What small programs or utilities have you written for yourself or just for fun?
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Thought this would be interesting to talk about. I've only been working about a year(been programming nearly 2 years now) and I've done quite a few little programs for myself 1) An alarm - Normal alarm radios or even the ones in cellphones are not close to loud enough to wake me up, so i wrote a simple app to just play a sound at a specified time. This works because i have over 4000 watts of sound hooked up to my main box at home ;P 2) Metronome - I play guitar and a metronome is an invaluable tool to progress speed 3) SQL Script executor - This one i use at work, i basically got sick of being told that the database is in use so database X cant be dropped. I wrote a simple console app that reads a text file with scripts paths in it, stops the SQL server, starts it up, and run all the scripts in the file 4) Net Pinger - this one is also mainkly gets used at work, it basically pings www.google.com and if successful it draws a green circle on the form, if it times out a orange one, if the host could not be reached the circle is red. 5) Code Manager - My lil code snippet archive, it uses XML files so i can carry it around on my flash disk So what fun tools have you written?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer)1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111Here are some of them: Rename Start Button[^] Window Tray Minimizer[^] - minimizes any window to tray Exploring OBEX Devices Connected via Bluetooth[^] - Manages files on mobile phones Window Tabifier[^] - Tab many windows in one host window.
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Thought this would be interesting to talk about. I've only been working about a year(been programming nearly 2 years now) and I've done quite a few little programs for myself 1) An alarm - Normal alarm radios or even the ones in cellphones are not close to loud enough to wake me up, so i wrote a simple app to just play a sound at a specified time. This works because i have over 4000 watts of sound hooked up to my main box at home ;P 2) Metronome - I play guitar and a metronome is an invaluable tool to progress speed 3) SQL Script executor - This one i use at work, i basically got sick of being told that the database is in use so database X cant be dropped. I wrote a simple console app that reads a text file with scripts paths in it, stops the SQL server, starts it up, and run all the scripts in the file 4) Net Pinger - this one is also mainkly gets used at work, it basically pings www.google.com and if successful it draws a green circle on the form, if it times out a orange one, if the host could not be reached the circle is red. 5) Code Manager - My lil code snippet archive, it uses XML files so i can carry it around on my flash disk So what fun tools have you written?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer)1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111Harvey Saayman wrote:
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer) 1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111
I'm working on a tool that rips off distracting signatures from a post :-\
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Thought this would be interesting to talk about. I've only been working about a year(been programming nearly 2 years now) and I've done quite a few little programs for myself 1) An alarm - Normal alarm radios or even the ones in cellphones are not close to loud enough to wake me up, so i wrote a simple app to just play a sound at a specified time. This works because i have over 4000 watts of sound hooked up to my main box at home ;P 2) Metronome - I play guitar and a metronome is an invaluable tool to progress speed 3) SQL Script executor - This one i use at work, i basically got sick of being told that the database is in use so database X cant be dropped. I wrote a simple console app that reads a text file with scripts paths in it, stops the SQL server, starts it up, and run all the scripts in the file 4) Net Pinger - this one is also mainkly gets used at work, it basically pings www.google.com and if successful it draws a green circle on the form, if it times out a orange one, if the host could not be reached the circle is red. 5) Code Manager - My lil code snippet archive, it uses XML files so i can carry it around on my flash disk So what fun tools have you written?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer)1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111My VAT report program. It would take 2 hrs to do a vat return for my company. I have worked hard to get that dowm to about half an hour. My latest version is down to about 15 mins. That leaves a lot more time to muck about on CP! (I Am still working to get it down to a one click report)
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My VAT report program. It would take 2 hrs to do a vat return for my company. I have worked hard to get that dowm to about half an hour. My latest version is down to about 15 mins. That leaves a lot more time to muck about on CP! (I Am still working to get it down to a one click report)
------------------------------------ "Will you marry me? Are you rich?, Don't answer in that order" Groucho Marx
On_click() PayAllTheSpareCashYouHaveTo("HM Inspectorate of Taxes") End
My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"
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On_click() PayAllTheSpareCashYouHaveTo("HM Inspectorate of Taxes") End
My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"
Don't be silly...Thats the Income Tax Report! :)
------------------------------------ "Will you marry me? Are you rich?, Don't answer in that order" Groucho Marx
