Free software

andrewpeacock · 08-06-2009, 07:39 PM

Hi all,

Have you ever wanted a neat way to save a complete thread from this forum (and other vBulletin forums)?

Well, I've just finished some software which allows me to save a complete thread into a HTML file, complete with images etc. As a HTML file, it's searchable, printable - and readable because it contains all the images etc you'd see on the forum.

And it's free to you.

To download it, visit Forum Thread Saver - AutomateYourBusiness.com

I hope you find it useful,

scorpio9 · 08-07-2009, 07:39 AM

Thanks for that Andrew, do you know how many times I washed I had a feature like that!
scorpio9

andrewpeacock · 08-07-2009, 07:49 AM

No worries Scorpio,

Thought it might be appreciated :-)

Andy

adambrad · 08-07-2009, 08:09 AM

Hi Andrew,

I wrote a little utility for myself to do a similar thing a while back which leveraged off some existing free apps but it actually saved the thread to PDF (images, fully searchable etc) but am also curious to see yours, however I have tried subscribing and when I click on the confirmation link I am taken to a page on your site that has a section that says "Error 404 Not Found" which is presumably where the link for the utility should be??

Thanks
Adam

virtualted · 08-07-2009, 08:31 AM

Wonderful assistance here, Andy.

Have spent an inordinate amount of time cutting and pasting long forum threads.
Wow! Thanks, sir!

Ted

andrewpeacock · 08-07-2009, 09:20 AM

Hi Adam,
Doh! That's what you get for releasing stuff at 1:00am... It's fixed now, thanks for letting me know. Not sure how anyone else got the download though....?

I tried PDF as well, but it didn't look as good. I'll be including an option to print to PDF later, but need to work out how to easily get that onto other people's desktops.

Andy

jmg · 08-07-2009, 09:19 PM

Hi

Just downloaded it

Nice piece of software

Thanks

Jean Marc

MarkR · 08-07-2009, 11:26 PM

Andrew,

Got it.

Simple, fast, easy, it works.

Very nice job!

andrewpeacock · 08-08-2009, 03:47 AM

Jean Marc, Mark,
Glad you like it
Andy

la dominatrix · 08-08-2009, 04:57 AM

Andrew
For ages and ages I have cut copied and paste information I needed from this incredible forum, your softwear eliminates the need to od that. One simple copy and that is id job doen thanks a lot for sharing nad making this forum an even better palce
La dominatrix

andrewpeacock · 08-08-2009, 08:45 AM

La Dominatrix,
No problem - glad to have helped,
Andy

Loco.m · 08-10-2009, 07:16 PM

I've been looking for something like this, I had found a similar app for twitter, but never one for the forums.
Thanks, will check it out right now

andrewpeacock · 08-11-2009, 04:16 AM

Hi Loco,
Glad you finally found what you were looking for!
Andy

tomvsi · 08-29-2009, 05:19 AM

Andy,

It's funny. I read this thread yesterday and thought to myself "Would I use this program and do I really need another software program cluttering up my desktop?". I decided not to download it at that time because I wasn't sure how much use it would get. Of course tonight I read a couple of threads that I wanted to save and remembered your wso. Had a devil of a time finding it again. My karma I guess.

Anyway, I finally found this thread and again and was relieved. So I clicked on your link and got a page load error when trying to access your software. How long will this bad karma last?

Looking forward to using your software.

Thanks for looking into this.

Tom

Andolasoft · 03-10-2011, 06:47 AM

Thanks for the software but are you sure that is it workable.

Valli · 06-18-2011, 09:13 AM

Hey there!

Just tried the Forum Thread Saver several times with IE8 but after the first page of the thread is sucessfully saved there repeatedly is an abortion with the following info:

----------
Autolt Error
----------

Line -1:

Error: Subscript used with non-Array variable.
-------------------------------------------

Are there any plans to update this most helpful tool? Or any ways to work around?

THANK YOU SIR!

08-06-2009, 07:39 PM	#1
andrewpeacock Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Glasgow , United Kingdom. Posts: 1,232 Thanks: 27 Thanked 25 Times in 12 Posts	Free software - save your favourite forum posts Hi all, Have you ever wanted a neat way to save a complete thread from this forum (and other vBulletin forums)? Well, I've just finished some software which allows me to save a complete thread into a HTML file, complete with images etc. As a HTML file, it's searchable, printable - and readable because it contains all the images etc you'd see on the forum. And it's free to you. To download it, visit Forum Thread Saver - AutomateYourBusiness.com I hope you find it useful,

08-07-2009, 07:39 AM	#2
scorpio9 VRE Constructor War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland. Posts: 669 Thanks: 146 Thanked 123 Times in 79 Posts Social Networking	Re: Free software - save your favourite forum posts Thanks for that Andrew, do you know how many times I washed I had a feature like that! scorpio9

