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General Software Discussion / Re: Managing windows when some monitors are turned off...

« Last post by Ath on May 22, 2017, 05:43 AM »

All my attempts with kmplayer don't go well for me.

-Contro (May 22, 2017, 04:41 AM)

Sounds like a specific kmplayer issue, it might give similar issues when using other tools for doing the same, though I don't use (or have) kmplayer here.

Also don't work for me with Pspad ( a notepad alternative) .

-Contro (May 22, 2017, 04:41 AM)

This is an issue with PSPad, confirmed, should be reported in the PSPad forum, IMHO.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Managing windows when some monitors are turned off...

« Last post by Ath on May 22, 2017, 01:26 AM »

Shift-right-click the taskbar icon, select Move, use cursor keys to move the window in the direction of a turned-on monitor. When Move is greyed out in the menu then the window is maximized, use Restore first to un-maximize it, and repeat the Shift-right-click/Move as described.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Can Notepad++ send text to the cloud and read it on my android phone?

« Last post by Ath on May 21, 2017, 03:37 AM »

And there's CintaNotes, mentioned here before, that moved it's SimpleNote synchronization into the free version some time ago. Notes can be viewed/edited on Android (and other platforms) using a SimpleNote app. Very convenient. (disclaimer: I'm a happy CintaNotes user, received a free Lifetime-PRO license in a giveaway here on DCF).
The CintaNotes author is a regular visitor of this forum.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: An Idea: Providing some small funding for a yearly (or 6 month) regular coder

« Last post by Ath on May 20, 2017, 10:18 AM »

Perhaps a better thing would be to give the money to coding snack coders?

-mouser (May 20, 2017, 08:52 AM)

That would probably work better if the number of snack requests was higher than it is currently. And the size of a snack usually involves only a couple of hours work (and sometimes even less). And most snacks are handled by 2 or 3 persons... But it would be an extra motivator for picking up a request, I guess. Now to find a way of increasing the volume

It seems you end up with the same dilemma's as the last time you brought up this subject

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: An Idea: Providing some small funding for a yearly (or 6 month) regular coder

« Last post by Ath on May 19, 2017, 04:07 PM »

Well, had I known this 5 months ago... I'm now entering the final rounds of a (volunteer) coding project, that has to be completed before July 1st, that could have met the criteria for this 'challenge'
Though we didn't discuss ownership of the code (should be mine as I wrote it all, in my own time) and the question of open-sourcing it, or not. That question is planned for the next meeting. But it's not one of the criteria here, AFAICS.
Maybe next project

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Discussion of ignore feature

« Last post by Ath on May 14, 2017, 01:22 PM »

(first post after massive edit of 13-05-17 from ~10 lines to ~300 lines)
tl;dr

Wut?
@ital2: please start your own blog, imo preferably elsewhere

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Mouser's Zone / Re: issue with automatic screenshotter

« Last post by Ath on May 12, 2017, 01:59 PM »

(remote, ok, but that doesn't matter I think)

-AbteriX (May 12, 2017, 01:13 PM)

I beg to differ in opinion by experience. The most annoying screen-, and keyboard- for that matter, issues I have experienced where when using (any) remote desktop control software. They do actually manipulate the video-buffers directly, by their drivers or in other ways, so that would have been my nr.1 suspect in your situation.

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Mouser's Zone / Re: issue with automatic screenshotter

« Last post by Ath on May 12, 2017, 09:37 AM »

- menu from tray icon and from application are not captured at all (not true, some work),
I only see cursor over pushed button, but menu is not on screenshot.

-AbteriX (May 12, 2017, 08:39 AM)

Maybe some video-driver (updates available from the manufacturer, don't rely on Windows Update for that) or AV related issues?

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Feature request: Use mouse button to take a screenshot/capture

« Last post by Ath on May 11, 2017, 02:44 PM »

what you probably could do is find a 3rd party mouse "gesture" type program that lets you trigger certain hotkeys when you do certain things with the mouse.

-mouser (May 11, 2017, 01:15 PM)

Sounds like Just Gestures would fit that task just nicely. (Freeware, no longer maintained)
When in need of a little more power and possibly support, StrokesPlus should be a candidate. (Freeware, Lua-scriptable) (Both: no connections, just did a google search )

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General Software Discussion / Re: anything better than Object Dock 2 Plus?

« Last post by Ath on May 09, 2017, 05:16 AM »

Dear ital2, please stop messing up the tread-title without any need, it is very confusing for us, readers. TIA.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Lemon - Encrypted, Distributed, Decentralized Email

« Last post by Ath on May 08, 2017, 01:28 AM »

so I could prove that even though I may be crazy, I didn't hallucinate that it did say cappuccino!

-Deozaan (May 07, 2017, 03:42 PM)

I've read that too, so I can be your witness

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General Software Discussion / Re: anything better than Object Dock 2 Plus?

