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Finished Programs / Re: Next Big Coding Snacks Weekend October 7

« Last post by lanux128 on October 11, 2005, 01:16 AM »

hi there mike,

yup, very interesting indeed... i didn't know this puzzle existed as a board game, tks for sharing.
i also once had a swf file similar to 'Card Trick' but i couldn't find it now.
btw, what's the trick behind 'Liar'? i don't get it... ;-)

best regards,
lanux

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General Software Discussion / Re: Supercharged Alt-tab replacement utility

« Last post by lanux128 on October 10, 2005, 11:40 PM »

hi there,

this might be of interest: "Alt-Tab Replacement" by Microsoft...

best regards,
lanux

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Finished Programs / Re: Next Big Coding Snacks Weekend October 7

« Last post by lanux128 on October 10, 2005, 10:44 PM »

hi there mike,

i had a swell time with your puzzle.
just want to let you know that there is a game similar to '1 Way', it's called 'Lucas's Puzzle'. ;-)
i've also attached the screen-shot...

best regards,
lanux

6204

Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Copying files, timestamp existing files and copy new ones in

« Last post by lanux128 on October 10, 2005, 08:59 PM »

hi skrommel,

have you heard of XXCOPY? it is a command-line tool which has a myriad of options & will take a lifetime to master. ;-)

it's still updated actively (latest version is 2.92.6), so any requests for additional features can be put to its author, Pixelab, Inc...
btw, there is also a java-based gui front called KopyMate.

best regards,
lanux

6205

Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Wallpaper Master: Freeware Edition

« Last post by lanux128 on October 10, 2005, 12:52 AM »

I wrote James a while back and he immediately fixed this bug.... But you can be assured it doesn't overwrite your image files anymore when mirroring them.

-Nighted (October 10, 2005, 12:04 AM)

well, that's great... kudos to James for his instant response  ;-)

surely the timestamp was due to overwriting the file, so if its not overwriting then it shouldnt be changing timestamp.

-mouser (October 10, 2005, 12:17 AM)

yes, that's true, mouser. that's how i noticed that the app was overwriting the original files... a big no-no for me. ;-)


best regards,
lanux

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Wallpaper Master: Freeware Edition

« Last post by lanux128 on October 09, 2005, 11:46 PM »

hi there Nighted & clif_notes,

i was using Wallpaper Master earlier this year & i quite happy with it except for a slight flaw.

when you tried the "mirror image" option, it overwrites the existing files & changes the time-stamp. imo, this is detrimental to digital photo images because the time-stamp is important for sorting & renaming purposes. so i wrote to the author regarding it and he promised to fix it. but since then i've lost track of the app's progress, until now... so i was wondering if someone could verify whether this bug has been fixed.

btw, what about a wallpaper manager shoot-out? i have some potentially good candidates... ;-)

• Paper Plus 9.1
  
• Kana Wallchanger 2.3.5.40
  
• Trigger 2.7.53

best regards,
lanux

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: I love the Bulk Rename Utility!

« Last post by lanux128 on October 09, 2005, 10:02 PM »

hi there

while on the topic of file-renamers, i just want to mention a personal favourite of mine...

• 1-4a rename v1.56.0. Can be added to the folder context-menu with this reg file. (very nifty...)

best regards,
lanux

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Copying files, timestamp existing files and copy new ones in

« Last post by lanux128 on October 09, 2005, 09:49 PM »

hi there,

i use Servant Salamander 1.52 for file management but for heavy-duty copying/moving, my personal favourite is: Copy Handler 1.28.

among its' options are:

[Select]

Show 'Copy'/'Move' command in drag&drop menu
Show 'Copy to'/'Move to' command in context menu
Set attributes of destination files
Set date/time of destionation files
Protect read-only files
Don't delete files before copying finishes (moving)
Buffer size for copying from CD-ROM
Buffer size for copying over a network
Sound on error
Sound on copying finished

& many others...

best regards,
lanux

6209

Find And Run Robot / Re: Key-binding

« Last post by lanux128 on October 06, 2005, 09:32 PM »

hi there mouser,

so i guess another update is due very soon... ;-)
btw, why not change F&RR's tooltip in the system-tray to include the version number?

best regards,
lanux

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Key-binding

« Last post by lanux128 on October 06, 2005, 08:54 PM »

or is that too much typing just to get options?