08-07-2009, 07:49 AM	#3
andrewpeacock Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Glasgow , United Kingdom. Posts: 1,232 Thanks: 27 Thanked 25 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Free software - save your favourite forum posts No worries Scorpio, Thought it might be appreciated :-) Andy

08-07-2009, 08:09 AM	#4
adambrad HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: , , . Posts: 235 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Free software - save your favourite forum posts Hi Andrew, I wrote a little utility for myself to do a similar thing a while back which leveraged off some existing free apps but it actually saved the thread to PDF (images, fully searchable etc) but am also curious to see yours, however I have tried subscribing and when I click on the confirmation link I am taken to a page on your site that has a section that says "Error 404 Not Found" which is presumably where the link for the utility should be?? Thanks Adam

08-07-2009, 08:31 AM	#5
virtualted HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Nashville, TN USA Posts: 448 Thanks: 4 Thanked 47 Times in 44 Posts Contact Info	Re: Free software - save your favourite forum posts Wonderful assistance here, Andy. Have spent an inordinate amount of time cutting and pasting long forum threads. Wow! Thanks, sir! Ted

08-07-2009, 09:20 AM	#6
andrewpeacock Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Glasgow , United Kingdom. Posts: 1,232 Thanks: 27 Thanked 25 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Free software - save your favourite forum posts Hi Adam, Doh! That's what you get for releasing stuff at 1:00am... It's fixed now, thanks for letting me know. Not sure how anyone else got the download though....? I tried PDF as well, but it didn't look as good. I'll be including an option to print to PDF later, but need to work out how to easily get that onto other people's desktops. Andy

08-07-2009, 09:19 PM	#7
jmg HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: ,Quebec, Canada. Posts: 493 Thanks: 13 Thanked 55 Times in 52 Posts	Re: Free software - save your favourite forum posts Hi Just downloaded it Nice piece of software Thanks Jean Marc

08-07-2009, 11:26 PM	#8
MarkR Work hard to play hard War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan, USA. Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 99 Thanked 185 Times in 125 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Free software - save your favourite forum posts Andrew, Got it. Simple, fast, easy, it works. Very nice job!

08-08-2009, 03:47 AM	#9
andrewpeacock Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Glasgow , United Kingdom. Posts: 1,232 Thanks: 27 Thanked 25 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Free software - save your favourite forum posts Jean Marc, Mark, Glad you like it Andy

08-08-2009, 04:57 AM	#10
la dominatrix Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Malaga Spain. Posts: 507 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 108 Thanked 86 Times in 70 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Free software - save your favourite forum posts Andrew For ages and ages I have cut copied and paste information I needed from this incredible forum, your softwear eliminates the need to od that. One simple copy and that is id job doen thanks a lot for sharing nad making this forum an even better palce La dominatrix

08-08-2009, 08:45 AM	#11
andrewpeacock Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Glasgow , United Kingdom. Posts: 1,232 Thanks: 27 Thanked 25 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Free software - save your favourite forum posts La Dominatrix, No problem - glad to have helped, Andy

08-10-2009, 07:16 PM	#12
Loco.m web entrepreneur Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Topeka KS Posts: 57 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 11 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Free software - save your favourite forum posts I've been looking for something like this, I had found a similar app for twitter, but never one for the forums. Thanks, will check it out right now

08-11-2009, 04:16 AM	#13
andrewpeacock Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Glasgow , United Kingdom. Posts: 1,232 Thanks: 27 Thanked 25 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Free software - save your favourite forum posts Hi Loco, Glad you finally found what you were looking for! Andy

08-29-2009, 05:19 AM	#14
tomvsi HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wooster, OH Posts: 112 Thanks: 9 Thanked 14 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Free software - save your favourite forum posts Andy, It's funny. I read this thread yesterday and thought to myself "Would I use this program and do I really need another software program cluttering up my desktop?". I decided not to download it at that time because I wasn't sure how much use it would get. Of course tonight I read a couple of threads that I wanted to save and remembered your wso. Had a devil of a time finding it again. My karma I guess. Anyway, I finally found this thread and again and was relieved. So I clicked on your link and got a page load error when trying to access your software. How long will this bad karma last? Looking forward to using your software. Thanks for looking into this. Tom
	Last edited by tomvsi; 08-29-2009 at 05:20 AM. Reason: spelling error

03-10-2011, 06:47 AM	#15
Andolasoft Ruby on Rails Development Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: San Jose, Ca Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Re: Free software - save your favourite forum posts Thanks for the software but are you sure that is it workable.

06-18-2011, 09:13 AM	#16
Valli HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 104 Thanks: 163 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Free software - save your favourite forum posts Hey there! Just tried the Forum Thread Saver several times with IE8 but after the first page of the thread is sucessfully saved there repeatedly is an abortion with the following info: ---------- Autolt Error ---------- Line -1: Error: Subscript used with non-Array variable. ------------------------------------------- Are there any plans to update this most helpful tool? Or any ways to work around? THANK YOU SIR!