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Living Room / Re: Love - You have 4 minutes to choose your perfect mate

« Last post by tomos on February 15, 2008, 09:08 AM »

Found this reference to Shoppen - a German movie on speed dating (2007)

-Darwin (February 15, 2008, 09:04 AM)

hah, they couldnt find the link for it either

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Living Room / Re: Love - You have 4 minutes to choose your perfect mate

« Last post by tomos on February 15, 2008, 08:39 AM »

saw a good (german) film here last year called
Shopping - I've done a google search but not a chance with a title like that 

all about a session with about 10 couples and they move down the line to the next person when the bell goes..
quite funny at times

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: spring cleaning

« Last post by tomos on February 15, 2008, 06:51 AM »

I'm just after ordering two KMP ink-packs for my Canon iP6600D
I get an extra ink in the pack that I cant use

It's a replacement cartridge for the Canon PGI-5BK I dont know what printer it's for - not mine at any rate. It's pigmented ink KMP makes a very high quality replacement for Canon inks You have to use the chip from the original Canon cartridge, but, once you've done this once it's made very easy to transfer this to next (KMP) cartridge

So,
as of next week I will have 4 of these (2 lying around already) and,
will be willing to post them free of cost to anyone in Europe (only!)

send me a PM is easiest I guess

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General Software Discussion / Re: Extend Firefox 2 Contest Winners Announced by Mozilla

« Last post by tomos on February 15, 2008, 03:13 AM »

In my humble opinion,  http://www.piclens.com/site/firefox/win/ should be in that list right at the top.

-sri (February 13, 2008, 12:05 PM)

makes me seasick 

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Hotkeys/keyboard macros??

« Last post by tomos on February 15, 2008, 02:40 AM »

thanks jg -
I thought you were going to wait for Allen there!
Testing:-
2008-02-15 09:15
Super, works a treat (I decided to remove the seconds.)

What's this about an Autohotkey school
hmmm

Paste the Date

Make a function triggered by a hotkey that will paste the current date and time into the users currently open application (i.e. notepad).

Bonus:
1. When they trigger the function instead of pasting current date and time, ask them what format they want first, and give them some choices, like:
04/20/06, 22:00
or
April 20, 2006
or
April 20, 2006, 10:00pm
etc.

-https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=3296.0

maybe when I've figured out SQL-Notes equations I'll finally try and figure out ahk and have a go at the rest of the assignment (or maybe something easier to start with)

@BigJim
if it does the system date that's good
I usually use the above format so if I using it in any columns where I can sort, it will sort logically/sequentially
you can tell I don't write a lot of letters
I might try it again, but strange thing here - it seems to disable my home and end keys - do you use it with Clipboard H&S? - maybe they clash? it seems to be okay without CH&S running
(I actually have direct access installed but shouldnt because this technically a "work" machine [at home though] and it's one of those free non-commercial-use liscences. So I'm slow to use it - also I write very little! [of to do some drawing work])

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on February 15, 2008, 02:06 AM »

BUT
what I would really like would be a Control+Mouse Click or some other key+click combo
Double clicks kill me

-tomos (February 14, 2008, 07:20 AM)

Fixed. CTRL-Click will now open the link (file, email, web)

-PPLandry (February 14, 2008, 10:23 PM)

whooHoo!!!

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Hotkeys/keyboard macros??

« Last post by tomos on February 14, 2008, 01:26 PM »

Do you have it installed BigJim?
Could you see if that's modifiable?

-tomos (February 14, 2008, 01:15 PM)

had a quick look, not easily I think

I think a dedicated program for that might be better...
I could whip up something in ahk really fast.
What's the date format you'd like to use and the key combo?

-jgpaiva (February 14, 2008, 08:23 AM)

that's tempting too
I'm running out of hotkeys though

how about
2008-02-14 16:00:56
is that
yyyy-MM-dd etc ?!
and a hotkey:-
Alt+D

is it easy to modify/personalise in ahk - the dates I mean especially?

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Hotkeys/keyboard macros??

« Last post by tomos on February 14, 2008, 01:15 PM »

that's funny
I was just thinking this morning of posting a similar request for CH&S

But of course AHK would be just as good
Just looking at Texter there
That's actually made using AHK

just seems to have these options for numerical dates

# %ds: Short date, which will return the date in the following format: 3/9/2007

which isn't much good for us europeans [edit] actually it's unclear which is the month there...[/edit]

Do you have it installed BigJim?
Could you see if that's modifiable?

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Living Room / Re: Would anyone want a free DonationCoder.com bumper sticker?

« Last post by tomos on February 14, 2008, 08:59 AM »

This might just happen in my country, but i'm guessing that if you use a magnetic bumper sticker, it'd get stolen VERY fast.

