Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #142 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Fri, 24 Jul 98 Volume 16 : Issue 142 Today's Topics: [*] Ballistik 6.1 (fat) [*] Apple Wizards July 1998 [*] Asset Basset 2.3 [*] AutoShare 2.4, a freeware list server [*] BOOM 1.1.2 Update (smaller updater) [*] Chronomenon 2.1 [*] Computer Admin 1.4 [*] CP290 Director 1.1 - Control of X10 CP290 Home Automation Syste [*] DropUNIX1.3 [*] Gestalt.Appl 2.7.9, freeware [*] Gestalt.Appl F-2.7.9, freeware [*] glue-factory.hqx [*] Infodex 0.8 [*] Jon's Commands 2.0.5 [*] Kids Animation Maker IT-1.0.1 [*] medical billing and scheduling software [*] PictFader122-A pict playing screensaver latest release [*] SlashMUD 1.0d11r3 [*] SlashMUD 1.0d11r3 [*] SwitchRes 1.4 (french version) [*] SwitchRes 1.4 (US version) [*] WebChecker 1.2.0 [*] Witchdoctor 1.0.1 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, Mike O'Bryan, Michael Bean, and Liam Breck. 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 #142" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:37 -0700 From: Dl2xap@aol.com Subject: [*] Ballistik 6.1 (fat) Ballistik 6.1 (fat) by Helge Peters ( Ballistik_6.1_e.hqx ) This software is shareware and in english language (a german version is also avaible). Ballistik is a statistics package for target shooters, reloaders, and hunters. The program features several different functions, allowing sharpshooters to calculate the energy and impulse factors of bullets. It offers statistical analysis of hit pictures and targets, a timer for dry-training, the ability to calculate a bullet's flight path and your weapon's recoil energy, conversion units, and more. Please read the the helpfiles in the program for more details. E-Mail: Helge_Peters@MagicVillage.de WWW: http://members.aol.com/dl2xap/ It's allowed to store this program on CD-ROM [Archived as /info-mac/app/ballistik-61.hqx; 450K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:35 -0700 From: bkelley1@nycap.rr.com Subject: [*] Apple Wizards July 1998 "Apple Wizards" is a monthly Mac OS-based e-zine featuring news, reviews, humor, and much much more. The July 1998 issue of "Apple Wizards" contains the first of a two-part feature article about using sounds on your Mac. Product reviews include in-depth looks at GoLive Cyberstudio, Consultant, Grammarian, and Mailsmith. Our regular monthly columns include ResEdit tips and tricks, an HTML tutorial, shareware recommendations, Mac humor, jargon explained, and technical questions answered. And you can stop by to download our back issues! [Archived as /info-mac/art/zine/apple-wizards-july-1998.hqx; 1270K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:18 -0700 From: bsharvy@efn.org Subject: [*] Asset Basset 2.3 Asset Basset tracks your assets. It will keep track of a wide range of information about your investment world. For each investment, you can see the tax-basis in your investment using either the average-cost or first-in-first-out method, the capital gains you've taken, the potential capital gain left in the investment, the distributions, out-of-pocket investment, and, of course, the total profit to date. You can see the performance of the underlying security, and of your management of that security using measures of profit such as the internal rate of return which weigh the time-value of money. You can generate annualized reports like those required by the IRS for capital gains and distributions reporting. Asset Basset also allows you to define portfolios composed of your investments, and to track portfolio performance. The portfolios may be defined by any combination of the following investment criteria: location (foreign or domestic), style (value or growth), size (large-cap, mid-cap, etc.), type (stock, bond, etc.), and risk-level, as well as by your own keywords. Most notably, you can allocate percentage amounts of a category within an investment. For example, if you own a balanced fund that invests 40% in bonds and 60% in equity, you can indicate that allocation in the account record. If you then choose to track the performance of your bond investments, Asset Basset will know to attribute only 40% of the value of the balanced fund to your bond "portfolio." By enabling percentage allocations within an investment, Asset Basset lets you monitor the allocation and performance of your investments with a precision limited only by your knowledge of your own investments. Shareware fee: $13 (the beta version has a free option). Requires Hypercard 2.1 or better; Hypercard 2.3.5 is preferred, since that's the version I used for testing. Some features will be slow on a non-PowerMac (a math co-processor will help), although in theory it will work on a Plus. [Archived as /info-mac/data/asset-basset-23.hqx; 