If all you see is "Quick Search" on the bottom, it means the bar is there, but
hasn't got room to expand. You need to right click your toolbar and unlock it.
Then expand the Quick Search toolbar by clicking on the pebbled vertical bar to
the left of Quick Search and dragging it to the left to ex
Thank you, Matt. The previous Vista theme wouldn't have been possible
without you, and this theme is all that and smart as well. Very nice.
---
Charlie.
http:/msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
- Original Message -
From: "Admin-VYSA"
To:
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 3:07 PM
Subject: [DQSD-U
olbars
> any
> > attempt to turn it "off" causes Explorer to restart with DQSD still
> there.
> > Additionally if the installation has javascript errors in the CLOCK.JS
> (?)
> > for whatever reason, it is virtually impossible to delete the install
> folde
order to start over/reinstall, even when booting to SAFE MODE. That
> is
> the why the RESTORE POINT above is important. If the install fails -
> you
> can restore your system. Should an error crop up in the future, the
> only
> thing I can think of off-hand is to boot to a command prompt an
vigate to it via mouse, too, as it is on the Taskbar in
> current Windows OSes. I realize that that may be too much to ask for,
> though.
>
> This is the *only* thing that makes me hesitant about Windows 7.
That's
> how important DQSD is.
>
> --David
>
>
> On
I haven't even tried on Win7. Given the changes in the task bar, I'm not
confident that it would work. We are really up against it at this point, and I
think we need to find a way to work within the MS guidelines if we don't want
to face this every time they ship a new version. Perhaps as a Win
The x64 version of DQSD always uses the 64-bit version of IE. (This is because
it's a 64-bit DLL, and can't call a 32-bit EXE.)
Charlie.
> -Original Message-
> From: bill.hew...@sentex.net [mailto:bill.hew...@sentex.net]
> Sent: March-08-09 3:38 PM
> To: DQSD users mailing list
> Cc: DQ
I certainly agree it could use some updating! And while I'm not the
resource to do the updates, I'd be happy to 'beta' test it and proofread
any new content.
-Original Message-
From: tom.corco...@moonbade.com [mailto:tom.corco...@moonbade.com]
Sent: February-26-09 3:58 AM
To: DQSD users
Bill (and Kim) -- For some clues on how and where to change, take a look at
the Vista CSS file we did. (Look under Themes, Vista in the installation
directory.)
We had to do quite a bit of tweaking to get fonts where we wanted them in
Vista, and I think you'll find some good clues in that direc
> Oh, there's a readme? I'd forgotten :-)
>
> Crashes feel bad, but they can be caused by some minor glitch.
>
> Let's see if we can debug it at some point, and figure out how bad it
> really is.
Be happy to, but it may have to wait a bit. Probably until at least the
RC, just so we don't have
> Cool, I didn't know that. I was worried that we might be facing
> *another* port to AMD-64 :)
No, no worries there. There are a very few things that one or the other
does slightly differently, and probably only the Intel compiler knows
what they are. AMD64 completely caught Intel by surprise, the
9 10:52 AM
> To: DQSD users mailing list
> Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] DQSD Install Problems - Vista 64
>
> Hi Charlie,
>
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:37:53 -0800, you [Charlie Russel] wrote:
>
> }That should work. At least it did here. (and no, I'm now on Win7 and
> th
There's no difference in Windows binary between AMD64 and EM64T. The Intel is
simply a clone of AMD64.
Bill - try this:
Run the regular install for 32-bit. This will stuff things in \program files
(x86), and it won't work. Then run the "install" for 64-bit, from a temporary
directory on your
s computer before, and I'll let you know if he has any problems with
> this new update.
>
> anyway... I've rambled on enough here. attached is the error screenshot
> from my work machine (where comx.xml doesn't work, nor has
> it for several months) -- Shawn, Charlie
Unfortunately, so a I. :(
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
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From: "Shawn K. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'DQSD users mailing list'"
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 1:11 AM
Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] com
Tom - there appear to be a bunch of problems with the comx search right now,
I suspect at least in part because comics.com is broken.
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sen
This is, unfortunately, the default behaviour and I don't know a successful
way to get rid of it. :(
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
- Original Message -
From: "Michael Kairys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'DQSD users mailing
Thank you, Kim. The link is already showing on DQSD.net.
This is a huge day for those of us who live in 64-bit, and I really, really
appreciate your efforts to make it a part of the normal build process.
Charlie.
