- EymBarcodeReader.ocx Decode Bar Code — Barcodes (the approach to encoding data in black-and-white bars) are widely used since their invention in the middle of the XXth century. They have proven themselves to be a universal and reliable mean in cases when a small amount of uniform significant data is to be associated with multiple things and then processed automatically. Though in last years the usage of barcodes has gradually yielded to distant…
- Country Codes 2.7, Data at Fingertips — In today’s vague times of «common» unlimited broadband Internet connection (which is not so common, really) and «modern cool» web-services it is thought that one doesn’t have to store on one’s computer information one can find on web. People with such thoughts typically don’t take into account the amount of time they waste when to find a byte of frequently-used data…
- PSpad, Code Looks Natural — Have you ever tried editing any programming code in the Windows’ standard notepad program? Wasn’t that easy and fun? I bet it was NOT. Although Notepad is light and easy to use, you can hardly recognize your even own code in it: no syntax highlighting or line numbering, and some important characters may even fail to appear. Is there a way to edit a code block without having to run those heavy development…
- GetByMail 2.0, Mail Rules! — E-mail is the most basic, old, common and reliable way of Internet communication (in fact, e-mail is even older than the Internet itself). There are also many situations, where e-mail is almost the ONLY way of communication available. But if I say: «Having just e-mail is enough for living!» — What would you think? I’m telling you: even when you need extremely complex operations with remote computer (upload…
- HtmlCapture ActiveX Control, Web Snapshot In A Few Lines Of Code — Taking shots (images) of web-pages is an often and highly usable programming task. There are scores of possible usages, from large web-archiving suits to small one-time testing scripts; but the general purpose snapshot tools (either PrintScreen or specialized software) aren’t very good for the task. If you want one powerful yet compact solution for the problem which can be used virtually with any programming language, take a look…
- XP Tools 7.76, Rule Over Your Windows! — When you’re trying to enchance and control your Windows, you have many options and utilities. The two most common extremes are «one utility for each single function» and «a suite for all service tasks». XP Tools software follows the second approach, and I should say it does the best in the logical organization and effective control. Let’s take a short guide through XP Tools and its usage patterns. The program…
- RuleLab Business Rules Engine – a solid foundation of a serious business solution — Working in dynamic business environments means one thing — you always have to be ready to accept new rules of the market and stick by them. Timely response to your customers’ needs and quick reconfiguration of your services is crucial in highly competitive markets where every hour matters. If you manage an online solution with complex business logic, you should always be ready to react to needs and change…
- Scanitto - a serious scanning offer you won't be able to refuse — These days, a scanner can be found in many homes and offices. However, the software provided with regular affordable scanners is often far from being intuitive, if at all functional. Purchasing a professional graphics editor would be a good solution, but the prices of such applications may often be dozens of times higher than the price you paid for your scanner. And that is exactly when affordable third-party solutions come into…
- RoboBasket - maintain order on your hard drive in a way you've never imagined! — Keeping files in order is a task few of us manage to cope with. A new computer or a freshly-installed OS somehow make us keep things in order for a while, but a few days or weeks later you simply forget about it and start tossing files across your hard drive, saving downloads to your desktop, copying music to multiple folders and creating documents of all kinds in the root of your…
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