it doesn't care about quotes. You can Copy As Path then Paste and just leave the double quotes on if you like.

On program quit, it writes OneKey.ini in the same folder as the exe to save hotkey and path info.

Data files open with the appropriate program via Windows file type association.

You may download from my page:

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

As usual, it's free for you to use at your own risk.  Donations via Tray Menu command, or otherwise, appreciated.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Move dialog boxes to the center of the (correct) monitor

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 14, 2011, 08:54 PM »

Yeah, but how can I insert "Blank" or "nil" into DialogMove's preferences then?

-David.P (April 14, 2011, 01:17 AM)

I haven't looked at Dialog Move code since I don't have multiple monitors. If I can't try it out myself it's kind of a dead end.

-MilesAhead (April 14, 2011, 01:42 AM)

Just a note: dialogmove works on any monitor, single or multi setup. The original purpose was to work on a single large monitor; it was then tweaked for multi screens.

I even find it useful on a tiny netbook screen.

-nudone (April 14, 2011, 02:18 AM)

I believe.  All I'm saying is the OP wants a function for multiple monitors and it seems futile to get into it if I don't have a MM set up.  Simulation ain't always the same as running 2 real physical devices. If I can't test it myself I don't want to code it.  Unless I was somebody's employee then I guess I'd haveta'.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Move dialog boxes to the center of the (correct) monitor

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 14, 2011, 01:42 AM »

Yeah, but how can I insert "Blank" or "nil" into DialogMove's preferences then?

-David.P (April 14, 2011, 01:17 AM)

I haven't looked at Dialog Move code since I don't have multiple monitors. If I can't try it out myself it's kind of a dead end.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unlocker 1.8.7 released - 01/05/2008

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 14, 2011, 01:40 AM »

Thanks. I should have posted links esp. since the home page changed recently.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Single hotkey to call an AddressBook

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 13, 2011, 10:32 PM »

I'm not exactly sure what the OP wants but it sounds like a form filler function that's specific to addresses and phone numbers.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Single hotkey to call an AddressBook

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 13, 2011, 09:20 PM »

Instead of reinventing address book programs, why not take the approach of a hotkey that sits in the tray that will launch any shortcut?

I say shortcut because presumably that will allow any command line options, working directory etc., to be set without my hotkey having to worry about it.

Here's a super simple first attempt.

Default is F11 key.
First time you press the hotkey you have to select the shortcut.
You can change the hotkey via Tray Menu.

When the hotkey is quit from the tray it saves the shortcut and hotkey to .ini file.
At this point to change the shortcut you would either edit the .ini file manually
or just delete the .ini file and hit the hotkey again to select another shortcut.

For example, if I want to press F11 and have AudioGrabber pop up, I press F11 then navigate to the AudioGrabber shortcut to initialize it. After that, when the hotkey is running, every time I press F11 AudioGrabber pops up.

In your case you would navigate to your favorite address book.
Any clipboard pasting etc. should be a feature of the address book, not the launcher.

Try it and see if you like it. It's a bit crude but you should only have to initialize it once.

[Select]

;
; Name: OneKey
; Author: MilesAhead
; Platform: Windows XP or later
;
; Script Function:
; A shortcut is opened when a (single) hotkey is pressed
;   such as F11 etc..
;
;   Menu command allows hotkey to be set by user.
;
;   Note that if you try to change F11 to Alt-F11 it
;   will fire the hotkey rather than change it. Until
;   I learn the "ignore" setting, if there is one, the
;   work-around is to set the hotkey to something that
;   does not contain an active hotkey.
;
;   Hotkey and shortcut is saved to ini file
;   Hotkey can be specified on command line

#SingleInstance force
#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
Menu Tray,NoStandard
Menu Tray,Add
Menu Tray,Add,About OneKey,DoAbout
Menu Tray,Add
Menu Tray,Add,Set Keyboard Hotkey,DoKeyboard
Menu Tray,Add
Menu Tray,Add,Quit,DoQuit
Menu Tray,Tip,OneKey to launch shortcut