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dqsd-users-
> [E
:23 AM
Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] scribd search
> Hi Charlie,
>
> Sure, I'll ping you when I have the 32-bit version ready for release,
> and we can do something for 64-bit, if I can remember what we did :-)
>
> - Kim
>
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Charlie Russel
Kim - if we could also do a 64-bit build, that would be appreciated. As
always, I'll be happy to set up a system for you - just let me know what you
need on it.
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
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From:
The dilbert search in comx seems to be broken. Other comx searches don't
seem to have been affected. And this one went out at least a month ago.
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
---
mmit rights, so he can send changes in himself?
I definitely think we should release something, a couple of people are
having trouble with keyboard shortcuts, but on the whole, the current
RC seems to be working well.
Once we have it out there, we can start killing off bugs if necessary.
FWIW,
the wrong one!
Charlie.
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- Original Message -
From: "Charlie Russel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "DQSD users mailing list"
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [DQSD-U
11/25/07, Glenn Carr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Charlie,
>>
>> Is this the msk.xml search? I tested it quickly with both Q192852 and
>> 192852, and it appears to work for me. What searches are failing for
>> you?
>>
>> Glenn
>>
hat's the latest status on a 64-bit build? Seems I vaguely remember that
Kim got an unofficial one going... ?
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> Of Charlie Russel
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 12:52 PM
> To: DQSD use
t"
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Search DQSD?
> Hi Charlie,
>
> Try the "?" alias.
>
> - Kim
>
> On 11/25/07, Charlie Russel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Is there a search to search DQSD's searches? Some
Is there a search to search DQSD's searches? Sometimes I'm sure there must
be a search already there, but it takes me longer to find the existing one
(if I find it at all), than it does to just go directly to the site and
search the old fashioned way. If there isn't such a search, could we have
n 11/25/07, Glenn Carr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Charlie,
>>
>> Is this the msk.xml search? I tested it quickly with both Q192852 and
>> 192852, and it appears to work for me. What searches are failing for
>> you?
>>
>> Glenn
>>
>
Appears to be broken. The problem is that MS have finally pulled the Q
leadin to the KB article numbers completely, at least on new ones. So our
pre-pending of Q to the number causes a failure. I looked at the XML, but I
don't seem to be able to get it fixed. Can anyone point me in the right
dire
You don't specify which version of DQSD you're using. If you're using
the latest RC3 Build, which you should be on Vista, you need to
completely uninstall all previous versions before installing DQSD.
I'm still DQSD-less, since I've been waiting until we have an RTM
version before asking someone
It's all about binary arithmetic. Spreadsheets have traditionally had this same
issue. There are workarounds for it, but there's a substantial performance
penalty and in most cases it's simply not enough to worry about. The number is
always only off by one bit at the limit of your precision.
>
I did the theme, with help from several folks, especially Matt B. It IS
an improvement, isn't it? Now if I just had this as a 64-bit version,
I'd be happy. Unfortunately, I can't run DQSD these days since there
isn't a 64-bit one. I tried to do it myself, but no joy.
Charlie.
> -Original Me
Good job! Now, someone who has the Zune theme...
(not running XP any more, so don't have it. And dying without my DQSD on
Vista x64)
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dqsd-users-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glenn Carr
> Sent: February-01-07 9:54 PM
> To: 'DQSD us
sers] Calendar and Local Events
>
> I had added this feature in some time back.. the color tag is
optional,
> but if included in the event XML it is used.. Here is an example -
>
>
>
>
>
> Monty
>
> Charlie Russel wrote:
> > As I added some calendar
As I added some calendar events to my local events file, I discovered a
bit of ugliness in the theme_vista.css file, which I'm working to
resolve. But it also brought up the question of how this all works. As
it currently stands, everything in the various calendar files
(calendar..xml) is listed as
This is on Vista, this is the newest build, and this is on a machine that has
been working just fine until the new year. In fact, all the other comx searches
are working, except for Calvin and Hobbes. Well, no, Foxtrot is broken, but
that's to be expected since the strip is no longer produced du
Still not getting it. I am running in non-administrator mode, if that
could be affecting things.
I'm going to try rebooting and see if it improves things.
Charlie.
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dqsd-users-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John W. Bairen, Jr.
>
t; 1993
> in 2004
> //if (args.switches[i].name == "calvinandhobbes") {
> //var year_offset =-11;
> //year += year_offset;
> //subyear = year % 100;
> //}
>
>
> Save the file and then reload DQSD.
>
>
> Enjoy!
> JB
>
>
Something seems to have broken Calvin and Hobbes again. I tried changing
the year offset, and restarting, but that didn't fix it. So obviously
I'm missing something here. I know they're all repeats, but I miss my
morning Calvin
Charlie.
