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Looking for White-on-Black or Transparent Menu-Less Text Displayer
wraith808:
@wraith808 - Still standing by for your solution. After all, I did give you quite a laundry list of specs, eh?
-CodeTRUCKER (September 12, 2015, 03:21 PM)
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Still going to do it. Unfortunately, I'm not Skrommel. ;D But if everything with my upgrade goes well, it should be done by early in the week.
CodeTRUCKER:
@wraith808 - Still standing by for your solution. After all, I did give you quite a laundry list of specs, eh?
-CodeTRUCKER (September 12, 2015, 03:21 PM)
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Still going to do it. Unfortunately, I'm not Skrommel. ;D But if everything with my upgrade goes well, it should be done by early in the week.
-wraith808 (September 12, 2015, 06:00 PM)
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Thanks. In the meantime, MilesAhead's script is working well with Notepad, albeit with the window frame and white background.
@MilesAhead - I have the Notepad script working as expected, but I can't get the Stickies working. Here is my code mod...
--- Code: Autohotkey ---#SingleInstance ignore #NoEnv SendMode Input SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% return ; instead of Progman for desktop change to the ; class for Flight Simulator (use WinSpy to get it) #IfWinActive ahk_class FS98MAIN $Down:: ; instead of class for Notepad use the class ; for Stickies ControlSend,,{Down},ahk_class ZhornStickyNote return
Do you see anything wrong? I copy/pasted the ahk_class from Window Spy.
CodeTRUCKER:
5 screenshots of the same sticky note from Notezilla:
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This is a black note with white text, with the transparency set to medium (I have this set as the default for all new notes).
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This is what it looks like when I click the note. The toolbar on top stays hidden unless you click. On the toolbar, there is an option to pin the note to always on top. There is also a roll-up option which you might find handy.
-app103 (September 10, 2015, 10:03 PM)
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Thanks April! I was able to get it to work with Notezilla and I decided for green on black with no transparency for use under the flightsim window. Works nicely and looks good! Now all I have to decide is if it is worth thirty bucks.
app103:
Thanks April! I was able to get it to work with Notezilla and I decided for green on black with no transparency for use under the flightsim window. Works nicely and looks good! Now all I have to decide is if it is worth thirty bucks.
-CodeTRUCKER (September 12, 2015, 07:16 PM)
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You will find a lot of other uses for it, as you explore what it can do, so I say yes, it's worth the $30.
And if you want to save 30%, I think you can still use this DC members only discount code: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=7302.msg351513#msg351513
wraith808:
Here you go... I didn't put in the global hotkey as your ahk seemed to be working:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xv88f4ny0fgzx1w/TextOverlayTool.zip?dl=1
TextOverlayTool is made to display text in a transparent window. It has the following features:
1. Opens Text or Markdown files (if the file is formatted in markdown, it displays the markdown format)
2. Can export to HTML or PDF (determines which one you want by filename used)
3. Borderless, movable, resizable minimal interface
4. Window background can be set.
5. Transparency can be set
6. Can be set to always on top
7. Watches chosen file for changes, and updates on the fly.
Planned enhancements:
1. Global Hotkey to enable control no matter where the cursor is
2. The ability to change the font style and color.
Let me know if you have any issues.
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