Archive for the 'Programs' Category

EZVidCap v1.0 Released!

Monday, January 16th, 2006

After putting this off for a little because I always hate doing the program write-up in order to post, I finally have it done. EZVidCap is here! EZVidCap is a program I wrote in VB.NET that allows you to capture still images from a video device, most notably webcams. You can quickly capture images in […]

EZVidCap Update

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Well, I pretty much have everything done with EZVidcap. You are able to save the captured images as different filetypes, and there is a list that shows all of the images captured. The only thing left to do is create a setup project and add some tooltips…. stay tuned…

EZVidCap is on its way…

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

Well, since the release of EZCamGrab, I tried to add a feature that enabled a video preview of your cam before you took a picture, however, theres a problem in the WIA Video dll when trying to create the preview window.. a bug that seems to not be fixed. So I re-wrote it using a […]

EZCamGrab v1.0 Released!

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

I wanted to figure out a way to start capturing video or images using VB.NET, and for my first program, EZCamGrab was the result. It is used to capture JPG snapshots quickly and easily from any WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) supported webcam. It also automatically saves captured files to new filenames, so you can capture […]

InfoBot v1.1 Released!

Saturday, December 10th, 2005

Created a minor update for InfoBot. Some errors occurred with people not having microsoft.mshtml.dll in their framework installations. To resolve this, I included the dll in a new installation package, and should be included in the directory when you install the MSI package. Also fixed a problem with calling the application directory in order to […]

EZThumbNail v1.1 Released!

Monday, November 14th, 2005

There is a new updated version of EZThumbnail available, version 1.1. New in this version is an updated method of creating the thumbnails, which should allow for crisper and better quality images than the previous version. Also added are image counts of each type once the chosen directory is selected.
Get the new version here :)

UnJumble 2.01 Update

Thursday, November 10th, 2005

Made a quick change since yesterday’s release of 2.0. The anagram function now starts on a low-priority thread, so you can utilize your computer for other tasks while it is running. What does this mean? You can do other things now while the anagram is solving :)

UnJumble 2.0 Released! Anagrams!

Wednesday, November 9th, 2005

UnJumble 2.0 is here, now with Anagrams! Due to some recent posts (read below this one) on problems with longer strings, I decided to update the most popular program on this site.
First, the UnJumble function is SUPER FAST, long strings should now be no problem at all, only taking a few seconds to complete, and […]

UnJumble Update is in the works…

Saturday, November 5th, 2005

Had a message sent to me from someone today that was having problems with a quote from Caesar, using UnJumble, and it gave me an idea on an update to the program. I noticed that it was taking an extremely long time for longer strings of characters to be UnJumbled, fixed easily by a […]

FreeAxcess v1.0 Released!!

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

FreeAxcess is a program I created in VB.NET that lets you work with Microsoft Access (MDB) database files, without the need to have Access installed on your system. It is designed to work with existing databases, as currently in version 1.0, there is no option to create new tables or new databases. However, if you […]

FreeAxcess is on its way…

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

My new project I’m working on is going to be called FreeAxcess. It’s a databse application that you can use in order to work with Microsoft Access Database (.MDB) files, without the need to have Access installed on your comp. It’s really just a way to view and export the data if someone sends you […]

EZThumbNail is released!

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

EZThumbnail is a program created in VB.NET that allows you to quickly create thumbnails or resize any of the supported image types. Supported image types are JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF, WMF, EMF, and ICO formats. Simply choose the directory that contains your images, choose the output path, and you’re done! Extra options for thumbnail […]

EZThumbNail is near….

Monday, October 3rd, 2005

Been working on my next free prog available for download here :) EZThumbnail… have most of the functionality complete. You can use it to quickly make thumbnails of any of the supported image types. Look for it in another day or two ….

HTML2Text v1.0 Released!

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

Created a simple little program in VB.NET that allows you to convert an HTML file to simple text, with all HTML tags and formatting removed. Find it in the links to the right, or if you’re lazy like I know a lot of you are, click here.

InfoBot v1.0 Released!

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

InfoBot is a program I created in VB.NET that intercepts certain text commands in any Yahoo Messenger Chat room, and runs a particular function, and displays the results back to the room. Anyone in the chat room can enter an associated command, and the InfoBot will then return the information! You can define words, translate […]