Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #202 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Sun, 01 Nov 98 Volume 16 : Issue 202 Today's Topics: [*] 32bitBEiconsb5.sit.hqx [*] A Better Finder Rename 1.3 [*] A Better Finder Select 1.4.1 [*] Address Book 4.0 [*] DeskPix 1.1 [*] Desktop Cleaner 1.0 [*] eudora-batch-find-101.hqx [*] FileMaker Text Reader 1.1 [*] Formula 1 Lite 1.1.9r4 Freeware [*] iMacGeddon 1.5 [*] Image-In Engine 1.0.1 [*] Irish Accessories [*] OneApp Address Book [*] PageMark 2.0: Scrollbar extension shows page end [*] PrintCalendar FAT 1.0 calendar printer/viewer [*] SoundThemeChanger [*] SwitchRes 1.5 - German version [*] Web Confidential 1.0.2 - French Version The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. 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Or, click . * A full list of Info-Mac mirror sites is available at the URL below: * Search the archive at . Info-Mac volunteers include Gordon Watts, Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Michael Bean, Liam Breck, Hugh Lewis, Tom Coradeschi, and Shawn Bunn. The Info-Mac Digest is sponsored in part by StarNine Technologies, developers of Internet server software for the Macintosh, including Web and email publishing systems. We'd also like to thank AOL for the main Info-Mac machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V16 #202" ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:40:01 -0700 From: mgreer@sirius.com Subject: [*] 32bitBEiconsb5.sit.hqx Here are a few BE style icons redone with 32 bit color. Also included are a resource file with the icns and a modified BE Kaliedoscope scheme with these icons. mgreer@sirius.com [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/32-bit-be-icons.hqx; 159K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:40:12 -0700 From: reiff@comp.lancs.ac.uk Subject: [*] A Better Finder Rename 1.3 A BETTER FINDER RENAME "A Better Finder Rename" is a contextual menu plugin for the Macintosh Finder which allows users to quickly rename multiple files. "A Better Finder Rename" is ideally suited for Macintosh webmasters, users who need to transfer files from or to Windows or Unix, as well as for all other Macintosh users who deal with large numbers of files. Feature list: * interactive/ automatic modes * create numbered lists (e.g. image1, image2, image3, etc.) * replace anywhere in the file name * replace at the beginning of the file name * replace at the end of the file name * add at the beginning of the file name * add at the end of the file name * convert to uppercase * convert to lowercase * remove characters at the beginning of the file name * remove characters at the end of the file name * examples for each mode * all settings are "remembered" from one usage to the next * fully integrated with the Macintosh Finder For more information, as well as a demonstration of ABFR, please visit: http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename/ ___ SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: A PowerMacintosh with MacOS 8 or later. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/abfrename-13.hqx; 585K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:27:37 -0700 From: reiff@comp.lancs.ac.uk Subject: [*] A Better Finder Select 1.4.1 A BETTER FINDER SELECT "A Better Finder Select" is a contextual menu plug-in for the Macintosh Finder, which allows users to quickly select all files matching a given criterum. The utility implements selection based on file name, creator and type. It also supports Linux-type wildcards. "A Better Finder Select" is a simple, yet surprisingly powerful utility which is fully integrated into the Macintosh Finder. This new version contains many improvements and new features, including: * selection based on the file and creator type both separately and in combination (e.g. select all gif image files created by Adobe Photoshop) For more information, as well as a demonstration of ABFS, please visit our web site at: http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderSelect/ ___ SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: A PowerMacintosh with MacOS 8 or later. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/abfselect-141.hqx; 571K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:27:50 -0700 From: jimsmith@jimsmithsoft.com Subject: [*] Address Book 4.0 Address Book 4 The original code for Address Book was written by Jim Leitch, deceased. Smith Productions have modified that code to create Address Book 4. The only changes made were to support the current MacOS, 8.1 and to build the application using Metrowerks's CodeWarrior. No additional features were added. The primary changes made to this document has been to eliminate contact information for the original author. I will support user with previous version of Address Book when ever possible, however as I do not have the source code for version prior to 