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General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 07, 2010, 08:28 PM »

I'm used to FreeCommander. Switching involves too much of a learning curve.  The author has targeted December for a full 64 bit release. I hope so. Although I can still use it on Vista64 there are times when I get the mouse busy Uzumaki(spiral thingie) for no apparent reason.  Being 32 bit it does have the benefit that 32 bit shell extensions work inside it. But I'd like to see true 64 bit. Works fine on my Windows Seven 32 bit system.

Since it's implemented in Delphi I have to wonder what will be used for the 64 bit version if not Lazarus.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Send key or run app/function when window gets/loses focus or is hovered on

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 07, 2010, 08:04 PM »

You might start with this as a base:

https://www.donation...x.html#MouseActivate

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any Firefox addon to do multiple searches in same search engine?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 07, 2010, 07:56 PM »

Has anyone tried AltaVista search afa this issue? I'm just curious if AltaVista does things differently or follows the pack.

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Circle Dock / Re: Suggesting names for new derivitative of CircleDock

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 07, 2010, 04:37 PM »

If you combined the previous two comments you could have Spin Docktor.

-cranioscopical (August 06, 2010, 10:41 PM)

I like that one.

-wraith808 (August 07, 2010, 08:00 AM)

another +1 for Spin Docktor or Spin Doctor -
I actually prefer it without the k, even though I know it makes more sense with 'Dock'

-tomos (August 07, 2010, 02:59 PM)

Only thing is, it sounds like it fixes your HD.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Is it easy to send a request to http://IP?password and make something happen?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 07, 2010, 12:42 PM »

If you're doing Windows it may be easiest to run a small pre-packaged web server(you can get free ones out there) and just use the InetGet() function.  It requires a Windows OS that has IE 3 or later... should not be a problem.

This is the InetGet call in AutoIt3

http://www.autoitscr...unctions/InetGet.htm


but c# should have an equivalent.  You have to check the download.. maybe by file size. If the server got an error, like file not found, it may return a small xml file with some gibberish about "/somefile.jpg" not found instead of the .jpg.

Once you have the image locally you can take it from there.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Idea - Return *new* lines from a text file (w/ example)

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 07, 2010, 12:23 PM »

@strictlyfocused02 what machine are you running the script on? How much memory? If calling an external program that produces a file with only the tail lines is an option, and provided you have a fair amount of ram, it should be nearly trivial in AutoIt3.

Pseudo code should go something like:

Read .ini file to get previous number of lines in file
(first run would be zero, in which case the program would
only save the new line count to .ini file.  Exit code could
indicate what the program did or just use the .ini file
for IPC.)


Load entire file into an array with
_FileReadToArray()

now $array[0] has the current line count

if $currentCount > $prevCount then
_FileWriteFromArray("DiffTextFilename.txt",$prevCount + 1)

now display the diff text file however you want,
then save the new current count to .ini file.

If the log file is 10 or 20 MB still these days if you have a gig or 2 of ram it should be no big deal to read the whole file into an array.

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Circle Dock / Re: Suggesting names for new derivitative of CircleDock

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 07, 2010, 12:43 AM »

I've got a cool one: Uzumaki  Japanese for Spiral(at least that's what they say.)  A cool movie btw.

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Circle Dock / Re: Suggesting names for new derivitative of CircleDock

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 06, 2010, 08:31 PM »

If you want to get rid of the 'D' word, how about
'Round2It ??

You could have a logo of that stupid wooden round thing for procrastinators.

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General Software Discussion / Re: BD Rebuilder Beta

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 05, 2010, 03:04 PM »

v. 0.34.06 beta was released a few days ago.  Since then I've been able to complete a run or two on each machine.  Seems fine. The only quirk I noticed was in Settings=>Encoder Settings.  If One Pass ABR mode is checked, and you start the run, you're likely to get 2 Pass Abr mode.  Seems like unchecking the option, then checking it again, gets it to "take" for that run.  Seems the setting won't "stick."  But that's a minor quibble.

http://forum.doom9.o...wthread.php?t=143716

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General Software Discussion / Re: TicClick 1.5.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 05, 2010, 01:06 PM »

TicClick 1.5.0.0 Some minor code improvements.  The downloaded version info file is deleted when no longer needed. If it is found left over during  Check for Updates processing, it is removed.

Erroneous EdgeBuffer settings, like number out of range or set to text instead of a number, are reset to default and rewritten to .ini file on program close.

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General Software Discussion / Re: TicTac 1.6.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 04, 2010, 04:14 PM »

TicTac 1.6.0.0 Added TurnNumlockOn option to .ini file. The program checks the Numlock state on startup. If Numlock is off, and TurnNumlockOn setting is 1, then it will turn NumLock On.  Otherwise it leaves it alone.

