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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Starting CHS via batch file quandary
« Last post by rjbull on January 14, 2013, 09:57 AM »
I'm using Vista Home Premium, UAC On, user account, and CHS is installed as portable in a "no-install" directory.  This works for me:

TEMP.BAT
[Select]
@echo off
start "CHS" "c:\NoInst\ClipboardHelpAndSpell\ClipboardHelpAndSpell.exe"
cls
exit

The command window flashes on screen momentarily, then disappears, and CHS loads correctly.  I looked at the syntax for START.  In part it shows:


START ["title"] [/D path] [/I] [/MIN] [/MAX] [/SEPARATE | /SHARED]
      [/LOW | /NORMAL | /HIGH | /REALTIME | /ABOVENORMAL | /BELOWNORMAL]
      [/AFFINITY <hex affinity>] [/WAIT] [/B] [command/program]
      [parameters]

    "title"     Title to display in  window title bar.


I originally tried 

start "c:\NoInst\ClipboardHelpAndSpell\ClipboardHelpAndSpell.exe"


and found the window title was actually "c:\NoInst\ClipboardHelpAndSpell\ClipboardHelpAndSpell.exe".  That made me wonder if "title" is now obligatory, though now, with the ersatz title, it just says cmd.exe.  Still not as neat as I'd like as I'd prefer the cmd window not to flash on screen.  Are you running a scheduler, or something with a scheduler in it, like PowerPro?  If so, could you use that instead?  In that case, you could probably run a .lnk instead of a batch.
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Starting CHS via batch file quandary
« Last post by rjbull on January 10, 2013, 03:37 PM »
If you want to delay programs on start-up, an alternative approach might be to use WinPatrol.  I have to add I only presume this works in the free version, as I'm a registered user.

You haven't got spaces in your path to CHS, have you?  If so, I think you'd need to wrap the path in quotes (though if you're using batch files, you'll already know that).
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General Software Discussion / Re: Software that sounded useful, so you bought it, but then...
« Last post by rjbull on January 10, 2013, 03:21 PM »
HanDBase. I don't recommend it.
-robinsiebler (January 10, 2013, 02:13 PM)
Worrying, because I'd begun to ponder it again.  I still use a Palm, and HanDBase is one of the few apps that have Windows, Palm, Android and other mobile platforms.  It also begs the question: what actually is a good, usable, affordable database app for Windows, if you don't have/don't want to use Microsoft Access?
704
Shareware Discounts for Members / Re: Discount Request Thread
« Last post by rjbull on January 08, 2013, 04:46 PM »
Is the longstanding discount for TheBat! still active?
705
Shareware Discounts for Members / Re: Discount Request Thread
« Last post by rjbull on January 08, 2013, 04:29 PM »
The whereisit link needs correcting.
706
Living Room / Re: Fascinating dust
« Last post by rjbull on January 08, 2013, 04:27 PM »
On seeing the thread title, my first thought was of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy  :)
707
Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Earlier versions of Serif software at bargain prices until 4 Jan. 2013
« Last post by rjbull on January 08, 2013, 04:18 PM »
I haven't had much from Serif by post, but certainly loads of e-mails and occasional bursts of phone calls, presumably whenever they're having a campaign.  One I really didn't like was when they wanted to sell me a big disk of all their current programs, pay for the lot up front, return those you don't want later.  They lost interest when I said "Oh.  Inertia selling."
708
General Software Discussion / Re: Software that sounded useful, so you bought it, but then...
« Last post by rjbull on January 08, 2013, 04:15 PM »
I received one of Serif's many offers a while back, this time for Omnipage Pro 15 at some very low price.  I don't use it often, and find the UI so bizarre I have to re-learn it each time, but it does seem to work quite well.
709
Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Action Outline on offer at Bits du Jour, 2011-11-21
« Last post by rjbull on January 08, 2013, 04:08 PM »
I really need the hit table AND Boolean search, if I want to avoid having tenfold "hits" I then have to discard.
[...]
nowhere in all these, you'll get "semantic search", i.e. automatic inclusion of "dog" in your search when you'll search for "spaniel" or "retriever"
[...]
the real prob is, you'll (hopefully) use all sorts of synonyms all over the place
[...] and how to find something then, without Boolean search?
-helmut85 (January 06, 2013, 08:06 PM)
I hear you  :(  I used to use the mighty Dialog online information system with its large collection of huge patent, scientific and technical databases, with literally millions of records.  I was used to building complex Boolean searches.  I don't think there is anything like what you're asking for as a desktop application with an affordable price.  The closest would be DB/TextWorks by Inmagic Corp., but this is meant for powering corporate libraries and the like, with price to match.  It's true that they made the DOS version of Inmagic (which used to cost $1,200) free: see the Information, Reference, Research page of the Free Software for DOS Web site.  That's good, but obviously DOS software is getting harder to use on later versions of Windows.  Even then, Inmagic has (if I remember correctly) only a limited number of synonyms, but it does have serious Boolean searching power.