---
See the Vista theme that I did, with help. Basically, you need two very
small .BMP files, and some editing of the CSS file(s).
http://tinyurl.com/y3elsy
has the files for the Vista theme.
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dqsd-users-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
s-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glenn Carr
> Sent: December-28-06 6:38 AM
> To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] Vista uglies fix...
>
> Thanks to Charlie Russel and friends, you can download the ZIP file
> containing the Vista-related theme fi
Hmmm. Not on that machine right now, but I'll try it again tonight when I have
a moment.
I'll pass on the excruciating one. And try the other, thanks.
Little red chevron is good. Though I actually think the best for the theme
would probably be silver. I'll try that later.
Thanks, Kim.
Cha
>
> Weird... I'll try and figure something out, but as I said, CSS isn't
my
> forte.
Nor mine. I wonder if there's a decent online reference for it. I'll
have to look around. It's all a nuisance, of course, since I don't have
a 64-bit dqsd to work with and only have one machine running 32-bit
Vist
Hi, Kim.
Yes, my localsearch was empty before I started. The one thing that simply would
NOT change in theme.css was the >> on the button. It stayed doggedly black,
which doesn't work on a very dark grey background.
I'll play around a bit more in a couple of days, when I have some time, and
on't know 100% how this stuff fits together.
>
> - Kim
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> > Of Charlie Russel
> > Sent: den 18 december 2006 18:57
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; DQSD
; Configure menu.
>
> If I understand Charlie correctly, Vista doesn't behave properly with
the
> Configure Themes code anyway?
>
> Original Message
> > From: "Charlie Russel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 2
I've sent some theme files to Glenn. They fix the ugly blueness of the
XP look in 32-bit Vista. If anyone wants them before Glenn makes them
more generally available, email me offlist and I'll send them directly.
Charlie at scribes dot com.
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yeah, that works. But you can't use the right click menu to change themes. But
since that doesn't work in Vista anyway, I guess that's not too important.
(Permissions problem with UAC turned on.)
OK, I've got a bit map that works. Now I just need to figure out how to have a
calendar popup that
OK, I've figured out the screenshot, and created a new css - how do I
tell DQSD to recognize the new CSS?
Charlie.
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dqsd-users-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brent Beardsley
> Sent: December-12-06 12:07 PM
> To: DQSD users mailing
I can take the necessary screenshots if someone can define what they
need a screen shot of. The problem is that the task bar in Vista is a
completely different colour scheme than anything XP.
Charlie.
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dqsd-users-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
nation website.. (which is what
> was happening after forbetter was removed from comics.com)..
>
> After you get the blank window, do a view source on the page and see
> what the url is for the image.. I suspect it might be trying to go
to
> comics.com..
>
> Mont
>
>
>
hey
> work:
>
> comx /dicktracy
> or
> comx /dicktracy /nopopup
>
> If neither work, try clearing your browser cache and try again.
>
> Steve
>
>
> - Original Message
> From: Charlie Russel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: dqsd-users@lists.so
latest version.
>
> Steve
>
> - Original Message
> From: Charlie Russel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 3:25:45 PM
> Subject: RE: [DQSD-Users] COMX.XML - missing Joy of Tech & User Friendly
> (again
Hmmm. It's now on ucomics.com. Can we pull it from there, since we do other
comx from there?
Charlie.
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dqsd-users-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Russel
> Sent: March 26, 2006 12:13 PM
.net
> Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] COMX.XML - missing Joy of Tech & User
Friendly
> (again)
>
> "For Better or For Worse" was taken off of the comics.com site and is
> therefore unavailable..
>
>
> Sorry..
>
> Monty
>
>
> Charlie Russel
While we're fixing comx - for better or for worse is broken as well. :(
Charlie.
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dqsd-users-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Monty Scroggins
> Sent: March 25, 2006 5:44 PM
> To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [DQSD-
Another favourite comic - Cat's with Hands - is no longer working, and
appears to have changed its deployment to something we'll have trouble
with. That makes two of my favourites that don't work -Cats and Zits.
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> Charlie Russel)
>
> This is a message for Charlie Russel.
>
> I am a brand-new subscriber to the list, so do not have your direct
email
> address since the SourceForge archives hides the full email address.
>
> However I did find your post from Au
Fails after test 3. Prompts between 2 and 3.
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dqsd-users-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Russel
> Sent: September 13, 2005 2:59 PM
> To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [DQSD-Users]
t; alert("test3");
> shell.Run(cmd, 0, true);
> alert("test4");
>
> And tell me which alerts you see before the error
> message shows up?
>
> We can also take this off the list if you'd like.
