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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Insert text string to front / end of each line in a text file

« Last post by JimboNWUK on October 28, 2012, 05:04 PM »

Additional update: increased to release 2.1 to add a "Replace[]With:" setting to the ini file. I hit this problem not long after the last update so the fix has had to go in the quickest way I could think of. Because the statement parser relies upon the presence of square brackets to find the parameters within the statement this causes problems if one of your parameters is, or contains, a square bracket. This setting allows you to choose 2 other characters with which to replace them (and is set to the 'curly brackets' by default). You can then use the curly brackets (or your chosen replacement) wherever you originally intended to use the square brackets. This replacement will take place before any other operation on the text. If your text contains square brackets that do not form part of your parameters, and that you do not want changed, simply set the replacements to "[]".

Regards,

Jim.

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Insert text string to front / end of each line in a text file

« Last post by JimboNWUK on October 25, 2012, 11:58 AM »

OK folks, as a result of flowowery's requests from up above, I have released a version 2.0 hot on the heels of version 1.2 that does exactly what he was asking: it lets you (a) begin the processing at a line of your choice (b) skip however many lines you like incrementally and (c) insert line numbers zero-padded to whatever length you want.

I had to move the embedded spaces stripping to the function list but the whole blank line exclusion is still on its own in "General".

I am expecting the next request to be "can we have a user-defined separator after the line number" (because it is what I thought of as I was implementing it!) but for now I will let it be (I do actually use this myself to process logfiles, errorlogs, audit trail files etc. -- which was what prompted me to write it -- so I want to give it some 'play testing' myself!)

The way I have structured the code makes it pretty easy to implement extra functions, so if you think of a good 'un please let me know either via this forum or click "Contact Jollybean Webmaster" on the page. BTW the screenshot, help file, and zip download are all up to date with rel. 2.0 AFAIK but if you find otherwise let me know ASAP.

Best regards to all,

Jim.

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Living Room / Re: What will be your next computer?

« Last post by JimboNWUK on October 19, 2012, 04:21 PM »

Home 'puter is a local shop homebrew based on an ASUS P5 mobo that has served admirably for several years and is not yet creaking at the seams so it's fine...
I have a Samsung Galaxy II phone up at Android 4 so that is fine too
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab which is also at Android 4 and also fine (I got the tablet because reading pdf's on an ebook reader or smartphone is totally unfeasible in grey-scale and small screen)
I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop (upon which I am typing this) for travel (I work away from home on contract jobs) and so far it is perfect even though it's a couple of years old.
I suspect that Windoze 8 is going to be a massive shot in the foot for M$ as I do not need or want the ability to prod my finger at a screen on my desktop machine... I prefer my main screen to be clear of greasy fingerprints!
The only reason I stay with M$ is because of my collection of much-loved open-source software that it runs (7-zip, FreeClip, FreeFileSync, the truly fantabulous Sketchup from Google...the list is HUGE!). Also I DO actually have paid-for software I quite like (I have been a Serif PagePlus user since version 1.0!)
I would have no qualms about moving to "the Ultimate" which is a port of Ubuntu angled towards user-friendliness though if I could find enough stuff to do what I can do in Windoze without too huge a learning curve.

At the end of the day, my PC is a Swiss penknife electronic tool that helps me do stuff on a daily basis but if I can get a bootleg one made in Japan that does the same then I will go for it!

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Insert text string to front / end of each line in a text file

« Last post by JimboNWUK on October 17, 2012, 01:45 PM »

OK I have fought my way through the help files of Serif WebPlus X4 and added some screenshots (to be honest, the Serif help files were actually pretty good, otherwise I would not be posting this update!) so whenever you folks are ready, I would like some feedback if you can be bothered!  )    (you can email me from the site itself if you like as I have an email filter for mails from my site)

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Insert text string to front / end of each line in a text file

« Last post by JimboNWUK on October 16, 2012, 12:56 PM »

Thanks for the feedback guys, I don't know why it never occurred to me to add a few screenshots, especially as they are all essentially single-screen apps. I guess I thought people would be more in need of the hardware photos. Ironically it was Screenshot Captor that I came to get the license key for!

I'm not a natural website coder, preferring to use a tool like Serif WebPlus than sully my hands with HTML so it will take me a couple of days to make the changes.

I like the idea of the NANY event but as my stuff is all "fait accomplis" rather than "work in progress" I guess it doesn't really qualify.

I'll repost when the screenshots are in, perhaps there's a more appropriate thread for me to highlight the site? If not I'll repost here.

Regards,

Jim.

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Insert text string to front / end of each line in a text file

« Last post by JimboNWUK on October 16, 2012, 06:03 AM »

Hi I just came across this after coming back for a license key...

I wrote a small standalone app to do stuff like this precisely because I hate regexp and having to keep repeatedly experiment wit it to get it to do what I want. It's called Textreme and you can download it from my website at www.jollybean.co.uk

Let me know if you find it useful!

Regards,

Jim.