Hi Paul,
following up a message from Richard Webb to Paul Quinn:
<snippety doo dah>
Beats me. I've never had a need. There's some interesting-looking
utils in the BFDS library but I don't have any on hand to recommend.
Ben Ritchey (1:393/68) may be able to point you to something. One
that did look likely (based on its listing) was:
VPCALC24.ZIP 142,240 05-14-00 04:30:40
Variable Precision Calculator for batch file
operation.
Might have a look at that, since last time I tried I had
good pots connects with Ben's system. THink I meant to dl
one of his big bfds cataloguings as well.
Caveat emptor: I don't have it here and have -never- used it.
That's the way I am here with a lot of things, but I"ve
found some real gems here and there. Think it was his
system where I grabed an ms word to ascii converter that
runs beautifully from a batch. IN fact, I have an auomagic
routine runs in my morning event that looks in the directory where I dump all received emails I might want to save in
other than reader's native format for *.doc files, moves
them to the antiword directory, creates a batch from the
filenames it moves, runs antiword across each one outputting same file name as *.txt then deletes the *.doc files and
moves the *.txt files somewhere else and sends me the list
as a message in my local private msg area <g>.
Now, if I could just find a cool and easy way to do .xls to
something dBase could import without knowing the database
structure first etc. I'll still cogitate on that one, as
I'll maybe want it if I retain this leadership position in a ham radio organization. But, I've got pretty much all the
net managers trained to send me the real important stats as
plaintext as well as attaching the *.xls with all the
minutiae. Still it would be cool to be able to look at sai
fine resolution data <g>.
Timo from Finland has a great little batch calculator, but
Yep, but might look at that one you pointed me to as well.
I usually grab something, play with it in a noncritical
application for a couple of days, find out if I really like
it better, then plug it into existing batches etc. if I
really do. Otherwise, I just put it in my file base.
There's another math related prg Ben pointed me at in
response to another query I made here which I grabbed,
played with a few hours and decided that it was too complex for me to really figure out if it suited without a whole
bunch more intermediate processing to make it work, but
would play later when I decided to set the current system up to save the data files for me to play with later, and never
got one of those round tuit things <g>. The bug will bite
some day though <grin>.
I maybe ought to mention it to a new face
that's shown up in the dosinternet echo lately. Note he
mentioned sed in an msg I read earlier this morning, so if
he's not aware of it he might really appreciate the pointer
to Ben's system.
It's probably best to stick with what you know and love to use.
IT is, but sometimes exploring is fun too, and as noted
above, sometimes I find the better tool for a job i'm
already getting done. I don't laugh at tools anymore.
sOrt of off topic for this echo, but related to tools, my
lady gave me a flashlight a few years ago with a tookit
stored in its belly. She bought the stupid thing around
Christmastime since my birthday is right before Christmas,
and it was available in an Avon catalogue. You know, the
ladies' and mens' cologne and cosmetics folks. Reason she
bought it: I was always tired of hassling with those little sets of Allen wrenches and never having the right sized one
around when I wanted it. Since the emergency backpack
always went along to a sound or musical job a flashlight
would be something would go in said backpack, so if the
flashlight was there I'd have a complete set of allens. I
said cool, put some batteries in the flashlight and figured
the tools inside were a joke.
Then during Katrina nobody could find the right sized wrench to do the switcharoo to different battery systems for the
ham radios. SIlly me for thinking we had the right tool in
the cabinets or drawers in the radio room <g>. so, I pull
open the little silly flashlight thing, open its belly, and
there's the right tool, and even usable. I promised myself
I'd never laugh at "cute" tools again.
Otoh my mil gave me one of those all-in-one driver sets with an articulated handle, and though it has a great variety of
screw and nut drivers the stupid handle means you can't
exert enough force when you need it because the handle won't let you <g>.
Regards,
Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+
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