My impression is that developers of Windows desktop applications either don't understand the needs of serious text searching, or they think end users won't understand either how to use the program or its the value, or they can't make such a program at a sensible cost, or all of those.  Also, I think some of the programs that do exist reflect too much what programmers want for themselves, rather than being robust search engines for anyone with a large collection of texts.  It's a shame, because I'd like the same sort of thing you do.

I regret the demise of askSam - AS, as it was, but being stable and without all these hellish bugs making people lose data, would have been preferable to them all.
-helmut85 (January 06, 2013, 08:06 PM)
Do you mean that the most recent version of askSam isn't reliable?

A few more you might consider, if you haven't already, but be warned that I've only used NoteFrog and Archivarius 3000 so far:

  • NoteFrog
    Works in memory and currently limited to 25,000 notes, no way to drop things out of the hits list, limited to Boolean AND, but nice to use within its limitations.  Online simulation to save you the download  :)
     
  • dtSearch
    Some comments about this on DC; expensive.
     
  • InfoQube Information Management System
    Quite a few comments on DC; the developer (pplandry) posts here.
     
  • Archivarius 3000
    Very good desktop search engine.

So much for little outliners. ;-)
-helmut85 (January 06, 2013, 08:06 PM)
They do have their uses  :)  But IMHO they aren't ideal for really big jobs.

Oops, I mixed up my accounts I'd been really angry about my contributions being called spam and myself being thrown out
-helmut85 (January 06, 2013, 08:06 PM)
You mean, clean and helmut85 are the same person?  :)

I had very well understood there's some smart and affable folks around here.
-helmut85 (January 06, 2013, 08:06 PM)
I'm glad you felt able to come back.  You'd have to ask the moderators about why you were spammed out; it's usually because a post looks like some kind of advertising.
710
Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: using CHS
« Last post by rjbull on January 06, 2013, 04:36 PM »
It works for me with Word 2010, even when the clips are greyed out in the titles list.  I think they're usually greyed out if you have the cursor on the first entry in the tree, "All."  Normally you'd have the "New" node active, when they'll be normal.

Have you checked these Options?  I wondered if you had Double-clicking on Grid Cell Performs: set to Nothing.  Also, this is the Options screen where you turn sounds on and off, which is most likely where you need to go to turn the funny sound off.

CHS_opts.png
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: using CHS
« Last post by rjbull on January 06, 2013, 02:50 PM »
If the clip you want is on the popup, you can single-click it to paste into the underlying application.  If it isn't, then bring up CHS main window, find your clip, rght-click on its title in the Titles list, pick the last action on the context menu, Copy Selected Clip to Active Window. 
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General Software Discussion / Re: Software that sounded useful, so you bought it, but then...
« Last post by rjbull on January 06, 2013, 02:41 PM »
From the APPLIED MURPHOLOGY site:

GLATUM'S LAW OF MATERIALISTIC ACQUISITIVENESS:
The perceived usefulness of an article is inversely proportional to it's actual usefulness once bought and paid for.
713
Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Action Outline on offer at Bits du Jour, 2011-11-21
« Last post by rjbull on January 06, 2013, 12:18 PM »
@clean:

You'd probably like the way AllMyNotes Organizer does things.  It offers Google-like as well as simple search, and the hits are presented in a sort of "mini-tree" that clearly indicates that things are filtered.  It's one of the ones that only operate in memory, so it won't do for really large databases, and its other features may or may not grab you.
714
Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Earlier versions of Serif software at bargain prices until 4 Jan. 2013
« Last post by rjbull on January 06, 2013, 12:07 PM »
What's this Uniblue scam?
715
Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Earlier versions of Serif software at bargain prices until 4 Jan. 2013
« Last post by rjbull on January 04, 2013, 03:19 PM »
i always go to check the serif products website but i'm in shock when i see their apps weight are sized in hundreds of megabytes.
-flamerz (January 02, 2013, 01:05 PM)
What kunkel321 said.  I'd assumed, though, that that's why they could offer such low prices, downloads remove the need for burning disks, packaging and mailing.

Unrelated puzzle; how come there are so many photo editors now, given that Photoshop dominates the professional market (and is frequently ripped off), and Elements and PaintShop Pro probably dominate the lower end?
716
Found Deals and Discounts / Earlier versions of Serif software at bargain prices until 4 Jan. 2013
« Last post by rjbull on January 01, 2013, 04:01 PM »
Save over 90% in the big Serif sale

Offers available until Friday 4th January.  Earlier, but still fairly recent versions of Serif software at bargain prices:

Serif Saver Bundle  £50.00

WebPlus X5 £10.00
Web site design

PagePlus X5  £10.00
Desk top publishing

PhotoPlus X4  £10.00
Photo editing

DrawPlus X4 £10.00
Digital art, drawing, design

MoviePlus X5 £10.00
Video editing
717
Living Room / Re: With apologies to John, Paul, Ringo and that other bloke
« Last post by rjbull on December 31, 2012, 02:19 PM »
Sung to the tune of "Let It Be" by the Beatles:

When I find my code in tons of trouble,
Friends and colleagues come to me,
Speaking words of wisdom:
"Write in C."

