- MySQL Auto Backup Professional Edition 2.0, Important in Safety — In most cases of enterprise environment, data itself has much more value than the work, time or a single employee or even a customer. So, there is a vital importance of having data in the «safe place»; typically, it means a regular and reliable database backup. The widely accepted and used MySQL database lacks this feature, but there is a good third-party solution for that, with the obvious name: MySQL Auto…
- TicketCreator, Professional Tickets Made Easy — When it comes to printing something, what’s the first thing that comes into your mind? I bet that would be «Word» or «Excel» or some other office application. Well, have you tried printing event tickets in any of these applications? Not to mention that such prints look primitive, there is just no way to put anything useful on them. How would you have Word automatically place a unique row and…
- 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…
- Beyond Remote Support, Focus on Problem, Not on Getting to It — Solving a tricky problem on a remote box is often not as hard as getting to that problem. Helping a newbie to obtain, install and run a remote assistance program sometimes may be harder than resolving the original problem. A remote assistance application has got to be something really easy, not harder than making just a few mouse clicks. This idea was picked up by Data Apples Corp., and they came up with…
- Anyplace Control - control remote systems no matter where you are — Most probably, there have been situation in your life when you had to explain something computer-related to another person on the phone. The task seems easy when you are talking to somebody with experience and knowledge in the area — in this case, the whole process may take mere seconds. But imagine having to explain the process of configuring an Outlook account to your mother-in-law and you’ll instantly realize what…
- UI Builder for Access - a drastic usability improvement for your Access applications — Microsoft Access is one of the most popular solutions for quick creation of database-driven applications mostly used in office environments. Being in essence a very powerful tool for creating complex forms and reports, Microsoft Access unfortunately lacks a lot of standard UI elements, which makes the process of creating a user-friendly application a real pain in the neck. UI Builder for Access solves this problem and allows…
- Directory Report - the great feeling of complete control over your files and folders — If you deal with vast arrays of information and thousands of files on a daily basis, you have probably come up with numerous tricks that help you manage and monitor all your files and folders. However, if the archive continues to grow (and so is the nature of all archives), you will inevitably face a situation when efficient file and folder management will become a vital necessity rather than something that you just want…
- File Security Manager - full control over file and folder access permissions (even in Windows XP Home) — Being an overall excellent operating system, Windows XP does have some versions that limit user’s control capabilities to a bare minimum. For instance, Windows XP Home offers a great set of multimedia and general features, but lacks the degree of flexibility that many advanced users would definitely appreciate. For instance, the Home version will not allow you to set file and folder access right, which is a common method…
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