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Thought this would be interesting to talk about. I've only been working about a year(been programming nearly 2 years now) and I've done quite a few little programs for myself 1) An alarm - Normal alarm radios or even the ones in cellphones are not close to loud enough to wake me up, so i wrote a simple app to just play a sound at a specified time. This works because i have over 4000 watts of sound hooked up to my main box at home ;P 2) Metronome - I play guitar and a metronome is an invaluable tool to progress speed 3) SQL Script executor - This one i use at work, i basically got sick of being told that the database is in use so database X cant be dropped. I wrote a simple console app that reads a text file with scripts paths in it, stops the SQL server, starts it up, and run all the scripts in the file 4) Net Pinger - this one is also mainkly gets used at work, it basically pings www.google.com and if successful it draws a green circle on the form, if it times out a orange one, if the host could not be reached the circle is red. 5) Code Manager - My lil code snippet archive, it uses XML files so i can carry it around on my flash disk So what fun tools have you written?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer)1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111None, at least for a very long time. :((
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Thought this would be interesting to talk about. I've only been working about a year(been programming nearly 2 years now) and I've done quite a few little programs for myself 1) An alarm - Normal alarm radios or even the ones in cellphones are not close to loud enough to wake me up, so i wrote a simple app to just play a sound at a specified time. This works because i have over 4000 watts of sound hooked up to my main box at home ;P 2) Metronome - I play guitar and a metronome is an invaluable tool to progress speed 3) SQL Script executor - This one i use at work, i basically got sick of being told that the database is in use so database X cant be dropped. I wrote a simple console app that reads a text file with scripts paths in it, stops the SQL server, starts it up, and run all the scripts in the file 4) Net Pinger - this one is also mainkly gets used at work, it basically pings www.google.com and if successful it draws a green circle on the form, if it times out a orange one, if the host could not be reached the circle is red. 5) Code Manager - My lil code snippet archive, it uses XML files so i can carry it around on my flash disk So what fun tools have you written?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer)1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111 -
Zhat wrote:
Hello World
Isn't that a theme park for z list celebs?
------------------------------------ "Will you marry me? Are you rich?, Don't answer in that order" Groucho Marx
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Zhat wrote:
Hello World
Isn't that a theme park for z list celebs?
------------------------------------ "Will you marry me? Are you rich?, Don't answer in that order" Groucho Marx
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Thought this would be interesting to talk about. I've only been working about a year(been programming nearly 2 years now) and I've done quite a few little programs for myself 1) An alarm - Normal alarm radios or even the ones in cellphones are not close to loud enough to wake me up, so i wrote a simple app to just play a sound at a specified time. This works because i have over 4000 watts of sound hooked up to my main box at home ;P 2) Metronome - I play guitar and a metronome is an invaluable tool to progress speed 3) SQL Script executor - This one i use at work, i basically got sick of being told that the database is in use so database X cant be dropped. I wrote a simple console app that reads a text file with scripts paths in it, stops the SQL server, starts it up, and run all the scripts in the file 4) Net Pinger - this one is also mainkly gets used at work, it basically pings www.google.com and if successful it draws a green circle on the form, if it times out a orange one, if the host could not be reached the circle is red. 5) Code Manager - My lil code snippet archive, it uses XML files so i can carry it around on my flash disk So what fun tools have you written?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer)1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111I've written several (completely free) utilities for fun:* WeatherMate[^]
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Thought this would be interesting to talk about. I've only been working about a year(been programming nearly 2 years now) and I've done quite a few little programs for myself 1) An alarm - Normal alarm radios or even the ones in cellphones are not close to loud enough to wake me up, so i wrote a simple app to just play a sound at a specified time. This works because i have over 4000 watts of sound hooked up to my main box at home ;P 2) Metronome - I play guitar and a metronome is an invaluable tool to progress speed 3) SQL Script executor - This one i use at work, i basically got sick of being told that the database is in use so database X cant be dropped. I wrote a simple console app that reads a text file with scripts paths in it, stops the SQL server, starts it up, and run all the scripts in the file 4) Net Pinger - this one is also mainkly gets used at work, it basically pings www.google.com and if successful it draws a green circle on the form, if it times out a orange one, if the host could not be reached the circle is red. 5) Code Manager - My lil code snippet archive, it uses XML files so i can carry it around on my flash disk So what fun tools have you written?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer)1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111EZ Rider - an app for my Blackberry that I used to manage the list of people that rode with me to work. Includes auto-scheduling of regulars (with confirmation), call or SMS selected rider, SMS all riders when I'm ill. If I ever get around to it I'll make it open source or a CP project. Alas - they no longer ride with me as I no longer drive since I am now unemployed.
