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8701
Official Announcements / Re: MARCH 2009: It's the 4th Anniversary DonationCoder.com Fundraiser
« Last post by tomos on March 06, 2009, 01:32 PM »
dc funrazor 4000

DCFunrazor4000.png

 :D :D
8702
General Software Discussion / Re: Another Curve-ball For You Guys!
« Last post by tomos on March 06, 2009, 09:56 AM »
Curve-ball? My *ss!
-scancode (March 06, 2009, 09:44 AM)

:o in less than 14 minutes -
you probably have a record there Scancode ;D
8703
General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager
« Last post by tomos on March 06, 2009, 05:22 AM »
When hell freezes over!

Firs1tt!!!111
-nosh (March 06, 2009, 04:56 AM)

ahhhh  LOL - told you I was slow!!
8704
General Software Discussion / Re: What's your preferred File Manager
« Last post by tomos on March 06, 2009, 03:56 AM »
Just to note: DonL is busy working on XYPlorer 8, which will feature, amongst other things dual pane  :-*
-Darwin (March 05, 2009, 08:45 AM)
It's getting chilly here in Hell... ;D
-Lashiec (March 05, 2009, 09:25 AM)

sometime I'm slow, I am intelligent FWIW but sometimes slow
let's see, "Hell" could be life without dual pane? ... but it's getting cold there ... :-\

reminds me of a postcard I bought once with two sillhouette devils drinking cocktails set against a very decorative brightly coloured wallpaper.
The caption at the bottom went "We're in Hell, it's great, there's even a disco!"
but hey ... watch out: it's getting cold there ;)
8705
Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by tomos on March 06, 2009, 03:46 AM »
and new word for me
> Web definitions for coir
   stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut

and Kermit the Frog sings Lime in the Coconut
8706
Living Room / Re: Why I Avoid Apple Products
« Last post by tomos on March 06, 2009, 03:31 AM »
re the Apple Wheel

didnt Ethyar have that in the "News" a couple weeks ago ... anyways - second time round, I noticed a couple of gems
"everything is just a few hundred clicks away" lol
and the predictive text examples

apple_onion01.png
8707
N.A.N.Y. 2009 / Re: NANY 2009 Release: Trout (audio player)
« Last post by tomos on March 05, 2009, 09:05 AM »
... (tough i heard ipods don't like to bond with anything but itunes) ...
-alooper21 (March 05, 2009, 08:52 AM)

see this thread https://www.donation....msg145491#msg145491 for some thought's on ipods but also some software recommendations if you do choose the ipod route...
8708
General Software Discussion / Re: Software to compress large pdf files
« Last post by tomos on March 05, 2009, 08:43 AM »
Hi Tom - I was using an Ovis application called PDF-DocPro. which works "OK", but since moving to Vista I have bothered installing it. Instead, I rely on Nuance's PDF Converter Professional 5, which has a powerful "Optimize" feature that compresess pdfs for me...
-Darwin (March 05, 2009, 07:45 AM)
thanks Mike,
I thought you'd be able to give me a pointer ;)
PDF-DocPro = OK @ 73$ doesnt sound so good. Will read up on PDF Converter Pro
8709
General Software Discussion / Re: Software to compress large pdf files
« Last post by tomos on March 05, 2009, 06:43 AM »
Over a year on - anyone currently using PDF compressing software ?

I'm looking for something that will compress a PDF where the fonts are embedded (full font embedded which increases size a good bit) - there's no "bitmap" (jpeg etc) images included - vector art and text only.

I installed the trial of JAWs which made very impressively small quality PDF's but also seemed to mess up some file associations (I'm not sure there, so I'm going to give it another go and do it more scientifically)

Preferably free for the moment but I am considering purchasing some PDF creator anyway
Will have a look at IrfanView while I'm here ;)
8710
General Software Discussion / Re: How to best make CAPS LOCK act like SHIFT TAB?
« Last post by tomos on March 05, 2009, 06:23 AM »
Or, if you insist on registry modification, try KeyTweak, but I didn't know it.
-yksyks (March 05, 2009, 06:09 AM)

I know there was a thread about changing keys which debated a little the pros/cons of using registry but I cant find the beggar :(
8711
General Software Discussion / Re: How to best make CAPS LOCK act like SHIFT TAB?
« Last post by tomos on March 05, 2009, 05:09 AM »
I would have thought AutoHotkey. I thought it couldnt change the CapsLock key though due to it's on/off nature (can anyone confirm or deny that?)
http://www.autohotke...com/docs/KeyList.htm does include the CapsLock key  :-\

What's the key above the TAB key on your keyboard - could that be used?
(disclaimer - I know very little about AutoHotkey :))

