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Post a sample pmc code or script here and I'll try to help you.Bongskie_26 wrote: ↑15 Jan 2022, 01:03Newbie here.
Summing numerical string input was working before but now I cannot add both number, it keeps concatenating.
For your first post on the forum, that looks pretty vicious and a bit self-centered, aka "make it completely useless for me". A key point here, which is something I've noticed over the years, is when people use new software they tend to blame any initial failures on it versus themselves. To include not bothering to read instructions, do tutorials, or examine examples.NodeX wrote: ↑19 Jan 2022, 17:491. Image search doesn't work, no matter what I tried.
2. Control-based click cannot even recognize the control I clicked - it doesn't get its name/class/id, whatever.
3. The mouse recorder doesn't relate its clicks
4. I have to exit PMC then restart and reload the script, otherwise it doesn't work at all.
Bottom line, the above mentioned #1 and #2 serious unresolved bugs and the #3 & #4 semi-implemented one, make it completely useless for me.
I spent the whole day and it couldn't make a single successful click.
Personally I wouldn't publish software before I resolved its critical bugs at least, unless I wanted to torture thousands of people... for free.
).First post after a first really bad experience. If I praised the application I would be a liar, and if I felt happy and grateful after struggling all day long to no avail, then I'd be a robot.
Should I have talked about you then, or about everyone, when I was describing my own experience and the way I perceived it?
I wish that was true, but it’s not, the vast majority of people tend to blame themselves instead, subconsciously, and feel bad about themselves, like they are incapable to make a simple piece of software or hardware work.
You can't blame them, life is too short, and spare time is limited to non-existent. They follow their instinct, and they are right: contrary to the common devs' belief, all of an app’s functionality can be made self-explanatory and intuitive, with no need to read any manuals at all.
When did I ask for help? I didn’t, because I had decided to look elsewhere, so I just provided my honest critical feedback as a user who tried the software, but while searching for other software, I stumbled upon an image search discussion in the search results, and found the workaround.
Nobody is forcing you to accept my critical feedback either, yet you decided to counter it .
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;- https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=19807
;- montrer une bande dessinée
;- creates a folder 'blondie' in a_scriptdir with 8-pictures
;--------------------------------------------------------------
#Warn
#NoEnv
setworkingdir, %a_scriptdir%
Gui,2: -DPIScale
Gui,2:Color,black
Gui,2:Font, S10 CDefault , Lucida Console
P1:="blondie\P1.jpg",P2:="blondie\P2.jpg",P3:="blondie\P3.jpg",P4:="blondie\P4.jpg",P5:="blondie\P5.jpg",P6:="blondie\P6.jpg",P7:="blondie\P7.jpg",P8:="blondie\P8.jpg"
fd1:=a_scriptdir . "\blondie"
ifnotexist,%fd1%
filecreatedir,%fd1%
ifnotexist,%p1%
{
urldownloadtofile,http://i.imgur.com/o33K7tL.jpg,%p1%
urldownloadtofile,http://i.imgur.com/XXHnz8j.jpg,%p2%
urldownloadtofile,http://i.imgur.com/9F7Iqv7.jpg,%p3%
urldownloadtofile,http://i.imgur.com/LVqgrOl.jpg,%p4%
urldownloadtofile,http://i.imgur.com/KoYFTj5.jpg,%p5%
urldownloadtofile,http://i.imgur.com/blJIQjT.jpg,%p6%
urldownloadtofile,http://i.imgur.com/I4CqPLT.jpg,%p7%
urldownloadtofile,http://i.imgur.com/4ZF2FMc.jpg,%p8%
}
WA:=A_screenwidth,HA:=A_screenheight
PW:=(WA*25)/100,PH :=(HA*30)/100
X1:=(WA*1)/100 ,X2:=(WA*27)/100,X3:=(WA*53)/100
Y1:=(HA*1)/100 ,Y2:=(HA*32)/100,Y3:=(HA*63)/100
GH:=(PH*3)+80 ,GW:=(X3+PW)+60
gui,2:add,picture, x%X1% y%Y1% h%PH% w%PW% ,%P1%
gui,2:add,picture, x%X2% y%Y1% h%PH% w%PW% ,%P2%
gui,2:add,picture, x%X3% y%Y1% h%PH% w%PW% ,%P3%
gui,2:add,picture, x%X1% y%Y2% h%PH% w%PW% ,%P4%
gui,2:add,picture, x%X2% y%Y2% h%PH% w%PW% ,%P5%
gui,2:add,picture, x%X3% y%Y2% h%PH% w%PW% ,%P6%
gui,2:add,picture, x%X1% y%Y3% h%PH% w%PW% ,%P7%
gui,2:add,picture, x%X2% y%Y3% h%PH% w%PW% ,%P8%
gui,2:show,x1 y1 h%GH% w%GW%, Blondie
return
;---------
2Guiclose:
exitapp
;=====================================================What happened when you pressed the record button and did exactly what you wanted to do? I did that and was able to reproducibly make 3 screen grabs of 1/3 of an image and put them together in MS Paint. The raw recording isn't pretty, but it does all the needed steps. You can then automate what you want with user inputs or arrays and loops. If you have trouble after you got that started, ask a more specific question and perhaps you'll get more responses.ranjit wrote: ↑22 Feb 2022, 00:32Hello friends,
Need some help in the Pulover program. I want to make a collage of 3 screenshots ie
a) take a screenshot of one-third of the right side of the page and paste it in Microsoft Paint (or Image Magik as suggested),
b) scroll down the page take another screenshot (1/3 of the right side of the page), paste that on the same Paint page side by side, and not over it.
