Questions tagged [automation]
Software to perform actions by itself without actively being supervised by a user.
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Virtual photocopier: tool to send scans directly to a certain printer
We used to have a scanner-tool* where you clicked one button, then a scan was made and sent directly to a pre-selected and properly pre-configured printer.
So having a good scanner and a good printer ...
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Looking for a free tool that automatically prints any PDF added to a folder (then moves it to archive)
I'm looking for a simple, free Windows tool (or script) that can:
✅ Monitor a specific folder
✅ Automatically print any new PDF file that appears in it
✅ Use a specific printer: Brother QL-810W ...
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Monitor/trigger/kill processes automatically on Windows
Is there some program that can monitor running processes and trigger commands when certain ones start? (Not sure if you would call this a "monitor," "filter," "process ...
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Cloud storage with automated antivirus
I am looking for a cloud based file storage solution that comes with automated virus scan, scanning everything that gets uploaded.
The use case is, a storage space where users can upload their own ...
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Find a multi-process test driver framework on linux/windows (handle exit code, signal, stdio, file, ipc, window system event)
(I mean for Test driver (software) framework, not to test a device driver.)
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Test any cmdline/GUI programs at process granularity, on a local machine. (support or scale-out in cloud is not ...
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Automatic bulk crash dump classification
I have 198 Windows crash dump files (.DMP) and I need to find out which ones are relevant for analysis.
IMHO, a crash dump should contain at least the following information:
name of the executable ...
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Switch between media playing apps by pressing physical button
Recommend me some existing app(s) that can do it, or how to write it myself.
There can be many media players opened the same time. Only one can play. They all have items in the notification area, each ...
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Intelegence documents processing using nodejs libraries
I am Working on a new project where I get orders via email as a PDF file. Depending on the company sending the order the layout may vary.
Each order usually contains the name, address, and description ...
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What software can I use to refresh a "Aw, Snap!" page on Chromium from out-of-memory?
What software can I use to refresh only a "Aw, Snap!" tab on Chromium from out-of-memory?
I am the maintainer of the page (can modify JavaScript code)
the page acts like a web server. It ...
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Free Windows alternative to ENTR?
I like ENTR for automatically running test suites when I make changes to code on Linux, but some of my code is on Windows systems.
What alternative to ENTR exists and is free (as in beer)?
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Android app to move files automatically to SD card without manually creating folder pairs?
I know that there are already a few threads out there, where people are promoting different applications for Android file transfer. Some even call these «automated», even though you have to define ...
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Linux tool to automatically grab and store URLs from clipboard
I'm looking for a tool that periodically reads the content of my clipboard, scans it for any links/URLs found and saves those as some kind of bookmarks.
I often need to extract and store multiple URLs ...
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Chrome extension that reloads the webpage until a particular condition is met (example: HTML contains "hello")
I often need to troubleshoot rare bugs in webpages.
To trigger a rare bug, I typically need to refresh the webpage 100 or 1000 times until the bug appears (for instance an error message is shown, or ...
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Automatic inventory based system for construction company
I work for a cement contracting company. I need a program that already does this or a push in the right direction for a software that keeps track of all inventories that is stored at the main ...
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Android detect double button press
I want to use my Android phone (Samsung Galaxy A41) as a remote for opening garage door. For this to make any sense I need to be able to run some action without unlocking the phone, even without ...
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