-mouser (October 06, 2005, 09:29 AM)

when i come to think of it, this way is much better since alias grouping is F&RR's strong point... ;-)
of course it's not too much typing since one could change the alias' name to something even shorter...

another option i have i mind is pressing & holding down Control key or any other key for more than 0.5 seconds to bring up the preferences dialog...

best regards,
lanux

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Find And Run Robot / Key-binding

« Last post by lanux128 on October 06, 2005, 12:51 AM »

hi there mouser,

since F&RR is a keyboard-driven tool, why not have keyboard shotcuts to access the preferences & "configure toolbar" & etc.?

btw, how about an option to clear "Launch History"?

thanks in advance...
best regards,
lanux

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Window sizing bug (scrollbars)

« Last post by lanux128 on October 05, 2005, 09:02 PM »

hi there mouser,

i've been using v1.07.20 & it's just perfect. a job well-done! :-)

best regards,
lanux

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Find And Run Robot / Re: RichEdit line insertion error...

« Last post by lanux128 on October 05, 2005, 08:42 PM »

good to know the richedit error bug is killed!

-mouser (October 04, 2005, 11:58 PM)

yup, we can break out the champagne on this one! ;-)
btw, if it's not too technical, may i know what's the different way of setting of the text.
just in case, if i ran into another program that has the same bug then i can notify the author...

best regards,
lanux

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Examples

« Last post by lanux128 on October 05, 2005, 08:37 PM »

and then i'm going to make a new demo movie of F&R showing most of this stuff in a useful way hopefully.

-mouser (October 05, 2005, 08:07 PM)

btw, what software do you use make a recording of your desktop? i tried CapturePad but as you may have seen by the attachment i sent you, the results were not that good...

best regards,
lanux

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Window sizing bug (scrollbars)

« Last post by lanux128 on October 04, 2005, 11:53 PM »

hi there mouser,

you've probably read the other post by now... ;-)

so i'll just send the swf file for reference sake... fyi, the fonts' setting is at 96dpi.

thanks,

best regards,
lanux

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Find And Run Robot / Re: RichEdit line insertion error...

« Last post by lanux128 on October 04, 2005, 11:46 PM »

you da man! ;-)
the about box is displayed & the sizing bug is also nowhere to be seen (yet)...

this is not a setup program! it is a replacement .exe in a zip file, so you need to copy this over on top of your existing Find and Run Robot directory and restart F&R.

If you would prefer i make setup programs as usual let me know.

btw, why not distribute all releases this way since it'll make zip file smaller... just a thought...

best regards,
lanux

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Window sizing bug (scrollbars)

« Last post by lanux128 on October 04, 2005, 11:25 PM »

hi there mouser,

i have a 4.8mb (712kb compressed with rar) swf file that i recorded my desktop to show the effect...
how do i send it to you?

in the recording, you can see that upon launch F&RR comes with scrollbars.
to which i resize to make it disappear then i make F&RR lose focus...
when i call it again the scrollbars are there again...

best regards,
lanux

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Find And Run Robot / Re: RichEdit line insertion error...

« Last post by lanux128 on October 04, 2005, 10:53 PM »

and see if it also causes an error for you?

-mouser (October 04, 2005, 10:17 PM)

well, the test app works fine...

actually you know i use a richedit control just because i thought i might allow some formatting text (bold,etc.) but since i don't, i could just change to a control that doesnt use richedit at all and that would solve the problem.  maybe i'll just do that...

-mouser (October 04, 2005, 10:17 PM)

that's ok, since the formatting makes the about box look much nicer... but why no one else have this problem?
i made a search inside my system folder & found these files:

• riched20.dll --> v5.40.11.2210
• riched32.dll --> v5.1.2600.0
• richtx32.ocx --> v6.1.97.82

i'm no expert but does these version numbers match with the one in your pc?

best regards,
lanux

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Find And Run Robot / Re: RichEdit line insertion error...