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General Software Discussion / Re: TicTac 1.5.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 04, 2010, 04:09 PM »

That's ok.  I think it's a good feature since I can forget to have Numlock on too. It's already done.  

edit: I must say it was kind of fun to use the Check for Update on my other machine.  Usually I have to open the browser to my hotkey page, download and replace to make sure the downloaded file works. It's a kludge but if the user clicks Yes to download the newer file, it's downloaded into the home folder of the program, the zip file and folder are opened, and the program quits. Just drag & drop from the zip file to update.

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General Software Discussion / Re: TicTac 1.5.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 04, 2010, 03:30 PM »

I spoke too soon.  Since AutoIt3 and AutoHotKey are so similar I confuse the two and forget which app I did in which.  ahk you can just lay another hotkey on top. But not all the number keys have a function when numlock is off.

The best I could do is detect if Numlock is off, and if so, turn it on. I could put it as an .ini file setting.  I think I'd have it default to not interfere with Numlock unless the user sets it to '1' in the .ini file.  That's probably the safest bet.

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General Software Discussion / Re: TicTac 1.4

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 04, 2010, 02:49 PM »

That's really nice, thanks Miles. I might try the mouse version too as I'm not used to using the numberpad with numlock on (although I always intended getting used to it)
some credits gone your way  

-tomos (August 03, 2010, 12:58 PM)

btw, on that program it's not difficult to put in duplicate hotkeys so that it will work if Numlock is on or off.  Only thing it won't do is work with Shift.  I already tried it. It must confuse the hotkey handling mechanism.  I'll be updating it soon so it should work with Numlock set either way. If Check for Update works as designed, you should be able to automatically download the zip file when the new version is on the server.

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General Software Discussion / Re: TicTac 1.5.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 04, 2010, 02:06 AM »

TicTac 1.5.0.0  Added Check for Updates command to Tray Menu. (I would appreciate it if anyone using dial-up internet would try it out as I only have broadband.)

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Finished Programs / Re: Exclude firefox from script?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 03, 2010, 09:14 PM »

Put a tilde character before the MButton like this
~MButton::

That prevents the program "eating" the hotkey.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Selector 2.3.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 03, 2010, 08:52 PM »

Selector 2.3.0.0 Added Check for Updates command to Tray Menu. (I would appreciate it if anyone using dial-up internet would try it out as I only have broadband.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: FolderCache 4.5.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 03, 2010, 08:51 PM »

FolderCache 4.5.0.0 Added Check for Updates command to Tray Menu. (I would appreciate it if anyone using dial-up internet would try it out as I only have broadband.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: ReOpen 4.5.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 03, 2010, 08:50 PM »

ReOpen 4.5.0.0 Added Check for Updates command to Tray Menu. (I would appreciate it if anyone using dial-up internet would try it out as I only have broadband.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: TicClick 1.4.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 03, 2010, 08:47 PM »

TicClick 1.4.0.0 Added Check for Updates command to Tray Menu. (I would appreciate it if anyone using dial-up internet would try it out as I only have broadband.)

Also a new .ini file setting EdgeBuffer. This is used as a margin for the edge of the screen inside the desktop work area.  Valid range is 0 to 12 pixels.  The default is 4. It helps avoid that "chopped" window frame look when you align to the edge of the screen(maybe it's just on my old monitor but it looks a lot nicer.) On Vista and Windows Seven it may help keep the drop shadow when aligning on bottom right etc..

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Finished Programs / Re: Exclude firefox from script?

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 03, 2010, 08:02 PM »

Also it's a good idea to avoid a window with the title
Program Manager

which is the desktop. Otherwise if there's nothing else open on the desktop it may ask you if you want to log off.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best app ore method to restore a Win7 system? (not a disk image)

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 03, 2010, 06:01 PM »

@tranglos sorry to hijack your thread.  We get a lot of developer interaction on this site so I'm hoping we can get some in-depth explanations how these rollback and other schemes work. I played around with VMs and I'm not all that thrilled doing it that way. It would be nice if there were viable alternatives.

@sajman99 I found out what was driving me nuts.  By updating the codec pack, I messed up BDRebuilder setup.  With BDRebuilder you must use the FFDShow and Matroska Splitter downloads from the BDRebuilder beta thead or you never get anywhere.  I hadn't noticed the report on bad versions because it scrolled up in the log dialog to where only OKs where left showing. I thought something else was messing me up.

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General Software Discussion / Re: TicTac 1.4

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 03, 2010, 03:41 PM »

Thank you. 



btw, I updated the mouse one so that it moves the mouse pointer to the center of the grid.  That works better than trying to move the window under the mouse. Simpler is often better(mainly because I can't figure out how to do complicated.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: TicClick 1.3.0.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 03, 2010, 12:10 PM »

TickClick 1.3.0.0 Now mouse is moved to center of position grid.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best app ore method to restore a Win7 system? (not a disk image)

« Last post by MilesAhead on August 03, 2010, 11:40 AM »

I'm trying Matroska Pack. But on another forum people are telling me to quit bothering with packs altogether.  If this latest one doesn't do it for me I guess I'll resort to manual one at a time configuration.  Just so many settings on these media things it seems like a month of reading.