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WhiteCloud
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 Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:23 am Post subject: Sort by string size and more fonts and colors in msgbox |
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more fonts, sizes, and colors in inputbox and tooltip/traytip would be useful too
oh and a way to line up the tabs into columns in the above displays would be nice too
sort by string size is something that i tried to do quickly with sort but it ended up being a pretty long piece of code
btw i'm just throwing these out there, i'm by no means a good judge of what to add to ahk.
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beardboy
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:59 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | oh and a way to line up the tabs into columns in the above displays would be nice too |
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| Code: | ToolTip, Apples`t`t100`nOranges`t200`nGrapes`t`t1000
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Something that I didn't know about until I noticed Chris use it in an example script here on the forum.
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Chris
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | more fonts, sizes, and colors in inputbox and tooltip/traytip would be useful too |
I don't know if tooltip/traytip can be altered that way, but for InputBox it's a good idea which I'll add to the list along with some other improvements (e.g. auto-sizing) that are planned for it.
| Quote: | | sort by string size is something that i tried to do quickly with sort but it ended up being a pretty long piece of code |
Just to clarify, you would want to sort each item according to its string length?
| Quote: | | i'm just throwing these out there, i'm by no means a good judge of what to add to ahk. |
Those are great suggestions. I think you and others who suggest new features are better judges of what to add because I'm so involved with the development that I often fail to see the obvious. |
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WhiteCloud
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| Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:11 am Post subject: |
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I had a need to sort by string size on the day the patch that had Sort came out. I've written code to do it so I don't need it anymore. But it seemed like a sensible feature that others might need at some point.
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WhiteCloud
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| Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 1:23 am Post subject: |
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About the text formatting features:
AHK has got FANTASTIC user input features. And it's got a pretty broad range of things it can do with that input. (maybe it'd be cool to expand into some netorking features, but aside from that it's pretty f'n comprehensive) But as far as output to the user it seems like it lacks a little bit. Why does it seem that way? Because I think of AHK as a personal assistant. It's scripts are constantly there for me while I am at the computer. Interacting with me. So I'd like the output I get from it to be as efficient as the input I put into it.
On that note, maybe letting pictures be displayed in msgboxes would be something the regulars around here would find interesting uses for...
for instance if I hit f1 in some of my scripts, my key assignments show up in a message box. I'd rather see a graphical display of how i set them up so I don't have to stare at it as long.
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Chris
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| Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 2:22 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | it'd be cool to expand into some netorking features |
Support for FTP transfers is planned. I'd also like to provide a way for the progress of a URLDownloadToFile to be monitored. Feel free to suggest other networking features.
| Quote: | | maybe letting pictures be displayed in msgboxes would be something the regulars around here would find interesting uses for... |
Although MsgBox and InputBox will probably not be able to display images any time soon, SplashImage (or something like it) is near the top of the list. It will probably be similar to the Progress command, except it will show a picture instead of a bar.
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WhiteCloud
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| Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 2:57 am Post subject: |
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 SplashImage will open up some nice possibilities. There won't be any real need for pictures in msgboxes or imputboxes after that.
As far as networking features go, the grand daddy of them all would be to be able to send variables between 2 ahk scripts running on two networked computers. Why not just ftp them? It seems like it would take an extra half-second to hit write the file, send the file, read the file, and require a rapid Loop on the receiving end (or both ends if you wanted special feedback).
BTW I have to ask, is there a switch on the market that will let me switch which computer my keyboard is sending to instantly and do it with a keypress?
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| Quote: | | send variables between 2 ahk scripts running on two networked computers. ... and require a rapid Loop on the receiving end (or both ends if you wanted special feedback). |
Maybe someday, but that's pretty far advanced and outside the mission for now. The best way to achieve the above now is with a mapped drive and using FileAppend to create a file containing the desired info. Have the remote machine watch for the file with SetTimer, read it, then delete it when it's done.
| Quote: | | BTW I have to ask, is there a switch on the market that will let me switch which computer my keyboard is sending to instantly and do it with a keypress? |
I've seen ones that do exactly that (respond to a certain key-combination), but I can't recommend any in particular. |
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