116K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:28 -0700 From: meh@dnai.com Subject: [*] AutoShare 2.4, a freeware list server AutoShare is a robust and speedy list server and auto-responder for the Macintosh. Available for both 68K and Power Macs, requiring little memory and tested with Mac OS 8.1, AutoShare can handle hundreds of mailing lists and thousands of subscribers for each list. Full scriptability is supported, and an Admin application with balloon help makes it easy to configure the richly featured server application. The AutoShare archive comes complete with script samples and documentation covering features such as multiple preference sets, fully automated web archives, remote administration by email, subscriber and administrator web forms and advanced mail-back confirmations. AutoShare is the only Macintosh list server offering a built-in automated bounce and unsubscribe module, supporting both hard and soft bounces. It can be used to launch external applications and includes built-in Cron support. Process extenders, often small AppleScript applications, allow the administrator to extend the AutoShare server's normal processing. Version 2.4 introduces several additional process extender types, a vacation process extender sample, bounce module enhancements plus minor improvements and bug fixes. The AutoShare web site at offers information on releases and discussion lists. -- Mikael Hansen [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/mail/autoshare-24.hqx; 1753K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:02 -0700 From: fedefil@fub.it Subject: [*] BOOM 1.1.2 Update (smaller updater) BOOM 1.1.2 Update This update provides version 1.1.2 of Factor Software's game BOOM. In order to use this update you must have BOOM version 1.1 or 1.1.1 already installed on your disk. You don't have to be a registered user to use this update. BOOM is an arcade game in the grand tradition, bringing the playability and feel of the glorious 8-bit consoles on the Macintosh. It can be described as "Bomberman meets Doom". Actually, I took the basic Bomberman idea and dropped it in a "Super-Deformed Doom" scenario (whatever this means).As a space marine your mission is to penetrate 8 alien infested areas, each one divided in 10 sub-zones, eliminate all enemies using your bombs and finally kick the Big Alien Boss back to where he came from. BOOM's main features are: - Smooth sprite based animations in 256 colors - 8 different soundtracks and multi-channel sound effects - Simultaneous two players action - 80 different levels - 10 different enemy characters varying in intelligence and weaponry - Mid-game monsters and a final Super Boss System Requirements 68030/040 or PowerPC; 4.5 MBytes free memory; Mac OS 7.0.1 or later; 640x480 or larger monitor supporting 256 colors; Sound Manager 3.0 or later. Recommended Configuration =46ast (25Mhz or better) 68040 or PowerPC; Mac OS 7.5.x or later; Sound Manager 3.2 or later on PPC machines. What's new in BOOM 1.1.2 - Fixed a bug, introduced with version 1.1.1, that caused occasional freezes on certain machines. Apparently, the bug was related to the latest implementation of the music drivers (MADLibrary) and the freezes occurred when disposing of a music track without resetting the associated driver first. Changes from BOOM 1.1 - Recompiled with CodeWarrior=AE Professional release 3. - Recompiled with the latest updates of the Sprite Animation Toolkit and the MADLibrary (music drivers). - Optimized the size of some graphic resources. [Archived as /info-mac/game/arc/boom-112-update.hqx; 1120K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:40 -0700 From: (George Parashis)gparashis@earthlink.net Subject: [*] Chronomenon 2.1 Chronomenon's Features: --Chronomenon is a software alarm clock and timer which, when its alarm goes off, can crow like a rooster, display and speak your text messages, play QuickTime movies, and play audio CD's. Newly Added: --A real rooster crow! --CD playing by alarm is more widely available. --Chronomenon can come to foreground when alarm goes off. --Cosmetic enhancements. System Requirements: --System 7 or greater For more information, please read the Read Me file enclosed. [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/chronomenon-21.hqx; 254K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:20 -0700 From: mokwa@flinet.com Subject: [*] Computer Admin 1.4 Computer Admin is a database application for tracking Computers, Peripherals and Software. It is intended to help track and record maintenance of personal computers as well as network information, serial numbers and software registration numbers. This is a perfect solution for keeping track of the equipment owned by schools and small businesses. The