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Thought this would be interesting to talk about. I've only been working about a year(been programming nearly 2 years now) and I've done quite a few little programs for myself 1) An alarm - Normal alarm radios or even the ones in cellphones are not close to loud enough to wake me up, so i wrote a simple app to just play a sound at a specified time. This works because i have over 4000 watts of sound hooked up to my main box at home ;P 2) Metronome - I play guitar and a metronome is an invaluable tool to progress speed 3) SQL Script executor - This one i use at work, i basically got sick of being told that the database is in use so database X cant be dropped. I wrote a simple console app that reads a text file with scripts paths in it, stops the SQL server, starts it up, and run all the scripts in the file 4) Net Pinger - this one is also mainkly gets used at work, it basically pings www.google.com and if successful it draws a green circle on the form, if it times out a orange one, if the host could not be reached the circle is red. 5) Code Manager - My lil code snippet archive, it uses XML files so i can carry it around on my flash disk So what fun tools have you written?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer)1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111Just among WinForms applications: A screen shot grabber. A gas mileage tracker. A Scrabble word checker. A database-agnostic SQL statement tool -- also usable from command-line. A scraper for my favorite radio station's website -- stores song title, artist, and playtime in a database. A phonetic alphabet utility. A messaging system -- more like a very simple email system than a chat or instant message system. Various games.
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Thought this would be interesting to talk about. I've only been working about a year(been programming nearly 2 years now) and I've done quite a few little programs for myself 1) An alarm - Normal alarm radios or even the ones in cellphones are not close to loud enough to wake me up, so i wrote a simple app to just play a sound at a specified time. This works because i have over 4000 watts of sound hooked up to my main box at home ;P 2) Metronome - I play guitar and a metronome is an invaluable tool to progress speed 3) SQL Script executor - This one i use at work, i basically got sick of being told that the database is in use so database X cant be dropped. I wrote a simple console app that reads a text file with scripts paths in it, stops the SQL server, starts it up, and run all the scripts in the file 4) Net Pinger - this one is also mainkly gets used at work, it basically pings www.google.com and if successful it draws a green circle on the form, if it times out a orange one, if the host could not be reached the circle is red. 5) Code Manager - My lil code snippet archive, it uses XML files so i can carry it around on my flash disk So what fun tools have you written?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer)1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111Windows background changer - automatically changes the windows background after a set time to the next in a list of images I have (family, airplanes, star stuff). Hex to Double converter - nice to see those bits sometimes Stock lister - shows the values of all the stocks I am interested in.
SS => Qualified in Submarines "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Winston Churchill
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Thought this would be interesting to talk about. I've only been working about a year(been programming nearly 2 years now) and I've done quite a few little programs for myself 1) An alarm - Normal alarm radios or even the ones in cellphones are not close to loud enough to wake me up, so i wrote a simple app to just play a sound at a specified time. This works because i have over 4000 watts of sound hooked up to my main box at home ;P 2) Metronome - I play guitar and a metronome is an invaluable tool to progress speed 3) SQL Script executor - This one i use at work, i basically got sick of being told that the database is in use so database X cant be dropped. I wrote a simple console app that reads a text file with scripts paths in it, stops the SQL server, starts it up, and run all the scripts in the file 4) Net Pinger - this one is also mainkly gets used at work, it basically pings www.google.com and if successful it draws a green circle on the form, if it times out a orange one, if the host could not be reached the circle is red. 5) Code Manager - My lil code snippet archive, it uses XML files so i can carry it around on my flash disk So what fun tools have you written?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Software Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.Passion != Programming & you.Occupation == jobTitles.Programmer)1000100 1101111 1100101 1110011 100000 1110100 1101000 1101001 1110011 100000 1101101 1100101 1100001 1101110 100000 1101001 1101101 100000 1100001 100000 1100111 1100101 1100101 1101011 111111I'm about 1/3 of the way done with a utility for writing. I started it as a little outline database for short stories in an attempt to branch out from C# into Java and the more I put into it, the more I realized I wanted it to do. It's mostly spaghetti at this point and I'm planning to go back and rewrite it but maybe I'll do it in IronPython or Python/WxWidgets this time.
Imagine that you are hired to build a bridge over a river which gets slightly wider every day; sometimes it shrinks but nobody can predict when. Your client provides no concrete or steel, only timber and cut stone (but they won't tell you what kind). The coefficient of gravity changes randomly from hour to hour, as does the viscosity of air. Your only tools are a hacksaw, a chainsaw, a rubber mallet, and a length of rope. Welcome to my world. -Me explaining my job to an engineer