CaptainEd Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 I've contributed a few tools for hosting a few kinds of puzzles/games, and I might eventually contribute some more. Post here for any of several reasons: 1) You've got a problem with Excel or Windows not letting it run at all 2) You've found a bug 3) You've solved a problem someone has reported 4) You'd like additional features/tools (good luck on that, I've got a day job ..., but you never know) I'll maintain a current list of the latest revisions of each tool in this Topic as well. When you post, it'll help if the title identifies the tool, like "Master", problem downloading "Enigmatic", tired of duplicate entry "Prof", bug on double letters? That way, people can search and find the posts relating to just the tool they're interested in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) I've contributed a few tools for hosting a few kinds of puzzles/games, and I might eventually contribute some more. I am not sure if this is what you mean for this post, but I have a contibution of a good image editing program that I think people would be interested in. GIMP is a free image editing tool and is easy to use and learn. It can be pretty much as good as photoshop, especially if you download all of the tools. And, if you are unable to download stuff to your computer (like me at work ) there is another great image editor Pixeler, that I found is pretty good too. Edited April 17, 2009 by IDoNotExist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Current downloads available: --("Enigmatic") hosting a Yoruichi-san Enigmatic Crossword --("Master") hosting a Masterword --("Prof") hosting a Professor Templeton Word Search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 I am not sure if this is what you mean for this post, but I have a contibution of a good image editing program that I think people would be interested in. GIMP is a free image editing tool and is easy to use and learn. It can be pretty much as good as photoshop, especially if you download all of the tools. And, if you are unable to download stuff to your computer (like me at work ) there is another great image editor Pixeler, that I found is pretty good too. Actually, no. This topic is specifically for helping users with the few tools that I have uploaded for their use. Some folks have had trouble getting Excel/Windows to accept them. I'm eager to help them with that. Thanks :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) Current downloads available: --("Enigmatic") hosting a Yoruichi-san Enigmatic Crossword --("Master") hosting a Masterword --("Prof") hosting a Professor Templeton Word Search Wow,that is some really cool stuff! Did you do this all with excel? I only know basic functions and stuff, I will have to take at look at these and figure out how you made them EDIT: ok, I understand what you mean now. Sorry for the previous post. Edited April 17, 2009 by IDoNotExist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Hey Cap'n! I'm using Sun's "Open Office Suite" at home and I can't get the macros to work on the masterword sheet. he-alp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Hey Cap'n! I'm using Sun's "Open Office Suite" at home and I can't get the macros to work on the masterword sheet. he-alp! Ouch. Ahoy, Cap'n, were you using some visual basic code? As far as I know there's no easy way to translate visual basic to open office basic. They're not even very similar. I ended up doing that once for a program I wrote a little over a year ago. I basically had to learn a whole new language just for that task. And I never wrote anything else in OO basic again so I forgot it all. I do remember that there are some odd little things that you have to do just right to get it to even start acting like a sensible programming language. If you're inclined to learn it, I could give you examples of my code and some useful tools for figuring out how to manipulate stuff in their java environment, but it ain't gonna be easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted April 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Ouch. Ahoy, Cap'n, were you using some visual basic code? As far as I know there's no easy way to translate visual basic to open office basic. They're not even very similar. I ended up doing that once for a program I wrote a little over a year ago. I basically had to learn a whole new language just for that task. And I never wrote anything else in OO basic again so I forgot it all. I do remember that there are some odd little things that you have to do just right to get it to even start acting like a sensible programming language. If you're inclined to learn it, I could give you examples of my code and some useful tools for figuring out how to manipulate stuff in their java environment, but it ain't gonna be easy. Sorrow! Yes, definitely Visual Basic. It was pretty basic, but if the object model is different, which I can imagine, it could take time to rework it. And, as I don't have Open Office, this sounds like a large task. Thank you, plasmid, for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted April 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Ouch. Ahoy, Cap'n, were