IniFile = %A_ScriptDir%\%A_ScriptName%
IniFile := RegExReplace(IniFile,"i)ahk$","ini")
IniFile := RegExReplace(IniFile,"i)exe$","ini")

If 0 = 1
{
  KHotKey = %1%
}
Else
{
  KHotKey := "F11"
  IniRead,KHotkey,%IniFile%,Settings,KeyboardHotkey,%KHotKey%
}

Hotkey,%KHotKey%,DoHotKey,UseErrorLevel
If ErrorLevel
{
  MsgBox, 4112, OneKey, %KHotKey% is not a valid Hotkey
  ExitApp
}

IniRead,shortcut,%IniFile%,Settings,Shortcut,%A_Space%
result := _EmptyWorkingSet()
return

DoHotKey:
  If shortcut =
  {
    ;MsgBox, 4112, OneKey, Shortcut not assigned!
    FileSelectFile,shortcut,35,%A_StartMenuCommon%,Select Shortcut, shortcut (*.lnk)
  }
  If shortcut <>
  {
    Run,%shortcut%
  }
Return


DoAbout:
  FileGetVersion,filever,OneKey.exe
  MyMsg =
  (
OneKey v %filever% Copyright (c) 2011 www.FavesSoft.com`n
Press %KHotKey% to launch shortcut`n
  )
  MsgBox, 4160, About OneKey, %MyMsg%
Return

DoKeyboard:
  Gui, Add, Hotkey, x6 y7 w140 h20 vHotkey,%KHotkey%
  Gui, Add, Button, x156 y7 w110 h20 gGO , Set Hotkey
  Gui, Show, w273 h39, Set Hotkey
Return

GO:
  SaveKHotkey := KHotkey
  Gui, Submit
  KHotkey := Hotkey
  ;MsgBox, 0, , %KHotkey% is Hotkey
  Gui,Destroy
  Hotkey,%KHotkey%,DoHotKey,UseErrorLevel
  If ErrorLevel
  {
    KHotkey := SaveHotkey
    Hotkey,%KHotkey%,DoHotKey
  }
Return

DoIniWrite:
  IniWrite,%KHotKey%,%IniFile%,Settings,KeyboardHotkey
  IniWrite,%shortcut%,%IniFile%,Settings,Shortcut
return

DoQuit:
  GoSub,DoIniWrite
  ExitApp

  _EmptyWorkingSet()
  {
    Return DllCall("psapi.dll\EmptyWorkingSet", "UInt", -1)
  }

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General Software Discussion / Re: Unlocker 1.8.7 released - 01/05/2008

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 13, 2011, 07:01 PM »

UnLocker 1.91 released yesterday.

Has a couple of "add-ons" in the installer but just uncheck them before hitting the install button.  Portable still at 1.90.

1.91 has a couple of bug fixes to do with errors trying to delete files with names that are too long.  Looks worth the update.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Move dialog boxes to the center of the (correct) monitor

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 13, 2011, 05:15 PM »

I know -- but I'd rather not having to maintain an ever growing black list... Instead, I'd very much like to tell the program: "ONLY touch things that have a title bar".

Can that be done?

-David.P (April 13, 2011, 07:10 AM)

You can experiment with the spy. I just messed with it a bit.  Seems like non title bar windows should return blank for WinGetTitle function.  If WinGetTitle on the active window returns blank, it's not one you want etc..

Although the spy did pick up the title from this window:

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

you can see it says "ReOpen" in what would be the caption bar, even though it's not the ordinary popup window.

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General Software Discussion / Re: MD5Hash 2.9

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 13, 2011, 04:02 PM »

MD5Hash itself has not been updated, but I've added a note and html link to the Readme file.  In Windows Seven, even though an executable is only opened in read-only mode, if the exe was downloaded this can cause that Security Dialog to pop up when MD5Hash computes the checksum via Context Menu.

