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Living Room / Re: Cascading grammar trolls

« Last post by Target on September 18, 2012, 01:41 AM »

excelent 

-phitsc (September 18, 2012, 01:30 AM)

not a chance, no one here will fall for that

PS you spelt excelent wrong

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Living Room / Re: Open source cell phone projects.

« Last post by Target on September 17, 2012, 07:46 PM »

legal issues aside, you might like to have a look at hack a days Cell Phone Hacks section

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Batch-create shortcuts from a CSV file

« Last post by Target on September 12, 2012, 08:14 PM »

Hello all,

Here is what I want to achieve. I need to create around 80-90 shortcuts. I have a CSV file that is formatted as such:

Code: Text [Select]

1. Shortcut Title, Command

Is there a tool that can take this csv file and create shortscuts titled "Shortcut Title" and points to the "Command" executable or path?

-Josh (September 12, 2012, 07:26 PM)

I haven't tested this, but try this AHK script...

[Select]

#singleinstance,force

fileselectfile, src, ,*.csv
if errorlevel
  exitapp

loop, read, %src%
{
  stringsplit,tmp_,a_loopreadline,`,
  filecreateshortcut, %tmp_2%, %tmp_1%
}

exitapp

shortcuts should be created in the same directory as the script, though if you want to create them in a specific location that could be catered for as well

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DC Gamer Club / Re: razer nostromo

« Last post by Target on September 12, 2012, 06:03 PM »

hmmm, I was kinda hoping you guys might talk me out of this

I think a NAGA is a bit over the top for my needs (not to mention my budget, or my co-ordination!),  but something else to consider when I get the urge to buy some new peripherals

many thanks, and still interested to hear others experiences

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DC Gamer Club / razer nostromo

« Last post by Target on September 12, 2012, 02:05 AM »

anyone here use one of these beasties?

I've got the itch to get one and I don't know whether or not it's a worthwhile investment (help save me from myself!!)

I have a friend who uses one and he seems to like it, but the online reviews are mixed

FWIW I mostly play shooters (single player), but I'd like to think it would have uses beyond gaming

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Living Room / Re: Kiss Your Keyboard and Mouse Goodbye With The Leap

« Last post by Target on September 06, 2012, 10:57 PM »

Whenever I see something like this, the first thing that comes to mind is, "Wouldn't your arms get tired?"

-40hz (September 06, 2012, 09:24 PM)

(see attachment in previous post)
Really? The first thing that comes to my mind is: OMG! Cats! Their tails!!! What if they were suddenly able to get access to Internet? Humanity would be doomed!
[/quote]

all the youtube clips will be of cats ass's...

now that I think about it, that might have already happened 

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Living Room / Re: Nokia's new Lumia 920 phone doesn't impress. But why? (no reason)

« Last post by Target on September 05, 2012, 11:01 PM »

have you tried contacting steven leather?

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Living Room / Re: Raspberry Pi's $35 Linux PC

« Last post by Target on September 05, 2012, 06:07 PM »

from How to Geek this morning - Free Raspberry Pi OS building course offered by University of Cambridge

direct link to the university site

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General Software Discussion / Re: data recovery tool, [i]on a network drive[/i]

« Last post by Target on August 30, 2012, 10:25 PM »

DOH, I never thought much about the OS

We're a MS shop, so Win7 and/or XP (we're in the process of migrating).

It's also a corporate lan so that drive is sitting on a machine 'somewhere' (probably a VM). It could be nearby, but most likely it's 2000km away.  If I could access the drive directly this wouldn't be an issue

I managed to find 'a copy' that might have been the latest version (or not), but it will get us out of trouble.  If nothing else it will motivate me to setup the backup process I've been planning...  

thanks anyway

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General Software Discussion / data recovery tool, [i]on a network drive[/i]

« Last post by Target on August 30, 2012, 08:44 PM »

I'm pretty sure I know the answer already, but I'll ask anyway

A colleague made the unfortunate mistake of overwriting an important document that's stored on a (shared) network drive and we need to recover it if at all possible.

any idea's?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Simplifying Your Computer

« Last post by Target on August 22, 2012, 06:03 PM »

I cleaned out dozens of app's a couple of months ago when my mobo failed

sadly no noticeable difference performance wise...

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Post New Requests Here / Re: [IDEA] Opening List of Links

« Last post by Target on August 20, 2012, 05:50 PM »

Visit URL?

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Living Room / Re: Shake Your Head & Look At This Pic

« Last post by Target on August 19, 2012, 11:43 PM »

Ah lol sorry, my brain is working ultra slow tonight 

-Stephen66515 (August 19, 2012, 11:41 PM)

perhaps if you shook your head and reread it?

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Living Room / Re: Is having everything available in "real time" where we really want to go?

« Last post by Target on August 16, 2012, 09:16 PM »

actually it's surprising how often these sorts of posts are popping up these days

many people 'in the business' seem to be realising how intrusive or demanding 'always on' is becoming and how little reward they're actually getting from it (or perhaps the cost doesn't justify the benefit), and they're actively choosing to either disconnect, or to severely curtail their online activities in favour of 'a normal life'...