8712
Developer's Corner / Re: Feedback on dcmembers site
« Last post by tomos on March 05, 2009, 04:59 AM »
looks very clean
easy to get around and everything is there :up:
if you sort out the screenshots you're sorted I'd say
8713
Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Surfulater 50% discount @ www.bitsdujour.com on Mar 4
« Last post by tomos on March 05, 2009, 03:23 AM »
I've asked for a clarification in their forum about upgrade pricing
will let you know when I get a response
8714
Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: List of disc catalogers
« Last post by tomos on March 04, 2009, 02:43 PM »
see Post #2 for an update
consisting of these items below (either new items or software updated since April of 2007)

with thanks to Crush who gave me the list in excel form and Crono who helped m again with converting it to the cursed BBCode (guess who's been buried in [/td][td] and [/td][/tr] for the last couple of hours ...
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[edit] this is the rough draft - see Post #2 as linked to above for more accurate version - I used commas as seperators which caused a bit of chaos with pricing column which was done using european style 29,95 - tears rest of hair out, lol [/edit]
4cat140.zip.exehttp://www.10-strike.com/searchmydiscs/Commercial2995 $2009-02-14
a1cataloger V1.1http://www.xrheingauerx.de/4Media1.htmlFree + Commercial12.952008-08-09
AACD V3.03http://jlved.free.fr..._bd/index.php?lng=enCommercial10.00 €2008-12-20Extremely cheap
Advanced File Organizer2.61 (AFOrg) (3.0b2)http://www.softprime.com/index.htmCommercial19.95$ – 29.95$2007-05-21Beta Version 2 can be tested free
CatalogShaman http://pmcchp.com/cdarchiver/index.htmlFree2007-04-01.NET is needed
Catfish 1.9http://www.zero2000....og-expert/index.htmlCommercial29.95 $2008-07-11
Catshell 15ehttp://nicomsoft.com/cdc/Commercial2995 $2007-04-07
CD Database Expert5.71http://www.cdstorager.com/Commercial2995 € (standard) 5995 € (professional)2008-01-06
CDDVDCatalog 2.4.0.0http://cdmem.narod.ru/Free2007-06-28
CDInventory-v1.4.0http://www.gentibus.com/fr/Donationware5.00 €2009-02-10
CDShelf V16.0http://www.datacrow.net/Free2009-02-06Incredible Software that handles all kind of data you like (not only software/CDs/DVDs)
CDWise 1.0http://www.softweerd...om/pages/digicat.htmFree2008-04-12
Dacal CD Library 3.5http://asprofi.narod.ru/now.html (http://asprofi.narod...iscManager3Setup.exe)Free2008-01-03
DisCat V2.0 b1044http://disksearch.sourceforge.net/Free2007-08-28Linux Only
Diskarchiv 32 V2.2.2 (Diskettenarchiv 32)http://simachov.com/en/index.phtmlCommercial1495 $ (Christmas Discount ) 2995 $ (normal)2007-05-04
Diskcat V1.1http://www.efsoftware.com/fc/e.htmCommercial15-20$2008-09-15Price differs where bought
Ez Cat V2.73http://griffith.berlios.de/Free2008-04-06Movie Collection Manager
FileCataloger V1.0.15http://www.indexyourfiles.com/Free2007-12-15Portable Version
FileFolderOrganizerV3.09 EXhttp://www.trietech.com/infolayout.phpCommercial29-39 €2008-10-13
Hypers CDCatwin V1.01bhttp://www.apolisoft...cataloguer/index.phpCommercial35 $2007-04-06
IceCDInfo V1.5http://www.maniactoo...g_studio/index.shtmlCommercial2495$ (personal lic.) 34.95$ (business lic.)2008-03-24Very fast and intensively development steps V4.8 Has been released 4 Months ago!
LS MyLib0 V0.93http://www.rb-it.de/cdarchiv.htmCommercial20.00 €2008-10-12VB Program
Media Catalog V1.2.1http://reportcd2.fre...html/en/reportcd.phpCommercial12.95 €2009-01-15
Mizo CD Libarian V1.0http://www.smartcdcatalog.com/Commercial24.95 $ (personal) 49.95 $ (home -5 computers) 39.95 (Business)2008-11-02
Mkat V0.4http://www.fnprg.com...softcat/softcat.htmlCommercial2995 $2009-01-30
MySoftCatalog V1.3http://www.silverdec...ts/UltraCatalog.aspxCommercial1495 $2008-08-20
Neo File Manager V1.0http://www.manfrasoft.net/index-en.htmlCommercial1742 $2008-11-13
PcwDateiKataloghttp://www.whereisit-soft.com/Commercial3995 $2009-02-10
PC-Welt CDKatalog / CD-Archiv Plus V4.2http://www.wincatalog.com/products.htmlFree/Commercial2995 € / 39.95 $2008-12-09The light version is free!
RionaCAT V2.10http://www.ab-tools....ramme/searchbackups/Commercial25.00 €2009-01-14
rooter V1.0.1http://www.inforce.de/Commercial0-29-39-69-169-199-249-598 € (different Editions)2009-01-01Organize All you can Imagine
Ruby V0902http://www.avcataloger.comCommercial5995 $2009-01-30
Search Backups V2http://www.catalogshaman.com.ar/Free2007-04-20
Si Cataloguer V3.0http://www.maliprogr...yse.php&jezik=HR (http://www.maliprogr...oad.php&jezik=HR)Free2008-01-01
Simple Disc Cataloger 0.8jhttp://litecd.sourceforge.net/ (http://sourceforge.net/projects/litecd)Free2007-04-06
StopKa V1.3http://sourceforge.n....php?group_id=185801Free2007-10-11
Ultra Catalog 2008 V3.08http://www.virtuelogic.com/Commercial15 $ - 1050 €2009-01-17
Virtual Volumes View V0.9http://www.primitive...ve-disk-indexer.htmlFree2008-07-31
WhatDisk V1.1http://www.gentibus.com/index.htmlFree2009-02-10Donate
WinCatalog 2009 V2.8http://www.stonesoftwares.com/Commercial29.95 €2008-10-29
Wizcat Pro V4.2http://www.stopka.us/Free / later commercial2009-01-31
Xakep CD DataSaver V5.2http://lucene.apache.org/Free2009-02-09
XbaseCatalog V1.0.1http://www.softinsti...oft/sicataloguer.htm (V1.0 free: http://www.tucows.com/preview/515206)Commercial1995 $2008-05-19V1.0 was free – Site is down
?????????? 0a (Distribase)http://www.cameldisc.com/Commercial3595 $ - > 5 are cheaper2009-02-04