>
> Brent
>
> --- Charlie Russel <[EMAIL PROTEC
Error:
Line: 332, char: 5 error: The system cannot find the file specified
code:0
URL: file://D:\Program Files\Quick Search Deskbar\search.htm
Note that one gets another "SP2" prompt when the script first tries to
run.
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dqsd-users-
>
ks to me that the
comic
> will only be served up via the nwsource.com site.. I could be
> mis-interpreting what is going on, and someone else might have an idea
> on how to work around it..
>
> Monty
>
>
> Charlie Russel wrote:
> > Anyone feel up to trying to ad
Anyone feel up to trying to add "Zits" to the comx list? It's a King
Features one, so it's not available online at the more normal sources. I
have found it online daily at the Seattle Post Intelligencer
(http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/zits.asp), but parsing the comx.xml
file and figuring out how
Please contact me off-list if you would like a version of DQSD that runs on
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Thanks to the outstanding efforts of Kim
Gräsman we have a DQSDTools.dll file that is 64-bit and works in x64 Edition.
I've put together a crude batch file install for it and I'll pro
ed to run on Win64 to build for Win64, or if
> there's a 32-bit compiler targetting Win64?
>
> - Kim
>
> Charlie Russel wrote:
> > Yes, Kim, I have tried it. :(
> >
> > The problem is that explorer.exe, and thus the desktop and task bar
> > are 64 bit. You can&#x
eforge.net
> Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] x64 Version, please?!
>
> Hi Charlie,
>
> I don't know much about Win64, but don't 32-bit apps run cleanly on it?
> As long as the shell has the hooks used by DQSD, it should just work.
>
> Did you try it out?
>
> C
OK, I know I asked this before, when the x64 version of Windows went
RTM. But not it is actually out, and showing up in the OEM/System
Builder channels. Any chance of an x64 version of DQSD? Please? I'd
_love_ to switch my main desktop over to XP Professional x64 Edition,
but I'd _really_ miss my D
Monty Scroggins delicately suggests RTFM...
> I _think_here have been posts about this problem in the past. I can't
> remember what the problem/fix was.. Can you go to the list archive
and
> search around? You might find some info that will help..
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/dqsd-users@li
> Did you have to reinstall XP? is so, did you install a program the
use
> hot
> keys before you installed DQSD?
>
No and No. No programs were installed or re-installed in the interim.
There was a system crash (I've GOT to get a new DVD recorder, this one
stinks) and when it came back up, the pro
After a system crash yesterday, I am now getting an IE error message
when I enable DQSD: "There was a problem initializing the enhanced
keyboard support - some key combinations and hotkeys may not work
(Error: 'Hotkey registration failed')"
System is Windows XP Pro SP2. Error occurs after doing th
> To: dqsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [DQSD-Users] bugmenot?
>
> Thanks for the head ups, cool site, had not heard of t.
>
> Charlie Russel wrote:
>
> >Has anyone done a bugmenot search for DQSD? I don't really feel up to
> >
] bugmenot?
>
> Got it.
> http://home.comcast.net/~ryan_carpenter/dqsd/
> -Ryan
>
> -- Original message --
>
> > not sure a search would be useful
> > best solution is to use bugnenot extension with firefox
> > ht
Has anyone done a bugmenot search for DQSD? I don't really feel up to
creating my own right now, but it would be a useful one.
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Yes, Windows XP Professional x64 is backwards compatible with most 32 bit
programs, running in WOW64. However, there are certain things that don't work
-- things like DQSD that runs an ActiveX component on the desktop. Or anything
that requires a driver - all drivers must be 64 bit. And a few o
With the pending release of the x64 version of Windows XP and Server
2003, is there any chance of a version of DQSD that will run on x64
Windows? I confess, I'm not willing to move to x64 Windows as my primary
workstation until I have DQSD working there.
not work. Then, when as you suggested, I entered just a question mark as the
search, I got an IE Script Error message.
--
Paul
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Russel
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004
2:59 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE
Actually, you can prove this to yourself.
Click Allow Active Content to enable dqsd. Now, type ? into the search window,
to bring up help – bingo, it prompts you, again.
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul
Sent: December 2, 2004 3:33 PM
To: [EM
Shawn asks:
> Question: What's the consensus for creating a method of the
> dqsdtools object that provides the ability to create activex objects
> in the same manner as CreateObject(sObject)?
> This has the potential to be a one-off security issue if the user is
> convinced to install a malicious
The Rev Chuck Baker states:
>
> I downloaded the "comx" and "racetv" searches and they both worked for
me.
> and my calendar works too. and I do have SP2 installed. so if other
people
> are having problems with these searches it is probably because activeX
is
> disabled by default in SP2. But you
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