Program like Paste and Save

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Hi all

Does anyone know if Paste and Save (found at Snapfiles
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pastesave.html) can be used on XP Home?

OR

There is a program (can't recall the name, sorry) that can be used in IE
to save selected text as a text file. Is there something similar for
Opera, apart from the notes feature that comes with it which appears to
only save the note within Opera?

Thanks for your time

miskairal
 
miskairal wrote ....
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There is a program (can't recall the name, sorry)
that can be used in IE to save selected text as a text file.

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Cousin miskairal ....

There is a VB/WSH script available to save selected text
from IE to a file that works very well ....

My Win98 BookMarks aren't handy at the moment,
but try Google including the author's name ....

Steve Yandl vbscrpt wsh save selected text
 
Cousin said:
miskairal wrote ....




Cousin miskairal ....

There is a VB/WSH script available to save selected text
from IE to a file that works very well ....

My Win98 BookMarks aren't handy at the moment,
but try Google including the author's name ....

Steve Yandl vbscrpt wsh save selected text
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Thanks for your answer cousin Stanley but I didn't get my message across
very well. I actually want something that will do it in Opera (7.11)
 
miskairal said:
Thanks for your answer cousin Stanley but I didn't get my message across
very well. I actually want something that will do it in Opera (7.11)
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Select the text, use ctrl-C to copy it to the clipboard, start a text
editor, use ctrl-V to paste.

If you want more automation there are clipboard utilities which can
help, for example RemoteKeys.

I do this only once or twice a day so I use the first method. I am too
lazy to set up some clipboard utility to automate it, but I know there
are ways to do it. I use Opera 7.23
 
miskairal said:
Hi all

Does anyone know if Paste and Save (found at Snapfiles
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pastesave.html) can be used on XP Home?

OR

There is a program (can't recall the name, sorry) that can be used in IE
to save selected text as a text file. Is there something similar for
Opera, apart from the notes feature that comes with it which appears to
only save the note within Opera?

Thanks for your time

miskairal
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Thanks Roger and Mike - am downloading your suggestions now.
 
Thanks Roger and Mike - am downloading your suggestions now.
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Maybe I should add that RemoteKeys may be a bit too much for such a
simple task. It is like getting a whole workshop full of tools when you
only need a hammer.

There are simpler clipboard utilities which allow you to copy to
clipboard, and save the clipboard to a file, so you only have to select
the text and use a hotkey combination to save it to a file.

In Remotekeys you can use a hotkey or create a button to click.

What you should be looking for is a utility which copies the selected
text to the clipboard, then pastes the clipboard to a file.
You can either paste to the same file every time or decide the filename
and path every time, depending on your needs.

Utilities like autoit and other batch processing script languages very
often allow this kind of operations on the clipboard and files.

RemoteKeys is a super deluxe version of such a utility, with hundreds of
other functions available, but it could take some time to learn to use.

On the other hand, it is a fascinating program, so you will hopefully
not regret downloading and trying it.

An even more powerful, but also much more complicated, program is
"windows powerpro", but I would not recommend that to somebody who only
needs to do a few tricks with the clipboard.
 
Roger said:
miskairal wrote:




Maybe I should add that RemoteKeys may be a bit too much for such a
simple task. It is like getting a whole workshop full of tools when you
only need a hammer.

There are simpler clipboard utilities which allow you to copy to
clipboard, and save the clipboard to a file, so you only have to select
the text and use a hotkey combination to save it to a file.

In Remotekeys you can use a hotkey or create a button to click.

What you should be looking for is a utility which copies the selected
text to the clipboard, then pastes the clipboard to a file.
You can either paste to the same file every time or decide the filename
and path every time, depending on your needs.

Utilities like autoit and other batch processing script languages very
often allow this kind of operations on the clipboard and files.

RemoteKeys is a super deluxe version of such a utility, with hundreds of
other functions available, but it could take some time to learn to use.

On the other hand, it is a fascinating program, so you will hopefully
not regret downloading and trying it.

An even more powerful, but also much more complicated, program is
"windows powerpro", but I would not recommend that to somebody who only
needs to do a few tricks with the clipboard.
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<grinning>
Yes, you are right. It is a bit more than I want and despite following
the "tour", I"m still clueless as how to use it however it will be great
to play with when I have more time :))

Might move on to one of the others but thanks again for your help!
miskairal
 
miskairal said:
<grinning>
Yes, you are right. It is a bit more than I want and despite following
the "tour", I"m still clueless as how to use it however it will be great
to play with when I have more time :))
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I was also fascinated by RemoteKeys and tried for years to find out how
to use it. For some reason it is very difficult to get a grip over such
a program.

I tried it now and then and gave up again, without really understanding
the overall picture. But it was fun to play with RemoteKeys. It was like
a strange little thing with a lot of buttons, and the most confusing
factor was that the thing was both the manual and the program to use to
rebuild the thing, and the thing was also the result of the programming.

When I finally started understanding how to use it I discovered windows
powerpro and it took a long time to understand that too.
It was even more complex but I had a lot of help from studying
RemoteKeys for years.

These programs could be described as automation programs, they allow you
automate and simplify repetitive tasks, or a way to create your own
customized interface to the computer.
They are script languages with a visual interface, controlled by mouse
buttons or hotkeys.
For some time I used RemoteKeys to control the Opera browser in full
screen mode, avoiding the ads and giving a maximum of screen area for
web pages. I had created an autohide toolbar with buttons for the most
important functions.

I used the alternative shell litestep together with powerpro for years
to replace the explorer interface in windows, using less memory and it
was much more customizable.

Right now, preparing for a migration to linux, I am looking for a
similar system for linux. I think I will use a proper programming
language this time, probably Python, or some Basic dialect with a visual
objects library.

So it can be a way to get into programming, going from creating a few
customized button bars to writing your own programs.
 
Roger said:
miskairal wrote:




I was also fascinated by RemoteKeys and tried for years to find out how
to use it. For some reason it is very difficult to get a grip over such
a program.

I tried it now and then and gave up again, without really understanding
the overall picture. But it was fun to play with RemoteKeys. It was like
a strange little thing with a lot of buttons, and the most confusing
factor was that the thing was both the manual and the program to use to
rebuild the thing, and the thing was also the result of the programming.

When I finally started understanding how to use it I discovered windows
powerpro and it took a long time to understand that too.
It was even more complex but I had a lot of help from studying
RemoteKeys for years.

These programs could be described as automation programs, they allow you
automate and simplify repetitive tasks, or a way to create your own
customized interface to the computer.
They are script languages with a visual interface, controlled by mouse
buttons or hotkeys.
For some time I used RemoteKeys to control the Opera browser in full
screen mode, avoiding the ads and giving a maximum of screen area for
web pages. I had created an autohide toolbar with buttons for the most
important functions.

I used the alternative shell litestep together with powerpro for years
to replace the explorer interface in windows, using less memory and it
was much more customizable.

Right now, preparing for a migration to linux, I am looking for a
similar system for linux. I think I will use a proper programming
language this time, probably Python, or some Basic dialect with a visual
objects library.

So it can be a way to get into programming, going from creating a few
customized button bars to writing your own programs.
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Hey - thanks for that. It gives me a starting point, especially the bit
about full screen mode for Opera (the best browser of them all!). It
helps to know what you can do with it when you don't know what you can
do with it ;)

miskairal
 
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