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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for software to manage and merge various MS word documents
« Last post by Target on July 12, 2012, 05:53 PM »
rather than bookmarks I think I'd try working with mailmerge...

maybe a bit fiddly to set up, but you can use merges to regenerate the documents.

You'd still need to keep a master list of documents and their components to track the changes, but it seems like automating the merges should be do-able in VBA

How many documents are we talking about all up?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for software to manage and merge various MS word documents
« Last post by Target on July 10, 2012, 06:07 PM »
this is another situation where a bit more info might help (what are you using the documents for, are there any document foramtting considerations, etc)

if you're creating static documents from a (randomised?) set of source documents why update at all.  If you keep a record of the document 'templates' all you need is something that will create a new version with the updated content, ie delete the old version and replace it with a new (updated) version.

The only rub with this approach (that I can think of) is if the output is edited or has formatting applied post assembly, though even that isn't necessarily a show stopper
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General Software Discussion / Re: Cyclic Redundancy Error on CD/DVD
« Last post by Target on July 05, 2012, 11:19 PM »
I also use ImgBurn (very nice app!) and as I understand it, it's currently set up here to perform this sort of verification.

Are you familiar with the details of ImgBurn's verification process?  I don't know exactly what it does.

My impression is that this doesn't necessarily end up being equivalent to ensuring that the files you started with (e.g. pre-ISO creation) are what ends up burned on the disc, since there may be an intermediate step of creating an ISO (which is what I tend to do).

Even if ImgBurn does a good job, I may have failed to properly construct the ISO :)
-ewemoa (July 05, 2012, 10:06 PM)

hence the redundancy check with CD Check (worth noting that it doesn't do audio disks...) - it's a handy tool and you can compare against a directory or a hash file (it will also generate the hashes)

FWIW I usually include a copy of the hash file in my write
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Living Room / Re: Post Your Funny Videos Here [NSFW]
« Last post by Target on July 05, 2012, 06:15 PM »
there's always an alternate viewpoint...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Cyclic Redundancy Error on CD/DVD
« Last post by Target on July 05, 2012, 06:10 PM »
Sounds prudent  :up:

When I feel I have the time, in addition to verifying, I have also used SearchMyFiles with the Non-Duplicates Search option to compare the file content on the burned media with the source file content.  Perhaps a bit extreme, but IIUC it can catch some (hopefully unlikely) problems such as a file not getting placed within an ISO appropriately.
-ewemoa (July 05, 2012, 04:24 AM)

most 'decent' burning apps (I use ImgBurn) these days should include the option to verify a new disc as part of the process.

Where there's any doubt I also use CD Check
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Living Room / Re: Raspberry Pi's $35 Linux PC
« Last post by Target on June 26, 2012, 06:39 PM »
^Which board you should pick will depend on what you want to accomplish.
-40hz (June 26, 2012, 05:20 AM)

I was leaning toward the arduino for this very reason (I have a small robotics project in mind).  I've done a bit of research, and as you say there are any number of resources available, but as this is potentially a very complex subject I guess I was looking for a recommendation of a good entry point.  I've read some of the make stuff and it's not really what I was looking for (it was more 'insert tab a into slot b' type of stuff).
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Living Room / Re: Raspberry Pi's $35 Linux PC
« Last post by Target on June 26, 2012, 12:05 AM »
at the risk of going off on a tangent (HA!) these little boards have caught my attention of late, and I would like to learn a bit more but I don't know where to start

Can anyone recommend some good introductory resources - web based stuff is good, but good books would suit me better

EDIT: I'm guessing as total noob that arduino is probably a good pick, but I'm open to advice from all you experts...
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General Software Discussion / Re: corrupt index (I think): how to fix?
« Last post by Target on June 25, 2012, 07:39 PM »
good news :Thmbsup:

FWIW I'd still wash and reformat the drive before I used it...
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General Software Discussion / Re: corrupt index (I think): how to fix?
« Last post by Target on June 21, 2012, 09:25 PM »
not sure how much time you want to spend on this, but if it was me I'd copy the files off, then run eraser over the drive, then (probably) reformat, and then check/test again...
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General Software Discussion / Re: corrupt index (I think): how to fix?
« Last post by Target on June 21, 2012, 08:38 PM »
do you have enough 'spare' space somewhere else to copy everything off that drive?

it might be easier to try copying/moving everything away, then wipe that disk and start again
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Chop off extra junk in file names
« Last post by Target on June 21, 2012, 12:16 AM »
I've downloaded all three RegEx programs and will experiment when you provide the corrected code.
-nkormanik (June 20, 2012, 11:56 PM)

FYI, if you use a renamer like BRU (and there are many) they already have the funtionality to do that, ie no regex needed.

The plus is that you can see, in real time, what your changes are going to look like before you make them, so there's plenty of time to fine tune your parameters

Screenshot - 21_06_2012 , 15_14_31.png
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General Software Discussion / Re: Go Back
« Last post by Target on June 20, 2012, 11:50 PM »
you still haven't advised what this is for or how/why you think you might be going to use it, but I'm pretty sure manic time won't do what you seem to be asking for...

If I understand it correctly then what you want is something that effectively takes a snapshot of your system state (ie active windows/applications, task status, etc) at predefined intervals, and gives you the option to go back to a nominated point in the past (ie active windows/applications, task status, etc).  This would effectively undo anything/and everything you might have done in the intervening period.

And if I understand it correctly then I suspect you're going to be sol (sadly, out of luck...)

