Dedicated to Rudenko of RoboSoft As a software developer I should not criticise my peers, I am only too well aware of my own shortcomings. However after 8 years I can no longer be quiet. My angst is over RoboSoft PAD Automation Software, and its excellent. It does exactly what I want, how I want [...]
Ever had trouble explaining to technical support exactly what the problem is? A screen dump will often help get your message across. Here’s a few ways to do that: 1. CamStudio: Taking a screen recording is not difficult or expensive anymore. And sometimes a video recording of the screen is the only way to get [...]
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune… The question is can twitter help your business? I’m not sure but willing to give it a try. As mentioned in a previous post the similarities with facebook are astonishing, except it cuts out the clutter, and that is attractive. [...]
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Ever need to send a one-line email from a DOS/CMD batch file? If your PC or Server has .Net 2 installed you can use this application. It’s straightforward. Place the cmdSendmail.exe in your path or working directory and then type something like this at the command line:- cmdSendMail you@emailtest.com~you@somewherelse.com~The Subject~The main text of the message~you@somewherelse.com~pass123~mail.somewherelse.com [...]
Sometimes it’s useful to extract a web page to a file from a Windows batch. For example I have a batch file that downloads financial figures every day, processes them and updates a database. vbcurl http://myfinancialfigures.com/something.php >mydatafile.htm If you don’t have a copy of Opera handy use a statement like the following to read the [...]
Encrypt HTML Click the above link to download a small tool for encrypting small chunks of HTML such as PayPal and AlertPay buttons. It doesn’t actually encrypt code it obfuscates it which is a fancy way of saying it jumbles it up a bit. It’s enough to deter the casual thief from checking out the [...]
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You could prepare a batch to call VBCurl, and call it from a Windows Schedule too. However if you are looking for something quick to setup you might find this better. The application is written with VB6. It’s not a commercial grade product but it does the job. I meant to add it to the [...]
