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DesktopCoral / Desktop Coral in Win10 after reboot no longer reserve the desktop space
« Last post by tofulover on September 18, 2021, 04:01 AM »
Hi, I am trying out desktop coral and whilst it works well, upon a windows 10 reboot, it no longer reserve the desktop space and I have to manually undock and dock again to get this to work properly again.

Is this a bug? any workaround? I like the software so far and am considering donating so would like this feature fixed please?

Thanks
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General Software Discussion / Re: A classic menu software like Direct Access for Dos but for Windows 10
« Last post by tofulover on June 22, 2020, 09:44 AM »
You could run it in an emulator.  You'd still have the problem with long file names, but that could work, depending on how it launches processes.
-wraith808 (June 22, 2020, 08:09 AM)

Thanks for that idea.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Any software that is like Synology DS Notes but can export to html with tree?
« Last post by tofulover on June 22, 2020, 01:32 AM »
You might be able to put in a request in the git repo to see if they might know how to do it.  Unfortunately, I've never worked with Note Station nor that format, so other than a few Google searches, I can't be of more help than that offhand.
-wraith808 (June 21, 2020, 01:10 PM)

No problems wraith. I will try my luck then.
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General Software Discussion / Re: A classic menu software like Direct Access for Dos but for Windows 10
« Last post by tofulover on June 22, 2020, 01:31 AM »
And what is stopping you from using Direct Access DOS? It can be found here
-Ath (June 21, 2020, 12:14 PM)

Well it is a 16bit application and Windows 10 no longer runs this. and even if it does, it does not read long file pathnames.

It is okay if there are no such programs around. I am only venturing to ask.

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General Software Discussion / Re: A classic menu software like Direct Access for Dos but for Windows 10
« Last post by tofulover on June 21, 2020, 08:15 AM »
It would help if you could describe what specific features of Direct Access appeal the most to you, and what other alternatives you have tried.

As you say, there are many programs that try to solve the display of a menu of applications, so there are probably some features that you dislike, or you would have picked one of the existing offerings already.
F.e., have you tried LaunchBar Commander, as provided in the Software section of this site?
-Ath (June 21, 2020, 06:11 AM)

Hi Ath,

What I would like to have is perhaps a simple program that allows one to define a group category for apps, say: Utils, Productivity, Internet, etc and when you click into this category, you see your favourite apps like say Excel, Word, etc. It is just a simplistic launcher. No need fancy icons and bells and whistle. Can be a console based app too as long as it can launch the normal windows programs.

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p.s. sorry forgot to say yes I had a look at Launchbar commander. It looks very nice but I am after an app that looks like DA5.1 DOS. I have tried other program launchers in the past - rocket dock, object dock, circle dock, etc.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Any software that is like Synology DS Notes but can export to html with tree?
« Last post by tofulover on June 21, 2020, 02:38 AM »
Maybe it was an earlier version?
-wraith808 (June 20, 2020, 10:51 PM)

Hi there. I have now checked out this latest version and yes it does create a markdown of the notes including the images. Sadly however it does not convert the tree structure which is an important consideration.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Any software that is like Synology DS Notes but can export to html with tree?
« Last post by tofulover on June 21, 2020, 12:29 AM »
Maybe it was an earlier version?
-wraith808 (June 20, 2020, 10:51 PM)

Good catch there batman. I will check again.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Any software that is like Synology DS Notes but can export to html with tree?
« Last post by tofulover on June 20, 2020, 09:57 PM »
Not sure how well this works, but there is a tool that extracts the notes from an nsx file into Markdown.

https://github.com/M...-Station-to-markdown

From there, it's a short hop to HTML.

There's also a script that imports into Joplin, which might be helpful for maintaining structure.

https://github.com/K...otestation-to-joplin
-wraith808 (June 20, 2020, 09:29 PM)

Thanks I previously researched those ones that you listed. They appear to only export the text portion of the notes. They do not preserve the images that are embedded within the notes.


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General Software Discussion / Re: Any software that is like Synology DS Notes but can export to html with tree?
« Last post by tofulover on June 20, 2020, 08:47 PM »
I think DS Note is the older version, and Note Station is the one in their newest OS.  Not sure if DS Note has the same functionality as Note Station, but you can export to HTML files:

https://www.synology...on_managing_notes#t7
-wraith808 (June 20, 2020, 05:07 PM)

Thanks wraith808. Yes it is indeed called Note Station now. I have been using Synology for a long time and sometimes it is hard to remember they have renamed the thing.

On Notestation I can export only a single note to html but the issue is that:

1. The html file is just the content of the note itself. I cannot export the html that includes the tree. so it is not really useful.

2. I need to export each note individually to html. If I export all the notes in 1 notebook for instance, it will export in a .nsx file which is not viewable in webpage.

Cheers
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General Software Discussion / A classic menu software like Direct Access for Dos but for Windows 10
« Last post by tofulover on June 20, 2020, 08:56 AM »
Hi, 2nd post here :)

Back in those days when we are still playing with MS Dos 3.3 to MS Dos 5, there is a menu program that I always use (and love). That is the Direct Access 5.0. Of course these days with the Windows and its start menu, a menu program is not so much relevant any more.

However, sometimes I just wish there is a sort of classic menu system for me to launch my favorite programs. I have searched the net for something like this and actually have tried quite a few too but there is just nothing that looks like the Direct Access for me.

I am wondering if there is such a Windows program out there? If not, given this is DonationCoder.com, how much would it cost to do one such program?

Cheers
tofu
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General Software Discussion / Any software that is like Synology DS Notes but can export to html with tree?
« Last post by tofulover on June 20, 2020, 04:27 AM »
Hi,

On my synology NAS I have this app called the DS Notes. I have been populating this with my own faq/database materials. I am sourcing a software/method to be able to convert this to html (much like the rightnotes webbook html) that i can host this on a webserver with a tree navigation structure. The rightnotes webbook if I am not wrong, reference the links in such a way that this is not useable on a webserver so this is not suitable.

Hoping for some constructive feedback please?

Thanks
tofu
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