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mclifford82 posted:Thought I'd see if anyone could figure out a little program to do this in Windows 7: disable the trackpad (Synaptics Touchpad V7.2) whenever a USB Pointing Device is present, enable it when the USB Point Device is removed. I think there's a function in Control Panel > Mouse that will do that, though I could be wrong. You can also right click on the icon in the notification area and get to the touchpad settings that way. I don't have a laptop so :\
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Ephphatha posted:http://thelettereph.com/files/Photobooth.7z Thank you so much, this works perfectly. I combined it with autohotkey to automate the printing off of one button, and it is just what we needed. If you wanted to email/pm me your real name, we would love to thank you somewhere on the booth/ thank you in some other way. My email is dragoonmac residing on gmail period com.
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I am looking for someone with some ebay api experience? I have a database (MS Access) and want a real-time link to ebay to show me the amount of stock on ebay at that time. This should help me stop over selling! I have written basic macros in excel but have no idea when it comes to XML and how to integrate it with Access. A tiny app would be awesome and some instruction on how to integrate would be amazing
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I spend an inordinate amount of time staring at computer screens. I think a useful tiny app would be one that lives in the system tray and has a configurable timer. When the countdown expires the system tray icon can blink/animate, to remind the user to avert their eyes from the screen to give them a rest and help reduce eye strain. Clicking the tray icon returns the icon to a static display and sets the countdown going again.
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http://www.pleasesendhelp.com/Apps/LookAway.1.0.zip Put the timer duration in config.cfg (in milliseconds) F# is kinda funky 
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thegasman2000 posted:I am looking for someone with some ebay api experience? That's not really a tiny custom app because to use the ebay api you need a specific login tied to your account IIRC. It is quite straightforward though, when we wanted to do it (with way more functionality, e.g. forward ebay messages to call center, cancel/place auctions automatically, update stock levels, etc.) it one guy here a couple of days to do.
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Scaramouche posted:That's not really a tiny custom app because to use the ebay api you need a specific login tied to your account IIRC. It is quite straightforward though, when we wanted to do it (with way more functionality, e.g. forward ebay messages to call center, cancel/place auctions automatically, update stock levels, etc.) it one guy here a couple of days to do. Ok cool thanks for the info. Perhaps better off looking in COBOL. Expected it to be a macro thing... 
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thegasman2000 posted:Ok cool thanks for the info. Perhaps better off looking in COBOL. Expected it to be a macro thing... You could probably mess around with screen scraping and so on (e.g. give the app a list of URLs, it would report on how many are closed, sold, etc.) but scraping isn't really a 'good' solution for anything, more just a messy hack that can sometimes get the job done.
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mobby_6kl posted:I couldn't reproduce your problem unfortunately, my wallpaper just gets reset to stretch/fill the screen whenever the resolution changes. Try to download it again now though, I made a small change that might make a difference. Just so you know, this didn't solve my problem. However, it's not that big of an issue for me so don't feel you need to do anything about it. After all, if you can't reproduce the problem it's probably impossible for you to fix it. Thanks again - your program has saved me lots of fiddling about.
