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Coding Snacks / Re: Auto-convert PNG to JPG in clipboard
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 02:13 PM »
iTunes is *storing* the image as a jpeg and Media Monkey is *storing* the image as a png. but you can cut and paste freely.
702
Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Portable Registry Tool(s)
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 08:50 AM »
If you are using Ghost, then use Ghostwalker to change SIDs.
703
Coding Snacks / Re: Auto-convert PNG to JPG in clipboard
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 08:48 AM »
timmy2

There is no need. When you copy it to the clipboard it is a bitmap and can be pasted anywhere.

Can you provide an example of where this doesn't work?
704
Living Room / Re: Happy Birthday to App103
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 08:11 AM »
In america, isn't that a superstition about wishing people happy birthday early? Around here, it's said to bring bad luck.
-jgpaiva (January 26, 2008, 08:01 AM)

I've never heard that. I can go look it up but I would have to walk under a ladder and there is a black cat sitting on the book.
705
General Software Discussion / Re: Program to extract / filter out content from XML files?
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 08:09 AM »
I could do the same thing in Delphi,
-tranglos (January 25, 2008, 07:24 AM)

Adolescent Humor
:o Choosing between Python and Delphi is like trying to decide which one of the Olsen Twins you want to sleep with.

706
General Software Discussion / Re: Program to extract / filter out content from XML files?
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 08:02 AM »
I dunno if there's XSLT libraries/bindings for Python (there probably are)
-f0dder (January 25, 2008, 08:18 AM)

lxml has both XPath and XSLT support.
707
General Software Discussion / Re: Program to extract / filter out content from XML files?
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 07:54 AM »
my first night with Python
-tranglos (January 25, 2008, 07:24 AM)
Dreamy  :-*
708
Mouser's Zone / Re: Mouser - a plea from your users!
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 07:37 AM »
We may have an answer. Mouser can use...

709
Living Room / Re: A script to auto backup web server files?
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 07:32 AM »
Dreamhost allows cron jobs. Set one up to tar/compress that directory and email it to you.
710
Developer's Corner / Re: Looking for webservice to convert svn repo to zip
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 07:29 AM »
I had to think about what you just said there for a minute. But now I think I understand. You, in effect, first making a solid file and then compressing it. Correct?
711
Living Room / Re: Happy Birthday to App103
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 07:26 AM »
I have already wished you a happy birthday April, so let me be the first one to wish you an early happy birthday for next year.  :P
712
Developer's Corner / Re: Looking for webservice to convert svn repo to zip
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 07:20 AM »
unless you want the service to run from a different server than the repository.
-f0dder (January 26, 2008, 06:57 AM)
Yes, that's the whole idea. It would be for those times that the person hosting the svn repo hasn't made it available via ViewVC, or WebSVN or similar means.

.tar.gz sizes wouldn't be too bad if you just want to check out a single revision, as source code compresses very well (as long as you use solid compression like tar+whateve, rar, 7zip etc. - zip sucks).
-f0dder (January 26, 2008, 06:57 AM)
Yes, zip may suck, but it is universal - even on locked down corporate machines. For example, all I would have been able to use at work was a zip.
713
Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Bits Du Jour and GAOTD one-day deals
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 06:37 AM »
Good idea. Maybe a Sticky thread each for BdJ and GOTD.
714
Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Alpha Five 60% off
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 06:27 AM »
Steven,

Boker Tov. (Don't let my first name, Chaim, trick you. I am 100% Goy)  :D

Thanks for the very informative post. Yes! AS/400s are quite good when used in the manner intended and operated by a competent handler. The European and US markets are quite different. It is absolutely essential to have separate sales and marketing teams. I also found it very interesting to work in the US for a US company that was started/founded by several Europeans. It was interesting in that they came to approach problems for a slightly different angle than the Americans did. Sometimes it was as simple as pointing out that it needed to use unicode to handle multiple languages, or times it was suggesting that the demo/sample integrate not just integrate with the best-selling US database/CRM/ERP/Etc. but that it also include the one that was a best seller in Europe/Scandinavia/Asia-Pacific.

The Holy Grail of the RDBMS world is a "codeless" way to build CRUD apps easily. I am completely biased, because I worked for Borland, but I thought Delphi did a great job of, at least, making it easier for programmers.
715
Living Room / Re: Flash Tower Defense Game of the Week: Strategy Defense 3
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 06:09 AM »
That was a fun diversion. I like the idea of the land, sea, and air being separate.
716
Developer's Corner / Re: Hilarious Flow Chart for Project Decision Making
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 05:47 AM »
That's funny.

Suggestion: surround it with a code tag. I have done so below.

Same joke - different formatting
[Select]


                       +---------+
                       |  START  |
                       +---------+
                            |
                            V           
            YES       +------------+      NO
      +---------------|  DOES THE  |---------------+               
      |               | DAMN THING |               |
      V               |    WORK?   |               V   
+------------+        +------------+        +--------------+  NO
| DON'T FUCK |                              | DID YOU FUCK |-----+
| WITH IT    |                              |   WITH IT?   |     |
+------------+                              +--------------+     |
      |                                            |             |
      |                                            | YES         |
      |                                            V             |
      |  +------+     +-------------+       +---------------+    |
      |  | HIDE |  NO | DOES ANYONE |<------| YOU DUMBSHIT! |    |                 
      |  |  IT  |<----|    KNOW?    |       +---------------+    |
      |  +------+     +-------------+                            |
      |      |               |                                   |
      |      |               V                                   |
      |      |        +-------------+       +-------------+      |
      |      |        |   YOU POOR  |  YES  |  WILL YOU   |      |     
      |      |        |   BASTARD   |<------| CATCH HELL? |<-----+
      |      |        +-------------+       +-------------+
      |      |               |                     |
      |      |               |                     | NO
      |      |               V                     V
      |      V        +-------------+       +------------+
      +-------------->|    STOP     |<------| SHITCAN IT |
                      +-------------+       +------------+

