Request a tiny custom app again

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NoSpoon: Jul 2, 2004

I would like a program that toggles the mute on my CD Player input. At work my radio tuner runs through this input, and if I ever want to hear a WAV or similar playing I have to go to the Volume Control and manually mute it.

I have a flashy keyboard with a handful of keys which I can set up to open a given program. I'd like to link one of these to a .exe which opens, mutes/unmutes it and exits.

e: Windows XP

NoSpoon fucked around with this message at 21:54 on Apr 26, 2007

# ? Apr 26, 2007 21:51

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# ? Apr 24, 2024 00:48

Revelations: Nov 17, 2004; heh, that's me. i'm wilson.

blahz posted:

To explain it a bit better, I was wanting to catalogue all my DVD's.

I believe I have this filled based on your description.

Try http://www.tinyappz.com/wiki/ReadDrive

Let me know if you'd like changes or a real user interface. It could be done, but I was going for something light here.

Edit: Also, I only tested it on a few dozen files totaling roughly 80MB. It took about 30 seconds to catalog that, so I'm sure it's wasting time somewhere. If I get more time soon I'll try and clean it up.

More Edit: On that note, I'm pretty sure it's being caused at least partially by my file size retrieving method, which is pretty hacked together I think. Anybody got pointers on doing that better/faster?

Edit again: Nevermind, I'd an idiot. I've got it to where 7950 files takes about 2 minutes now.

Revelations fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Apr 26, 2007

# ? Apr 26, 2007 22:11

Sharkface: Apr 20, 2002

Charun posted:

A program that tests files to see if they are availiable to open and read. Ideally it would scan a directory and report a list of files that it couldn't read and the error encountered (permission/file error).
http://www.tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1177376875

I've had a backup that randomly failed to restore some files a while back that can't be opened, and are incomplete. I'd like to be able to get a list of them and restore them from an older backup.

http://slightlyprofessional.net/FAC.rar

you can either choose a file, multiple files, or entire directories. It'll verify that each file can be opened and yell if it can't open it. If you're doing your entire hard drive, dont worry, the program didnt' crash, it's just going to take a while opening each file on your hard drive.

Also, you can click verbose mode and it'll return the attributes of each file!

It's in c# so it needs .net.

# ? Apr 26, 2007 23:29

Charun: Feb 8, 2003

Sharkface posted:

http://slightlyprofessional.net/FAC.rar

you can either choose a file, multiple files, or entire directories. It'll verify that each file can be opened and yell if it can't open it. If you're doing your entire hard drive, dont worry, the program didnt' crash, it's just going to take a while opening each file on your hard drive.

Also, you can click verbose mode and it'll return the attributes of each file!

It's in c# so it needs .net.

This is great, only it seems to need write permission to open the files. Is there any way to do it with just read? Or at least distinguish between no permission and read permission?

# ? Apr 27, 2007 02:05

dc3k: Feb 18, 2003; what.

What I really would love is a small app that will quickly toggle my sound card between 5.1 Surround and Headphones mode. Launching the creative app every time I want to do this is kind of annoying as their software is garbage and slow.

Thank you.

# ? Apr 27, 2007 02:26

dunno260: Oct 21, 2005

Neurozys posted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Editing_tools#From_HTML

Doh! Thank you so much!

# ? Apr 27, 2007 03:30

Sharkface: Apr 20, 2002

Charun posted:

This is great, only it seems to need write permission to open the files. Is there any way to do it with just read? Or at least distinguish between no permission and read permission?

By default System.IO.File.Open() opens files in read/write mode so it would have been able to tell if it has write permission or not and report that. I rewrote it anyways to make it clear that is what the code is doing and to explain exactly why it cannot open the file for read/write either because it is locked by the OS or a lack of permissions or because the file disappeared.

http://slightlyprofessional.net/FAC.rar

# ? Apr 27, 2007 05:06

wajack!: Oct 1, 2006; by Fragmaster

I would very much like an app that shuts down the Vista sidebar when I load a game, and turns it back on when I exit. The sidebar really messes up game performance and it's a pain to have to turn it on and off all the time.

# ? Apr 27, 2007 11:50

Dicky B: Mar 23, 2004

NashAsh posted:

I remember NotepadEx being able to do this.

According to its features:
NotepadEx can restore the cursor position when opening recently used files

Ah, this works fine. Thanks!

How do I delete this? :3:

http://www.tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1177530935

# ? Apr 27, 2007 12:21

Neurozys: Apr 15, 2004

Dicky B posted:

Ah, this works fine. Thanks!

