Hi Rod,
I am doing it alone and it decided to rain and then be muggy so have been
doing too much on my Clipboard program. The roofing is interesting since I am
on the upper deck I built which is also 16 feet in the air so the rest resides
another 12 feet above it along with the next stage mounting some over an
existing Cape Cod tin roof where it will be slippery at best. All of this
over-looks a 4 tiered falls in my backyard.
Enough of that, thanks for your input for the Clipboard program I played
with this week adding special folders listing which may be too much for the
program that allows you to look at things such as Cookie folder files without
breaking out the names, dates and such but allows you to delete cookies, all of
them.
Now one would ask why since deleting Cookies is already done, but there
wrong the Temporary Internet files folder only has pointers to the actual
Cookies so you are not deleting them. So, I take you to the folder and allow
you to delete them all; since some computers hide that folder from view.
Having all the special folders might come in handy to easily navigate to
them but have to do some more work on those which do not have the standard
path, like loading them directly into Windows Explorer to go to them.
On the text option of Clipboard I decided to write this program because
someone a year ago or so wanted this feature to allow them to extract data from
files without moving the folders or files to do it. Also, to make a list of
files using the Clipboard also for the same reason, without moving the files
themselves.
The Clipboard option for file move and copying actually stores the entire
path of each file selected and copied into the Clipboard, so having the ability
to only extract that information does come in handy. There is a Shell command
that is needed to call to get that format and information to extract that list
of files, along with memory pointers.
The hotkey for doing this at the moment is either Control-Windows-3 or
Control-Windows-F3 where one copies and erases existing and F3 appends to it.
I have noticed that those keys are in conflict with Windows 7 hotkeys and
most likely each person using it would have to assign there own hotkey for each
feature because depending on the computer and version of Windows you may have
to change the hotkey which most likely conflicts with the software installed.
The pasting of those files you just use the standard control-V key, but I
added the control-windows-V to allow you to listen to what is stored in that
clipboard without pasting.
The Control-Windows-Z activates the dialog to display what is stored on the
Clipboard and is not triggered automatically in some cases, like the listing of
all special folders...which I may not add, just certain special folders and
have them as menu items only.
Tomorrow I will be working outside again since the weather will be better.
Today I just lifted up another 15 12 foot long boards to construct the next
half of the supports. Once all supports are in place and pleased with the
alignment, then I will screw down all 26 foot long or wide roof that is also 22
feet long up to the peak of the roof. At the moment only 12 feet of it is
resting and secured so the wind does not blow it away.
Your lucky Rod to be married, I am not and live alone.
Thanks for your input, take care and happy baby sitting, time to take my
dog for a walk.
Sincerely
Bruce
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Hi Bruce,
This tin roof you're putting up: I hope there will be at least one cat
arround who will enjoy it when it gets hot. Get it? (smile)
Aren't you gettting any help with this building project, or do you
prefer the independence of DYI, just as you do when you program? (smile)
Regarding your clipboard app, it sounds feature-packed just as it is,
and so I can't think of anything to add. I was wondering, though,
whether the feature of being able to join text files came out of your
working with multiple text files of code which you later wanted to
combine. Is this where it came from, or was it something else?
I'm about to release another app, called RodWinamp, which allows
navigation within a track, all over a playlist, and between multiple
Winamp classes. I'm just running it through its paces now, fine-tuning
it, and hoping for the best. I wrote the guts of it months ago, but it
took me all this time to make it usable for anyone who wanted to install
it. Working with multiple classes, or copies, of Winamp is a bit
tricky. When I prepared my RodClock, I found it was simpler to create
RodWinampClassCreator, which creates separate Winamp classes. Now that
this task is compartmentalized into a separate app, the next logical
step is to release another app, RodWinamp, which allows various ways of
navigating Winamp. It's pretty cool, and you'll have to check it out
when it's ready.
Anyway, Bruce, it's wonderful to see you so engaged, and in such diverse
tasks. I am, too, keeping my wife and home happy, as well as coding.
too. I believe the diversity makes us better coders, too. (smile)
Swing lo, sweet chariot, comin' for to carry me home. (smile)
All the best, my friend,
Rod (smile)
1 Messages: #1 Subject: Clipboard App Soon From: "BX"
<[email protected]> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 08:26:34 -0400 Reply-To:
[email protected] Hi Everyone, I have not forgotten you but doing
a tin roof I am half way there on completing a 22X26 roof over my upper
deck that over-looks a falls. I have been working on the Clipboard app
during the hot times of the day and the features will be: 1) The ability
to fetch a list of selected files and store them directly to the
Clipboard text area using a standard Explorer search. 2) The ability to
edit the list using a List View by moving a name up or down the list one
at a time or reverse the order of entire list the file names all done by
pressing a hotkey of your choice, including using the spacebar shifted
or unshifted. 3) Append another list of selected files to the existing
file list on the Clipboard. So you can make a list as long as you want,
including deleting some if you so desire. 4) Extract the text of the
selected files and the text stored on the Clipboard in the order of the
file names. The filenames are not lost since there also stored as an
array list until you power down or turn off the app, then there lost;
unless I store them on the .ini file, which I may do. 5) You can also
edit the text one line at a time by moving them or just editing them and
could come in handy if you want to edit an app of your own. At least
with the List View you have a built in line numbering based on the list
view position. NOTE: All this is for Windows machines for I can not do
it yet for other computers; even though the external executable can add
and append text of any computer and only text, not file names yet. using
the command line options to do it, which the file feature calls when
executing. 6) The ability to save the files names using the Clipboard
paste feature since there on the Clipboard or save them directly to a
file by making a file of your choosing. these features are all Clipboard
features and all file names and text are residing in the Clipboard text
area. If anyone wishes other features for it let me know before I post
the 1.0 version, which I have not yet since I am working on a roof at
the moment. Sincerely Bruce