c) and once more scroll down the page take another screenshot (1/3 of the right side of the page), paste that on the same Paint page
d) Save the collage of three screenshots.
Can any expert help
thanks to the venerable PULOVER MacroCreator Rudolfo Batista, and all you helpful souls
regards
. I have in the past prevented even close personal friends from coming and doing similar.Our Mission wrote:Not monetize the software
Same can be said of this comment
How is first or 8000000th relevant, Saying this is just showmanship like more posts = more status
. That is not a thing, Not even a little 
. In fact as someone who has made a career writing professional grade Automated solutions in large corporations, consulting and scoping multi million dollar projects, I found @NodeX post concise and insightful as to the issues he found. What would have been appropriate is if @Pulover or literally anyone dug in and attempted to troubleshoot/make recommendations/ or submit a bug report on GitHub. At least you offered a suggestion 
So as an expert troll myself 
I can accurately call both comments 'trolling'
Victim blaming
Obviously, I wanted to torture thousands of people... for free. was a jab but perhaps given how often @Pulover refuses to address/respond to user concerns ...NodeX wrote: ↑19 Jan 2022, 17:49Bottom line, the above mentioned #1 and #2 serious unresolved bugs and the #3 & #4 semi-implemented one, make it completely useless for me.
I spent the whole day and it couldn't make a single successful click.
Personally I wouldn't publish software before I resolved its critical bugs at least, unless I wanted to torture thousands of people... for free.
And pretty much the most important part of any SDLC
Yea, I don't get it either
A very different perspective than many dev's and absurdly accurate actually. Steve Jobs, a megalomaniac, was famous for throwing out entire code bases and requiring the team start entirely over with Only the UI features he felt were intuitive. Googles home page is remarkably plan for the reason of focusing on an obvious task 'let me search for something', All to often bad devs think good code is about building to a spec and not considering UX. it matters, perhaps more than almost anything else. It is upon GOOD devs to flag a bad design, Focusing on a Narrow MVP, and adequate debugging methods, and user friendly (not developer friendly) error messages. The one differentiator here is that this is a programing tool which does raise the bar on what might be expected of the user.NodeX wrote: ↑23 Jan 2022, 21:00something I've noticed over the years, when people use new software they tend to blame any initial failures on it versus themselves.
I wish that was true, but it’s not, the vast majority of people tend to blame themselves instead, subconsciously, and feel bad about themselves, like they are incapable to make a simple piece of software or hardware work.
A noble but sadly under rated goal, much like self documented code
Virtue signaling? pot .... kettle, well actually no, there really wasn't anything disrespectful, frustrated perhaps but not disrespectful. Nothing at all like victim blaiming
well Maybe a bit direct but, I couldn't agree more
@Pulover This has got to stop. !! You can package your code any way you like. but if you are going to just flat ignore these, and not respond to each and everyone with at minimum a link to an alternate method and a way to safely clean up the bloat ware then maybe it is time to reconsider featuring this app. Multiple nicer and private approaches have been taken. So now here I am being the asshole putting you on public notice. No matter the disclaimer on the OP your choice to utilize bloatware and a shady installer does affect the reputation of AutoHotkey. It is not too much to ask that you respond to these kinds of posts with alternate option and bloatware removal options. If you don't want to be responsible for how it affects users, remove itDuckTheCow wrote: ↑10 Nov 2021, 03:53@Pulover why does the install contain bloatware? Seems pretty shady. Especially since you closed an issue without replying where the user was asking if the inclusion of bloatware was intentional.