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[HugoV]

Ignore the post above, doesn't work (must be something with global v local vars or something I think) anyway, I've tested the code below and it works for me:

As hotkeys:

[tic]

It does work:

[HugoV]

[tic]

Sorry, I dont think I understand??:

[HugoV]

You're right that does work. But (there is always a but isn't there)
when I do this in WB_Timer.ahk

[HugoV]

I think I have solved it like so:

[tic]

oh i see what you mean. sorry its early for me

maybe something like this would work??

[HugoV]

I actually did try that with IfWinExist, but somehow it didn't work, perhaps because it is a hidden Gui? (I did add DetectHiddenWindows, on). I'll try again later...

You can't use IfWinActive because the GUI isn't active as far as I can tell.

[automaticman]

Thanks to anyone who put their efforts into this solution. It's great, (when used together with ToDoList). So it's "just" an additional frontend to ToDoList with some extra features like slideshow (to me so far).

What I would change:
ESC for closing the entry windows (rather than Alt-c)
Ctrl-Enter for OK (rather than Alt-s)

[automaticman]

[baddi1973]

hi
it togles time recording in ToDoList if you dont
use mouse or keyboard defined time.

its in a alpha version and may you could make it better.
may you know SmartWorkTimeTracker, then you know what it wants to be ... maybe one time in future.

[BlackLight]

Hello and a big thank you for this great script!
Would it be possible to make screenshots from a 2nd monitor as well?
Unfortunately I have no clue about AHK, otherwise I would try myself...
Thanks a lot!

[Starbuck]

A few weeks ago I had no idea what this utility was, but now that I've been using it for just a few days I'm addicted. Here is a summary of experience and enhancement ideas so far - right or wrong, this is the way I understand things so far:

The tool is designed to be a work/break timer but for those of us who have never used such a thing it's coming in the door as just an excellent way to track time in conjunction with TDL. However, the way it works compels me to immediately start revising the way that I work so that I can benefit from the work/break concept. So in a way the main purpose sort of infects our work habits - but in a very good way!

Initially, and I'm still fighting this, I don't like some program popping up while I'm working, telling me it's time to take a break. Then again, that's the purpose. As I sit here with sore eyes from staring at a monitor too long I realize I really do need to take more breaks, so I'm starting to follow the cues. It's taking me a while to tune it to my liking - I'm more of a 26-4-16 kind of guy, rather than a 10-2-5 or 48-12-3.

As far as enhancements, here are some ideas so far.

- Allow for a reset on the hour in order to get breaks at regular times as well as regular intervals. I sort of like the idea of knowing exactly when I'll be breaking from one effort or another and letting people know exactly when I'll be able to break.

-When changing the settings, allow the new settings to take effect immediately. As it is I think you need to close down the program or wait for the current cycle to finish before it starts with new settings.

- Add ability to associate time blocks with specific kinds of activity. We don't need to follow this all the time but the guideline can help us to remember what we should be doing at specific times and get us back on track, continuing related activity in the next cycle. Examples of regular activity include:
--- Reading news/forums.
--- Lunch
--- Real work
--- Email
--- Open discussion time

- For time keeping (again, a perhaps unintended but yet primary use of this utility) it would be nice to see the following in the task entry popups:
--- Pulldown for client or department codes - general, not too many. (Yes, I suppose we already have a freeform field for this but I find myself entering non-standard codes almost every time I type something in there.)
--- Checkbox for billable.
These can be added by the code at the back-end of the comments, delimited by pipes: otherdata|comments|code|billable

-Sound for timer should be selectable, with one check for break start and another for break end. We're right at the keyboard so we probably don't need audio for break start, the visual cue is good enough. And we might be away from the keyboard during break, so we probably do need audio for break end.

- Allow playing an audio (WAV, MPEG, AU) file rather than a pre-defined sound. I should get familiar with AHK and add this one for myself.

- Allow for a configurable ASCII character that replaces embedded carriage returns. Multiple lines in comments mess up exports but if we can control the delimiter we can zap that into CRLF later.

I raised a couple points in there, first on the pipe delimiter and then on maintaining my own code.

We can easily just put a pipe into our comments to add new fields for ourselves. So if I want a billable flag all I need to do is put " |b " after the comment. Then when the data is imported into Excel there will be a new column for billable items. Kewl, eh? You guys probably do this all the time.

Finally, I understand that this is open source freeware and while I'm familiar with a ton of programming languages and environments, AHK isn't one of them ... yet. The usefulness of this tool (which I refer to as WBT along with TDL) is compelling enough to make me take interest in this AHK thing so that I can maintain my own code, make my own enhancements, and hopefully give changes back to the group - I just need to find some time, which is why I took interest in WBT in the first place. So as a marketing tool this thing is great. It makes me wonder what else is out there in AHK-land that can be used. I'll definitely be looking at it soon.

Anyway, thanks for your time here. And thanks for some great software!

(sorry for the -- dashes -- the List BBCodes don't seem to be working)

[TotalBalance]

Hi Starbuck,

Thank you, more than you know, for the time and effort put into your comment. My focus of recent has been on family and health matters. I've been very neglect on this forum of recent. However, your post motivates me to re-focus some of my time back to WBT.

I'll address your post, in detail, as my first to do on my daily action list (after my doctor appt) tomorrow. Just wanted to give a quick "thank you" now.

P.S. From your post, I can't help but feel our paths have (or should have) crossed? You signed in as a guest so no way to PM you. Hope you rethink signing up as a member of this forum.
P.S.S. The're other posts, deserving a response, I'll be responding to as well. Thx. in advance to everyone who's taken the time to show interest and support in WBT!!
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Lars

[TotalBalance]