REQ: Insert Date/Time Into Any App.

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jo

I want something really small and standalone to just insert date/time
into any app.
I have a buyw*re macro app that will do it, but I don't want to keep
running it, and exporting the macro to an exe gives me a bloated file.
Speed Typing's buyw*re big brother will do it also but I don't want to
buy it. There are probably loads of ways of doing this, but I don't want
to run an app just for this functionality.
Any offers?
Perhaps an addition to the right click menu...
 
jo wrote in said:
I want something really small and standalone to just insert date/time
into any app.
I have a buyw*re macro app that will do it, but I don't want to keep
running it, and exporting the macro to an exe gives me a bloated file.
Speed Typing's buyw*re big brother will do it also but I don't want to
buy it. There are probably loads of ways of doing this, but I don't want
to run an app just for this functionality.
Any offers?
Perhaps an addition to the right click menu...
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Use a bat/cmd file to generate date, redirect output to a file, using
a clip utility to copy content from the resulting file to the windows
clipboard. Make shortcut to the bat file and launch when needed.

----> cut below this line
date /T >date.txt
clip date.txt
del date.txt
----> cut above this line

Clip.exe from <http://www.cmdtools.com/>
<http://www.cmdtools.com/files/clip.zip>

If you want a different date format/output than the default Date
command in Windows (cmd) - look at DDate at the above site
<http://www.cmdtools.com/files/ddate.zip>

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
I want something really small and standalone to just insert date/time
into any app.
I have a buyw*re macro app that will do it, but I don't want to keep
running it, and exporting the macro to an exe gives me a bloated file.
Speed Typing's buyw*re big brother will do it also but I don't want to
buy it. There are probably loads of ways of doing this, but I don't want
to run an app just for this functionality.
Any offers?
Perhaps an addition to the right click menu...
Click to expand...

Not sure what you mean, but if you're running TclockEx (runs great under
win98SE, well at least on my machine :) ) you can just rightclick the clock
in your tray, select copy, and it copies the diplayed (in my case date and
time) as text to the clipboard.
 
Rod said:
Not sure what you mean, but if you're running TclockEx (runs great under
win98SE, well at least on my machine :) ) you can just rightclick the clock
in your tray, select copy, and it copies the diplayed (in my case date and
time) as text to the clipboard.
Click to expand...

Nope. But thx. I get TClock's functionality elsewhere and don't want to
run it for just this requirement
 
jo said:
I want something really small and standalone to just insert date/time
into any app.
Click to expand...

I know you specifically said "any app" but I thought I'd note that in
Notepad (possibly only in Windows XP), you can hit F5 to insert
time/date, which I just found out.
 
Bjorn said:
Use a bat/cmd file to generate date, redirect output to a file, using
a clip utility to copy content from the resulting file to the windows
clipboard. Make shortcut to the bat file and launch when needed.
Click to expand...

This might be what I need if I can un-newbie enough to work it out. I
will look at it later and report back when I fail. :-) thx.
 
I know you specifically said "any app" but I thought I'd
note that in Notepad (possibly only in Windows XP), you can
hit F5 to insert time/date, which I just found out.
Click to expand...

Ever since Win3.0

J
 
lydgate said:
I know you specifically said "any app" but I thought I'd note that in
Notepad (possibly only in Windows XP), you can hit F5 to insert
time/date, which I just found out.
Click to expand...

Works in Notepad on 98SE also. And Edxor. Probably in most text editors.
I want standalone into any app.
 
jo said:
I want standalone into any app.
Click to expand...

http://www.shortkeys.com/lite.htm

This limited version can do (sort of) what you want. Create a "shortkey
" with it, assign it to something obscure like $$. Then you can put in
the date and time in any format (Tools -> Insert Time and then do Date).
Then, in any program, if you type $$ (or whatever you assign) it will
paste the current time and date. Free, but you can only have 35 macros
assigned.
 
jo said:
I want something really small and standalone to just insert date/time
into any app.
I have a buyw*re macro app that will do it, but I don't want to keep
running it, and exporting the macro to an exe gives me a bloated file.
Speed Typing's buyw*re big brother will do it also but I don't want to
buy it. There are probably loads of ways of doing this, but I don't want
to run an app just for this functionality.
Any offers?
Perhaps an addition to the right click menu...
Click to expand...

AllChars can do this just fine, with several formatting options.

App: http://allchars.zwolnet.com/index.html
Syntax: http://allchars.zwolnet.com/manual.html#_Toc480536998

HTH,
 
Bjorn said:
Use a bat/cmd file to generate date, redirect output to a file, using
a clip utility to copy content from the resulting file to the windows
clipboard. Make shortcut to the bat file and launch when needed.

----> cut below this line
date /T >date.txt
clip date.txt
del date.txt
----> cut above this line

Clip.exe from <http://www.cmdtools.com/>
<http://www.cmdtools.com/files/clip.zip>

If you want a different date format/output than the default Date
command in Windows (cmd) - look at DDate at the above site
<http://www.cmdtools.com/files/ddate.zip>
Click to expand...

Excellent. Sorted. Ddate, it was. It took an eternity because it is the
first bat file I've ever done, and I am spectacularly clueless.
Some good stuff learnt and the end result I wanted.

Thank you.
 
lydgate said:
http://www.shortkeys.com/lite.htm

This limited version can do (sort of) what you want. Create a "shortkey
" with it, assign it to something obscure like $$. Then you can put in
the date and time in any format (Tools -> Insert Time and then do Date).
Then, in any program, if you type $$ (or whatever you assign) it will
paste the current time and date. Free, but you can only have 35 macros
assigned.
Click to expand...

Thx, but I don't want to have an app running just for this.
 
jo wrote in said:
Excellent. Sorted. Ddate, it was. It took an eternity because it is the
first bat file I've ever done, and I am spectacularly clueless.
Some good stuff learnt and the end result I wanted.
Click to expand...

Glad to hear! Self made is ... at least rewarding,
don't you think? :) For further exploration:
<http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/http2.html#batch>

And don't miss, from <http://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts.html> :

For DOS/WIN9x:
<ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/tsbat79c.zip>
tsbat79c.zip 243153 Dec 27 2003
Useful MS-DOS batch files and tricks, T.Salmi

For NT/2k/XP/
<ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/tscmd22.zip>
tscmd22.zip 103196 Sep 8 15:47
Useful NT/2000/XP script tricks and tips, T.Salmi

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
 
Bjorn said:
Glad to hear! Self made is ... at least rewarding,
don't you think? :)
Click to expand...

Yep; it was that feeling which stubbornly kept me from posting back
asking to be spoon fed. :-)
For further exploration:
<http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/http2.html#batch>

And don't miss, from <http://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts.html> :

For DOS/WIN9x:
<ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/tsbat79c.zip>
tsbat79c.zip 243153 Dec 27 2003
Useful MS-DOS batch files and tricks, T.Salmi
Click to expand...

Thanks. I suppose it is about time I started looking at this stuff...
 
jo said:
Oh god. Is nowhere safe?
Click to expand...

I'm sure it is, if you can find it. The other place is safe and
back to 'normal' now btw. It only took $*!?% years but all is
well that ends... etc.

Anyway, I only popped in for a little advice (network util) so
worry not, I shan't be here for very long at all.

All the best.
 
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