latest version is always available at http://206.65.80.10/cadmin. Version 1.4 adds the ability to track trouble calls for all computers and now Computer Admin is a standalone application. Shareware $20. All major improvements were the direct result of user requests. Thanks to all current users for their input. Computer Admin may be included on the Info-Mac CD ROM. _____________________ CG Software Simply Usable Solutions Visit at http://206.65.80.10/cadmin Computer Admin CG Guest List email: mokwa@technologist.com [Archived as /info-mac/data/cadmin-14.hqx; 2787K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:38 -0700 From: woodward@mci2000.com Subject: [*] CP290 Director 1.1 - Control of X10 CP290 Home Automation Syste Announcing the initial release of CP290 Director. CP290 Director is Macintosh software that controls the original X10 home automation computer controlled interface, model number CP290. It completely replaces the Macintosh software that comes with the CP290, and has unique features not found in other Macintosh-based CP290 controllers such as MouseHouse and Xtension. CP290 Director does not have to be running at all times to control the CP290,since it takes advantage of the CP290'S ability to store events for later execution. In addition to the standard CP290 features, CP290 Director supports the following additional features: 1) the ability to specify that an event is to occur at sunrise or sunset (plus or minus a specified time interval); 2) the ability to specify a specific date on which an event is to occur, and optionally the interval in days thereafter that the event should be repeated; and 3) the ability to specify that the event should occur only on even days or on odd days. System requirements: * System 7 or greater * Macintosh with at least 4 MB of RAM For more information, please read the documentation enclosed, or visit the CP290 Director Web page: http://home.mci2000.com/~woodward@mci2000.com/CP290Director.html Thanks, John Woodward http://home.mci2000.com/~woodward@mci2000.com/sw.html [Archived as /info-mac/app/cp-290-director-11.hqx; 595K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:17 -0700 From: zss@ZenSpider.com Subject: [*] DropUNIX1.3 DropUNIX is a drop-in library and one-line header file for Macintosh programmers to give UNIX and DOS command line application ports a full Macintosh GUI interface including drag and drop capabilities. It requires one line of code to be added to one file, no other source modifications are necessary. Works for all MacOS versions that support AppleEvents (7+). The latest version is always available at http://www.ZenSpider.com/ Ryan Davis -=- Zen Spider Software -=- mailto:zss@ZenSpider.com -=- http://www.ZenSpider.com/ -=- I know that you believe you understand what you think I said but, I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. [Archived as /info-mac/dev/lib/drop-unix-13.hqx; 64K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:31 -0700 From: jpc83@calva.net Subject: [*] Gestalt.Appl 2.7.9, freeware Gestalt.Appl is a tool that allows you to check all gestalt selectors posted by Mac OS or by any other piece of software. It is also a database including information about your system environment. You see not only some technical infos but also understandable interpretation of most codes (in English). As Rene G. A. Ros said in his Gestalt Selectors List, Gestalt.Appl is the 'official' gestalt hunters tool! Version 2.7.9 was compiled on 15 July 1998 and its database was updated the same day. Documentation is enclosed. If you know about missing information in this program, do not hesitate to share it with me! Thanks. -- Jean-Pierre Curcio jpc83@calva.net [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/gestalt-appl-279.hqx; 160K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:30 -0700 From: jpc83@calva.net Subject: [*] Gestalt.Appl F-2.7.9, freeware Version francaise de Gestalt.Appl 2.7.9 pour la premiere fois disponible sur info-mac. -- Jean-Pierre Curcio jpc83@calva.net [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/gestalt-appl-279-fr.hqx; 166K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:14 -0700 From: ldo@geek-central.gen.nz Subject: [*] glue-factory.hqx The Glue Factory is a shareware collection of MPW tools for generating object code. This code can be used as "glue" for building 68K code modules in various kinds of special formats, such as needed for control panels and Component Manager components. Lawrence D'Oliveiro ldo@geek-central.gen.nz [Archived as /info-mac/dev/glue-factory.hqx; 210K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:21 -0700 From: bsharvy@efn.org Subject: [*] Infodex 0.8 Infodex is a database/rolodex/knowledge-base stack. It supports