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Converting DWG files to DXF for use in QCAD
The native file format in QCAD is DXF however many online resources provide downloads in DWG file format. For example I was looking for roofing iron profiles and found some in DWG format So how do you convert from DWG to DXF. I tried to download lx-viewer but it has...
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Autohotkey – Applications that exit gracefully give you consistent backups
I have a Weighbridge application at work that runs on top of Paradox databases. When you exit via the GUI say by clicking the cross in the top right or {ALT} {F4} it does the right thing and cleans up after itself as it closes. If you simply say pskill ProcessName...
Getting the HTML Tidy External Command working on Bluefish for Windows
Bluefish is a really cool "Web Development Studio" I find it's side pane CSS and HTML reference invaluable when trying to code HTML. It has recently been ported to Windows As it installs, everything pretty much works out of the box, but it's Linux heritage shows when...
What languages does WP-Syntax Highlighter Support? – Another memory jolt posting
I use WP-Syntax to highlight my code samples on this blog and I keep having to Google and go to the wp-syntax website to get the correct lang attribute value to put in my <pre lang="blah"></pre> tags So here they are abap, actionscript, actionscript3, ada,...
Using the Kix Script Tokenize option to Obsfucate Passwords
If you want to check if your PPTP VPN Server is alive and responding via a script you can run the standard windows rasdial command from a windows batch file: rasdial entryname username password However to do this you the have to include a username and password in the...