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Encryption program - Set's a password to unlock/lock files, folders, directories - Does not allow windows to show a preview of what is inside the folder (ie: I encrypted my pictures folder, it still showed a thumbnail image of whats inside) - If you don't know the password, you can't get in. EVER. If this has already been done please share with me, I've searched the threads but didn't want to try to find "encryption" through 54 pages of thread.. If anyone knows where I can download said app please link. My laptop got stolen 5 days ago.. I got it back but I know the LAWYERS that were in custody of my laptop for 4 days were loving around on it watching porn and other things. I should have set a windows password, but I know how easy those things are to get around.. I want something a little more secure than just sticking a thumb drive in and everything unlocks
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Simple and does exactly what you want: TrueCrypt Better: Full-disk encryption using one of the following: TrueCrypt, BitLocker in Windows 7 Ultimate, or a natively encrypting drive like an Intel 320 SSD or SSD based on a Sandforce 2000 controller coupled with an ATA password from the BIOS. No fooling with virtual files/directories, no accessing the disk without a password, period. BitLocker is vulnerable to a cold boot attack, as may be TrueCrypt, but that's not something your average thief or rear end in a top hat would know about. E: Also, check the browser history and Event Viewer for system logs like power on notifications and stuff, see if you can't find some way to show criminal conversion and/or threaten them with a civil suit. Unauthorized access to a computer system is at least a misdemeanor in many states. If you see evidence, save it and protect it. Factory Factory fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Apr 29, 2011 |
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Apr 29, 2011 02:14
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What Factory said. Truecrypt's "encrypt OS partition" option on Windows is as secure as things get without delving in fantasy attack scenarios that have never been used outside of labs (eg cold boot). If you use it in container mode instead, make sure that you go to Preferences first and change it so by default it mounts all volume as "removable media". ie, have it make Windows think it's a USB drive instead of a regular hard drive. If you don't, Windows will index (catalog to make search faster) your text documents.
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Factory Factory posted:Simple and does exactly what you want: TrueCrypt MachinTrucChose posted:What Factory said. Truecrypt's "encrypt OS partition" option on Windows is as secure as things get without delving in fantasy attack scenarios that have never been used outside of labs (eg cold boot). This kind of information is EXACTLY why I chose to post this on here. Thank you both for this. I really appreciate it! (And this is why these forums are the best, people actually know what they are talking about)
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Dicky B posted:http://www.pleasesendhelp.com/Apps/LookAway.1.0.zip Thank you very much for your work, but I cannot get it to run on any system I've tried (Win 7/XP, both with .Net 4). Just crashes.
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Cowboy Mark posted:Thank you very much for your work, but I cannot get it to run on any system I've tried (Win 7/XP, both with .Net 4). Just crashes.  I'll take a look when I get home. I've never deployed an f# app before so chances are I missed some crucial step.
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Dicky B posted:
The program has a reference dependency on FSharp.Core.dll; but it's strange because it's meant to be included in the .NET Framework 4.0. EDIT: Here's a drop-in replacement (w/ source) written in 71 lines of C# (.NET 2.0 or later)  http://bit.ly/iJvOPx EDIT: I got the program down to 47 lines 
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May 4, 2011 16:15
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Well that saves me some trouble. Nice work 
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Fantastic, thank you all ever so much. It's almost perfect, except the ideal operation would be that if the tray icon is clicked before the timer expires, the timer is reset (in case a break is taken before the timer expires). Currently, clicking it does nothing in LookAwayCS. Thanks again. I looked at WorkRave and was scarred by the scary poser model graphics.
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Cowboy Mark posted:Fantastic, thank you all ever so much. It's almost perfect, except the ideal operation would be that if the tray icon is clicked before the timer expires, the timer is reset (in case a break is taken before the timer expires). Currently, clicking it does nothing in LookAwayCS. Done. Redownload it: http://bit.ly/iJvOPx Bonus features: * Now it's down to 43 lines. * The icons are now embedded within the built EXE, so all you need is the config.cfg file, the program now has a pretty icon too. * The tooltip of the icon now displays how long you've got (in seconds) until your next break, or how long overdue your break has been. * Left-clicking the icon will reset the timer (regardless of status). If you feel like changing it to minutes instead just insert a "/60" in there somewhere and recompile the source the included Recompile.cmd file. It uses the 3.5 version of CSC btw.
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That's fantastic. I'll use it every day! Thanks!
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Factory Factory posted:I'll repost my request: Did someone already take a shot at it? If not I'll look into it in the coming days.
