Making a process run completely or in part without the need of any user input once the process is started.
0
votes
1answer
28 views
Queue commands to last subshel even if one of them launches new shell
I want to automate something writing simple script launching consecutively few scripts one after another. And then setting some aliases at the top shell.
Problem: few of these commands launch new ...
0
votes
1answer
6 views
How to connect to a computer on LAN using some other account then earlier used?
I have 7 computers on the LAN in a small home office, and one of the computers PC01 has data that will be accessed by other users. Till now, all I had to do was share the relevant folders with ...
0
votes
0answers
13 views
Is it possible to have IDE-like snippet that can be used anywhere?
For example, in visual studio, I can type "propfull", tab and it will autoexpand to this template
private $type$ $field$;
public $type$ $property$
{
get { return $field$;}
set { $field$ = ...
1
vote
1answer
19 views
Windows command to copy file forcefully when that file is used by another process
I am copy a file using copy command. But its throwing some error.
copy /y ..\BuildLog.htm .
Error is : The process cannot access the file because its used by another process
XCOPY /Y is also ...
-2
votes
1answer
22 views
How to remove duplicated images automatically? [duplicate]
My photos folder contains lots of dupblicated photos. How can I get rid of duplicated copies?
0
votes
0answers
13 views
How can i automate attaching log files in SBM serena business manager SCR tickets
I have to automate the following task.
Using a script, I want to automatically attach a file to SBM Serena Business Manager's SCR ticket's ATTACHMENT section --or update other infomation in SCR like ...
6
votes
3answers
2k views
Cannot get Windows snipping tool to auto run with AutoHotKey
I am trying to get Windows 7 sniping tool to run when I hit my PRINTSCREEN keyboard button with AUTOHOTKEY.
I have been unsuccessful so far though. Here is what I have for the AutoHotKey script.
...
0
votes
0answers
26 views
Record and duplicate file operations on another system
I was wondering if there's a tool to do as title says on windows? I currently use freefilesync to sync two huge directories (1.8 TB). Now I plan to reorganize how the folders are stored.
...
-1
votes
1answer
18 views
How to perform zipped mirroring on Windows?
My source is a directory hierarchy. I need to auto-copy the files in the source to a destination directory, but to have each file individually zipped inside the destination sub-directories. ...
-1
votes
1answer
30 views
Can I have 2 folders from 2 different servers in sync one way
Can I have 2 folder from 2 different server in sync one way!
I have a Windows server, Server 1 :public server
a Windows server, Server 2: local on my network :under NAT
The problem is that I get ...
0
votes
1answer
17 views
launch an automatic action once connected to a specific ssid on OS X
My college requires a local gateway authentication webpage after connecting to their wifi, so I would like to make my macbook pro to automatically run curl with the proper user and password when I ...
2
votes
1answer
92 views
What is the easiest way to change the creation time for large amounts of files so that they are sorted alphanumerically?
I am trying to get images to display in a specific order on as many smartphones as possible without them requiring specific software, and the easiest way to do this is to change the creation times of ...
4
votes
1answer
46 views
How can I programmatically renumber pages in a PDF?
As a graduate student, I come across PDFs of articles and book chapters on a daily basis. Sometimes these PDFs are paginated correctly internally (that is, if an article starts on page 67, the PDF ...
0
votes
0answers
36 views
How to Print to Save as PDF from a command line with Chrome or Chromium
Can I print to destination "Save as PDF" from a command line with Chrome or Chromium? I'd like to be able to automatically convert html files to PDF with Chrome's built-in functionality.
2
votes
2answers
4k views
Excel data into PowerPoint slides
I have already found some helpful sites but I'm still unable to do what I want. My Excel file contains few columns and multiple rows. All the data from one row would be in one slide but data from ...
-1
votes
0answers
25 views
Setting up a script to change the password to a random string [closed]
I am working with several colleagues on buying and selling virtual items. In the system we set up, we basically have to pool our resources into one account to have enough money to buy some of the more ...
2
votes
1answer
86 views
Fancy 3D Code Renderer
I'm looking for an automated tool that takes a file or series of files and creates an image from small sections of the code. Does something like this exist?