How do I delete this?
http://www.tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1177530935

The prefered method is just to add

code:

|filled = [url]http://notepadex.cjb.net/[/url]

to the template. That will remove it from the open request list.

# ? Apr 27, 2007 19:13

Phase: Feb 21, 2007

I'd like a small app that connects via bluetooth to my laptop that could when a call is coming display a notification from the tray with the number (or name if it's in my phonebook, if possible)

http://www.tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1177699392

# ? Apr 27, 2007 19:43

mybrownianmotion: Jan 8, 2005; Take interval to the left......

I have several external hard drives, a 1 TB and 2 500's. I would like to put the data on the 1 TB onto the 2 500's and vice versa. I request a small app that will
exchange data between the drives. It would be a big pain in the rear end to get another drive to act as the intermediate while I copy and paste.

# ? Apr 28, 2007 03:45

rfeo: Jul 22, 2006; by Lowtax

I request a program or a firefox plug-in that combines all pages of a thread into one (extraordinarily) long single page. This must work with sa forums, but not necessarily be exclusively sa.

rfeo fucked around with this message at 08:41 on Apr 28, 2007

# ? Apr 28, 2007 08:37

Chicken Nuggets: Apr 12, 2007; Parts is parts

Zeenoside posted:

I want an application that runs on the console and on a keystroke, it returns what button was pressed.

For example you press F5 and it says F5.

I am really puzzled by why you want this. What in the world would you do with such a thing? Or did you just want to see the code?

Here is my request:

I would like something that would travese the source tree of a Visual Studio project and count how many lines of code there are. It would need to skip all the Visual Studio code that is automatically generated, so that it is an accurate representation of how many lines of code I have written. It needs to work in both VS 2003 and VS 2005 projects. It is a little easier in VS 2005 since you have all the GUI stuff in a separate source file, but I still have a lot of VS 2003 projects to profile as well.

Second request: (more complicated)

It would be interesting to know how many lines of code I write in a day. I write and delete a lot throughout the day, so this would be some kind of process that runs continuously and samples the source files looking for differences. For example, at the end of an hour, I may have added 20 lines of code to a program, but during that hour I added 100 lines.

# ? Apr 28, 2007 16:09

BubbaGrace: Jul 14, 2006

How about a windows context menu for uploading files to a specified FTP host. Say I right click a folder and select FTP Upload > mysite.com it will upload the specified folder and all of the sub folders and files contained within. The ability to add mulitple FTP hosts would be a definite plus. Id also prefer for it to overwrite existing files by default. Thanks guys.

http://tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1177796654

# ? Apr 28, 2007 22:44

voodoo dog: Jun 6, 2001; Gun Saliva

Felony posted:

How about a windows context menu for uploading files to a specified FTP host. Say I right click a folder and select FTP Upload > mysite.com it will upload the specified folder and all of the sub folders and files contained within. The ability to add mulitple FTP hosts would be a definite plus. Id also prefer for it to overwrite existing files by default. Thanks guys.

http://tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1177796654

You mean something like this? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2407057

# ? Apr 28, 2007 22:54

BubbaGrace: Jul 14, 2006

Yea I think that would do it. Thanks man.

# ? Apr 28, 2007 23:21

Neurozys: Apr 15, 2004

Just looking for some input for the site - 2 things I've been playing with are a form to add an application, rather than forcing users to play with wikicode, and a rating system for applications and requests. Any opinions on whether I should finish these, or any other ideas on how to make the site more useable?

# ? Apr 29, 2007 01:23

Xachariah: Jul 26, 2004

I'd like an app that would...rename one file to be the same name as another. gently caress I dunno how that would work :smith:

.

I just use subtitles a lot since im deaf and the dubbing codec only dubs subtitle files if they are the same name as the movie file (except extentions) it's just annoying having to copy the file name and paste it every time v :shobon:

v . Maybe a thing where I select two files with ctrl and either press a hotkey or right click menu and duplicate name v :shobon:

v .

# ? Apr 29, 2007 02:29

.Boo.: Feb 26, 2007; ^_^

Is there any way that I could get an application(is it even possible?) that automatically resizes the quick launch/other shortcut folders on the taskbar? For some reason, (using xp) it keeps getting resized and either a) not all of them fit or b) they stretch out too far, leaving little/no room for applications on the taskbar.

# ? Apr 29, 2007 02:29

DLCinferno: Feb 22, 2003; Happy

Xachariah posted:

I'd like an app that would...rename one file to be the same name as another. gently caress I dunno how that would work .