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Nope, please do go for it! I had just given up on seeing it. E: I've noticed that Windows does a little bit of switching on its own. If I switch from speakers to TV (connected via HDMI), it will automagically start outputting sound over HDMI with different volume settings, albeit not L-R balance. However, the headphone jack is treated as the same output as the speaker jack in my sound drivers. Factory Factory fucked around with this message at 22:45 on May 7, 2011 |
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Factory Factory posted:Nope, please do go for it! I had just given up on seeing it. I've got an first very basic version finished. See It as a proof of concept and I want to look if that runs on your PC. The thing is really simple, it sits in your taskbar and watches you changing the volume of the windows master-volume. If you click on it it changes from Speaker to headphone and vice versa. Download this: http://comrep.at/VolumeTool.zip and put the three files in a Folder, put a shortcut into autostart and start it manually at first. On the first run it may changes both Volumes to zero. Just open the windows-mixer and set the volume accordingly for both. It will then save the preferences. And report back if it works and I'll refine it. E: A bit of a disclaimer, I included a compiled version of the CoreAudio.dll which I compiled from source. But I did not write it. It comes from here http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vista/CoreAudio.aspx genuinebald fucked around with this message at 22:02 on May 8, 2011 |
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I can't seem to download it, though I'm on public WiFi at the moment, which might throw some filtering into the works. I'll try again when I get home.
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Got it, works. Quite handy.
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Cool. I'll improve it and try to get an auto switch into it in the coming days.
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I am requesting a small application that will monitor a public webpage that refreshes itself every 60 seconds with new data. The webpage doesn't contain much data, we're talking about 1000 words tops. I'd like this app. to email or text me when certain words or phrases appear on this monitored webpage. I expect to receive about 1-2 alerts per day, with a possibility of about 10 per day. I mainly use firefox, and run Win 7 64 bit on my main machine. But I have some other laptops with other OSes if needed or I could pop a new Virtual Box with any special configuration needed for this. I'd greatly appreciate any guidance or a small app!
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foundtomorrow posted:I am requesting a small application that will monitor a public webpage that refreshes itself every 60 seconds with new data. The webpage doesn't contain much data, we're talking about 1000 words tops. I thought I'd time myself on this one, so I can feel more guilty about how I'm behind on my coursework project and revision for my upcoming finals... ...according to my iPhone's stopwatch I've worked a total of just under 5 hours building this (including time spent at lunch). The bulk of the work was done in under 2 hours, the rest was bugfixes and improvements. The sad thing is how on Linux this whole thing could be done in a few minutes with a few shell scripts (use 'at' to schedule wget to pipe into grep which then runs an arbitrary script for an action). Screenshot proof:  Documentation: The sites you add will be automatically saved on application close and reloaded on startup (they're saved to a folder called "Monitors" within the directory you launched the program from within). The UI is simple: the main window lists all active site monitors. Click 'add' to create a new one and enter the details in the popup form. You can specify 3 actions too: run a program, play a sound, and send an email. If an error occurs you'll get a messagebox rather than the application crashing. The program is multithreaded and won't lock up your box whilst it does anything. Enjoy: http://bit.ly/mivMXz (the PDB files are for debugging purposes, if anything wrong happens; so send me a PM or reply in this thread if there are any problems).