3
votes
1answer
923 views
How to trigger a check for updates in Firefox programatically or from a command line?
Is there a command line switch for firefox.exe or an "about:" URL that will either force an update check or at least display the Help/About dialog, which checks for updates and tells if you're running ...
0
votes
3answers
3k views
How to get outlook email attachment onto a file server?
Background:
Every work day I get an e-mail message from a known sender. The sender puts an attachment in the e-mail message. I have to process that attachment with a python script.
Question:
What ...
3
votes
1answer
33 views
Automating an IP Phone
I've been very interested in Automating an IP phone, currently I am automating phone calls by using PuTTY to a Dial-Up modem through simple AT commands. However, this is a poor method because it does ...
0
votes
0answers
12 views
Copy and email Etherpad content regularly
I use Piratapad as a todo list for our printshop with 100+ members, and would like to once a month copy all active issues from the list and email it out to our members. What would be the simples way ...
0
votes
1answer
14 views
Should restarting a Linux host from within a cfengine policy be avoided?
Specifically, if cfengine is used to install the most recent version of an onboard device's firmware and do some tests to see if a reboot is required, and the results indicate that the machine needs a ...
0
votes
1answer
35 views
How to automatically auto play youtube videos?
Can I make youtube always autoplay videos on page load? I know everyone always wants to stop this it seems... Specifically embedded videos.
0
votes
0answers
12 views
i want my computer to dial a connection directly without me clicking on dial / connect if the connection is not present computer software
i want my computer to dial a connection directly without me clicking on "dial / connect" if the connection is not present.
I have a dial up connection which sometimes gets disconnected in the night ...
0
votes
0answers
18 views
Automated Blog Post Update On Keyword for Links
From time to time, when blogging, I'll link to other sites that I think provide rich information or articles that I've written. To make the process easier, I have an Excel file that has all the ...
0
votes
1answer
105 views
How can I select a particular tab using Auto Hotkey?
I have a window with custom controls with a Tab Bar Control like:
Tab 1 | Tab 2 | Tab 3 | Tab 4 | ...
I want to select Tab 1 (or Tab N for that matter). When I activate the Window it can have the ...
1
vote
1answer
263 views
Image recognition mouse-click automation utility?
Does there exist any kind of a simple MacOSX utility that can take a given image and find whether the image is on the screen (perhaps with a certain variance threshold) and then automate a position of ...
0
votes
1answer
351 views
Username password Macro or tool
I write extensions for a program. The program has a username/password dialogue box. There is no "remember my password" option. The task of entering this information is quite cumbersome and breaks my ...
0
votes
0answers
20 views
Configure STAF & STAX on Ubuntu
I have been banging trying to configure STAF & STAX on my Ubuntu 12.10 running on Vmware.
I tried all configuration from start to end using
STAFGS Documentaion
STAFFAQ ...
0
votes
2answers
63 views
How to automatically post on a forum after a random interval? [closed]
I am a regular user of the forum: http://forums.vr-zone.com/
Currently, I am selling a laptop on the marketplace. As it gets very crowded in there, I have to manually bump my post every few minutes ...
1
vote
2answers
77 views
bash - Sending simulated keystrokes
I've recently been trying to write a script that can be used to automate my c++ program in bash. If you know AutoIt, I can simply show you an example of what I am trying to do:
send("1{enter}")
or
...
1
vote
1answer
32 views
How to get Windows 7 to auto-login a user based on presence of wifi or bluetooth device?
I want to avoid the tediousness of typing the password for my user account on the many times each day that it wakes from sleep, but I want it to require the password whenever it's possible that it has ...
2
votes
2answers
184 views
Need a testing automation program for a Winforms application without source code
I am looking for (what I'm assuming) is a testing automation program. I need to harvest the data this application uses. I cannot access the database directly. I do not have the application's source ...
0
votes
2answers
82 views
Silent install without extra features
I want to make for myself list of programs to make them be installed without any people near them. I found out info about silent/unattended installation, BUT it is installing programs with all default ...