you using some visual basic code? As far as I know there's no easy way to translate visual basic to open office basic. They're not even very similar. I ended up doing that once for a program I wrote a little over a year ago. I basically had to learn a whole new language just for that task. And I never wrote anything else in OO basic again so I forgot it all. I do remember that there are some odd little things that you have to do just right to get it to even start acting like a sensible programming language. If you're inclined to learn it, I could give you examples of my code and some useful tools for figuring out how to manipulate stuff in their java environment, but it ain't gonna be easy. Thanks, plasmid. I guess I'd like to see your samples of OO code. But I'm very unlikely to acquire their environment and try to develop code in it. I've been using VB for years and hating it all the time because of what I consider some "odd little things". If OO goes beyond that in oddness, I think my impatience alarm will go off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Thanks, plasmid. I guess I'd like to see your samples of OO code. But I'm very unlikely to acquire their environment and try to develop code in it. I've been using VB for years and hating it all the time because of what I consider some "odd little things". If OO goes beyond that in oddness, I think my impatience alarm will go off. Don't go through all that on my account. I'll fire off some emails to the OOo folks and ask about their claims for "compatibility" with MS Office stuff. Thanks for the effort and info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted April 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Good idea, Grayven, hold their feet to the fire. But while you're waiting (watch the melting glacier icon), here is a new version of Masterword that doesn't use macros at all. Therefore, this version should work on Open Office Excel. Try it and see, let me know how it comes out.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted April 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 I'll get this fixed. I can't see how to point to an existing download, so each time, I have to reupload my files. But that fills up my space, and I don't see how to delete old items from my space. I'll get this all fixed up real soon now, and you'll have 4 spreadsheets, including an Open Office compatible Masterword. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted April 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Currently available downloads: MasterwordRev4--for hosting a Masterword (without macros--Open Office should work fine) MasterwordRev3--for hosting a Masterword (uses Excel macros) wordmatch--for hosting a Prof. Templeton Word Search (uses macros) EngimaticCrossword--for hosting a Yoriuchi-san Enigmatic Crossword (uses macros) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 (edited) I'll get this fixed. I can't see how to point to an existing download, so each time, I have to reupload my files. But that fills up my space, and I don't see how to delete old items from my space. I'll get this all fixed up real soon now, and you'll have 4 spreadsheets, including an Open Office compatible Masterword. My Controls -> Down the left side you will find "manage my attachments" You can delete from there. edit: which I see you figured out... thanks for all the effort. Edited April 20, 2009 by Grayven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted April 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 My Controls -> Down the left side you will find "manage my attachments" You can delete from there. edit: which I see you figured out... thanks for all the effort. Trying again, here's the new, macro-free Masterword spreadsheet. Let me know how it works for you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted April 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 (edited) Still having scribal difficulties, try these downloads MasterwordRev4--for hosting a Masterword (no macros--Open Office should work with this) MasterwordRev3--for hosting a Masterword (uses Excel macros) EnigmaticCrossword--for hosting a Yoruichi-san Enigmatic Crossword (uses Excel macros) wordmatch--for hosting a Prof. Templeton Word Search (uses Excel macros) Edited April 21, 2009 by CaptainEd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted April 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 New! wordmatch for OpenOffice! MasterwordRev4--for hosting a Masterword (no macros--Open Office should work with this) MasterwordRev3--for hosting a Masterword (uses Excel macros) EnigmaticCrossword--for hosting a Yoruichi-san Enigmatic Crossword (uses Excel macros) wordmatch--for hosting a Prof. Templeton Word Search (uses Excel macros) wordmatchNoMacro--for hosting a Prof. Templeton Word Search (no macros--Open Office should work with this) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Man, this new no macros spreadsheet for Masterword is really cool! It even has a box to just copy and paste from to post the answers in a codebox! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 (edited) New! wordmatch for OpenOffice! MasterwordRev4--for hosting a Masterword (no macros--Open Office should work with this) MasterwordRev3--for hosting a Masterword (uses Excel macros) EnigmaticCrossword--for hosting a Yoruichi-san Enigmatic Crossword (uses Excel macros) wordmatch--for hosting a Prof. Templeton Word Search (uses Excel macros) wordmatchNoMacro--for hosting a Prof. Templeton Word Search (no macros--Open Office should work with this) CaptainEd, I copied your new "no macro" version. It looks great! However, even though it is not supposed to have any macros, I get a security warning when I open it telling me it has macros. Edited April 22, 2009 by WilsonsMum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted April 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 (edited) This is the latest and greatest: New! wordmatch for OpenOffice! AND the ones labelled NoMacro no longer are carrying their vestigial macros, so you should have no problems with Excel or firewalls complaining about yucky macros. MasterwordNoMacroRev2--for hosting a Masterword (no macros--Open Office should work with this) MasterwordRev3--for hosting a Masterword (uses Excel macros) EnigmaticCrossword--for hosting a Yoruichi-san Enigmatic Crossword (uses Excel macros) wordmatch--for hosting a Prof. Templeton Word Search (uses Excel macros) wordmatchNoMacroRev2--for hosting a Prof. Templeton Word Search (no macros--Open Office should work with this) Edited April 22, 2009 by CaptainEd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted April 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 (edited) (Thank you for your forbearance, try this and see if you still get security messages about macros. I've not only removed the appendix, now I took part of the intestine as well.) This is the latest and greatest: New! wordmatch for OpenOffice! AND the ones labelled NoMacro no longer are carrying their vestigial macros, so you should have no problems with Excel or firewalls complaining about yucky macros. MasterwordNoMacroRev3--for hosting a Masterword (no macros--Open Office should work with this) MasterwordRev3--for hosting a Masterword (uses Excel macros) EnigmaticCrossword--for hosting a Yoruichi-san Enigmatic Crossword (uses Excel macros) wordmatch--for hosting a Prof. Templeton Word Search (uses Excel macros) wordmatchNoMacroRev3--for hosting a Prof. Templeton Word Search (no macros--Open Office should work with this) Edited April 22, 2009 by CaptainEd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted April 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Man, this new no macros spreadsheet for Masterword is really cool! It even has a box to just copy and paste from to post the answers in a codebox!Glad you like it! Actually, the with-macros spreadsheet also is codebox-and-columns friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Gmaster479 Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 Glad you like it! Actually, the with-macros spreadsheet also is codebox-and-columns friendly. Yes it is now that I can use it thanks alot Captain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Brandonb Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 the masterword spreadsheets are all still saying that they contain macros, so I can only open them in 'read only mode' in open office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 CaptainEd Posted April 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 the masterword spreadsheets are all still saying that they contain macros, so I can only open them in 'read only mode' in open office.That's odd, I don't want to sound silly, but did you pull the spreadsheet named MasterWordNoMacro? If you did, then I've really got to scratch my head. In "read only" mode, are you able to enter data? That's all that's needed. As an aside, I really like your smiley with the eyebrows; I can move my eyebrows like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 the masterword spreadsheets are all still saying that they contain macros, so I can only open them in 'read only mode' in open office. In Open Office, you can turn your macros security a click to "always ask before opening" so that you can allow the good Cap'n's spreadsheet to work. It's under the tools section. I'm not at home, so I can't specifically remember the exact path. I'll post it when I get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I've contributed a few tools for hosting a few kinds of puzzles/games, and I might eventually contribute some more.
Post here for any of several reasons:
1) You've got a problem with Excel or Windows not letting it run at all
2) You've found a bug
3) You've solved a problem someone has reported
4) You'd like additional features/tools (good luck on that, I've got a day job
..., but you never know)
I'll maintain a current list of the latest revisions of each tool in this Topic as well.
When you post, it'll help if the title identifies the tool, like
"Master", problem downloading
"Enigmatic", tired of duplicate entry
"Prof", bug on double letters?
That way, people can search and find the posts relating to just the tool they're interested in.
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