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Hoborg posted:I thought I'd time myself on this one, so I can feel more guilty about how I'm behind on my coursework project and revision for my upcoming finals... Well this certainly is way above and beyond anything I expected or could do and quite awesome if I can get it to work right. What program do you use to create programs like this? It keep crashing on me during the 2nd or 3rd loop through checking. I have set up the gmail server like so: smtp.gmail.com Use SSL: checked Port for SSL: 465 username: jackni@gmail.com password: jackni I set the site for: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2415898&userid=104679 And the word for: Hoborg It crashes right when it hits the 2nd loop of 60 seconds right at :00. Just a few other small questions. In the box where I declare the word or phrases, is it case sensitive and do I separate each word or phrase with a comma, or semicolon, or a line break or what? The error window I get is a generic windows that asks if I want to send and error report or not. Upon re-opening the program, it doesn't save my website. Testing it on Win XP 32 bit right now. Thanks again for doing this, man. When I get it working correctly, I'd be happy to buy you a upgrade here. foundtomorrow fucked around with this message at 23:23 on May 12, 2011 |
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foundtomorrow posted:Well this certainly is way above and beyond anything I expected or could do and quite awesome if I can get it to work right. Ta. foundtomorrow posted:What program do you use to create programs like this? Written in C#. I'll include the source code in the next upload. foundtomorrow posted:It keep crashing on me during the 2nd or 3rd loop through checking. Oog. Not good. I ran the program at my end for three iterations without any problems, so I can't reproduce that. foundtomorrow posted:I have set up the gmail server like so: Those credentials don't work for me, but if there was a problem with SMTP authentication then you'd get a different error. foundtomorrow posted:In the box where I declare the word or phrases, is it case sensitive and do I separate each word or phrase with a comma, or semicolon, or a line break or what? Each word or phrase goes on its own line (so a phrase is just a line with multiple words on). The comparison performed is case-insensitive. foundtomorrow posted:The error window I get is a generic windows that asks if I want to send and error report or not. Upon re-opening the program, it doesn't save my website. Testing it on Win XP 32 bit right now. Right, that means the error you've encountered was nothing I was expecting. foundtomorrow posted:Thanks again for doing this, man. When I get it working correctly, I'd be happy to buy you a upgrade here. I've already got all the SA account upgrades I'm after. Your satisfaction is all the payment necessary. I'll upload a new version in a few minutes that includes additional debugging behaviour so we can figure out what the cause of these problems is.
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Okay, re-download the program. I've also fixed a few bugs and added a few features (but nothing that solves the crashing you're describing). Link: http://bit.ly/mivMXz The zip file also includes the source code if you're interested. This new version will report any fatal errors to a messagebox displayed on your screen and also write a file in the same directory of the program called "Exception_(the current date).txt". If you could copy and paste the contents of that file in this thread, then that'd be great.
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Hoborg posted:Brilliant little program Bravo, that is some swell stuff. Definitely hanging on to the final, when you're done with it. genuinebald posted:Cool. I'll improve it and try to get an auto switch into it in the coming days. I feel like such a heel; my desktop's drivers can separate the front and rear outputs, letting the drivers/Windows remember separate volume/mixer settings with automatic plug detection. The switcher is still super useful for my laptop, though, which can't do that separation, so it's still incredibly useful for me.
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Hoborg posted:Okay, re-download the program. I've also fixed a few bugs and added a few features (but nothing that solves the crashing you're describing). Ok, thanks for the prompt attention. Sorry that I am not getting it to work correctly. I don't need to put the .dll anywhere right? I am extracting the zip to a folder directly under the C: drive (C:\WebProg). It has run fine for many loops when I don't choose any notification method. But when I choose any of the three options it crashes upon hitting :00 seconds of the current loop with no error window, only the generic windows error. Any more troubleshooting tips or ideas? Edit2: Ok, so after testing a lot, it will run flawlessly as long as no options are marked in the notification window. EDIT: Line 218. Got an error window! It did not write a .txt file for me though. Ok, the error window gets re-generated every time it hits :00. Ok, I think the error was because I didn't specify a valid sound file. When I picked a valid file (ding), now it just crashes with the generic windows error. Have also tested on one of my Win7 64 bit boxes with the same symptoms. Edit3: Ok, so under the email configuration, I'm confused on why there is a From: field and a SMTP username: field. Aren't they the exact same thing for gmail right? Man, I'm trying to figure this thing out. I don't think the source code include everything for the program to work right? I'm looking for the .cs that deals with the e-mail part and can't seem to even find the words "mail" or "smtp" in the whole folder in any of the files? foundtomorrow fucked around with this message at 01:38 on May 13, 2011 |
