Sutdown.exe XP
A co-worker showed me a quick way to shut down and restart a computer. I was really interested because I use Microsoft Remote Desktop feature to connect to a Domino server. The Domino server is on an older computer with a very loud fan so the less it runs the better. My problem was I did not have the option to shut down the machine from the start menu.. I now have two shortcuts on the desktop, one to turn off the machine and a second to cancel the shut down.
Common shortcuts
ShutDown.exe -l (Logoff)
ShutDown.exe -s -t 30 (Shut Down)
ShutDown.exe -r -t 1 (Restart Now)
ShutDown.exe -r -t 30 (Restart)
ShutDown.exe -a (Cancel)
u is the user code
p is a planned shutdown code
xx is the major reason code (positive integer less than 256)
yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536)
If you are interested in selecting the same icon as the "Turn off computer" icons check out the c:\windows\system32\SHELL32.dll. I even assign shortcut keys to launch them easier, which works from anywhere!!! The shutdown command might work on other versions of Windows, but I have not done any testing.
Thanks Tim for the idea.
Teamstudio Script Browser
Teamstudio has done it again, this time it is free software! They have created a Script Browser which allows the browsing of classes and functions inside of a Domino database. It is very cool and I have only played with it for a short time.
You can browse by Class, Library and Calls. The calls tab is very nice to see where a function or method is being used. There is even an option navigate to the call or definition.
via: http://www.eknori.de
Proverbs 27:1-2
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2-Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;
A stranger, and not your own lips.
Site update
I have finally been able to remove my customization of running JavaScript on the loading of my web pages. The JavaScript would Color Code Domino Formula if there was some marked on the page. Now that I have the ability to Format Formula as HTML I will be putting it all together in the HTML. My biggest problem was the size of my Edit Document Fields 4.1 and limit of 20K for a text field. I had to move the ability to select all the code to a new Page. Please let me know if I have missed something.
I have also added a category for "Smiley Tools" on the left.
Camera Problems
Update: The Canon cable was bad.
I have been having problems with Windows XP recognizing my Canon PowerShot A85. I just purchased it 20 days ago. Everything was working fine at first. Then my computer would not recognize the camera a couple of days later. I would get an "Unknown Device". I downloaded the latest and greatest software and still no luck. After uninstalling, rebooting, installing, and then rebooting again my computer would see the camera the first time I plugged it in. Then it would no longer see it after that. At least I thought. I discovered that I was the problem. I switched the camera (while it was turned on) to picture mode while it was plugged into the computer. Once that happens your computer will never recognize the Canon A85 again until it is re-installed.
The Solution
- Unistall the "Unknown Device" using Device Manager from the Hardware tab of System Properties
- Unistall the 8 applications that Canon installs
- Reinstall the Canon applications
- Reboot machine
- Turn off camera
- Connect to computer
- Make sure the camera is in play (not picture) mode
- Turn on camera
I now can start taking some pictures again.
Rational Rose Add-in for Lotus Domino
There are some Rational Rose Add-ins already but I have never found anything for Domino. So I created my own add-in for Rose that makes modaling Domino a little easier.
There is a simple batch file that will install all the files to "C:\Progra~1\Rational\Rose" if this is not the correct location you will need to update the Domino.bat file and Domino\Domino.reg files included zip.
The images in the browser and the Domino stereotypes will not appear until the classes are associated with a Domino component. If you import the "Domino Design Elements Structure.sub" onto a component diagram (in the Component View) and the "Domino Design Elements Structure.cat" on to a class diagram ( in the Logical View). The correct associations will be created. These unit files are special because there is no quid assgined to them, so it is totaly based on the name.
I have also included a Domino.mdl with everything imported.
Google Code
Google's place for Open Source software. http://code.google.com/
Souce: http://www.google.com/googleblog/2005/03/codegooglecom-new-open-source.html
Amaztype
http://amaztype.tha.jp/ uses a new way of searching for books, movies, and music. It uses the thumb nails from amazon to create the word(s) that you are searching for.
If you click on an image it will zoom in and show you more information. You can click on any other image and it will do the same.
Enjoy! [via]
Proverbs 14:6-8
But knowledge is easy to him who understands.
7-Go from the presence of a foolish man,
When you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
8-The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way,
But the folly of fools is deceit.
Blogmap
Software Soapbox talked about BlogMap,which looks like the maps Julian made using Google Maps . I found that I have three neighbors. When Brian signed up there was about 700. When I signed up there was about 1800, now it is over 2000 a day later.
Check it out. 