Hi Rod,
Yes, this would shorten what you do. There are several things involved that
I am doing so there are many options, besides working outdoors on my addition
and such...
The program just for the clipboard will have a hotkey to store the
name/path of each file selected by the clipboard onto a list. First the list is
in the clipboard text area and once the dialog for the clipboard is activated
it is stored onto a list, not a tree view.
I did that yesterday and the path is the second column of the list for
readability and sorting if wanted...
Next I will allow you to move names up and down the list so you can do your
own sort of the selected files before saving/transferring/copying them.
This would allow you to do what you described below without having to use a
batch file, after all at least the VB Script does allow you to copy or move
files if you so desire. The Clipboard app would also allow you to just store
the names, along with there paths, so you don't have to move or copy and just
play or use those files for future endeavors...
So at the moment I am getting the desired option/buttons to do what I
described above and your input is needed so I know what people want.
In terms of bundling apps the feature for playing sound can be in the same
app and just called either as a command line argument or a switch hotkey since
the program would be running in the background and what would be needed is it's
window handle...
Yes, this program for the sound and such, including the clipboard could be
a portable, command line triggered program outside of the WE environment...
Also, any program using the shared objects feature will allow a person to
use the volume control for all there programs using the playsound control;
which is a windows simple playsound feature that only allows .wav files and
extremely limited in only playing and nothing else, the reason why it is not
very useful.
So, first I must finish the clipboard app and may use the same hotkeys that
Jamal uses for Append To Clipboard but you can change those hotkeys for your
own comfort and usage as desired inside the app help/control panel.
In essence I have combined some of what Jamal has done with added
abilities, along with adding the sound/music adjustments...
Thanks for encouraging me Rod, I hope to at least have the clipboard
barebones up for people to use and give feedback by tomorrow since I need to
spend the weekend putting up a 32 by 16 foot roof over my upper deck 16 feet in
the air; yes, I do it all myself...
Take care, Bruce
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 9:44 AM
Subject: RodClock
Hi Bruce,
I'm very happy to see you are still being super-productive, and I'm looking
forward to all your creations. (smile)
The volume control is certainly a cool feature of my RodClock, but so is the
manner of time announcements, that is, the repeats of the announcements, and
getting rid of the A.M. and P.M., not to mention the soothing female voice.
Your clipboard app sounds really cool. When I need to get output of a folder,
I use a shortcut I added to "Send to," which runs the following batch file:
(Note the colon characters, or REM statement, at the start of each line are
batch file comment tags.)
(When I want a specific kind of output, I just edit the batch file, change the
parameters, and run it.)
Start of code:
rem Appends alphabetic file list of specified folder to file specified
:: line below inserts a break in output file to facilitate readability
:: between subsequent uses of this batch file
echo ----- bookmark ----- >> "c:\my documents\zip\dirsave.txt"
:: /s switch in line below forces full path of each file
:: so, remove /s switch to list filenames only
:: Note that you have to use a default folder for the output
dir %1 /b /ogn >> "c:\my documents\dirsave.txt"
:: Next line opens the file with the program associated with .txt files,
normally, Notepad
"c:\my documents\dirsave.txt"
:The next line saves all the .wav files in a folder to a m3u playlist
:dir %1\*.wav /b /ogn >> "c:\my documents\dirsave.m3u"
:If you then move this file to the folder where the files reside
:you could just open the m3u file and Winamp would know the full path of each
file in the playlist
End of batch file
So, Bruce, that's how I do it.
Keep up the good work, my friend.
Take care,
Rod (smile)
Original message:
#3
Subject: Re: A new app - RodClock 1.0
From: "BX"
<bronx_...@fltg.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 23:41:06 -0400
Reply-To:
gw-scripting@gwmicro.com
Hi Rod,
It sounds like a nice feature for better sound quality.
I also have written a new Cuckoo clock program that works using several file
formats
and has adjustable volume. The present one which is on the app list only uses
the
WE Object Model Playsound and that is limited to no adjustments or file types.
I got sidetracked on 2 other projects but will introduce mine soon and maybe all
of them as one app.
One which also has the File to Clipboard in it, and probably all my games. For I
am going to merge them all as one executable program that would also work as a
stand
alone outside of the WE App scriptor; as someone in PA. had requested for users
that
have no screen reader or not GW's reader.
It will also have it's own Jukebox or Mixer Player. Allowing you to select what
list
of music to play, how many times to replay it and adjust the volume and replay
and
more.
The thing I got side tracked on is the Clipboard app and it works but have been
adding
features to it. A quick sort routine which I already use in the Uninstall
program
will be added next for I do sorting of the file list selected in the ClipFile
app.
That ClipFile app allows you to select a batch of files and add or append to the
clipboard list then if you wish, sort them,or open them and transfer all the
file
data to the clipboard.
I am working on other options like save all data to another file as well along
with
the sorting and such...
Having this Clipboard app called ClipFile brings another feature people do not
have
in programs. The ability to select files using Windows Explorer then actually
extract
the file names only and place them on the Clipboard text area.
By doing this it allows you to open files selected, copy it's data, copy them as
well and also paste them just like the clipboard already does, but gives you
hands
on the names themselves...
I have been doing this the last 2 weeks and getting close to finishing it as
long
as I stop adding features to it.
Hopefully your app will work well.
Bruce
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 9:32 PM
Subject: A new app - RodClock 1.0
Hi everyone,
I thought you might be interested in a neat little app I put together:
a clock which can use Winamp to announce the time.
It takes a wee bit of smaarts and work to set up, but I think it's worth it.
Here's the URL:
https://www.gwmicro.com/App_Central/Apps/App_Details/?scriptid=1394
I hope you enjoy it, as much as I enjoyed putting it together. (smile)
Take care,
Rod Hutton