« Last post by Ath on May 07, 2017, 10:06 AM »

That is the part I couldn't find either

Been a TLB user since version 1.0 (and maybe even used betas before that, can't recall anymore) around 2002/2003, and the 1 feature that's pulling me back every time is the open-menu-on-hover that can be, quite detailed, configured. Avoids having to click to open a menu, very rsi-preventing, imho. And it may help that I got my license for free after translating the UI to Dutch (stopped maintaining that from v.3... when the api/procedure changed significantly)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Lemon - Encrypted, Distributed, Decentralized Email

« Last post by Ath on May 07, 2017, 01:42 AM »

will I get a discount?

-rgdot (May 06, 2017, 02:13 PM)

I expect all you get is lemons...

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Living Room / Re: Looking for programming language

« Last post by Ath on May 04, 2017, 01:28 AM »

Please state all your requirements before we jump to conclusions and have to recapitulate later, when you formulate more 'wishes'.
The current slim list sounds like you have never done any programming before, so maybe you can elaborate on what you want to try to achieve.

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Non-Windows Software / Re: Android 6 tablet Cmd keys?

« Last post by Ath on May 03, 2017, 10:30 AM »

Have you dared to press them already?

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Developer's Corner / Re: Help fixing bugs in AutoHotKey SHIFT/SHIFT activate key

« Last post by Ath on May 03, 2017, 01:32 AM »

it can be very frequently used by people

-IainB (May 02, 2017, 10:36 PM)

"Alt" is about the worst key to use for something like this, as it is used for nearly every hotkey in every application, and it has the function of activating hotkey-underscores in the menu of standard 'classic' (Win32/WinForms) Windows UI applications when pressed once.
Only usable keys would probably be "Shift" or the hardly ever used "Scroll Lock".

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Finished Programs / Re: Directory Squasher: taking the in out of inconsistency

« Last post by Ath on May 02, 2017, 02:22 PM »

I've had a look at it, and it looks quite impressive
Did a lot of Windows (and DOS) scripting using batchfiles over the years, so I've seen quite some anomalies during testing, and I can only assume you've seen a few while working on this
One of the reasons I love bash/shell scripting: it just works

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Mouser's Zone / Re: Bug report: automatic screenshotter stops

« Last post by Ath on May 02, 2017, 02:16 PM »

These symptoms smell like a resource (file?, gdi handle?) that's not closed while it should be closed. Eventually the process will run out of that resource, and freezes.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Open website in custom browser

« Last post by Ath on May 01, 2017, 02:17 PM »

You've used the location of the shortcut to IE, not the executable program. That's this file: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" (Well, at least on my Win10 box)
The shortcut has a .lnk extension (hidden always by Windows Explorer), so .exe won't get you anywhere.

How I got there?
- Right-click the shortcut in the start menu
- Choose "Open file location"
- Right-click the Internet Explorer shortcut and choose Properties
- Get the value in the Target field (selected by default)

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Mouser's Zone / Re: Bug report: automatic screenshotter stops

« Last post by Ath on May 01, 2017, 01:56 PM »

Stuff to check:
- Antivirus in use? Have you tried disabling AV for the screenshot-folder?
- Number of files? (@mouser: Maybe an automatic directory creator/rotation after ~1000 files or so, or date/hour based, would be useful)
- Specs of the drive the files are stored on? (Does it handle continuous writing for that amount of time and data?)

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Antivirus

« Last post by Ath on April 27, 2017, 03:42 PM »

Isn't it Win7+?

-f0dder (April 27, 2017, 03:13 PM)

Well, the Win 10 version is the one updated with (reasonable) up to date AV technology, not the Win 7/Win8.x version, AFAIK, and the baseline Win 10 OS is far more security-aware than previous releases.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Antivirus

« Last post by Ath on April 24, 2017, 03:11 AM »

Oh, windows defender is enough!

-Mikekolly (April 24, 2017, 02:21 AM)

Important requirement: On Windows 10 that is, older Windows releases only have a 'less well-developed' MSE version available.

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Coding Snacks / Re: Connect by command

« Last post by Ath on April 19, 2017, 01:07 PM »

While I try to discover the deep reason in windows 8.1 for this disconfiguration

-Contro (April 19, 2017, 12:42 PM)

Try a proper working Windows version like Windows 7 or Windows 10, the 8.x range is like Windows SE or Vista: barely any good 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Considering going Android all the way

« Last post by Ath on April 18, 2017, 02:39 PM »

The only thing binding me to it is Windows Programming.

-MilesAhead (April 18, 2017, 07:43 AM)

The fly in the ointment is going without coding.

-MilesAhead (April 18, 2017, 07:43 AM)

This is ofc not a 1 + 1, but maybe this would be an option? http://www.android-ide.com/

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: Progress Bars of Life Android

« Last post by Ath on April 15, 2017, 05:31 AM »

After some yearly events (birthdays mostly) have passed on PBOL Android, I think I've found a little bug: After a birthday has passed, the new end-date/time is updated correctly, but the start-date/time seems to stay at the current date/time, so the progressbar isn't showing any progress, until I manually set the start-date/time to the desired point in time.
Or is this so on purpose?