« Last post by lanux128 on October 04, 2005, 09:25 PM »

we don't live with such problems - we fix them!
don't worry we will get it fixed, as long as you are still willing to test fix attempts.

-mouser (October 04, 2005, 09:12 PM)

man, that's the spirit!
anyway as they say, if you insist, i can't resist. keep them test versions coming.. ;-)

best regards,
lanux

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Some Performance Questions and Suggestions

« Last post by lanux128 on October 04, 2005, 09:08 PM »

hi there,

just noticed this topic, i want to mention that once i had this problem where suddenly my pc slowed down to a crawl. and when i started process explorer, it reported that F&RR was using up the CPU cycle (if that is the term) so i killed F&RR. when i ran F&RR once again, everything was normal...

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maybe it was just coincidence... ;-)

best regards,
lanux

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Find And Run Robot / Re: RichEdit line insertion error...

« Last post by lanux128 on October 04, 2005, 09:03 PM »

hi there mouser,

sorry, "real life" kept me back... ;-)
ok, to answer your questions...

lanux regarding the about box problem, could you try going to your find and run robot directory and moving the file DonationCoder_findrunrobot_Key.dat out of that directory and restarting F&R and then go to about box and see if you get the error?

-mouser

the error still recurs, as you can see from the screen-shot...

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and with regard to F&R window size - does autoshrink mode properly set the window size when showing results normally - and it's only when you close and re-open that has those bad scrollbars? and if you resize the window by just one pixel taller or wider does everything fit and scrollbars go away?

yes, only when i close & re-open does the scrollbars appear & yes, if i resize then the scrollbars disappear.

and can you try latest version and see if the window size problem is still there with this version

man, that was fast! but sorry mouser, the sizing problem is still persistent. anyway it's okay, it's a minor annoyance that i can live with... ;-)

best regards,
lanux

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Compare File Properties

« Last post by lanux128 on October 04, 2005, 08:29 PM »

now that is a damn clever idea!!!

-mouser (October 04, 2005, 08:03 PM)

yup. once again, skrommel is quick off the mark... ;-)

btw, just thought of mentioning this tool for those who have to compare file versions a lot: VerMap v1.25 by VERY Ltd.

best regards,
lanux

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Find And Run Robot / Window sizing bug (scrollbars)

« Last post by lanux128 on October 04, 2005, 01:14 AM »

ah, maybe you want to set like a minimum size of the window - so that it will grow bigger if more results come in but never get smaller than some amount?

-mouser (October 04, 2005, 12:50 AM)

yup, that's exactly what i have in mind... ;-)

best regards,
lanux

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Find And Run Robot / Window sizing bug (scrollbars)

« Last post by lanux128 on October 04, 2005, 12:49 AM »

hi there mouser,

yup, i have already pasted the licence key as early as version 1.07.02b if i'm not mistaken...

i have "autoshrink" checked, that's why i want F&RR to retain the original size. i know i can uncheck the "autoshrink" but then i'll lose cool feature of the window growing as the results come pouring in... ;-)

basically, what i am looking for is "sticky window" feature, this is how it works:
first position/size the window just the way you like it.
then go into the setting & save that window position/size.
now F&RR always start up in the saved position.

this means you can maximize/resize F&RR (to see the search results better) and then send it to the tray.
and next time F&RR is needed, it will start at the pre-defined position/size. quite, nifty eh? ;-)

best regards,
lanux

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Find And Run Robot / Window sizing bug (scrollbars)

« Last post by lanux128 on October 04, 2005, 12:04 AM »

ps. try setting a skin in display options and see if it fixes.

-mouser (October 03, 2005, 10:51 PM)

sorry mouser, that doesn't fix it...
to be honest, i had some apprehensions earlier regarding speed/performance but skinning is just cool... ;-)

about the other suggestion, why not make F&RR just detect the path & run a particular app...
e.g. i could just type "C:\mirc\mirc.exe[/i]" then mirc gets executed...


ok, that's about it...

best regards,
lanux