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Developer's Corner / Re: Looking for webservice to convert svn repo to zip
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 05:38 AM »
This is actually a damn cool idea i think, a web service that will go grab an svn respository and deliver it to you as a zip file.
-mouser (January 26, 2008, 03:59 AM)

VEIGN !!!!! Knock Knock Hint Hint Nudge Nudge Wink Wink
718
General Software Discussion / Re: Attention Mod
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 04:42 AM »
Just thinking out loud here...

I like the "Send this topic" idea and would suggest a new button be available when you receive one of them that is a simple "Thanks for the invite, but I cannot participate at this time." This would then be promoted as the socially acceptable way to decline to participate *for what ever reason*, no time, not in the right headspace, you secretly despise the person sending the invite, whatever.

[edit: typo]
719
Developer's Corner / Re: AHK Capability
« Last post by tinjaw on January 26, 2008, 04:20 AM »
there are a couple of window spy tools that might be helpful with the above - you get one with AHK, but a more comprehensive tool is available here (courtesy of Toralf) http://www.autohotke...forum/topic8976.html
-Target (January 23, 2008, 07:13 PM)

Related thread.
720
General Software Discussion / Re: Best free firewall for Windows?
« Last post by tinjaw on January 25, 2008, 11:36 PM »
Nothing is perfectly secure. No protective measures are 100% maintenance free. When it comes to computer/network security, it is always a balancing act. You must weigh the hassle required for very restrictive measures versus the risk you are taking by leaving them less secure. Security vs Usability/Accessibility.
721
Developer's Corner / Re: Looking for webservice to convert svn repo to zip
« Last post by tinjaw on January 25, 2008, 11:22 PM »
I would be afraid to see the bandwidth bills for such a service. It would be nice to have a web app that takes the type of version control used, URL, and a few other options and does an export from that repo and compresses to the form chosen. You'd need fat pipes and some fast hard drives.
722
General Software Discussion / Re: starting a revolt against Opera. Worth it?
« Last post by tinjaw on January 25, 2008, 11:17 PM »
codeTRUCKER,

Python is a viable option for this task, and would make it easier to port to other OSes from Windows. However, it would probably be easier to do for Windows in AHK, or AutoIt, as they are tuned for that environment.

I would suggest a three staged approach. First, mock-up the whole thing on paper or with your favorite drawing program. Figure out the workflow. Work out what info is needed and when in the process it is needed. As well as how you wish to display it. Second stage would be to prototype it with AHK. Get a GUI built, but don't worry about making it perfect and provide basic functionality. For the third stage, get as much feedback as you can from other users and decided if you like AHK enough to continue with it or to try Python (or something else).

Just a note for you or others that may be reading and interested in possibly doing something like this in Python. If you want to interact with Windows close to natively, use Mark Hammond's Win32 Python Extensions.
723
Developer's Corner / Looking for webservice to convert svn repo to zip
« Last post by tinjaw on January 25, 2008, 11:41 AM »
I am at work and cannot run an svn client. Unfortunately there is no web frontend available to download a zipped copy of the code. Do you know of any web service that will create a zip file or tar ball when given a subversion URL?

[update] I was able to get what I needed by using Window's Network Neighborhood. I just entered the URL to the repo, which is on a WebDAV server, and downloaded the whole directory.
724
Developer's Corner / Looking for tool to identify windows controls on windows forms
« Last post by tinjaw on January 25, 2008, 10:04 AM »
I am currently using Au3Info that comes with AutoIt. It almost does what I need. It will identify the control I have my mouse over, but it doesn't seem to pick the proper control. For example, I am looking to grab some text, but when I am over the text it is giving me information that appears to be for the parent control. I am thinking that if I could run a program that gives me a full tree view of all the controls in a form, it would give me what I need.

I assume there are tools for AHK. Any that you like.

I know that Visual Studio has a utility to view windows messages, does it have one to find controls?
725
Coding Snacks / Re: What language is the best for a new programmer to start with?
« Last post by tinjaw on January 23, 2008, 07:18 AM »
Could tinjaw give more details on why "Python" in addition to cross platform capability. 
I'm interested in broadening my programming language abilities. 
-TxQuestor (January 21, 2008, 11:48 AM)

Python is an excellent language for learning because it is one of the easiest to read. You can look at code examples and easily grasp what they are doing. It is part of the foundation of the language.

The Zen of Python

    Beautiful is better than ugly.
    Explicit is better than implicit.
    Simple is better than complex.
    Complex is better than complicated.
    Flat is better than nested.
    Sparse is better than dense.
    Readability counts.
    Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
    Although practicality beats purity.
    Errors should never pass silently.
    Unless explicitly silenced.
    In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
    There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
    Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
    Now is better than never.
    Although never is often better than *right* now.
    If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
    If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
    Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!
-PEP20

As an alternative, can anyone recommend an IDE. 
Example:  SharpDevelop, DevC++.
-TxQuestor (January 21, 2008, 11:48 AM)

For Python, I recommend iPython for standard command line work and Eclipse with Pydev and pyDev Extensions for an IDE.

For books, I recommend How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python. (Free download supported by purchasing the dead tree edition.)
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