Author Archives: Don Robinson

About Don Robinson

I write DDFileCatcher and try to market it. Twitter #ddfilecatcher

Happy 10th Birthday DDFileCatcher!

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Don Robinson

DDFileCatcher version 1.00 was release on 26th April 2oo3. That version only listed 4 file properties (filepath, size, date and extension), and output to the Clipboard and plain text to a disk file. A single user license cost $10 US. The … Continue reading →

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Making file lists in Microsoft Word and Excel improved

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Don Robinson

Happy days are here again! DDFileCatcher again makes file lists in open Word documents and Excel Workbooks. And it again recognizes existing file list tables in Excel and Word, and can add extra file rows to them using the same … Continue reading →

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New way to make file list tables in Excel

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Don Robinson

DDFileCatcher now adds lists of files and file properties to Microsoft Excel as tables, rather than just as rows. A table of file information looks like this: We’ve added a new way to save  tables. Now a file list table … Continue reading →

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How to solve problems with computer programs

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Don Robinson

Earlier this month, DDFileCatcher suddenly stopped working on my computer, and on every other 64 bit computer in the world running Window Vista, 7 or 8. A computer program isn’t like a machine

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Problems programming for Windows

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Don Robinson

Two bad things are happening at the same time: Norton Antivirus is preventing DDFileCatcher version 5 from being downloaded and a recent Windows Update is preventing it from running on 64 machines even if it can be downloaded.

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What about version 4?

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Don Robinson

This is a strange sort of post. Version 4 of DDFileCatcher was a very nice version. After several years of constant improvements, it had no bugs, everything worked perfectly, users comments had been incorporated, support requests had dwindled to almost … Continue reading →

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What are file properties (& what are they good for)?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Don Robinson

Simple explanation of what file properties are and some uses for them. Continue reading →

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Brand new version of DDFileCatcher released!

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Don Robinson

DDFileCatcher Version 5 released. Complete redesign and rewrite. For Windows 8, 7 and Vista. Continue reading →

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The advantages of programming in the right Windows version

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Don Robinson

I know I’m a few years behind the times, but as I admitted in a recent post, I’ve just changed my development operating system from Windows XP to Windows Vista.

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Converting filepaths when moving to a new computer

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Don Robinson

How to get different types of file and folder paths to put hard coded paths in documents, such as installation files and Rake build files. Continue reading →

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