Free Useful
Software Utilities
Although these are free utilities, if you
use them on a regular basis please support the authors of the software
Service Launcher -
Run a Program as a
Service the easy way.
Most programs can be run as a service on XP
or Server 2003 (Vista is Different) but setting them up with Instsrv.exe and
Srvany.exe, and then editing the registry can be difficult. Service Launcher
is a program that eliminates this by providing a simple ini file that can be
edited, and then a program that loads the program as a Service. It also has
a remover, to unload and remove the service. To see how easy it is to
set up take a look at this
manual showing an
eDocfile Program being setup as a service. Please note that
eDocfile's programs were not written as a service and technical support for
setting them up as one is not supported; however most can be run as one by
following the instructions in this
manual.
The product details for Service Launcher are
here
and the download is
here.
Free Barcode Font -
Code 39 in a True Type Format
The text below comes from the author of
the font Matthew Welch:
Can you believe there are people who would charge you for a barcode
font like this? It took very little time to make this so I thought I'd
donate it to the world. It is suitable for scanning even at fairly small
point sizes (with a laser printer). I have tested printed copies of this
font with a couple different scanners and itworked perfectly.
This is 3 of 9 (sometimes called "code 39"), a widely used barcode standard
that includes capital letters, numbers, and several symbols. This is not the
barcode for UPC's (universal price codes) found on products at the store.
However, most kinds of barcode scanners will recognize 3 of 9 just fine.
To create a valid 3 of 9 barcode you have to begin and end it with a special
character. Scanners look for this character to know where to start and stop
reading the barcode. It is represented in this font with the '*' character.
So, to create a barcode for the text "ABC123" you have to type out
"*ABC123*". Note that barcode
readers will not include the *'s in the text they return. They will just
give you the "ABC123".
Two versions of 3 of 9 are included. The font called "Free 3 of 9" is the
basic 3 of 9 standard. It includes letters and these symbols: $ % + - . and
/. The font called "Free 3 of 9 Extended" covers the extended 3 of 9
standard. It includes all the ASCII characters.
Special note to MS Word users: There is a default setting in Word that
changes text surrounded by *'s into bold text. This setting must be disabled
for these fonts to work, otherwise the * characters that are necessary for
the barcode to scan properly will be lost and the thickness of the bars will
be altered. I have a copy of Word '97. The
setting might be found in a different place in other versions but this is
how I disabled it. From the Tools menu open the AutoCorrect dialog box. On
the AutoFormat tab uncheck the box for "*Bold* and _underline_". Download 3 of 9 Font
Gif to PDF Converter
Free ware program that batch convents Gif images to PDF
files Download
DII to DAT File Converter
Freeware product that does a simple DII to
DAT file conversion for users of Summation and Concordance.
DII to DAT Converter
PDF Creator
This utility will create PDF files from almost any application, it will
also create image files of application files. It can be used to create
files that can be retrieved with eDocFile applications.
PDFCreator
JKDefrag
A disk defragmenter and optimizer for Windows
2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008/X64. Completely automatic and very easy to use,
fast, low overhead, with several optimization strategies, and can handle
floppies, USB disks, memory sticks, and anything else that looks like a disk
to Windows. Included are a Windows version, a command line version (for
scheduling by the task scheduler or for use from administrator scripts), a
screensaver version, a DLL library (for use from programming languages),
versions for Windows X64, and the complete sources.
JKDefrag
Capturing Screen Information:
The following links are to excellent
freeware or shareware utilities that display window names, classes,
screen location etc.
WinID
WinID allows to get the most important
information about MS Windows control classes, styles, and window titles.
All you need is to point mouse cursor to a window, or any of system or
custom-created controls. It employs functionality of the Microsoft
Visual Studio Spy++ tool adding visual simplicity and compactness.
www.dennisbabkin.com/php/download.php?what=WinID
WinExplorer
WinExplorer is a utility that shows all
system's windows in hierarchical display.
For every window in the hierarchy, you can view its properties, like
handle, class name, caption, size, position and more. You can also
modify some properties, like Caption and Visible/Enabled.
You can use this utility in all Win32-based operating systems: Windows
95,98,ME,NT,2000,XP
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/winexp.html
WinDowse
An extremely convenient tool for
obtaining necessary technical information about any window, best
Borland's WinSight replacement. Place a mouse cursor on a window, and
WinDowse will show all about the window:
http://www.greatis.com/delphicb/windowse/features.html
Console Capture Test
This program allows the user to test the
basic screen capture ability of Console Grabber. It is for basic testing
only as Console Grabber can be modified to use other capture methods.
This utility will test capturing the entire Window, a portion of a Window or
just return the Parent, Child Window name and location.
Download here |