Don't ask me why.  As noted in the Readme, this tutorial shows how to kill off the security dialog.  The tutorial includes a .reg file download. I just did it on my machine and it worked fine.  The .reg file you want to download and run is:

Enable_Unblock_Open_File_Security_Warning.reg.reg

After running you'll probably need to log off, then back on, for the registry setting to go into effect.

Here's the link to the tutorial:

http://www.sevenforu...ock-file.html?filter[2]=Security%20System%20Tools

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Coding Snacks / Re: Changing a folder's name text colour

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 12, 2011, 08:00 PM »

Try them yourself.  I have had a string of HP machines.  Your mileage may vary. I'm just relating my experience. I don't keep journals.

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Coding Snacks / Re: Changing a folder's name text colour

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 11, 2011, 10:43 PM »

I think the desktop font color is under control of Windows.  For light desktop background it will show as black text.  Navy blue will probably cause it to use a white font.

There's several free icon color changers around. I found a few on Softpedia. I don't use desktop icons anymore.  If I do a Bullzip print to pdf it may stay on the desktop for 1/2 hour.  That's it.

-MilesAhead (April 10, 2011, 09:35 PM)

Under certain circunstancias the name text become blue or green. I don't remember why. Compressed files or so.
Under windows is easy to control the colour font or other parameters of the title window, active window,......

But this is different.

The only program I have detected is xentient labels, but is not freeware.

-Contro (April 11, 2011, 07:35 AM)

The trouble with these gadgets that mess with the shell, seems like every one I've tried, some flaky behavior is evident within 2 hours of trying them out.  Perhaps this one works, but every one I've tried that sticks stuff on Explorer that ain't supposed to be there, makes Explorer do stuff to become less useful, like crashing or appearing on the desktop as a caption with nothing underneath it, or something equally non-satisfying.

I gave up on trying this category of stuff.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: TELL me how many objects I am deleting!

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 11, 2011, 06:11 PM »

For some things the command line is just easier.  I can remember doing stuff like clicking on file type to get all the .srt files together so I could select and delete.  But once you have a command prompt in that folder it's just easier.

del *.srt

FreeCommander has a nice command line hanging in the status bar for stuff like that.  Also I wrote a small AHK that sits in the tray that opens a command prompt in a folder etc..

I have internal drives in docking stations with Recycle Bin disabled.  But I do have it prompt me when I delete using Explorer because it can be easy to forget it's a permanent delete. Esp. since I don't make restore points for my docking station drives.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: TELL me how many objects I am deleting!

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 10, 2011, 11:17 PM »

If you are running Vista or W7 edition less than Ultimate and don't have the Previous Versions built in, you can still access the functionality with this free utility:

http://www.shadowexplorer.com/

Depending on your restore point settings, large files like videos may be backed up when a restore point is created. If the file is present, it should be complete since it's not an undeleted recovery but the shadow copy of the file as it existed when the RP was made.

It's a handy tool esp. considering the price.
Also avoids clobbering other files as can happen when you do a restore.

Even if you have Ultimate edition it's probably a good idea to have this utility.
The UI is similar to an undeleter.  The dropdown lets you know the date of the shadow copy you are working with.  Avoids confusion.

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Coding Snacks / Re: Changing a folder's name text colour

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 10, 2011, 09:35 PM »

I think the desktop font color is under control of Windows.  For light desktop background it will show as black text.  Navy blue will probably cause it to use a white font.

There's several free icon color changers around. I found a few on Softpedia. I don't use desktop icons anymore.  If I do a Bullzip print to pdf it may stay on the desktop for 1/2 hour.  That's it.

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Living Room / Re: Hats off to USPS for innovative tracking scheme...

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 10, 2011, 09:21 PM »

@mwb1100  sometimes you get lucky on those free shipping deals where they send 4th class mail.  Often the package shows only a day or 2 later than the paid option.

Still, it is funny when the tracking only works after the package arrives.  Like, if the election results are only tallied after the inauguration.

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General Software Discussion / Re: SOLVED: get back my "Open with..."?

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 10, 2011, 07:49 PM »

This one can also be handy for shell context menu:

http://www.nirsoft.n...shell_menu_view.html