Closest alternative I can think of off the top of my head would be to take a screenshot every 5 seconds or so, and while this wouldn't provide you with any sort of go back functionality, you would at least be able to see what you were doing x minutes ago...
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Chop off extra junk in file names
« Last post by Target on June 20, 2012, 09:04 PM »
pretty much any of the 'good' renaming apps will do this for you out of the box - everyone has their preferred option but you could try BRU
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General Software Discussion / Re: Go Back
« Last post by Target on June 20, 2012, 01:59 AM »
I still have one question that hasn't been answered... and it's IMHO the first that should have been answered :-\
Please elaborate.
-Ath (June 20, 2012, 01:50 AM)

indeed - knowing what/how something is likely to be used can make a huge difference to the end solution
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General Software Discussion / Re: Go Back
« Last post by Target on June 19, 2012, 08:59 PM »
:-\  Move the cursor, but don't remember the active window ten minutes ago ?

that's a very relative Go Back...
 :P
-Contro (June 19, 2012, 08:14 PM)

I did ask you about that, but you indicated that the timer was the critical issue (no mention of window states, or relative positioning), so...

you actually want something that will reinstate whatever the active window was at a user nominated time in the past, and reposition the mouse relative to that window?

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Living Room / Re: Science News Roundup
« Last post by Target on June 19, 2012, 12:20 AM »
(see attachment in previous post)  He's sleeping....
-4wd (June 18, 2012, 11:50 PM)

well, he was here, but when he read this

It's quite often that you'll find great tits in a clutch....usually when attempting reproduction.

he rushed off to build a blind...
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General Software Discussion / Re: Go Back
« Last post by Target on June 18, 2012, 10:13 PM »
try this - Recursor

nothing fancy, it records the mouse cursor position every 5 seconds

Hotkey (Win + Space) moves the cursor to wherever it was 10 minutes ago (If it's been running for less than 10 minutes it does nothing)
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General Software Discussion / Re: From ZDnet writer - Final Thoughts on Windows 8: A Design Disaster
« Last post by Target on June 18, 2012, 05:29 PM »
Microsoft is infiltrated, from top to bottom, with saboteurs
-mouser (June 18, 2012, 12:25 PM)
It's not quite that bad — there are a just a few odd-Jobs men in core roles.
-cranioscopical (June 18, 2012, 02:38 PM)

so it really does only take a few bad apples to spoil everything?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Go Back
« Last post by Target on June 14, 2012, 10:53 PM »
do you just want to reposition the cursor relative to the screen, or relative to whatever window was active at the time?
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Sending user-supplied text
« Last post by Target on June 14, 2012, 12:23 AM »
This program I stole straight out of the docs:
[Select]
InputBox, UserInput, Phone Number, Please enter a phone number., , 640, 480
if ErrorLevel
    MsgBox, CANCEL was pressed.
else
    MsgBox, You entered "%UserInput%"
This works fine and the variable containing the user's input does half of what I want.  Instead of the 2nd Msg Box, I want to send a sentence like Your phone number is %UserInput% to Word or Notepad or some other app.  I've tried replacing the 2nd MsgBox line with a Send command.  That didn't work.  I tried assigning a hotkey to the script, so I could actually be sitting in my target app when I called the script up.  That didn't work.  I've been looking at WinActivate, but I'm not sure how to use that.  Mainly, I'm not sure if the problem is in the script (syntax) or that I'm lacking a command.
-ralphkru (June 13, 2012, 11:35 PM)

here's a super simple example using 2 hotkeys (one for input, and one for output) -

[Select]
#persistent
#singleinstance, ignore

#I::InputBox, UserInput, Enter a phone number,,, 150, 90

#O::sendinput, Your input value was '%userinput%'

WIN+I invokes the input box and populates the var UserInput with a value (or not, if you cancel the dialog)

WIN+O sends the output to wherever the cursor is (so some care may need to be taken)

Of course you can make this a lot more sophisticated depending on your requirements, but this covers the basics of what you're trying to do
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Sending user-supplied text
« Last post by Target on June 12, 2012, 10:27 PM »
Here's a question out of the command help.  For InputBox they show InputBox, OutputVar [, Title, Prompt, HIDE, Width, Height, X, Y, Font, Timeout, Default].  I assume the [ ] brackets mean the commands, I guess I mean parameters, are optional.  The question is, from the examples they show, you have to put a comma followed by a space for every one of those parameters you don't want to use.  That is, if you want to include parameter #1 and 3, but not #2, you have to put the comma+space between 1 and 3.  Correct?  And if you don't want to use any parameters after #3, you can just stop?
-ralphkru (June 12, 2012, 10:16 PM)

correct - so this would look like

[Select]
  input box, VarName, Par#1,,Par#3

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Living Room / Re: Pretty cool pic of the Inside of a brand new HD750, GE CT Scanner
« Last post by Target on June 12, 2012, 01:40 AM »
this is what you get when you ask an engineer to make you a toaster :o
-Target (June 12, 2012, 12:10 AM)

No, you get one of these:
 (see attachment in previous post)
Bread to charcoal in 3.7nS :)
-4wd (June 12, 2012, 12:50 AM)

did my time fixing those things :Thmbsup:

less toaster, more white noise generator
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Living Room / Re: Pretty cool pic of the Inside of a brand new HD750, GE CT Scanner
« Last post by Target on June 12, 2012, 12:10 AM »
this is what you get when you ask an engineer to make you a toaster :o
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by Target on June 11, 2012, 10:18 PM »
The Hulk could often be happy, it was only in comics that he was depicted as being morose/unhappy.

Umm.. it was only in "comics" that he was unhappy? As opposed to? Real life when he was hanging out with jesus?
-mouser (June 11, 2012, 09:19 PM)

sorry, I don't understand the question?
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General Software Discussion / Re: How Stardock Fences startup ?
« Last post by Target on June 04, 2012, 07:36 PM »
tools like Autoruns are also handy with things like this
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