my profile | my password | search | faq & rules | forum home

» Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE   » Community   » Film-Yak   » Share your great software here... (Page 2)

This topic comprises 6 pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6

Author Topic: Share your great software here... Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-21-2010 03:44 PM                     I have been very happy with this inexpensive program http://www.abacom-online.de/uk/html/sprint-layout.html  |  IP: Logged Eric Robinson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 538 From: Santa Rosa, CA Registered: Jan 2005 posted 09-22-2010 12:49 AM                     Command Line SMTP Mailer for Batch Jobs I use this to email myself alerts from computers which have tripped custom alerts I have crafted to monitor disk and ram space shortages.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-22-2010 08:06 AM                        Gordon: does it run on OS/2?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-22-2010 10:05 AM                     regretably no OS2 is religated now to doing invoices only Scot that dvd software requires a 55.00 activation fee  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 09-26-2010 02:10 PM                     Can anyone recommend a good piece of software that can mimic mouse movements, mouse clicks and key strokes on a schedule? For example something with a "record" and then a daily scheduled "playback"?  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 09-26-2010 02:44 PM                     Brad, Never used it but... http://www.macros.com/ Claims to be able to create a macro for opening programs, simulating keystrokes/mouse clicks, and scheduling playback of the macro. And it looks from the screenshots like you can have it record the macro by clicking around in said program like you would normally. edit: Another similar program to the above with the exception of being free/open-source (but seemingly more complicated to set up) is available at http://www.autohotkey.com/ And its info for how to set up for automating mouse clicks is at http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Tutorial.htm#Send Though it's unclear if you can specify what time to run it at.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-26-2010 04:29 PM                     Trying to overcome 2D/3D settings?  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-01-2010 03:49 PM                     quote: Mike Blakesley I didn't know MS Office could "expire." I'm still using Office 2007 at work. The MS Office loaded on most PCs these days is a 'trialware' version that has full functionality for 30 to 90 days and then it 'expires' until you call Microsoft, pay the money, and receive a license code to 'restore' it.  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 10-01-2010 05:47 PM                     After the trial has expired, you can still open and view the files, but you can't create new ones or modify the existing ones. Now your computer just cost you a few hundred bucks more, if you want to use MS Office. Rick  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-01-2010 06:45 PM                        quote: Aaron Sisemore The MS Office loaded on most PCs these days is a 'trialware' version that has full functionality for 30 to 90 days I assume that means you get the software as a trial version if you don't "buy" it up front when you buy the computer...right? If that's the case, what's wrong with it expiring, Rick? You should get it for free forever?  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 10-01-2010 06:51 PM                     No Mike, when it says it is preloaded with MS Office when I buy it, then I expect it to be on there. Doesn't matter, I bought a copy of it in China with the key for $1.00  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 10-01-2010 07:54 PM                     quote: Richard Hamilton No Mike, when it says it is preloaded with MS Office when I buy it, then I expect it to be on there. All the recent OEM computers I've looked at state clearly that the included Office suite is a trial version. And they also included MS Works for those who weren't going to purchase the suite license.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-01-2010 09:52 PM                        See there? This is one of those times where Microsoft gets a bad rap for being a rotten company, when in this particular case they've done absolutely nothing wrong.  |  IP: Logged Kenneth Wuepper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1026 From: Saginaw, MI, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-02-2010 09:21 AM                     Frankly, I am amazed that people in this business think Microsoft is bad because they have "trial versions" of their software included on new computers. How must people feel toward us when we show trailers and not the whole film on our screens? KEN  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 10-02-2010 11:42 AM                     Ken, My beef isn't entirely with MS. I always had a company provided laptop. When I went out on my own a few years ago, I spent close to $2000 on a new laptop at Best Buy. The salesman said it had MS Office preloaded on it, no mention of a trial period. 90 days later, I am working on a project, and when I open Excel, I get a pop-up saying my trial period is up. At the time it was going to cost me $600 to buy MS Office. I don't even know if my new laptop has MS Office, I just use Open Office which is identical. quote: Kenneth Wuepper How must people feel toward us when we show trailers and not the whole film on our screens? That makes no sense, that's advertisements. So you think if you sell a ticket for 10 bucks, the customer should get to see all the movies that are in the previews? I think most people know there are previews and don't expect to spend all day watching so many movies in a row. Rick  |  IP: Logged

All times are Central (GMT -6:00)

This topic comprises 6 pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6

Printer-friendly view of this topic

Hop To: Select a Forum: Category: Operations -------------------- Digital Cinema Forum Film Handlers' Forum Large Format Forum Ground Level Feature Info, Trailer Attachments & REAL Credit Offsets Category: Community -------------------- Film-Yak Film Handlers' Movie Reviews The Afterlife Bob Maar's Joke-A-Thon Category: Classified -------------------- Equipment and Supplies Wanted/For Sale Help Wanted/Seeking Employment Category: System -------------------- Software Beta Testing Forum

The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.