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[edit] this is the rough version - see Post #2 as linked to above - I used commas as seperators which caused a bit of chaos with pricing column which was done using european style 29,95 - tears rest of hair out, lol [/edit]
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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: List of disc catalogers
« Last post by tomos on March 04, 2009, 02:40 PM »
)
Yeah, sorry - I wasn't clear: I did actually mean data cds and dvds. That is, the contenst of them  :)
-Darwin (March 04, 2009, 01:46 PM)

oh to be the contestest of the DVD's (with apologies to all :D

I'll excuse this post by saying - look at the next one...
8716
Living Room / Re: These Wonderful Friends of DC
« Last post by tomos on March 04, 2009, 01:20 PM »
I have to take some time to post about some people and websites who have been so nice and supportive of DC; I'll add them as I find them:

First up is Elite Freeware, and this is too wonderful (though i fear for his sanity!):
-mouser (March 04, 2009, 12:52 PM)

mouser you have an extra  /  at the end of that url so it's not working
try here for the Elite Freeware blog
Who is Elite Freeware (that's super promotion :up:)
8717
Official Announcements / Re: MARCH 2009: It's the 4th Anniversary DonationCoder.com Fundraiser
« Last post by tomos on March 04, 2009, 12:09 PM »
have no fear for Cody's health, the script that creates the thermometer image is programmed to increase the max if we reach the current goal  ;D
-mouser (March 04, 2009, 12:00 PM)

here's to a $10,000 fever then :)
8718
Living Room / Re: Surfulater 3 - huge price hike + where is the Firefox add-on?
« Last post by tomos on March 04, 2009, 07:04 AM »
fair enough, just thought I'd ask.
I felt it gives the impression that there was just recently a 166% price hike which isnt the case, but -
in the context of the upgrade - yes, I think to put a time limit as opposed to a version limit on the upgrade is a mistake guaranteed to alienate early purchasers of version 2.

Me, I bought Version 1 so I wouldnt qualify for an upgrade price either way, mind you as I've said above I'd prefer to see larger upgrade price for older versions as opposed to full price.
8719
Living Room / Re: Tech News Weekly: Edition 09-09
« Last post by tomos on March 04, 2009, 06:50 AM »
yes, thanks Ethyar
especially enjoyed the last two .. (non-techie that I am :P)
8720
General Software Discussion / Re: Converting Spreadsheet to Table in forum
« Last post by tomos on March 04, 2009, 04:40 AM »
Hello again,
...