keywording, searching, importing/exporting of text files, and other spiffy features. Any set of small files is more conveniently, and compactly, stored in an Infodex stack than on disk. Infodex is also useful for presenting any subject with multiple sub-topics. It costs $0 for non-profit use; it costs $10 for use in business, profession, or other money-grubbing service. It even has a sense of the weird. Developed in Hypercard 2.3.5, it probably works in HC 2.1. [Archived as /info-mac/data/infodex-08.hqx; 47K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:16 -0700 From: jonpugh@frostbitefalls.com Subject: [*] Jon's Commands 2.0.5 Here is Jon's Commands 2.0.5. The primary changes in this release were made to the copyFile command. I had inadvertantly left a DebugStr command in the last release which would cause crashes on systems without Macsbug installed. That is fixed, in addition to some input file string parsing which was causing some non-existant file names to be unrecognized. I also fixed a custom disk icon stomping bug and some file handling in the string to file coercion code too. The latest version of Jon's Commands and my other software can be gotten from my web site: . Enjoy. Jon [Archived as /info-mac/dev/osa/jons-commands-205.hqx; 177K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:11 -0700 From: support@vse-online.com Subject: [*] Kids Animation Maker IT-1.0.1 Kids Animation Maker IT-1.0.1 The new creativity tool for children Kids Animation Maker is the only animation tool designed for children at the age of up to 12 years. It is very easy to use and quick to learn. Voget Selbach Entertainment developed a unique symbol guided user interface that allows even very young children to play with Kids Animation Maker. KAM is available in English, German, French and Italian. This is the Italian version. Feature highlights: - developed especially for children - very easy to use and quick to learn - unique symbol guided user interface - toolbox for creating new frames - KAM animations are compatible to VSE Animation Maker System requirements: - System 7.0 or greater - 68030, 68040 or PowerPC - 3 MB of hard drive space - 2 MB free memory - Works best with at least 256 colors and 13" monitor For further information, please visit . [Archived as /info-mac/edu/yng/kids-animation-maker-it.hqx; 747K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:23 -0700 From: casper@didcircle.com Subject: [*] medical billing and scheduling software A completely redesigned medical billing and scheduling software product, THE MEDICAL BILLING CIRCLE (tm), was recently released for Mac and Windows. This completely new development is especially designed to take advantage of the high performance hardware now available. Advanced features such as multitasking, projections, reductions, selections, set arithmetics, automatic job execution etc. etc. makes this package look a very serious contender. A very strong aspect of this product is the hierarchical handling of policy conditions per Carrier, Patient and Claim that propagates automatically into Charges resulting in a very high percentage of automatically precalculated Postings. The Medical Billing Circle(tm) is described by its publishers as a major breakthrough in medical database technology and can best be defined as 'plug and play relational'. It provides unparalleled data navigation possibilities between all files. --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- THE d.i.d.CIRCLE ORGANIZATION 847 A second avenue s. 147 - New York, NY 10017 4 Rue de la Presse - 1000 Brussels e-mail: info@didcircle.com [Archived as /info-mac/data/mbc-62-fat-sa.hqx; 9836K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:42 -0700 From: stossj@mail.mpx.com.au Subject: [*] PictFader122-A pict playing screensaver latest release PictFader=81 is an application/screensaver that displays slideshows of PICT and JPEG ( PICT in JPEG type) files. It has relatively low memory requirements considering the high standard of display that is achieved. See the "About PictFader 1.2" document for more details. Requirements A Macintosh/ Mac-Compatible with atleast the following features: * 68020 processor or greater * System 7.1 or greater * Quicktime 1.5 ( Quicktime 2.0 or more preferable ) for JPEG pictures. * 240 to 500 K Ram and 300 K disk space New features: * Better updating routine. * moving cursor to Never Fade Corner now turns slideshow off if ignore mouse movement is on. [Archived as /info-mac/app/ss/pict-fader-122.hqx; 476K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:24 -0700 From: kdg2@ukc.ac.uk Subject: [*] SlashMUD 1.0d11r3 SlashMUD is a MacOS-based MUD server that is currently in the final stages of development. SlashMUD is fully object-oriented, includes many unique features built-in as standard, can be hosted over any TCP/IP network (including the internet) and is freeware with full source code available. SlashMUD is very loosely based on the LP type of MUD, but has been designed and written from the ground up to be fast and extensible. It is fully compiled for speed (rather than interpreting a pseudo programming language), uses a custom format for storing data and runs as a native background-only application on PowerPC based Macintoshes, under either MacTCP or OpenTransport. It can be run on a standalone Mac for testing purposes. Other features include: * Plugin architecture. Plugins can be written in C or Pascal. 