3.7.2.. If you have an older version of Address Book it is recommended that you upgrade to Address Book 4. Address Book 4 is an easy-to-use, fast and powerful way to manage and control lists of names, addresses, and phone numbers. The Application works on Macs from the Plus to the latest PowerMacs. * preset fields for easy set-up and data entering * memory-resident list for fast finding and sorting * multiple sort capabilities * import utilities allow importing from other databases, word processing programs, and Personal Information Managers * exports to mail merge, databases, word processors, and spreadsheets, and palmtop computers, including Newton, Psion 3a, Sharp Wizard, and HP95LX * prints envelopes, labels, business cards, postcards, Rolodex, standard and custom address books, and lists, in color if your printer supports it * prints postal bar codes * phone dialing through modems, the Mac speaker, Hyperdialer=81, and Desktop Dialer=81 * log file for logging calls, taking notes * call timer * macros * on-line help * multiple language capability * password protection * regular updates will be available on the Internet from regular download sites. Address Book, is year 2000 ready. Address Book makes use of the built-in Macintosh date routines, which function correctly well pass the year 3000. [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/address-book-40.hqx; 776K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:27:39 -0700 From: search@radiks.net Subject: [*] DeskPix 1.1 DeskPix 1.1 is a desktop picture randomizer for MacOS 8.5. Tell DeskPix which pictures you want it to choose from, by one of several different selection methods, and it will randomly set a new desktop picture each time you restart your computer. The major change between Version 1.0 and 1.1 is to update DeskPix to be compatible with MacOS 8.5. DeskPix 1.1 requires a PowerPC-based Mac running MacOS 8.5. It will not work with MacOS 8.1 or earlier. MacOS 8.5 requires at least 16 MB RAM. If you use MacOS 8.0 or 8.1, you can use DeskPix 1.0, which supports your system-version. Version 1.0 is available at the SearchWare Solutions web-site. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/deskpix-151.hqx; 640K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:27:40 -0700 From: goddfadda@home.com Subject: [*] Desktop Cleaner 1.0 Desktop Cleaner maintains specified icons on the desktop and moves any other unwanted icons to the trash. For example, some people like to have many icons on there desktop all the time. Then they go on a downloading spree and have a bunch of new files on the desktop afterward. Running Desktop Cleaner will remove these additional and unwanted files. (Great for teachers, hence the reason why it was written). [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/desktop-cleaner-10.hqx; 127K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:27:34 -0700 From: m.frischknecht@ucl.ac.uk Subject: [*] eudora-batch-find-101.hqx this is a small update to Eudora Batch Find, a little utility written in AppleScript that offers batch search for the email program Eudora (versions 1.5 and above). It lets you search for a string within a subset or all of your mailboxes in one go and will display all matches in a list. A click on a match will then show the start of the message, open that message's window in Eudora or create a new message with a reply. Note that you need to install some Scripting Additions before you can run this AppleScript (apart from the one included); a html file with download addresses is part of the distribution. All the necessary Scripting Additions are free. They are: Dialog Director v0.7, Jon's Commands and GTQ Library (from which only the Sort command is needed). This utility is free; AppleScript source is included (as text file). What's new in version 1.0.1 (changes since version 1.0) - The package also includes a version that should run on System 7.0. It doesn't show its dialogs floating above all Eudora windows; if you prefer it this way, you can run this version under Systems later than 7.0. - For the AppleScript versions with floating dialogs: it's now possible to close the Batch Find application even when its dialogs are no longer visible because Eudora is not open anymore (or when the Batch Find application is in front while its dialogs are displayed above Eudora's windows). Just press Command-Period to close Batch Find. If you have Eudora 3.1 or later, you can use the plug-in "Quit Batch Find" included in this archive. - The AppleScripts applications are now compiled as read-only, which has several advantages: - less memory required to run (500 KB on 68k Macs, 600 KB for Power Macs) - closing the script is much faster - opening seems to be slightly faster as well - file sizes are much smaller (about 60 KB) - The "Reply" button in the result dialog will now close the message that is replied to if its window was open. - Since