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General Software Discussion / Re: ReOpen 4.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 30, 2010, 03:29 PM »

ReOpen v. 4.0

Now you may type more than one item into the edit
box separated by a semicolon(e.g. c:\temp;c:\windows;c:\MyProg.exe)
and hit Enter to open them simultaneously.  You can still select items
from the lists and push onto stack before using the Edit control, and
all items will be popped off the stack, checked to exist, and opened.

For multiple items in Edit control to work, the Edit control must have
the keyboard focus when you press Enter.

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General Software Discussion / Re: FolderCache 4.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 30, 2010, 02:59 PM »

FolderCache v. 4.0

Now you can enter more than one folder in the Edit Line, separated by
a semicolon(';') to simply type in multiple folders and open them all by
hitting Enter.

For example if I want to open 3 folders without picking them out of the list I can type: c:\Windows;c:\work;d:\SomeOtherFolder and hit the Enter key.

The folders are checked to exist and pushed on the stack, so that you can still
select folders from the listbox and push onto the stack, prior to hitting Enter
in the Edit Line. When you hit Enter all the folders in the stack will be popped,
checked to exist, and then opened. The folder won't be added to the stack if it's already in.

For multiple entry in the Edit Line to work, Enter must be pressed while the input focus is in the Edit Line.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: New MakeMKV beta

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 30, 2010, 01:21 PM »

A new beta release today,

http://www.makemkv.c...c.php?f=5&t=1054

along with reg key good until June,

http://www.makemkv.c...c.php?f=5&t=1053

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Shell extension to open the folder of a running application

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 30, 2010, 12:54 PM »

Glad it fits the bill.

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Developer's Corner / Re: C# Books (Recomendations)

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 29, 2010, 10:03 PM »

Ummm... he said C#

-wraith808 (April 29, 2010, 08:55 PM)

My eyes must have crossed or something. It sure looked like ++ to me.
Anyway it wouldn't hurt. It's basically C++ with garbage collection and a bunch of other stuff swiped from Java and Smalltalk.

edit: other than books this is an excellent resource:
http://www.codeproject.com/

I don't go in much for buying books anymore.. just hunt down the docs on the web.  The only C# book I have on hand is 8 years old.  Chris Sells Windows Forms Programming in C# probably only available in the bargain bin or the public library.   It was good in its time to get the basics for form/dialog programming though.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Shell extension to open the folder of a running application

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 29, 2010, 07:36 PM »

Download HomeFolder from my page:

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

edit: btw it's only been tested on SDI type applications.  Programs that run in a main window.  I don't much use MDI type apps.  May work but I don't guarantee it.

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Developer's Corner / Re: C# Books (Recomendations)

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 29, 2010, 07:29 PM »

No matter what C++ programming books you get with concrete examples, you should have the bible on the shelf.  Not only to nail down how a particular feature of the language is supposed to work, but it gets into a bit of why it was done that way:

http://www2.research...att.com/~bs/3rd.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: PromptHere v. 1.5.3.3

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 29, 2010, 03:11 PM »

PromptHere v. 1.5.3.3

Included .ahk source and program icon in download.
Compiled without UPX compression to avoid av
"false positives."

Uploaded just now to hotkey page.
It should update on Softpedia in a day or 2.

edit: forgot to zip the icon file with the rest of the stuff.
New zip uploaded.

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General Software Discussion / Re: PromptHere v. 1.52

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 29, 2010, 02:43 PM »

btw thanks for the plug.

I'm going to look into that _L ahk build if for no other reason than he adds a
#if general purpose directive or modifier of some sort and I need to find out
more about what's involved with unicode at some point.

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General Software Discussion / Re: PromptHere v. 1.52

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 29, 2010, 02:38 PM »

Let's see what others think!

Follow me!

 

One question: I think this doesn't fully support Unicode. Is this right?

-joby_toss (April 29, 2010, 12:02 PM)

I have not adapted any of my software to accommodate unicode.. other than some C++ shell extensions that nobody uses anymore as they are 32 bit DLLs I wrote around 2001 or so.

Others here are more versed in ahk but my understanding is there's a user-written build of ahk with native unicode support as well as some other enhancements.

http://www.autohotke...iewtopic.php?t=34070

I haven't looked at it yet to see if it's a magic bullet.  But it does seem to have some interesting enhancements.

(edit: looks like this is only available as source code.
I'll have to explorer other avenues afa unicode and ahk.  At this point I don't want to install VC++ 2008 express just to compile it.)


What I can do for the time being is include the source code in the download.  The program is very small.  The changes to accommodate unicode would be centered in the Clipboard and Send functions.  You may also add your own custom functions if you like.

I've uploaded a new zip with source included. You can download anytime.

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General Software Discussion / Re: ReOpen 3.7.2.2

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 29, 2010, 01:02 AM »

Sometimes with software the most fun can be had bludgeoning it into submission!

-MilesAhead (April 28, 2010, 06:12 PM)

I find much the same thing with clients  

-cranioscopical (April 28, 2010, 09:54 PM)

As a friend of mine used to say, "and we get paid for doin' it too!"

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General Software Discussion / Re: ReOpen 3.7.2.2

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 28, 2010, 06:12 PM »

...This note is also in the readme.. but I don't read the docs all the time when I  use software either.  Not if it's working the way I want!! Why jeopardize good results by injecting proper information? 

-MilesAhead (April 28, 2010, 02:07 PM)

Exactly, why ruin a good thing?

Anyway, nice work on your apps--keep on keeping on.

-sajman99 (April 28, 2010, 03:12 PM)

Heh heh.  Sometimes with software the most fun can be had bludgeoning it into submission!