23 Plugins are included with the server. * Projectile weapons. * Intelligent creatures. * Sophisticated door and key system. * Comprehensive logging. * ANSI colour support. * Regular updates, quick and personal response to bug reports and dedicated mailing lists (thanks to Peter Lewis for hosting these) populated by a really cool bunch of people. Regards, Koryn SlashMUD 1.0d11r3 Copyright 1996-1998 Koryn Grant SlashMUD is written in Object Pascal. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/slashmud-source.hqx; 890K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:25 -0700 From: kdg2@ukc.ac.uk Subject: [*] SlashMUD 1.0d11r3 SlashMUD is a MacOS-based MUD server that is currently in the final stages of development. SlashMUD is fully object-oriented, includes many unique features built-in as standard, can be hosted over any TCP/IP network (including the internet) and is freeware with full source code available. SlashMUD is very loosely based on the LP type of MUD, but has been designed and written from the ground up to be fast and extensible. It is fully compiled for speed (rather than interpreting a pseudo programming language), uses a custom format for storing data and runs as a native background-only application on PowerPC based Macintoshes, under either MacTCP or OpenTransport. It can be run on a standalone Mac for testing purposes. Other features include: * Plugin architecture. Plugins can be written in C or Pascal. 23 Plugins are included with the server. * Projectile weapons. * Intelligent creatures. * Sophisticated door and key system. * Comprehensive logging. * ANSI colour support. * Regular updates, quick and personal response to bug reports and dedicated mailing lists (thanks to Peter Lewis for hosting these) populated by a really cool bunch of people. Regards, Koryn SlashMUD 1.0d11r3 Copyright 1996-1998 Koryn Grant SlashMUD is written in Object Pascal. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/slashmud.hqx; 985K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:32 -0700 From: madrau@ensic.u-nancy.fr Subject: [*] SwitchRes 1.4 (french version) SwitchRes is a control panel that allows you to control the resolutions of all your displays. 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 * 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... It is distributed as a $9 shareware. New in this version: * The SwitchRes Control Strip Module becomes optional. You only need to install the Control Panel. * Instead of the Control Strip, an icon can be displayed in the System Menu bar to give you access to SwitchRes from within all applications * A Contextual Menu Extension is bundled, that allows you to change the resolutions of all your displays with just one click on the desktop * You can assign a key shortcut to a display set. Enjoy changing your resolutions by pressing just one key ! * The Appearance of the Control Panel has slightly changed. The Control Strip module is now distibuted in FAT binary. Bugs corrected: * All resolution changes are correctly applied whether the Control Strip is visible or not * Popup windows are correctly restored after starting up your computer in a previously unavailable resolution * SwitchRes is now working even if you installed SpeedDoubler 8 * Lots of other minor bugs have been corrected too. There are an english, a french and a german version. Stephane Madrau [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/switchres-14-fr.hqx; 251K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:34 -0700 From: madrau@ensic.u-nancy.fr Subject: [*] SwitchRes 1.4 (US version) SwitchRes is a control panel that allows you to control the resolutions of all your displays. 