paullab Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 (edited) If you have a valid UK Postcode on your clipboard it will automatically show a map of the location using the browser (Internet explorer or Firefox, but can be changed) and the web site of your choice (Multimap or Streetmap, again can be changed). If there is nothing on the clipboard it will prompt you for a postcode A little checking is done for valid post code formats some test codes are 'GU7 1DN', 'DE7 8HL', 'SG19 3RD' Put the program in your startup to run automatically and use Ctrl-Alt-m (Change the hotkey in the ini file if you feel like it.) or right click on the tray-icon to activate it Uses an INI file for configuraton and not registry keys, this means that is can be easily packaged and distributed. (uncomment the 'FileInstall' below and correct the file path) shows how to use 'System tray' menus, Hotkeys, execting an external program & passing it parametersmap.au3map.ini.txt Edited November 24, 2006 by paullab Wallpaper Rotatorwith overlay, Loop through a folder of wallpaper & another of overlay, then create a combined image and set it as the wallpaperE-Mail passthru, Send any file, even executables via e-mail as plain text. The recipient can then later re-construct them.Slideshow widget, A slideshow widget similar to the Vista onePredictive typing using the Numpad, Predictive typing using the numpad of a keyboar similar to that on a mobile phone (the key is the .t16 file).PSTools Front End, For Remote Admin. Just makes life a lot easier (Demonstrates executing external programs and passing parameters, tabbed form Handling STDIN/STDERR)FTP Helper application Up and Download files from an FTP server demonstrates this and Tooltray TipsShow a Map of your Post-codes/Zip Codes, Uses the Clipboard, Hotkeys, the system tray (incl. menus)Disc/CD/DVD Catalogue, Ideal for all those Covermount Discs (Demonstrates Array handling, executing DOS programs, handling STDIN/STDOUT recursive directory reads, file searching.)YAST , Yet another Stopwatch/Timer (Uses a hotkey, Copies to clipboard, handles multiple events and stays on top)Keyboard Status Indicator , Indicates status of NumLock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock Keys, demonstrates API calling & System tray Icon Toggling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anixon Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Looks cool can it be moded to work with http://local.live.com? hybrid view will give you road and aerial viewCheers Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paullab Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 Looks cool can it be moded to work with http://local.live.com? hybrid view will give you road and aerial view Cheers Ant It all depends on how friendly local.live is all you need is a [Defaults] Sitename=locallive [siteurl] locallive=http://local.live/search?????????? (whatever the search url needs to be) in the ini file The post code is appended to the search url and send off using the configured browser. (maybe use a tcptrace to get hold of the search url) If you find the correct search url, please post it here for the rest of us to share. Wallpaper Rotatorwith overlay, Loop through a folder of wallpaper & another of overlay, then create a combined image and set it as the wallpaperE-Mail passthru, Send any file, even executables via e-mail as plain text. The recipient can then later re-construct them.Slideshow widget, A slideshow widget similar to the Vista onePredictive typing using the Numpad, Predictive typing using the numpad of a keyboar similar to that on a mobile phone (the key is the .t16 file).PSTools Front End, For Remote Admin. Just makes life a lot easier (Demonstrates executing external programs and passing parameters, tabbed form Handling STDIN/STDERR)FTP Helper application Up and Download files from an FTP server demonstrates this and Tooltray TipsShow a Map of your Post-codes/Zip Codes, Uses the Clipboard, Hotkeys, the system tray (incl. menus)Disc/CD/DVD Catalogue, Ideal for all those Covermount Discs (Demonstrates Array handling, executing DOS programs, handling STDIN/STDOUT recursive directory reads, file searching.)YAST , Yet another Stopwatch/Timer (Uses a hotkey, Copies to clipboard, handles multiple events and stays on top)Keyboard Status Indicator , Indicates status of NumLock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock Keys, demonstrates API calling & System tray Icon Toggling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anixon Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 It all depends on how friendly local.live is all you need is a [Defaults] Sitename=locallive [siteurl] locallive=http://local.live/search?????????? (whatever the search url needs to be) in the ini file The post code is appended to the search url and send off using the configured browser. (maybe use a tcptrace to get hold of the search url) If you find the correct search url, please post it here for the rest of us to share. Sorry cannot help you with that. Given that the site is Microsoft are they likely to tell you? Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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