-jgpaiva (February 14, 2008, 08:25 AM)

a sign of character in a nation

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Living Room / Re: Would anyone want a free DonationCoder.com bumper sticker?

« Last post by tomos on February 14, 2008, 08:58 AM »

I also prefer the cling stickers for windows but I'll slap a bumper sticker on my old wreck if that's what you get.

The clingy ones on the window would be my pick to, can move them easily, they are inside, so wont get wrecked by the weather.

-Grorgy (February 14, 2008, 08:06 AM)

+1

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on February 14, 2008, 08:55 AM »

I have registered at Mantis
but I'm slow to post a bug report cause I suspect its usually my error..

I have a bunch of items (siblings) selected
in properties pane I try to add text to "note" field

When I paste in text, or,
sometimes before I even paste in text - after clicking twice in notes box* -
(I click once, maybe alt-tab to check the notes text, come back, click again)
I repeatedly get:

--------------------------- SQLNotes --------------------------- Run-time error '94': Invalid use of Null --------------------------- OK    ---------------------------

followed by prog closing

* I see that if I click on notes, the cell/box to the right automatically has cursor in it
I hadnt noticed that initially

So problem seems to be with pasting (maybe it's not "allowed" in properties pane?) or
clicking in the text area for notes in properties pane
If it's a bug and it's helpful to, I will post it there (mantis)

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on February 14, 2008, 07:20 AM »

A single-click on the text and a double-click to launch, or
A double-click on an empty space in the cell

should be all that's necessary. I'll fix it if it is not behaving correctly

-PPLandry (November 02, 2007, 02:12 PM)

going back to adding files (also been rereading thread, things starting to sink in )

This works:-
A single-click on the text and a double-click to launch,

This not
A double-click on an empty space in the cell
[ACTUALLY.. this does work if you click in the space before the item as opposed to after/right of item]

BUT
what I would really like would be a Control+Mouse Click or some other key+click combo

I'm using the mouse all day drawing - click, drag, etc
Double clicks kill me

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Taskbar Activate... Hide your toolbar without it accidently popping up on you

« Last post by tomos on February 14, 2008, 03:58 AM »

@tomos

Taskbar Repair Tool from Kelly Theriot might be of help (Also mentioned here).

-PhilB66 (February 13, 2008, 07:29 PM)

thanks Phil !
it's in my software folder will have a look later

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on February 13, 2008, 03:09 PM »

Is there a way to have a colour highlight on an item when a yes/no field is selected and
that the highlight will go/disappear if the yes/no field is deselected?

This doesnt work for the "Done" field:-
AM: ItemColor="red"

-tomos (February 13, 2008, 02:57 PM)

You're close: try AM: ItemColor="red" | E:ItemColor=

-PPLandry (February 13, 2008, 03:00 PM)

from the wiki:

*  A: flag: Action will be triggered when a value is added (initially no value in the field)     *  M: flag: Action will be triggered when a value is modified (initially there is a value in the field)     *  E: flag: Action will be triggered when a value is deleted You can have as many auto-assign rules as you wish separated by vertical bars, they'll be executed in the sequence that they are entered.

The yes/no value is deleted when you deselect it I guess
Working nicely, thanks!
[logs off!]

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on February 13, 2008, 02:57 PM »

OK, how about this. All items in the billing grid have the Project field filled. You could put the auto-assign on that field...

Do you want this for both Estimates and Work Done items/subs ? Or just Estimates ? I need to know a bit more how you want to work...

p.s. no you are not driving crazy 

-PPLandry (February 13, 2008, 02:49 PM)

phew
- I'm not sure yet exactly - I'm exploring!

I think what I would like to know now (in general) is this:

Is there a way to have a colour highlight on an item when a yes/no field is selected and
that the highlight will go/disappear if the yes/no field is deselected?

This doesnt work for the "Done" field:-
AM: ItemColor="red"

I would certainly use this on the "Done" field to show what isnt done -
i.e. colour red = done

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on February 13, 2008, 02:41 PM »

that seems to work well*
but I want items NOT ticked done to highlight - is that possible?

-tomos (February 13, 2008, 02:24 PM)

That is what the StartDate: A:ItemColor="Red" does. Turn on when you put a StartDate

-PPLandry (February 13, 2008, 02:28 PM)

Sorry, I wasnt clear

My idea was to highlight things that arent done yet
So my question is if it's possible to highlight items in the grid that arent ticked yes in the "Done" grid -
When I ask it like that seems unlikely to be possible...you'd have to highlight everything else in the database

It was just a trivial question really but I'm following up everything cause I'm learning a lot that way
(hope I'm not driving you crazy.. no wait - dont answer that!)