AppleScript stores global variables in the script file itself, antivirus programs might be triggered if they note changed file size or modification date after you run Batch Find. This is now mentioned in the documentation. - Several small changes (see beginning of the file "Read Me First" for a complete list). The size of the archive is 198 KB (StuffIt archive). It contains the [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/eudora-batch-find-101.hqx; 268K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:40:11 -0700 From: jimbob@linex.com Subject: [*] FileMaker Text Reader 1.1 FileMaker Text Reader db, Import scattered text files. Select a folder or a disk, and read every text & ttro file in it into this no password protection FileMaker Pro 4.x db. Clean up those Read Me's. Open FileMaker Text Reader db, switch to the Finder and select a folder. Come back to the database by clicking on its window or by selecting FileMaker from the Applications menu (so that you leave your folder selected). Type Command-1 to read every text file in the first layer of the selected folder into this database as individual records. Field "Text 1" will contain the file path, and field "Text 2" will contain the text. Type Command-2 to read in every text file of the selected folder, and* read all of the text files in every subfolder of the selected folder. Type Command-3 to read in every text file of the selected folder, and* read all of the text files in every subfolder of the selected folder way faster. Needs Jon's Commands scripting addition. Jon's Commands can be found here: http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/dev/osa/jons-commands-205 .hqx or http://www.seanet.com/~jonpugh/software/JonsCommands2.0.5.sit.hqx Type Command-4 to move the original file contained in the current record to the trash. Be carefull, some text files (like preferences) need to stay around. Have Fun JY *** [Archived as /info-mac/data/filemaker-text-reader-11.hqx; 23K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:27:36 -0700 From: bromo@flashnet.it Subject: [*] Formula 1 Lite 1.1.9r4 Freeware =46ormula 1Lite is a communication module that improves the performance of fidonet point. F1 can be used as a replacement for the Call module of Copernicus, but it can be used with CounterPoint, MacWoof, Alice and Pizza too. =461 is now shipped with a free copy of ZipExtract 2.0 that allows you to receive 'zipped' mail packets and is compatible with PkZip 2.0x. The included documentation is a MacWrite 5 file. It can be opened by virtually all Macintosh word processors, let me know if you have any problem. =46ormula 1Lite is now released as freeware. I submit it with the author's consent: =46ormula 1 Lite - Copyright =A91992-96 M. Senna Massimo Senna via Calchi 5 27100 PAVIA ITALY Internet massimo@senna.it Fax : +39 0382 304741 ----end abstract [Archived as /info-mac/comm/bbs/f1-lite-119r4-free.hqx; 570K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:40:03 -0700 From: rudis@mindless.com Subject: [*] iMacGeddon 1.5 In this more or less pointless game you toss iMacs out of the windows of a pickup truck in an insane attempt to squash as many people as you can (the people resemble the propriator of a fairly large software corporation... hmmm...). Minimum requirements are any mac with an 800x600 color resolution capable monitor and at least 8 megs of RAM. A serious error in the last version that prevented music from playing has been fixed for this version. -- rudis@mindless.com http://www.cadvision.com/muiznier/ -- If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you ever tried. [Archived as /info-mac/game/imac-geddon-15.hqx; 6255K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:27:29 -0700 From: spicerj@bellatlantic.net Subject: [*] Image-In Engine 1.0.1 Image-In Engine is a simple program for downloading multiple pictures/binaries from UUNET newsgroups. ____________________________________________________ John Spicer H: (302) 730-8836 W: (302) 678-8100x114 ____________________________________________________ [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/image-in-engine-101.hqx; 581K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:27:41 -0700 From: brady@cs.tcd.ie Subject: [*] Irish Accessories Net friends, here's an updated version of Install Irish Accessories, compatible with Mac OS 7 through 8.5. Irish Accessories provides * An Irish Keyboard mapping for easy keyboard access to accented vowels (fadas), * Irish language Date, Time and Currency resources to enable the Mac to generate Irish dates, times and currency layouts automatically, * Enhanced bit-mapped versions of popular Mac fonts, providing fadas on all vowels (needed up to Mac OS 8.5). Irish Accessories is suitable for any English-language Macintosh, including US, Australian and British Macintoshes and is compatible with all the English language features of your Mac. The