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Batchrun Outer Technologies  Version: 4.1  Dated: 06 February, 2004  Terms: Freeware  Language: English  Windows Ver: 95 / 98 / ME / NT4 / 2000 / XP  Description: Batchrun will let you create batch files easily using a graphical interface. With Batchrun .brs batch files, you can launch any number of applications, documents, folders, shortcuts or dialup connections with just a simple click. Drag and drop between Explorer and Batchrun for maximum ease! In addition, you can control the starting process with several properties like process priority, window position, pauses between launchings and more. Do more than just starting programs and files with the built-in file management functions like Copy, Rename, Makedir, Delete and End Process. Batchrun batch files can be launched from Explorer or placed in StartUp folder or on the Desktop.  Download: [ Go to download page ]    (btrun410.exe) (638 Kb)  Additional: Install:  No    Uninstall:  No  Inducted In: 2003 / 2004  Notes:

Location:    Home / Programming / Automation: Macros

AutoIt Hiddensoft  Version: 3.0.102  Dated: 04 August, 2004  Terms: Freeware / Open source  Language: English  Windows Ver: 95 / 98 / ME / NT4 / 2000 / XP  Description: AutoIt is a simple tool that can simulate key presses, mouse movements and window commands (maximize, minimize, wait for, etc.), letting you automate any Windows based task (or even windowed DOS tasks). It was primarily designed to assist in automatically installing software that cannot be automatically installed by other means. This is most useful during a PC rollout where hundreds or thousands of client machines need to be automatically installed. However, AutoIt is not limited to software installation and can be used to automate most simple windows tasks like executing programs,sending keystrokes and mouse clicks, text clipboard functions, registry functions and more.  Download: [ Go to download page ]    (autoit-v3-setup.exe) (1012 Kb)  Additional: Install:  Yes    Uninstall:  Yes  Inducted In: 2003 / 2004  Notes: Documentation available in several languages. Requires Microsoft Windows Installer.

Location:    Home / Programming / Editor: Hex

Frhed Raihan Kibria  Version: 1.0.156  Dated: 14 October, 2000  Terms: Freeware / Open source (GNU GPL)  Language: English  Windows Ver: 95 / 98 / ME / NT4 / 2000 / XP  Description: Frhed (free hex editor) is a small, fast and powerful binary file editor. Features include search and replace for any combination of binary and text data, file comparison, bit manipulation, customizable display colors and font size, ANSI or OEM character set, cut and paste, bookmarking and more. With Frhed you can also apply binary templates for structured information, load files partially (for working on huge programs), and export as hexdump to file or clipboard. Frhed currently does not support Undo.  Download: [ Go to download page ]    (frhed156.zip) (307 Kb)  Additional: Install:  No    Uninstall:  No  Inducted In: 2002 / 2003 / 2004  Notes: Alternate downloads: http://www.filesearching.com/

Location:    Home / Programming / Editor: Install/Setup

Inno Setup Jordan Russell  Version: 4.2.7  Dated: 27 June, 2004  Terms: Donationware / Open source  Language: English  Windows Ver: 95 / 98 / ME / NT4 / 2000 / XP  Description: Inno Setup is an installer for Windows programs. Features include support for all 32-bit Windows versions in use today -- Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, Me, NT 4.0. Support for Windows NT 3.51 can also be optionally included. (An older 16-bit version of Inno Setup is still available.) Supports creation of a single EXE to install your program for easy online distribution. Disk spanning is also supported. Standard wizard interface, including support for the latest Windows 2000/XP wizard style. Customizable setup types, e.g. Full, Minimal, Custom. Complete uninstall capabilities. Installation of files: Includes integrated "deflate" file compression (the same compression .zip files use) and also supports bzip2 compression. The installer has the ability to compare file version info, replace in-use files, use shared file counting, register DLL/OCX's and type libraries, and install fonts. Creation of shortcuts anywhere, including in the Start Menu and on the desktop. Creation of registry and .INI entries. Silent install and uninstall. Full source code is available (Borland Delphi 2.0-5.0).  Download: [ Go to download page ]    (isetup-4.2.7.exe) (988 Kb)  Additional: Install:  Yes    Uninstall:  Yes  Inducted In: 2001 / 2003 / 2004  Notes:

Location:    Home / Programming / Editor: Multi-Language

ConText Eden Kirin  Version: 0.97.5  Dated: 20 August, 2004  Terms: Donationware  Language: Multiple languages supported  Windows Ver: 95 / 98 / ME / NT4 / 2000 / XP  Description: ConTEXT is small, fast and powerful text editor for software developers. It offers syntax highlighting support for the most popular scripting languages, inclding HTML, PHP, Java, VB, SQL, Python, Perl and many others - and of course plain .txt files. It features unlimited open files without any limits on file sizes. It includes a macro recorder, project support, bookmarks and much more. ConTEXT is highly customizable and allows you to change syntax highlighting colors, cursor shapes, right margin, gutter, line spacing as well as user definable execution keys and other things. Additional features include search and replace across all open files, compiler support, code templates, file explorer, text sort, column block selection (supported by ALT key), and others. ConTEXT currently does not support natural word-wrap.  Download: [ Go to download page ]    (ConTEXTsetup.exe) (1.18 Mb)  Additional: Install:  Yes    Uninstall:  Yes  Inducted In: 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004  Notes:

Crimson Editor Ingyu Kang  Version: 3.60  Dated: 09 February, 2004  Terms: Freeware  Language: English  Windows Ver: 95 / 98 / ME / NT4 / 2000 / XP  Description: Crimson Editor is a professional source editor for Windows. It offers syntax highlighting for more than 50 languages including HTML, C/C++, Perl, Java, Matlab and LaTeX, and can be extended for other programming languages based on custom syntax files. It features a tabbed interface, multi-level undo/redo, find-replace with regular expression support, support for DOS/UNIX/Mac formats, and a rich set of formatting and conversion commands. Crimson also includes user tools, macros, spell checker, natural word wrap, external browser support, bookmarks, built-in calculator (evaluate line), powerful print support, FTP support, fully customizable font, color and line spacing and more.  Download: [ Go to download page ]    (cedt360r.exe) (1.10 Mb)  Additional: Install:  No    Uninstall:  No  Inducted In: 2003 / 2004  Notes:

Programmer's File Editor (PFE) Alan Phillips  Version: 1.01  Dated: 01 February, 1999  Terms: Freeware / Orphanware  Language: English  Windows Ver: 3.1 / 95 / 98 / ME / NT3 / NT4 / 2000 / XP  Description: Programmer's File Editor is a 32-bit text editor primarily oriented toward program developers. Though it contains features such as the ability to run compilers and development applications, it also makes a good general-purpose editor for any other function. Features include multilevel undo, active buttons on a tear-off toolbar, automatic C-aware indenting, Unix file support, remappable keys, keyboard macros, and more.  Download: [ !! Direct Download !! ]    (pfe101i.zip) (607 Kb)  Additional: Install:  No    Uninstall:  No  Inducted In: 2001 / 2004  Notes: Description and download Win 3.1 version: [http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/11996.html]

SciTE Neil Hodgson  Version: 1.60  Dated: 01 May, 2004  Terms: Freeware / Open source  Language: Multiple languages supported  Windows Ver: 95 / 98 / ME / NT4 / 2000 / XP  Description: SciTE is an open source programmer's text editor developed to showcase the capabilities of the Scintilla edit control. It has a rich set of features, some of them are: Single document interface with tabs; Syntax styles (highlighting) for approx. 40 programming languages including Assembly, C, C++, Java, HTML, Pascal and Visual Basic; Rectangular selection; Search and replace in the current document using regular expressions; Folding; Calltips (similar to Microsoft 'tooltips'); 'Complete word': auto completion mode that is based on the content of the current document; 'Complete symbol': auto completion mode that is based on external file(s); Four context-sensitive commands (compile, build, run, help); Ten extra commands that can be set as general purpose or context sensitive.  Download: [ Go to download page ]    (wscite160.zip) (600 Kb)  Additional: Install:  No    Uninstall:  No  Inducted In: 2004  Notes:

Location:    Home / Programming / Editor: Resource

Resource Hacker Angus Johnson  Version: 3.4.0  Dated: 24 March, 2002  Terms: Freeware  Language: English / Chinese / Japanese  Windows Ver: 95 / 98 / ME / NT4 / 2000 / XP  Description: Resource Hacker(TM) is a utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler. Cursor, Icon, Bitmap, GIF, AVI, and JPG resource images can be viewed. WAV and MIDI audio resources can be played. Menus, Dialogs, MessageTables, StringTables, Accelerators, Delphi Forms, and VersionInfo resources can be viewed as decompiled resource scripts. Menus and Dialogs can also be viewed as they would appear in a running application. Resources can be saved as image files, as script files, as binary resource files, or as untyped binary files. Resources can be modified by replacing the resource with a resource located in another file or by using the internal resource script compiler. Dialog controls can also be visually moved and/or resized by clicking and dragging the respective dialog controls prior to recompiling with the internal compiler. Resources can be added to an application by copying them from external resource files.  Download: [ !! Direct Download !! ]    (ResHack.zip) (541 Kb)  Additional: Install:  No    Uninstall:  No  Inducted In: 2002 / 2003 / 2004  Notes:

Location:    Home / Programming / Programming: Language

Python Python Software Foundation  Version: 2.3.4  Dated: 27 May, 2004  Terms: Freeware / Open source (Python License)  Language: English  Windows Ver: Multiple operating systems supported  Description: Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. It combines remarkable power with very clear syntax. It has modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. The standard implementation includes a large standard library and even more third party extensions are available from the internet.  Download: [ Go to download page ]    (Python-2.3.4.exe) (9.43 Mb)  Additional: Install:  No    Uninstall:  No  Inducted In: 2004  Notes:

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