I changed the script to work with comma as separator - the other versions used ";". If it does not work add "PAUSE" (without the quotes) at the end of the batch file (it prevents the command window from being closed) and post the contents and maybe a demo file which should be transformed.

bye :)
-crono (March 03, 2009, 05:12 PM)
hi crono
that's working now :Thmbsup:
thanks!

the original script didnt work for me with ";" as seperator either (just tried today) so happy to get this one
many thanks again, tom
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Living Room / Re: Surfulater 3 - at Bits today
« Last post by tomos on March 04, 2009, 04:26 AM »
You will soon - on March 4 - be able to purchase Surfulator for $39.50 at Bits. 
-sazzen (February 26, 2009, 10:56 AM)

Just a bump to the thread as the discount is now available for the next 22 or so hours...

http://www.bitsdujou...software/surfulater/
-mwb1100 (March 04, 2009, 12:22 AM)
that's a good price

I was thinking about the thread title - to be fair to Surfulater it went from 59 to 79 dollars which is a 33% price hike rise, as opposed to the 166% mentioned - which is also correct, but over a period of years, and starting from a reduced price as Neville has said.
Would you consider changing or removing that number from the thread title Carol?
I guess it's a piece of software I like a lot which is why I ask as well :)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Converting Spreadsheet to Table in forum
« Last post by tomos on March 03, 2009, 04:23 PM »
in which folder have you installed your sed.exe? Lets assume it is in "C:\Program Files\Gnu\Sed\", than you should change the bat-file like this to ensure your sed.exe is found (this is what I meant by "change the path"):
[Select]
@echo off
set infile=%1%
"C:\Program Files\Gnu\Sed\sed.exe" -e "s/;/\[\/td\]\[td\]/g" "%infile%" > temp1.txt
"C:\Program Files\Gnu\Sed\sed.exe" -e "s/$/\[\/td\]\[\/tr]/g" temp1.txt > temp2.txt
"C:\Program Files\Gnu\Sed\sed.exe" -e "s/^/\[tr\]\[td\]/g" temp2.txt > temp1.txt
echo [table] > table.txt
type temp1.txt >> table.txt
echo [/table] >>  table.txt
del temp1.txt
del temp2.txt
-crono (March 02, 2009, 06:55 PM)

It finds SED all right now (online armor requested permission to start it) but: a command window opens, closes and nothing else happens ...
the batch file is correct, I've checked it again and again
I copied sed.exe path into file in quotes as you show - it was in C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin\sed.exe (just in case)

command window said it couldnt find file path - broke it up in two parts actually, so I moved both files/folders up the tree a bit but now the command window shows completely blank
Is it important where the files are, and where in relation to each other ?
8723
General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for simple backup software
« Last post by tomos on March 03, 2009, 03:28 PM »
Ha! I will do some ad here but couldn't resist in sharing this backup software called Backup Dwarf  :) definitely doesn't all the fancy stuff you listed, but is actually working fo me.
-one1 (March 03, 2009, 02:20 PM)
I dont think it'll go far with this pricing structure ($20 - $99)
Standard Edition - allows for 3 backup schedules with 1 folder selection in each backup
Advanced Edition - allows for 5 backup schedules with maximum 5 folder selections in each backup
Professional Edition - allows for 10 backup schedules with maximum 15 folder selections in each backup
$99/ouch - for a programme that has artificial limitations - are you crazy or what???
8724
Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by tomos on March 03, 2009, 10:22 AM »
;D ;D
excellent roll going here the last 24hrs :Thmbsup:
ever since f0dder posted that "Cheers" (or should be "Prost" I guess) picture
It a close call all round but granny with sabre wins my photo of the day
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General Software Discussion / Re: First looks at OpenOffice 3.1
« Last post by tomos on March 03, 2009, 04:30 AM »
In the interest of simplicity, use the portable version of OOo for this as there's some DLL hell that needs to be sorted out which Haller has already done (stupid fsking visual c++ 9).
1. Take the 'App\openoffice' folder from the portable installation and place it where you want your OO installation to be. Rename it if you like.
2. Go into the 'program' folder inside the 'openoffice' folder and delete 'setup.ini'.
3. Open 'bootstrap.ini' and change the line 'UserInstallation=$SYSUSERCONFIG/OpenOffice.org/3' to 'UserInstallation=${OOO_BASE_DIR}/../Settings'.
4. Done :) Your settings will now live in 'openoffice\Settings'.
-Ehtyar (February 27, 2009, 05:17 PM)

I tried this with the portable apps version
it does start very quickly (amazingly quickly for OO)
Only used it very briefly the other night
the first couple of uses it wouldnt close properly and I had to kill the process but it seems to be okay now
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