accessories provide extra features for your English language Mac, and don't remove or replace and pre-existing features. In addition, all the accessories may be enabled or disabled at will. Irish Accessories is shareware and may be included on CD-ROMS provided that it is included in Installer form only. Regards Mike [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/irish-accessories.hqx; 583K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:27:49 -0700 From: ivan@kagi.com Subject: [*] OneApp Address Book Description for Italian version: OneApp Address Book e' una praticissima rubrica per Macintosh che ti consente di gestire in modo pratico e veloce indirizzi, numeri di telefono, nomi e indirizzi Internet. In un unico posto potrai trovare tutte le informazioni che prima erano distribuite in block notes, bigliettini, agende, rubriche telefoniche ed anche in vari programmi per la posta elettronica, browser Internet e database. Con OneApp Address Book finalmente potrai trovare rapidamente quello che cerchi. OneApp Address Book puo' aiutarti nel tuo lavoro quotidiano alla scrivania o puo' seguirti insieme al tuo PowerBook. OneApp Address Book e' integrato con Internet, dall'interno del programma puoi aprire collegamenti con pagine Web e inviare messaggi Email utilizzando i tuoi programmi preferiti per la posta e per la consultazione Web. Il programma, inoltre, ti assiste con la funzionalit=E0 di dettatura dei numeri telefonici. Dispone inoltre di un praticissimo calendario che si apre in una piccola finestra separata. [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/address-book-131-ita.hqx; 1634K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:27:43 -0700 From: bonze@databeast.com Subject: [*] PageMark 2.0: Scrollbar extension shows page end PageMark is a Macintosh extension which flashes a bar to mark the end of the previous page when you use the scrollbar or the Page Down key to scroll down a page and reach the end of a document. When you reach the end of a document, often the page has scrolled up just a few lines rather than a whole page... and you have to scan back over a whole page you've already read to find the new lines at the end. With PageMark, you won't waste time figuring out where you are, since the flashing indicator shows you exactly where the previous page ended. PageMark can also be configured to flash the marker when scrolling reaches the top of a document, or the left or right margin, with different settings for different applications. The "flashes" popup menu lets you select the number of flashes; selecting "No flashes" will turn off the marker flashes for the selected application. If the "Persistent bar" checkbox is on, PageMark leaves the marker on, clearing it when you press a key or the mouse button. PageMark requires Macintosh System 7.0 or later. The PageMark Extension is packaged in a Control Panel. PageMark works with almost all Macintosh windows which have scrollbars, including Netscape and Internet Explorer windows (the only major exceptions appear to be Finder windows under MacOS 8 and the Alpha text editor). PageMark is $5 shareware. You can test PageMark for 30 days without registering; after 30 days the PageMark Extension is disabled. (PageMark is Copyright =A91998 Kevin Eric Saunders a/k/a bonze blayk, All Rights Reserved.) If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or bug reports, please contact the author at . PageMark can be downloaded from the HyperArchive and other Macintosh shareware distribution servers. Thanks, bonze / * [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/pagemark-20.hqx; 100K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:27:48 -0700 From: worleys@sprynet.com Subject: [*] PrintCalendar FAT 1.0 calendar printer/viewer I'm happy to announce the final v1.0 release of PrintCalendar, a very versatile little application that displays great looking calendars on your desktop and can print them out too. Best of all, it's free! PrintCalendar features include: A vast array of options to display repeating and non-repeating events in the calendar. You can even specify things like "the Tuesday after the first Monday of every month" and "Every 2 weeks from Jan 1, 1997" Ability to display a background image behind the calendar with varying degrees of "presence" Run more than one copy of PrintCalendar - each with its own preferences Two different calendar views - standard and two-column Automatic calculation of Easter and related dates. This version fixes printing memory problems that plagued earlier beta and final candidate versions. Download PrintCalendar v1.0 at You can email me at Thanks, Ken Worley Ken, Mary, and Gillian Worley See Gillian's web page at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/1189 worleys@sprynet.com [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/print-calendar-10.hqx; 174K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:27:44 -0700 From: vandenbroek_y@hotmail.com Subject: [*] SoundThemeChanger SoundThemeChanger is an application which allows you to change Sound Sets used in MacOS 8.5. Besides the ability to change Sound Sets you can also record your own sounds for use in the soundset (max 10 sec.). The registered version even lets you extract sounds from files, if these sounds are stored in the snd resource. For example it is possible to extract sounds from different sound sets and to create your own sound set with it. Because it is very hard to get all sound resources documented, SoundThemeChangers has a section with undefined resources, these are sounds in the theme file which don't have a name or category assigned yet. However SoundThemeChanger has the unique capability to add sound resources, all you have to do is give a unique resource number (the resource number has to be used by the system otherwise it will never be played) name and assign it to a category. System requirements : PowerPC Memory 2 MB Mac OS 8.5 or Mac OS 8.1 + soundset file Rgds, Yves [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/sound-theme-changer-10.hqx; 487K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:27:45 -0700 From: madrau@ensic.u-nancy.fr Subject: [*] SwitchRes 1.5 - German version SwitchRes is an extension that allows you to control the resolutions of all your displays. A Control Panel is joined, which lets you change its preferences, and a Control Strip Module and a Contextual Menu extension are bundled. You can change all your resolutions with just one mouse click on the Finder desktop, or just by pressing one key. It also allows you to: ---------------------- * use *all* avaiable resolution of your video cards, not only those the MacOS choose for you * automatically switch resolution and color depth of all monitors when launching an application, and restore your settings when quitting * position the desktop icons where you want, at every resolution change and at startup * configure the menus by choosing which resolutions and what bitdepths will be displayed (Control Strip Module menu, Contextual Menu) and a lot of other features... SwitchRes requires MacOS 8, and a multisync monitor may be useful... Of course, SwitchRes works fine under MacOS 8.5 It is distributed as a $9 shareware, but you can try the application for 7 days. Bugs corrected and news in version 1.5: --------------------------------------- * All SwitchRes menus are definable independently: you can decide to show the depths only in the Control Strip Module and the resolutions only in the Contextual Menu, if you want * SwitchRes can restore the display and sound settings when an application quits * You can prevent SwitchRes to re-apply an application defined setting when you change the frontmost application. * You can prevent an application to change the resolution. It's specially useful when a game is designed to work in a resolution that the programmer decided to use. * More NuBus based Macs are supported, including PowerMacs 6100/7100/8100 AV and Powerbooks 520, 540 and 1400. * The Appearance of the control panel has radically chaged: You can resize the Control Panel's window, and the lists are sortable by name, screen size, etc. * The Control Panel is now more compatible with some Kaleidoscope [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/switch-res-15-de.hqx; 321K] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 04:27:47 -0700 From: alco@xs4all.nl Subject: [*] Web Confidential 1.0.2 - French Version Password organizer with strong cryptography (448-bit encryption). Web Confidential is an intuitive, easy-to-use program for managing user IDs, passwords, registration numbers, and the like. Thanks to the use of a number of advanced features of the Mac operating system, Web Confidential can be used in close conjunction with popular Mac Internet software, such as Netscape Navigator, Explorer and Eudora. Web Confidential allows Web surfers to store URLs, user IDs, and passwords in one secure location. Web Confidential can automate the process of logging into a password-secured Web page by automatically passing URL, user ID, and password to your Web browser. For opening pages containing personal account information at commercial sites, Web Confidential offers you the one-click convenience of its Password Shared Menu, saving you from having to retype your user ID and password each time you log in. To ensure the personal information stored in Web Confidential remains confidential, the program's password files can be encrypted using state-of-the-art encryption technology. Web Confidential is shareware. After a trial period of thirty days, users are encouraged to register the program for US$25. The Home Page of Web Confidential is: Contact Alco Blom at: [Archived as /info-mac/app/web-confidential-102-fr.hqx; 511K] -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************