Back to the Stone Age...
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Because of Adobe's decision that anyone who installs Acrobat may not customise their MS Visio toolbars, etc. (their Visio toolbar add-in actually deletes the customisations when you close Visio), I created a .reg file to put them back in before starting Visio. Getting fed up with having to (read: "forgetting to") import the .reg file before starting Visio, I thought "Isn't there a freeware program somewhere that I can use to import them then run the app?" Whilst looking for a freeware program to do that, I suddenly had a flashback to the days of yore, when I used to do that kind of cr@p all the time, and I ended up knocking out a DOS batch file to do it. Once upon a time, it was second nature for me to handle things like that with batch files, DOSKey, etc, but it took a looooong time for me to come to the conclusion that that was what I needed, because I've become so used to clicking buttons, installing mini-apps, and importing libraries/frameworks/etc. to do everything! Kids these days have got it too easy! It looks like I really have forgotten more than they're likely to ever know.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Sonnuvabatch...
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Aye, but we had it tough. :laugh:
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Because of Adobe's decision that anyone who installs Acrobat may not customise their MS Visio toolbars, etc. (their Visio toolbar add-in actually deletes the customisations when you close Visio), I created a .reg file to put them back in before starting Visio. Getting fed up with having to (read: "forgetting to") import the .reg file before starting Visio, I thought "Isn't there a freeware program somewhere that I can use to import them then run the app?" Whilst looking for a freeware program to do that, I suddenly had a flashback to the days of yore, when I used to do that kind of cr@p all the time, and I ended up knocking out a DOS batch file to do it. Once upon a time, it was second nature for me to handle things like that with batch files, DOSKey, etc, but it took a looooong time for me to come to the conclusion that that was what I needed, because I've become so used to clicking buttons, installing mini-apps, and importing libraries/frameworks/etc. to do everything! Kids these days have got it too easy! It looks like I really have forgotten more than they're likely to ever know.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Because of Adobe's decision that anyone who installs Acrobat may not customise their MS Visio toolbars, etc. (their Visio toolbar add-in actually deletes the customisations when you close Visio), I created a .reg file to put them back in before starting Visio. Getting fed up with having to (read: "forgetting to") import the .reg file before starting Visio, I thought "Isn't there a freeware program somewhere that I can use to import them then run the app?" Whilst looking for a freeware program to do that, I suddenly had a flashback to the days of yore, when I used to do that kind of cr@p all the time, and I ended up knocking out a DOS batch file to do it. Once upon a time, it was second nature for me to handle things like that with batch files, DOSKey, etc, but it took a looooong time for me to come to the conclusion that that was what I needed, because I've become so used to clicking buttons, installing mini-apps, and importing libraries/frameworks/etc. to do everything! Kids these days have got it too easy! It looks like I really have forgotten more than they're likely to ever know.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Batch files are the perfect answer for little ( and some not so little jobs ) that don't require installation of software or dev tools. Got a few kicking around amongst the integration systems that just sit quietly , do their job and never complain :D
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Because of Adobe's decision that anyone who installs Acrobat may not customise their MS Visio toolbars, etc. (their Visio toolbar add-in actually deletes the customisations when you close Visio), I created a .reg file to put them back in before starting Visio. Getting fed up with having to (read: "forgetting to") import the .reg file before starting Visio, I thought "Isn't there a freeware program somewhere that I can use to import them then run the app?" Whilst looking for a freeware program to do that, I suddenly had a flashback to the days of yore, when I used to do that kind of cr@p all the time, and I ended up knocking out a DOS batch file to do it. Once upon a time, it was second nature for me to handle things like that with batch files, DOSKey, etc, but it took a looooong time for me to come to the conclusion that that was what I needed, because I've become so used to clicking buttons, installing mini-apps, and importing libraries/frameworks/etc. to do everything! Kids these days have got it too easy! It looks like I really have forgotten more than they're likely to ever know.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Because of Adobe's decision that anyone who installs Acrobat may not customise their MS Visio toolbars, etc. (their Visio toolbar add-in actually deletes the customisations when you close Visio), I created a .reg file to put them back in before starting Visio. Getting fed up with having to (read: "forgetting to") import the .reg file before starting Visio, I thought "Isn't there a freeware program somewhere that I can use to import them then run the app?" Whilst looking for a freeware program to do that, I suddenly had a flashback to the days of yore, when I used to do that kind of cr@p all the time, and I ended up knocking out a DOS batch file to do it. Once upon a time, it was second nature for me to handle things like that with batch files, DOSKey, etc, but it took a looooong time for me to come to the conclusion that that was what I needed, because I've become so used to clicking buttons, installing mini-apps, and importing libraries/frameworks/etc. to do everything! Kids these days have got it too easy! It looks like I really have forgotten more than they're likely to ever know.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Remember when you could throw batch scripts into the windows start up process? I did this once and put a message like 'To delete all the files from this computer please press any key...' I heard second hand that the computer wasn't started for the whole day and at least four 'technicians' came to look at it. definitely the most productive use of batching.
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Batch files are the perfect answer for little ( and some not so little jobs ) that don't require installation of software or dev tools. Got a few kicking around amongst the integration systems that just sit quietly , do their job and never complain :D
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This is why "old" people like us should be revered and employed by companies these days. Yes, we are deemed old and doddery, but the companies pay for our experience, knowledge about all things, (not just the most recent fancy buzzword bonanza environments) and the certainty of a job well done to OUR own standards which are generally higher than normal. We were brought up to do things right, not slap it out and let the users test it for us.
Film guaranteeing a "woh!" moment - Fantastic Four, Rise of the Silver Surfer. Anyone who has seen the film will know which clip I am on about.
Oh Yes! WHS!
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At 28, my grandfather taught me batch files when i was 6 years old. I still use them today in my development environment to execute commands prior to issuing MSBuild tasks, etc. So I don't think it's necessarily "stone age" ;)
BC3Tech wrote:
I don't think it's necessarily "stone age"
I agree, but it is supprising how many newer techs don't know it. I am sure there will come a day when I say, Back in the days when I wrote a vbscript to do that" and be looked at with contempt.
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Because of Adobe's decision that anyone who installs Acrobat may not customise their MS Visio toolbars, etc. (their Visio toolbar add-in actually deletes the customisations when you close Visio), I created a .reg file to put them back in before starting Visio. Getting fed up with having to (read: "forgetting to") import the .reg file before starting Visio, I thought "Isn't there a freeware program somewhere that I can use to import them then run the app?" Whilst looking for a freeware program to do that, I suddenly had a flashback to the days of yore, when I used to do that kind of cr@p all the time, and I ended up knocking out a DOS batch file to do it. Once upon a time, it was second nature for me to handle things like that with batch files, DOSKey, etc, but it took a looooong time for me to come to the conclusion that that was what I needed, because I've become so used to clicking buttons, installing mini-apps, and importing libraries/frameworks/etc. to do everything! Kids these days have got it too easy! It looks like I really have forgotten more than they're likely to ever know.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
I have a batch file that copies all my code and repository (no I don't want a delta) to my backup drive, scheduled to run everynight. It also deletes all my compiled files (dll etc) according to our naming standards. I could try to find some fancy GUI to do the same, but I doubt it will work as well... My favourite .bat trick: copy with the
%date%tag, it then creates a folder for everyday... eg:xcopy "c:\files\" "\\servername\users\%username%\Backups\%date%" /s /i /r /y /z____________________________________________________________ Be brave little warrior, be VERY brave