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 * 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... It is distributed as a $9 shareware. New in this version: * The SwitchRes Control Strip Module becomes optional. You only need to install the Control Panel. * Instead of the Control Strip, an icon can be displayed in the System Menu bar to give you access to SwitchRes from within all applications * A Contextual Menu Extension is bundled, that allows you to change the resolutions of all your displays with just one click on the desktop * You can assign a key shortcut to a display set. Enjoy changing your resolutions by pressing just one key ! * The Appearance of the Control Panel has slightly changed. The Control Strip module is now distibuted in FAT binary. Bugs corrected: * All resolution changes are correctly applied whether the Control Strip is visible or not * Popup windows are correctly restored after starting up your computer in a previously unavailable resolution * SwitchRes is now working even if you installed SpeedDoubler 8 * Lots of other minor bugs have been corrected too. There are an english, a french and a german version. Stephane Madrau [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/switchres-14.hqx; 248K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:26 -0700 From: jbkezer@ix.netcom.com Subject: [*] WebChecker 1.2.0 Author's email address: jbkezer@kagi.com Do you have web pages you check frequently? WebChecker will help you! WebChecker is a utility program designed to help you manage web pages you check frequently. It will check to see if a web page has been modified, and will notify you - or even automatically launch your favorite web browser - when it detects any changes. WebChecker then monitors the web pages you visit with your browser, and marks them as "Visited" if they're part of WebChecker's list. WebChecker requires Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer and an internet connection using either Open Transport or "Classic" Mac TCP/IP. Version 1.2.0 has the following changes: - Fixed crashing bug when parsing very large web pages. - Fixed importing of bookmarks from previous versions. - Added extended checking method. Shareware; $15 registration fee suggested. It can be downloaded from (http://www.kezer.net/shareware.html). [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/web/web-checker-120.hqx; 863K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:10:13 -0700 From: yellowsoft@geocities.com Subject: [*] Witchdoctor 1.0.1 Witchdoctor is a program that allows the user to manipulate files in several way by means of plug-ins. It has two kind of plug-ins: Watcher (the plug-in that does everything) and Module (a plug-in containing resources). You may create plug-ins, quickly and easily using Witchdoctor itself. After its creation a Watcher can perform up to five series of actions: 1) Nothing. Two ways file conversion (docA<->docB). One way file conversion (docA->docB, docB->docA). According to file opened, and following the plug-in setting, Witchdoctor may change Finder Infos, add resources from a Module or may zap the whole Res Fork. For example: up until now in order to create self-extracting compressed archive, you need to open the document with whatever program goes with it, then save it as a self-extractor. Now instead, after you've created the appropriate plug-in, you can just drop the document on Witchdoctor, and it will output a self-extractor, and vice versa. You may also create simple de-sea plug-ins or else custom plug-ins to just change types and creators of specific files. 2) File filter. The Watcher, here, may stop itself or else continuing according to its setting. 3) Nothing. File's Finder flag bits changing (stationery, locked, invisible and so on). The Watcher allows you to change all bits or else what you want. 4) Nothing. Type and/or Creator changing. Unlike the first action, here the Watcher may change without perform any check. 5) Nothing. File deletion. Direct file launching. File launching by means of alternate applications. File duplication. File trashing. File copying. Alias creation. You may select manually the plug-in that should work, or let Witchdoctor choose the appropriate one. In a few words plug-ins creation is limited only by your creativity. By using a bit of fantasy you may create plug-ins for (little) security erasing, or to launch a self-extracting archive after its creation, or to open all dragged files by using one alternate application, or to open any dragged file by using several alternative applications. And so on... Last but not least, Witchdoctor may create Witchcraft! Witchcrafts are stand-alone applications containing a Watcher and, optionally, a Module. You may create Witchcrafts as 68K, PPC or FAT application type. They work just as a Watcher selected manually. As bonus Witchcrafts may contain custom About boxes. Both Witchdoctor and Witchcraft may work on folders! Witchdoctor is Internet Config aware, Appearance Savvy and requires at least System Seven to run. Think different, use Witchdoctor! [Archived as /info-mac/disk/witchdoctor-101.hqx; 252K] -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************