I just use subtitles a lot since im deaf and the dubbing codec only dubs subtitle files if they are the same name as the movie file (except extentions) it's just annoying having to copy the file name and paste it every time vv . Maybe a thing where I select two files with ctrl and either press a hotkey or right click menu and duplicate name vv .

I've got an idea for something, give me a few.

# ? Apr 29, 2007 02:39

Neurozys: Apr 15, 2004

.Boo. posted:

Is there any way that I could get an application(is it even possible?) that automatically resizes the quick launch/other shortcut folders on the taskbar? For some reason, (using xp) it keeps getting resized and either a) not all of them fit or b) they stretch out too far, leaving little/no room for applications on the taskbar.

Not sure if this'll help, but once you get things layed out the way you like them you can right click on the taskbar and select "Lock the Taskbar". That should prevent anything from getting moved unintentionally.

# ? Apr 29, 2007 02:46

JediGandalf: Sep 3, 2004; I have just the top prospect YOU are looking for. Whaddya say, boss? What will it take for ME to get YOU to give up your outfielders?

Neurozys posted:

Just looking for some input for the site - 2 things I've been playing with are a form to add an application, rather than forcing users to play with wikicode, and a rating system for applications and requests. Any opinions on whether I should finish these, or any other ideas on how to make the site more useable?

A quick-and-dirty form would be excellent. Most of us (assuming) don't know wiki formatting. Not to mention it would shorten the time to formulate a request. I'm indifferent about a rating system.

# ? Apr 29, 2007 02:58

Revelations: Nov 17, 2004; heh, that's me. i'm wilson.

Neurozys posted:

ideas on how to make the site more useable?

If there isn't one I just can't find, it'd be cool to add a download count on the filled requests/applications pages. Other than that I got nothin.

# ? Apr 29, 2007 03:24

DLCinferno: Feb 22, 2003; Happy

Xachariah posted:

I'd like an app that would...rename one file to be the same name as another. gently caress I dunno how that would work .

edit: Moving to the wiki:

http://tinyappz.com/wiki/Duplicate_Renamer

DLCinferno fucked around with this message at 06:20 on Apr 29, 2007

# ? Apr 29, 2007 04:01

Neurozys: Apr 15, 2004

JediGandalf posted:

A quick-and-dirty form would be excellent. Most of us (assuming) don't know wiki formatting. Not to mention it would shorten the time to formulate a request. I'm indifferent about a rating system.

http://tinyappz.com/wiki/Add_Application should help. It is quite quick and dirty, but it works.

# ? Apr 29, 2007 05:44

.Boo.: Feb 26, 2007; ^_^

Neurozys posted:

Not sure if this'll help, but once you get things layed out the way you like them you can right click on the taskbar and select "Lock the Taskbar". That should prevent anything from getting moved unintentionally.

Yeah, I do that, but I have one quick launch on the left for apps and one on the right for games. When I open multiple things with taskbar icons (Steam, xfire, itunes, gaim) it will hide portions of my games. It's nothing serious, just annoying.

# ? Apr 29, 2007 06:15

Found Your Answer: Jul 9, 2004; That's like killing a unicorn!

This should be simple, I guess, but my knowledge of how VB/C coding interacts with Windows is limited.

I would like to see a program that (I'll use this on startup) grabs the current date from Windows, changes the year to a few years ahead, waits ten seconds or so, then changes it back and exits. It'd be nice if the program could pull some values (the delay time and the amount to add to the year) from a config file, but beggar's can't be choosers.

Again, I don't know if this is hard or easy to do (if Windows (XP) has any restrictions on changing the system clock), but I'm just throwing that out there.

# ? Apr 29, 2007 06:33

FeedbackBsr: Apr 26, 2007

http://tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1177829800

Removal of the "Send Link" and "Send Image" buttons in Firefox...I HATE accidently clicking them

# ? Apr 29, 2007 07:57

Neurozys: Apr 15, 2004

windwaker posted:

This should be simple, I guess, but my knowledge of how VB/C coding interacts with Windows is limited.

I would like to see a program that (I'll use this on startup) grabs the current date from Windows, changes the year to a few years ahead, waits ten seconds or so, then changes it back and exits. It'd be nice if the program could pull some values (the delay time and the amount to add to the year) from a config file, but beggar's can't be choosers. Again, I don't know if this is hard or easy to do (if Windows (XP) has any restrictions on changing the system clock), but I'm just throwing that out there.