EDIT/ great, I hadnt looked at the wiki in a while - I need to study equations (amongst other things!)

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on February 13, 2008, 02:24 PM »

A better system for coloring would be
1- in StartDate (or some other field), add A:ItemColor=

-PPLandry (February 13, 2008, 12:08 PM)

that seems to work well*
but I want items NOT ticked done to highlight - is that possible?

* BTW still doesnt affect items already ticked done before adding A:ItemColor="red" even after restart
Doesnt bother me - just for the record

EDIT/ and highlight/colour doesnt go away if I deselect "Done" - again FTR...

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Living Room / Re: I Won!

« Last post by tomos on February 13, 2008, 02:16 PM »

Surfulator looks cool, but $59.00 !  I usually use del.icio.us to store links and pages, but it doesn't show the detail that Surfulator appears to

-wthomp (February 12, 2008, 01:00 PM)

There will be 50% discount on 22.2.2008:
http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/344/

-tamasd (February 13, 2008, 02:11 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on February 13, 2008, 11:53 AM »

It would be great if I could colour the not done items (automatically)   - would that be possible under Manage Fields/Auto-assign rules ?
YES YES => itemcolor = "red" 

-tomos (February 13, 2008, 11:48 AM)

in my enthusiasm there I didnt realise this marks done items as red
can I reverse that someway to undone ones being red?
Also notice it only affects items newly marked as done - others remain unhighlighted even after restart..

EDIT/ def the wrong thing to say [ itemcolor = "red" ] - very unpredictable results!

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on February 13, 2008, 11:48 AM »

havent got bugtracking setup yet
have to add it to the list ..


I wasnt sure would I use the "Done" field or not, but then I was thinking it might be a way of combining a sort of a ToDo list with this grid.
It would be great if I could colour the not done items (automatically)   - would that be possible under Manage Fields/Auto-assign rules ?
YES YES => itemcolor = "red" 
Of course I could sort them by project or whatever as well (or by date if I have them planned that way)


I want to be able to fit it all on one grid -
not a bad idea really/maybe - for me anyways - keeps me reminded of whats done/ToDo as well as keeping track

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Taskbar Activate... Hide your toolbar without it accidently popping up on yo

« Last post by tomos on February 13, 2008, 10:37 AM »

hmm
unfortunately I have problem with my taskbar -
when I disable autohide, it continues to autohide but just acts a bit funny about it -
sometimes reducing full window sizes, sometimes not...

so when I run this it wont work.
Maybe if I rebooted autohide might take effect, will see but not now (just restarted after winupdates a short while ago..)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Taskbar Activate... Hide your toolbar without it accidently popping up on yo

« Last post by tomos on February 13, 2008, 10:28 AM »

tomos: it'd take me a while to make the options and such, thus please make the following change:

Change the first 2 'If's to the following 2: (each in its respective line, of course )

[Select]

  If (MouseY = A_screenHeight -1 AND !inborder)
  If (mouseY <> A_screenHeight -1 AND inborder)

I'll add that option later

-jgpaiva (February 13, 2008, 09:56 AM)

thanks jg 

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General Software Discussion / Re: SQLNotes...what is it exactly?

« Last post by tomos on February 13, 2008, 09:47 AM »

thanks Pierre

I have a done (yes/no) field
if I set Parent=sum(children) and all sub-items are ticked, then Parent is automatically ticked as expected
BUT
if I add a new sub-item or deselect one of the subitems the Parents dont respond (nor after refresh)
(You know the way, job is done but oops something forgotten or some minor extra..)
Is there something else I can change to affect that or is that a bug?

Another minor thing you prob aware of:
On some fields I changed the Heading name of field -
this doesnt show on actual heading of column until you restart the programme

BTW I (sucussfully) added estimated time and cost fields to billing grid so I can now look at estimates and work done

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Best Contact Management Software

« Last post by tomos on February 13, 2008, 09:25 AM »

Tomos:

I did a search before I posted but did not find that thread.   

Thanks for your help and for the quick response. 

-Rusty Irons (February 13, 2008, 09:08 AM)

I knew it had "adress" in the title so I had a head start there

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Taskbar Activate... Hide your toolbar without it accidently popping up on yo

« Last post by tomos on February 13, 2008, 09:20 AM »

sounds great,
can that be modified as well?

-tomos (February 13, 2008, 08:43 AM)

Sure can!
I'll do it asap.

-jgpaiva (February 13, 2008, 09:09 AM)

mines at the bottom, but hey! no rush!

EDIT/ had a look myself but couldnt see anything obvious