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General Software Discussion / Re: ReOpen 3.7.2.2

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 28, 2010, 02:07 PM »

ReOpen 3.7.2.2

Found that the ProgramList.txt data file erasure was related to double chaining of ReOpen's cleanup routine.  iow it got invoked twice on program close causing an array emptied during clean-up to be written to the file.  Since it could have been normal for the user to delete all entries in the list I didn't block writing the file if the list was empty.  Now there has to be at least one entry in the list or it won't be saved to file... just to guard against having to redo the list.  The bug should be dead but it's probably not very likely to delete all items in the list.  So that safety precaution is probably a good idea.

If you really are determined to delete all entries, just delete ProgramList.txt that's in the same folder as ReOpen.exe.  It will be regenerated on next program run.

This note is also in the readme.. but I don't read the docs all the time when I  use software either.  Not if it's working the way I want!! Why jeopardize good results by injecting proper information?  

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General Software Discussion / Re: PromptHere v. 1.52

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 27, 2010, 04:37 PM »

This looks good!
Thank you!

-joby_toss (April 27, 2010, 03:10 PM)

You're welcome.  Glad you like the program.

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General Software Discussion / Re: PromptHere v. 1.52

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 27, 2010, 01:24 PM »

PromptHere v. 1.53

Added PasteFilename option to .ini file auto save.

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General Software Discussion / Re: PromptHere v. 1.52

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 27, 2010, 12:59 PM »

PromptHere v. 1.52

Now when pasting the filename if the filename itself has one or more spaces,
it is wrapped in double quotes.

This version is available for download currently.

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General Software Discussion / Re: PromptHere v. 1.5

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 27, 2010, 11:50 AM »

PromptHere v. 1.51

Now looks for PasteFilename option in .ini file.
If set to non 0, such as PasteFilename=1, then after
opening the prompt due to clicking a filename, the filename
is pasted into the command line.  As I have it now it's not
quoted if there's a space in the filename.  (Hopefully not too
many people create .exe files with spaces in the name.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: PromptHere v. 1.5

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 27, 2010, 11:25 AM »

PromptHere v. 1.5

Fixed bug where clicking a file in the root of a drive opened a prompt in the PromptHere working directory instead of the drive root folder.

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General Software Discussion / Re: PromptHere v. 1.4

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 27, 2010, 11:24 AM »

I see what you're driving at.  I'll mess around with it. In the meantime please download the latest version (1.5) as I fixed a bug where clicking a file in the root directory instead opened a prompt in the PromptHere working directory.  Splitting the file path returns blank for Directory if in the root.  I added a test for that and use the drive instead in that case.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Selector 2.0

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 27, 2010, 01:07 AM »

Selector v. 2.0.0.1

Die bug die!!!! 

Ahm, hopefully this thing is back to normal and works as stated
in the previous post.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Discussion: How can we Improve DonationCoder?

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 26, 2010, 09:59 PM »

Also let's face it, when a friend asks "what is donationcoder?" one already has to reserve time for a 30 minute sit-down and powerpoint slide show to explain it. Changing the domain name would at best cut the presentation down by only 1 minute, so it hardly seems worth the effort.

-mouser (April 26, 2010, 09:21 PM)

Hmmmmm, do I get a whiff of a video demo in the offing? 

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General Software Discussion / Re: PromptHere v. 1.4

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 26, 2010, 08:10 PM »

Hmm...I was hoping to get this

-joby_toss (April 26, 2010, 09:22 AM)

btw the above is easy to do. I'm just curious why you'd like that output.
I think most users would expect the current behavior, but I can easily add
your variation as an option via the .ini file. Maybe have an option
PasteFilename=1 to enable.

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General Software Discussion / Re: PromptHere v. 1.4

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 26, 2010, 07:59 PM »

PromptHere v. 1.4

I implemented simple user selectable hotkey via .ini file.

If the program detects an invalid hotkey in the .ini file setting
on start up it will show an error dialog and quit.  To revert
to default hotkey, delete the .ini file and run PromptHere.

I also changed the About box so that the current hotkey
is shown.

See AutoHotkey reference for detailed info on hotkey
format.  The Readme has been updated with info on simple
modifier keys to change from Alt to Control or Shift or
combinations thereof. Also usage notes and history have been
updated.

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General Software Discussion / Re: PromptHere v. 1.3

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 26, 2010, 06:28 PM »

I don't quite get the purpose of pasting into the command prompt.  If you double click the file is it not opened in the current folder?  I'm missing what the functionality is.

On the selectable hotkey I'll have to look into the easiest way to do it.  Maybe a little popup chooser that writes an .ini file or something.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Discussion: How can we Improve DonationCoder?

« Last post by MilesAhead on April 26, 2010, 06:02 PM »

there was a big thread about it months/years ago I never even noticed.

-MilesAhead (April 26, 2010, 02:46 PM)

DC has over 20,000 topics and over 200,000 each of total posts and members.  I don't think anybody can keep up with all of it in detail any more, and it can scarcely help being a broad church.  I fairly often click on Show latest topics to see what's new, besides skimming the newsletter.  And I hope nobody stridently wants things that would need to be implemented by hard-pressed time-poor volunteers.  For one, mouser is supposed to be working on his *P*h*.D*.

-rjbull (April 26, 2010, 03:24 PM)

I'm not suggesting chaining anyone to the grinding wheel.  There must be some intermittent problem or something with search.  Seems I remember looking around to avoid duplicating posts already done only to be made aware later with the link.  Granted I may just not have searched correctly but it seems like it happens often enough to discount operator error.

In the particular case of the browser it could be that it came to my notice and I dismissed it because I was so into Firefox at the time.  But I just get the impression some things that should pop up in result lists often don't.

Could be just an impression.