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foundtomorrow posted:Ok, thanks for the prompt attention. Sorry that I am not getting it to work correctly. I don't need to put the .dll anywhere right? I am extracting the zip to a folder directly under the C: drive (C:\WebProg). No, the DLLs and PDBs don't need to go anywhere special, they just need to be in the same folder as the Hob.WebPageParanoia.exe program. foundtomorrow posted:It has run fine for many loops when I don't choose any notification method. But when I choose any of the three options it crashes upon hitting :00 seconds of the current loop with no error window, only the generic windows error. Any more troubleshooting tips or ideas? Well, that certainly narrows it down. I've had a quick look in the source in the relevant regions and I think an unhandled error can happen if there was a problem downloading the webpage. I've fixed that in the new version. The link's at the bottom of this post. foundtomorrow posted:Edit2: Ok, so after testing a lot, it will run flawlessly as long as no options are marked in the notification window. Okay, so that narrows it down to the file not existing (in the case of 'run program' and 'play sound'), but the program already displays an error message if that's the case. Are you sure you're running the latest version? (was there a folder named 'Source' within the zip archive?). foundtomorrow posted:EDIT: Line 218!!! Got an error window! It did not write a .txt file for me though. Ok, the error window gets re-generated every time it hits :00. Ok, I think the error was because I didn't specify a valid sound file. When I picked a valid file (ding), now it just crashes with the generic windows error. Line 218 is blank in my version of the source code. Can you re-load the zip and re-run the program and post a screenshot of any error messages you get? foundtomorrow posted:Edit3: Ok, so under the email configuration, I'm confused on why there is a From: field and a SMTP username: field. Aren't they the exact same thing for gmail right? For GMail, sure; but email providers are free to choose their own conventions. You don't actually need an email address to use SMTP (although an SMTP server is free to reject emails without a From address).
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foundtomorrow posted:Man, I'm trying to figure this thing out. I don't think the source code include everything for the program to work right? I'm looking for the .cs that deals with the e-mail part and can't seem to even find the words "mail" or "smtp" in the whole folder in any of the files? Monitor.cs, line 189.
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OK, waiting for the new link now! Also, yes I'm using the 2nd version for sure. foundtomorrow fucked around with this message at 02:41 on May 13, 2011 |
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foundtomorrow posted:OK, waiting for the new link now! Redownload it: http://bit.ly/mivMXz This version has two Zip files within that zip you downloaded. One labelled "Source" and the other "Binaries". Just extract the Binaries zip and run the program within. Report back any findings and please post any screenshots of error messages. foundtomorrow posted:Also, yes I'm using the 2nd version for sure. "URI" is actually the correct technical term. The set of URIs encompasses the set of URLs, but also the set of URNs.
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Hoborg posted:Redownload it: http://bit.ly/mivMXz Ok, that link might be wrong because I'm still getting the same version as the previous, with no "Binaries" folder. Looks like V1 is 129K and V2 is 150KB 11:53PM Last modified date on V2 and V3 links. EDIT: V3 is now up. Testing now. foundtomorrow fucked around with this message at 02:58 on May 13, 2011 |
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I'm looking for a simple GUI that allows me to easily create "tech trees," specifically in the style of Civilization IV: It doesn't need color or cool designs and pics or any of that. I would like to be able to click an empty space to create a new "tech," click within the box to edit the text fields (there needs to be two fields for title info and one for a description), drag the box to move it anywhere unoccupied, and drag the box onto another box to create a connecting line between them (as seen in the pic). If this isn't as tiny an app as I am thinking, let me know.
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pwnyXpress posted:I'm looking for a simple GUI that allows me to easily create "tech trees," specifically in the style of Civilization IV: For that you'd use diagramming software like Visio; or any software capable of making tree-graphs, and Microsoft Office can. In Office 2007/2010 just choose "Insert > Smart Art > Org Chart", in 2003 do it via "Insert > Object > Organization Chart"
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