- Macromedia Style Menu. Flash Done Right. — Every serious web site does need a navigation menu. Any objections? OK, let’s go further. The best looking and acting menus are Flash ones, it’s a well-known statement. As well-known, as Flash technology’s drawbacks: large size, difficulties of design, search engines unfriendly-ness (they can’t follow Flash links, and thus can’t index entire web-site properly). Less known fact is that you CAN really use…
- 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…
- Vextractor 3.91, Pretty lines — The dichotomy between raster and vector image formats is like dichotomy between physical and logical shapes. When you want to do something «physical» (like print the images, or show them on a webpage, etc.), you use raster images. But for many other operations, like «fix this line on a logotype» or «remove this curve», or «open this scheme with AutoCAD», or «analyze this map», you…
- PDF In-The-Box ActiveX 3.12 — Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) is probably one of the most popular cross-platform, display resolution-independent means of document exchange. The ability to generate reports and output data as PDF has become a standard feature for a great many of desktop and web applications. If you are a developer willing to have an easy way of generating nice PDF reports or any other documents directly from the code of your…
- 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…
- Vista Style Elements Icon Set, Do You Have a Dream? — As a developer, don’t you have a dream that the day will come when users will be able to comprehend the logics of your programs without your assistance, and your technical support service will finally take a break from those round-the-day silly questions like «How do I go around this menu?» or «What is that button for?» or «What do I do next?» Who knows when that GUI…
- 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…
- Holding Pattern, Don't Get Late for the Boarding — Remember that breath-taking picture you saw in the window of the airplane during the last flight? Or are you just dreaming of your first flight and count days till that exciting moment? Or maybe you’re in love with airplanes and just can’t wait until the next boarding just to see again that blue sky, marvelous sunset or the unknown land floating beneath the silver ring again? Why wait? — With Holding Pattern Coach Class…
- Remote Administrator Control - stay in control, anywhere, any time! — If you have ever tried explaining anything PC-related to your mom or computer-illiterate friend, you have a perfect idea what a pain it can be. Even changing a small parameter may require a good half an hour on the phone, let alone more complex issues. Things get much worse, however, when it comes to supporting a couple of remote departments in your company with dozens of people regularly submitting requests…
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