2
votes
2answers
790 views
Convert a series of PNGs to an animated gif or video file
I have a series of PNG image files that I want to convert into animation.
What is the best way to convert them into a GIF?
Also I have tried various tools to convert them into a video file (like ...
0
votes
2answers
182 views
Auto unrar script tomatousb for transmission web client
I am running the tomatoUSB custom firmware with the latest shibby mod on my Asus RT-n66u router.
I have configured the transmission web interface that was preloaded and its up and running. Now I am ...
0
votes
0answers
29 views
How do you minimize software tools installation and configuration on newly installed OS (Linux/Mac OS X)?
Once a year, I re-install my OS. After every install, I have to install a lot of tools (Xcode, Tmux, Iterm2, etc ..). This is time consuming (about 8 hours to re-install everything and restore config ...
3
votes
1answer
65 views
How can I keep a Windows registry key constant?
Is there a way to lock a system registry key from being changed? Or to somehow keep it constant?
In Windows 7, I'm trying to prevent a system registry key from being automatically changed any time a ...
9
votes
9answers
994 views
Are there any tools to periodically check if a web site is available?
Either online or local applications (Windows XP preferably). I'm specifically looking to be notified by email if the web site in question goes down.
I've tried the Firefox add on, Mr Uptime, but it ...
1
vote
3answers
54 views
How to run a Windows application when the ethernet cable is connected?
We have a laptop that is primarily used offline, but when it is connected to our network (via ethernet cable), we would like to start a backup application. Is it possible?
The network address is ...
0
votes
0answers
41 views
Automation of inserting images into a Microsoft Word document
I have a couple of gif in a folder as (1.GIF, 2.GIF etc). How do I automate the process of inserting the images into a Microsoft Word document one image per page?
0
votes
2answers
53 views
Auto Logon Windows 7 Upon Initial Boot While Still Protected by Password [duplicate]
I have a Windows 7 machine currently. I am writing a script which will always be running. Basically, it checks to make sure a program is open, and if it's not, it opens it.
However, when my computer ...
0
votes
1answer
27 views
Calculating `indent` parameters automatically
How to automatically analyse a C/C++ source file and find out which indent parameters does suit more (for example, produce minimum of changes when filtered though indent)?
0
votes
0answers
275 views
WINWORD.EXE /Automation and Normal.dotm Error
I've been having a problem with a third-party add-in to Word that I think is related to ActiveX/automation. Here's what I know:
When I use the add-in to create multiple new Word files from the ...
0
votes
2answers
56 views
Is there a way to format numbers' font when surfing web using Chrome/Firefox browser?
I love to see numbers in Georgia font and would love to see them auto-formatted into that font! If you know such tools, please share!
Update
I want just numbers to be formatted while other texts ...
0
votes
1answer
750 views
Running C# exe at boot as daemon with non-root privileges on debian squeeze
I am in the process of setting up a "multi-server" (LAMP, MINECRAFT, FTP, SOCKS, FIREWALL, DHCP) on a Dell dimension 4400 I have the LAMP working now I am going for the minecraft server. I have a ...
0
votes
0answers
44 views
Windows Terminal Emulator with powerful scripting language
I have to deal with a legacy application exposing a CHUI (Character UI, i.e. VT100) on Solaris.
Users access this via terminal emulation from Windows desktops.
They use macros (sequences of characters ...
0
votes
1answer
122 views
Automatically Send Print Job to Printer on Email Trigger
I'm looking for a way (on Mac OS) to automatically send print jobs to a printer when a certain email (sent to a fulfillment email address) is received. Kind of like a do-it-yourself print-on-demand.
3
votes
1answer
23 views
Customize action when button is pressed on an external harddrive
I have a Transcend StoreJet external harddrive. It has a button on the outer shell which is used for synchronizing folders and files when it is pressed. There is a software that enables this function. ...
4
votes
7answers
11k views
How do I create an unattended installer for various applications in Windows?
I have had to reinstall my operating system today and there a ton of programs that I need to install, not to mention quite a few configurations to make after installing them!
I heard some people are ...
