Specialized Systems, Inc. Customized Scripting Solutions
Workflows - Windows Shell Enhancements
A person in your company regularly has to work with files, archiving them,
renaming them, etc. Even if this employee only works with a set of files
once a day, the task is redundant and boring, thus prone to human error...
I archive certain information periodically (take a snapshot) by zipping
up folders and saving them. For example, I may want to take a snapshot of a
website for historical point-in-time references. I zip this folder, rename
the file to include the date the snapshot was taken, and move the file to the
archive directory. I snapshot information regularly enough to have created
a shell extention to rename files based on one of two attributes, the date
created or the date modified. I simply right-click a file and the option is
in the menu:
Here is an example of my right-click menu, before I rename the file and
after ... by clicking either "Rename Created" or "Rename Modified":
You may also notice "Create MD5", "MD5 Hash", and "Open with Notepad" in the
menu. These are also custom menu items I have added some of which are simple
registry modifications, some such as the md5 commands are registry
modifications that call JScripts.
Customized scripts can be created to suite many file management tasks such
as renaming, copying / renaming, copying / renaming / and moving the copy,
etc. Integrating these enhancements makes life easier managing these files
and takes away all human error probabilities...
Workflows - IE Shell Enhancements
Customized Internet Explorer shell enhancements are also a useful. If a
common task is performed on certain websites, shell extentions can easily
be created to run a script that will perform a routine. For example, lets
assume that a user has copied some formatted text into the clipboard such
as name, address, telephone number, etc., the user takes this information
and submits it to a credit check agency to verify a mortgage rate. A JScript
can read the clipboard, format the data and paste each piece of information
into the proper fields on the website, then submit the form. You can have
another script take the data from the webpage, format the data, then paste
the data back into the clipboard for use in a customized corporate Fanny
Mae Mortgage application.
Workflows - Enhancement Installation / Packaging
All shell scripts and registry based shell modifications come with a simple
installation batch file. To add to the menu, run the batch file, to remove,
run the batch file again, no user input required. A simple modifications can
be made to the batch file to specify whether the shell modification will be
made to the LOCAL_MACHINE or the CURRENT_USER, based on whether the menu
will be available to all users or only the current user (Citrix friendly).
Workflows - Enhancement Consultations
If you are looking for ways to boost productivity, reduce human error, ease
position transitions as well as reduce workloads with increased results, we
can assist you with finding solutions. We have proprietary software that
allows you to connect your desktop to ours as you demonstrate and explain
what tasks you would like to have enhanced. We will make suggestions and
discuss what we can do for you and your employees.
