Pre-emptive justification: You need to fiddle with icons when programming, so this counts as a programming question, right? Do you know of any good freeware applications that can browse the contents of Windows Icon Library (.ICL) files? I'm not interested in simple extraction. I'm looking for explorer-like browsing within libraries and ...
Even though I have a robust and fast computer (Pentium Dual Core 2.0 with 2Gb RAM), I'm always searching for lightweight software to have on it, so it runs fast even when many apps are up and running simultaneously. On the last few weeks I've been migrating gradually to Linux and want to install a free lightweight yet useful IDE to prog...
On a recent JAVA project, we needed a free JAVA based real-time data plotting utility. After much searching, we found this tool called the Scientific Graphics Toolkit or SGT from NOAA. It seemed pretty robust, but we found out that it wasn't terribly configurable. Or at least not configurable enough to meet our needs. We ended up dig...
What is your favorite SFTP client? I'm in need of a free-as-in-beer SFTP client for Windows. There seem to be a number of them out there, of varying quality. It doesn't need to be fancy. Decent usability and high quality would be the ideal. Thanks! ...
I've been told that I should include PAD files with the freeware applications I distribute so hosting sites can list the information correctly and check for updates, etc. Can you give me some info on using PAD files? Here are general questions which come to mind: Is it worth the effort? Do you use PADGen or an online tool like www.pa...
I am using the ODBC connector to access a MySQL db from visual studio 2008 and i am facing performance problems when dealing with crystal reports and to solve this i need a native connector to visual studio. if someone has had a similar problem and knows a solution or tools ( freeware preferable ) , i would be really grateful. ...
I would like to devote some of my time to improve my typing skill. Has anyone a good experience with some freeware tool ? ...
Do you recommend any application to keep track of a recruiting process ? I think a basic web CRUD application with some workflow control could help. Basic features are: CRUD applicants, register status information, assign someone to responsible for the process/next interview, and so forth I was planning to build a simple one for the c...
What would be a good (free) Ada IDE for either Linux or Windows? ...
I've never seen a good list of free Java libraries. What are some of your can't-live-without Java libraries? Note: to keep this poll as useful as possible, please remember: Post only one library per answer We don't want duplicate answers, so before posting check if the library has been mentioned already When adding a new library, pro...
Whats the easiest way, of telling if I can redistribute it in a piece of commercial software? In license agreements I often read the terms GPL, OpenSource, Freeware, Artistic License but have never got a definitive answer on what the differences are. ...
Folks, I'm working on a little piece of rich client software that I'd like to distribute for free. That is, I'd still like to make money on it, but I'd like the revenue to come from advertising. Do you know of an advertising platform that works well for client apps? I'd like the ads to be completely unobtrusive (like Google AdSense is...
In what way can you get your freeware project some exposure? I'm more interested in answers involving downloadable desktop software. ...
Folks, i'm looking for a standard EULA form to include with my freeware project. I'm just looking for clauses to "cover my butt": not responsible for any losses, etc. Is there a standard, boilerplate template that I can get from somewhere? Googling didn't help.. NOTE: I'm not releasing the source code of the software with the project....
I'm in the planning stages of a rather large project (think Photoshop killer) that will be released to the public at large. Most of the features are plugable and I plan to release the plugin sdk for free. I'll also be trying to garner a bit of a community of third-party plugin developers. I'm thinking of releasing two versions of the pr...
There have been lots of times in the past where a good programmer-oriented calculator would've saved me a lot of time. Lately, I've been doing quite a lot of bit manipulation, and having to do build/run to debug my calculations feels really slow. I've looked for something like this in the past, but found nothing that worked very well. ...
I have used certain freeware tools which are really great in terms of the features they provide. Not to mention, the opensource frameworks and API we commonly use. I wonder what, apart from sharing, is the ideallogy behind publishing an opensource or freeware. Doesn't this hamper the competitor comapnies which are are having a market ba...
Other than Visual Studio, what tool have you found best to create, edit, maintain, and possibly debug your XSLT files? I work on a fairly big project and we have tons of XSLT files and they have grown quite complex in their implementation. The language seems so brittle. It would be nice to navigate and identify errors more quickly. ...
Hi, What is the best free tool for CSS design? Cheers, Srinivas ...
I'm working on a software product, and to mitigate piracy problems I was thinking about offering the uncrippled software for free, but requesting donations and offering various things (like website access and program enhancement files) in return (a la PBS and NPR). If the program is popular enough (and I'm assuming that a free product w...