- 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…
- Addict 3.5, Spell-Checked! — Addict Component Suite is a set of VCL components for Borland Delphi/C++ Builder (wide range of Borland/Turbo IDE versions are supported). The suite is designed to solve spell-checking issues once and for all: virtually any scenario of checking is easily supported with highly customizable controls. The basic option is the dialog-based spell-check: you click on the «check» item and see the dialog with misspelled words shown one…
- 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…
- OscilloMeter - Spectrum Analyzer — Spectrum analysis is used in a wide range of tasks — from equipment configuration and fine tuning to the analysis of scientific recordings and creation of voice recognition software. Professional equipment for high-quality sound analysis is extremely expensive and cannot be quickly reconfigured or updated. A computer-based system is a great alternative, which guarantees comparable levels of quality and accuracy for…
- RIT 1.6, Check the Intelligence — Typical software or paper-based «intelligence tests» are a one-time thing; once you’ve run through a test, the next run will show incorrect results. Moreover, once you’ve run through one of intelligence tests, other similar ones will also become «inappropriate» for you. That’s because of the usual approach to intelligence testing: a set of static constant puzzles and questions — you see them…
- Video Snapshot Wizard - an excellent piece of software for movie reviewers and devoted fans — If you do your living writing movie reviews or just love Edward Norton’s movies, you definitely grab movie screenshots from time to time to use for your reviews or animated forum avatars. There are plenty of frame capture applications on the market offering all kinds of features, necessary and unnecessary, but there is one that has an excellent balance of functionality and simplicity — Video Snapshot Wizard…
- Analyzer Plus — Maintaining time sheets is now a common practice; however, the benefit fromusing them isn’t as great as was expected. The lack of time for analyzingthe data depreciates the whole idea of optimizing productivity with timesheets. That, in its turn, converts into insufficient data for invoicingserved customers, inability to see the overall and by-stage cost of theproduction. Besides, employees, knowing that their performance is not…
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