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Write a Calendar in Autohotkey
AutoHotkey

Write a Calendar in Autohotkey

In this case, I want to display the current month with today highlighted. As I was trying to get my head round writing this in a program using the qHTM.dll (to include HTML in an autohotkey GUI), the calendar will be in a HTML-autohotkey mixed code. Obviously just omit the HTML rubbish if you want to create a calendar...

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Add "Command prompt from here" to right-click context menu
Windows OS

Add "Command prompt from here" to right-click context menu

Applies to: Microsoft Windows XP How? I keep having to do this every year as I reghost all my machines (=restore to sorta factory settings), so instead of googling it and going through other websites that work and don't; I thought I might as well post the way I do it: Open up windows explorer Go to Tools -> Folder Opti...

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Add Image Mouseover effect in AutoHotkey GUI
AutoHotkey

Add Image Mouseover effect in AutoHotkey GUI

Couldn't find this anywhere on the net and kinda needed it so am making a note of how to do it here. The issue is that I wanted to make my autohotkey program change the image that the mouse hovers over (within it's own GUI). No third-party component or dll needed, just a slight modification to the mousemove tooltip in...

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Uninstalling AEC Central and installing Community Builder
Joomla

Uninstalling AEC Central and installing Community Builder

The reason I did this is because AEC is now a commercial package and it is somewhat limited in terms of good customer service. It only really manages the payment side and the complicated tasks of invoicing, but Community Builder provides more options for your website members. If Joomlapolis ever complete the CB Subscri...

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After installing rokstories, get invalid argument 106
Joomla

After installing rokstories, get invalid argument 106

After I installed the rokstories module from www.rockettheme.com, if I clicked on one of the articles (rokstory), I would get a page with the article on it but with the following error (3x) above it: Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/.../components/com_content/helpers/route.php on line 106 After...

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Change default order of weblinks
Joomla

Change default order of weblinks

It took a few google searches until I could find out how to change the default weblinks order. A lot of websites showed how to do this via the admin back-end panel in the advanced configuration... I can't see this panel, there is no advanced parameters under a weblinks category. The issue is that suppose a menuitem lin...

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Add default to a picture button
AutoHotkey

Add default to a picture button

Well there's a lot of autohotkey sites saying that you can apply a transparency and then capture special mouse events to emulate the mouseover and mouseout effects of a button with an image as a background. I couldn't get any of these working and they looked more confusing then anything else. My solution is to set up t...

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Community Builder in Joomla Vulnerability
Joomla

Community Builder in Joomla Vulnerability

Malware Detected! Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer! The website at .....ru appears to host malware - software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just viisting a site that hosts malware can infect your computer. For detailed information about the problems with this s...

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On Gui Resize Event
AutoHotkey

On Gui Resize Event

Thought I'd put this down as it took me ages to search the Internet for this solution. In the end, I found it hidden away in the Autohotkey help file and not under the gui events... The issue here is if you want to do something when a user resizes your program. If you search and search, you'll find that GuiClose respon...

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