As the deadline fast approaches,
And bugs are all that I can see,
Somewhere, someone whispers:
"Write in C."

Write in C, write in C,
Write in C, oh, write in C,
Lisp is dead and buried,
Write in C.

I used to write a lot of Fortran,
For science it worked flawlessly.
Try using it for graphics !
Write in C.

If you've just spent nearly thirty hours
Debugging some assembly,
Soon you will be glad to
Write in C.

Write in C, write in C,
Write in C, yeah, write in C.
Only wimps use Basic.
Write in C.

- from amiga/lounge #7147 on Cix, via Computer Guardian, April 1993.
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General Software Discussion / Re: General brainstorming for Note-taking software
« Last post by rjbull on December 31, 2012, 02:11 PM »
I vaguely recognise the name BHO from the (very) dim and distant past, but I'm note sure if I have ever used it. I might have another look.
-Dormouse (December 31, 2012, 06:44 AM)
I don't think you'd like it in its present form.  It's unusual if not unique in being three-pane, and having a drop target "basket," but it needs considerable updating.  E.g., Web clips and RTF clips both transfer as plain text, despite BHO having RTF editing; entering internal note-to-note links is a pain, and so on.  I've lodged some comments with the new developer, who says his list is growing...

While I have been messing about looking at these programs again, I decided to install the latest version of Zoot (which I don't think I have ever tried before). Seems seriously weird/different and its not obvious exactly how to manage it
-Dormouse (December 31, 2012, 06:44 AM)
If you look hard enough on DC, maybe even in this very thread, you'll find superboyAC saying much the same thing about an older version of Zoot, and taking quite a while to "get" it.

I can understand why the trial period lasts 90 days, and I'm not sure that will be quite enough. No idea if there is any sense in the perception, but it felt as if it might be more like IQ than the other progs I have used - I've never been able to get into IQ, but always had a lot of respect for what it seems capable of doing.
-Dormouse (December 31, 2012, 06:44 AM)
Pierre kindly sent me a free personal license for IQ, but it has a reputation for being hard to get to grips with.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Improve precision of Drag & Drop
« Last post by rjbull on December 30, 2012, 03:30 PM »
Suggest a quick review of DC thread any Numpad mouse / Mousekeys for Vista? which mentions a couple of programs, NeatMouse and Mouse Emulator.  Also, you might try Googling "assistive software."
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General Software Discussion / Re: General brainstorming for Note-taking software
« Last post by rjbull on December 30, 2012, 02:51 PM »
@Dormouse:

Neither Black Hole Organizer nor Aml Pages are in anything like the same class as UR, but they share a feature obligate mouse jockeys might like.  Both have a floating drag-and-drop target.  You mark a block with your mouse and drag it onto the target, when the program automatically creates a new note.  Aml Pages includes the URL, BHO doesn't, but BHO stagnated a long time before the new developer took it over.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Join Clips
« Last post by rjbull on December 23, 2012, 04:36 PM »
Clipboard Helper looks like the two PasteBoard tools I mentioned, but newer/currently maintained.
722
General Software Discussion / XYplorer ends Lifetime License
« Last post by rjbull on December 23, 2012, 04:07 PM »
With apologies if this has been mentioned before:

XYplorer: The End of the Lifetime License

XYplorer_lifetime_license_is_no_more.png

It looks like this will happen in January 2013, so you have a few days left to run and get it.

XYplorer Buy Now (or forever regret it)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Join Clips
« Last post by rjbull on December 23, 2012, 03:45 PM »
This has been asked for before: see

IDEA: Auto copy information from clipboard to MS Word

Clipboard type programme to collect together snippets of text

Summarising what I said there, and adding resources:

  • PC Magazine's WinPaste pasteboard, freeware: see attachment below.
  • Dr. Mike Sanders's PasteBoard, freeware: see attachment below.
  • ClipCache 1.41, last free version
  • ClipCache Pro, payware. Tip; Help > Working with ClipCache > Clipboard Routing.
  • NoteTab Light
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General Software Discussion / Re: Personalize a folder text name or file text name
« Last post by rjbull on December 19, 2012, 10:12 AM »
Take a look at these former Bits du Jour offers?
You'd have to check for Win7, though...
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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Recursive Search and Replace in Nested Folders
« Last post by rjbull on December 19, 2012, 09:34 AM »
Esp. with raw substitution this kind of filtering is ideal for sed stream editor. Only hassle is it's a Linux command.  But you may find binary Windows ports.
-MilesAhead (December 18, 2012, 09:06 PM)
Here are two:
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