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Living Room / Re: It's Official: Many DC'ers Are Psychopaths~! :P

« Last post by Target on August 09, 2012, 05:54 PM »

Some fruitcake standing over a pile of corpses with a can of whipped cream, a sparkler, and a spoon does not need counseling.

-Stoic Joker (August 08, 2012, 07:02 PM)

so you've seen my FB photo?

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Living Room / Re: It's Official: Many DC'ers Are Psychopaths~! :P

« Last post by Target on August 08, 2012, 01:23 AM »

Oh God! I'd better make a trip to Uganda quick so that I don't end up running around in a mindless killing spree~!

-Renegade (August 08, 2012, 12:58 AM)

'cos when you do it there it's not mindless?

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: BBCeditor 1.0.30

« Last post by Target on August 07, 2012, 05:53 PM »

@Target
Test version with external applications added:
http://fenixproducti...bc/BBCeditor1134.zip
I think Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C are enough for this task.

-fenixproductions (August 05, 2012, 06:39 PM)

looks good 

I note that there are 3(?) buttons on the toolbar that don't have icons - is this an oversight, or part of your dev tools?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Sticky window-specific reading guide.

« Last post by Target on August 04, 2012, 04:23 AM »

you're most welcome

The vertical line was included because it was in the app you quoted (Cross Hair).  If you don't need it then as you already worked out it's not a problem to remove it

to change the colour of the font insert the following -

[Select]

gui, font, cRED [sXX BOLD]

you can substitute any colour you like for <RED>, but you'll need to provide the RGB value for anything that's not in the standard pallete.

The 'sXX' option will set the font size, and the 'BOLD' will, well, make the font bold.  You don't need to use either of these, but feel free to experiment and find something that's comfortable for you

FYI, that line of code needs to be added before the line adding the groupbox (ie line 13)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Sticky window-specific reading guide.

« Last post by Target on August 02, 2012, 06:16 PM »

Sweet, Thanks!  Did you just make this, Target?  (It'll be kindof cool if you did make it--since it looks like a "target"    )  It seems to work well.
I think I'll try the ************************  thing and see if I can get it to work. 

-kunkel321 (August 02, 2012, 12:29 PM)

you asked, so...

and for those that are interested, but not inclined to fiddle with the script, attached is a version with the aforementioned change

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: BBCeditor 1.0.30

« Last post by Target on August 02, 2012, 05:09 PM »

I will check what I can do.

The problem here is: I am always overthinking things, so now I have not only an idea for starting external application with some parameters BUT to also have WM_MESSAGES support. Darn me

-fenixproductions (August 02, 2012, 01:40 PM)

hehe, it's not like you had anything else to do though, is it...

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Sticky window-specific reading guide.

« Last post by Target on August 01, 2012, 09:53 PM »

That works reasonably well.  First tried it in Windows Explorer ... went full screen.  After a moment's reflection, that makes sense, since explorer is the desktop   .

Tried it again in Firefox ... worked just fine.  However, those lines are just a bit too fine for these old eyes.  Guess I could go in and play with it, since the .ahk file is part of the download.  Have to make the hotkeys adjustable - I hate hotkeys   - since those are occupied on my system.

-barney (August 01, 2012, 09:13 PM)

it will only go full screen if the nominated window is also full screen - if you resize the window, then the cross hair window will resize to match

EDIT: I just tested this and it goes full screen on the desktop.   Window spy reports the desktop (in Win7) as 'program manager', so I assume that would explain the behaviour (kind of...)

hotkeys are very personal, so by all means change them.  This was a first cut, so I expected some feedback (I rarely use any of the snacks I do so I tend to re-use a standard set of hotkeys)

not sure if there's much you can do about the thickness of the lines.  This is really a kludge using group boxes, and I'm pretty sure there's not much scope for customising them.  

Actually, you can add a v e r y long literal (eg 5000 asterix) to the horizontal control.  This would be thicker than the controls outline, but should't be obtrusive (at least it looks OK ish on my desktop at 1680 X 1050)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Sticky window-specific reading guide.

« Last post by Target on August 01, 2012, 08:48 PM »

how about this...



runs in the background, and applies a 'cross hair' to the nominated window (only).  'Cross hairs' are hidden when that window is not active

Hotkey WIN+F1 toggles the 'cross hairs' on and off, ie to switch to another window/application, activate that window then toggle the hotkey off then on again.

Hotkey WIN+Right Mouse Button 'freezes the 'cross hairs'

Hotkey WIN+X to exit

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: BBCeditor 1.0.30

« Last post by Target on August 01, 2012, 03:38 PM »

a feature request

I'll admit to not following this thread closely so this may have already been requested, but here goes anyway

I would like the option to add a link (toolbar button?) to an external application, eg mobysaurus and/or wordweb. 

no biggy, but these kind of go hand in hand for me

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Target on July 26, 2012, 07:48 PM »

five women attacked him with knives and sticks, demanding that he have sex with all of them at once.

I hate it when that happens...

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by Target on July 25, 2012, 09:57 PM »

Remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be devastated THEN!

hadn't heard that one before, reminds me of Curt's signature:

-tomos (July 25, 2012, 04:44 PM)

that's called a retortoolate