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Would it be useful to have window-specific menus?

The idea is that if I'm editing a particular file with a particular editor, say, Toolbox would pop up a menu of actions specific to that situation, e.g., boilerplate texts.  Or if I was using the database, it would pop up a menu of macros to export data in a given format.  As an alternative to popping-up willy-nilly whenever a chosen window appeared, perhaps there could be a universal hotkey to summon the correct menu for that window. That way, you wouldn't have to remember an endless series of hotkeys.

I realise that there can be difficulties distinguishing parent from child windows, but I wasn't too bothered when using similar system in the past.

The app's free mode has been changed to an hour per launch now (for the next release), for indefinite relaunches. So if the user's internet is down, they can still use it in the free hourly blocks until it comes back. I will never totally lock paid users out of the app at any time. The check is only done at launch, so if their PC is running 24/7 then the app will never do another activation check after it first launches.

It's time that Toolbox took this proper online activation stance like other paid apps. I'm losing sales by not doing it, and tired of people disputing with PayPal to get refunded after they get their permanent unlock code. The dishonesty in the world disgusts me.

OK, thanks!

I've heard of the 'PayPal refund' trick before, but only once, and hadn't realised it was so prevalent. Nasty.

I've decided it's going to do an online activation check at every app launch, instead of every month. So it the check passes at launch, the app won't check again until it's relaunched, which could be quite a while if the user never quits it. I'm fine with that because I tried a monthly check but there's false-positive checking issues if the PC is in standby mode or is shut down when the month changes. I've determined it's better just to check at launch.

Only problem I can see is if the user's Internet is down, or flaky.  I suppose they'll just have to live without Toolbox for the duration.

I know Toolbox can, in some circumstances, kill a process.  Is there a way to make it kill whatever process has focus by pressing a hotkey?

Not sure if this is the kind of bug you had in mind.  I received an email this morning saying Toolbox had been updated to 7.0.1.2.  This evening I registered for the forum.  Registration challenges you to put in the latest version number.  It thought 7.0.1.2 was wrong - but accepted 7.0.1.1...   

It is age verification, "thanks" to the Online Safety Act.  UK Government got heavy with Imgur, wanting to impose a fine, IIRC, and Imgur responded by banning the UK.