Well, I assume you want to do this to fool some app that's starting up into thinking it's the future. You could just do that with a batch file, eg

Example.bat

code:

echo on
SET today DATE/T
REM Set some arbitrary future date
DATE 10-10-10

REM do whatever you need to do - REPLACE THE NEXT LINE!
FutureBigPenis.exe -10 inches

REM There's no SLEEP for some stupid reason. this should work.
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 8 -w 1000 > nul
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2 -w 1000 > nul

DATE %today%

and start the app you need to fool with that in that .bat

# ? Apr 29, 2007 08:19

Neurozys: Apr 15, 2004

FeedbackBsr posted:

http://tinyappz.com/wiki/Request:1177829800

Removal of the "Send Link" and "Send Image" buttons in Firefox...I HATE accidently clicking them

Try the Menu Editor extension

# ? Apr 29, 2007 08:36

rfeo: Jul 22, 2006; by Lowtax

rfeo posted:

I request a program or a firefox plug-in that combines all pages of a thread into one (extraordinarily) long single page. This must work with sa forums, but not necessarily be exclusively sa.

singlepagethread.rar
http://www.sendspace.com/file/nadwk0

you want poo poo done, you gotta do it yourself.
Not very convenient, but works. I am sure my code and output html breaks all known standards.

# ? Apr 29, 2007 17:08

FlyingCheese: Jan 17, 2007; OH THANK GOD!

I never thought I'd be happy to see yet another lubed up man-ass.

Neurozys posted:

Try the Menu Editor extension

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

I hated how I'd accidentally click it and then have to wait for Outlook Express to run (despite uninstalling it ages ago).

# ? Apr 29, 2007 18:13

Neurozys: Apr 15, 2004

Revelations posted:

If there isn't one I just can't find, it'd be cool to add a download count on the filled requests/applications pages. Other than that I got nothin.

Well, I had to write my own, but here we are three hours later with a download counter! Everything started out at 0, begining today. Sorry, but there was no way for me to get old download information, except possibly going through a month's work of server logs, which I'm not even sure exist, much less that I would have access to them.

# ? Apr 29, 2007 22:07

Xachariah: Jul 26, 2004

DLCinferno posted:

edit: Moving to the wiki:

http://tinyappz.com/wiki/Duplicate_Renamer

Thanks, but when I try and drag a .avi it says 'Path is not of legal form' or something like that.

# ? Apr 29, 2007 22:27

Inquisitus: Aug 4, 2006; I have a large barge with a radio antenna on it.

Is it just me, or are none of the requests on tinyappz actually tiny? Most of them seem like quite a bit of work from a C# programmer's point of view :confused:

# ? Apr 29, 2007 22:59

Neurozys: Apr 15, 2004

Inquisitus posted:

Is it just me, or are none of the requests on tinyappz actually tiny? Most of them seem like quite a bit of work from a C# programmer's point of view

The easy ones get cherry picked pretty quick. I don't know, maybe I should make requests expire after a week or two so the list doesn't get filled up with near impossible projects. Or at least move them to a seperate "probably not so tiny" list.

# ? Apr 29, 2007 23:16

DLCinferno: Feb 22, 2003; Happy

Xachariah posted:

Thanks, but when I try and drag a .avi it says 'Path is not of legal form' or something like that.

You need to drag two files at once, and if you want the subs to be named the same as the .avi, you need to type .avi into the "Parent Extensions" box.

# ? Apr 30, 2007 01:14

JediGandalf: Sep 3, 2004; I have just the top prospect YOU are looking for. Whaddya say, boss? What will it take for ME to get YOU to give up your outfielders?

Inquisitus posted:

Is it just me, or are none of the requests on tinyappz actually tiny? Most of them seem like quite a bit of work from a C# programmer's point of view

I dunno. The most amount of "time" spent on one app would probably be my SystemStats app. That was mostly looking up how to do things though.

However, I'm kind of working on something that was tied to a request (printscreen auto upload). That's turning out to be a not-so-quick or tiny app.

# ? Apr 30, 2007 01:23

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# ? Apr 24, 2024 00:48

digibawb: Dec 15, 2004; got moo?

JediGandalf posted:

I dunno. The most amount of "time" spent on one app would probably be my SystemStats app. That was mostly looking up how to do things though.

However, I'm kind of working on something that was tied to a request (printscreen auto upload). That's turning out to be a not-so-quick or tiny app.

Might wanna take a look at:

http://www.digibob.co.uk/filez/ScreenshotUpload-src.zip

Something I did for the last thread. Not sure what part of the app you are having problems with though, so I dunno

# ? Apr 30, 2007 10:08

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