Clip Helper

I've used for a long time a clipboard manager. But the program became slow and it lacks some basic features useful for plain text clips... There are some nice and powerful freeware too. But not exactly what I want...

So I've decided to make a clipboard program with some basic clipboard features:

- Unlimited Clip collections (two are defaults: Inbox and Recycle Bin)

- Recycle Bin for deleted clips

- View only text, image or explorer clips

- View today, yesterday and month clips

- normal window level, always on top and pin to desktop

- serial paste (from the selected clip to top or bottom of the list)

- system tray with balloon showing current clip

- hot key to show next and previous clip

- hot key to show Clip Helper

- search by clip's title

- search by clip's content

- flexible interface (resize, make the window smaller, hide...)

There are some limitations to use it with image or icon editors that use their own clipboard ID. But you can disable the capture image feature. Clip Helper only paste images using Windows' default ID for bitmap.

I almost finishing the first alpha. If you want to give it a try and make your suggestion it will be great. However I can't assure you that this project will go further. It's just an experience.

Please let me know if you are interested.

Screenshots:

#318847

Cool! Thanks for this.

#318867

#318871

Well, the first (I hope not the last) alpha is ready.

See Help file for details regarding program's usage and features.

Remember, it's the first alpha. Don't use it as a normal program. Just play with it. If something goes wrong (like an error everytime you start the application) just delete the "Clips" folder. Some features (like Open button) are not finished yet...

In addition, Clip Helper does not have its own database. It saves the clips in plain text so even your favorite search program can track the clips content.

http://www.closetosoftware.com/temp/cliphelper.zip

That's all!

#318950

New alpha (29 Sep 2005). Main changes:

- Fixed some bugs regarding explorer clips

- Transparency

- Remove entire collection

- Allow (or not) text, image and explorer clips

- Improved Open and New collection procedures

- PauseStart (capturing clipboard clips) added to system tray icon context menu

http://www.closetosoftware.com/temp/cliphelper.zip

#319309

looks good .. i'll try it tomorrow as it's quite late atm..

#319319

It's nice to see some home-made software...pretty nice job on this, but I recommend packaging it in a .zip, at least if you want A-S people to test it.

Looks pretty feature-rich, and I love the Spotlight style search!

Thanks,

-NC

#320013

I've a problem that you may not be able to fix. I run windows at 72DPI so I can avoid converting point sizes between Mac and Windows. This causes a fair number of layout bugs with controls, and it gave me this:

Is there any way you may be able to fix that? It's not a big deal if you can't, as the program itself still works fine.

I did run into another bug, though: when I click the blue folder icon, I get an error that msvbvm50.dll cannot be found. This results in several error boxes popping up with runtime error -2147418105 (80010007), and the program crashes. Am I perhaps missing a necessary visual basic library? If so, where can I find it?

#320026

stilist,

At this point I can't do anything about the 72DPI layout issue.

Regarding msvbvm50.dll please try to install the Visual Basic runtime: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/vbrun60sp3.exe

If you still got the same error please install the Visual Basic runtime version 5: http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb5...us/msvbvm50.exe

#320042

New build (02 Oct 2005):

- some bugs fixed

- some code improvements

- Capture Area added (Ctrl+Alt+F11 will trigger the feature too): you can capture a custom size picture of your desktop

- Multi selection added to main list (Ctrl+A to select all clips)

- Right click in main list: New Clip added

- Right click in main list: Select All added

- Right click in system tray icon: Pause/Start capturing clips added

- Right click in system tray icon: Capture area added

- Tollbar buttons>Options button>Settings>Use a custom theme added (*)

(*) Custom theme: for now it's just a simple feature. A theme must have 4 images with the following names: "ch_base.bmp", "ch_left.bmp", "ch_right.bmp", and "ch_search.bmp". These files have to be in the "Resources" subfolder of Clip Helper's folder. A sample is provided and it can be used as a pattern for you to make your custom skin (to better match your XP theme).

This build still has an installer due to the skin files: http://www.closetosoftware.com/temp/cliphelper.zip

Next build should be just the "Clip Helper.exe" in a zip file.

Thanks for the feedback!

#320048

New build again (02 Oct 2005).

- hot keys enabled (I disabled them for test on last build and I forgot to turn them on again)

- "Filter Box" added: Go to Settings and write a key word so all clips with that key word will be copied to the "Filter Box"; leave it blank to disable the feature; I've suggested the key word "http"...

This build still has an installer due to the skin files: http://www.closetosoftware.com/temp/cliphelper.zip

Next build should be just the "Clip Helper.exe" in a zip file.

Thanks for the feedback!

#320090