QIM allows you to create straightforward an installer for distributing any kind of file. You can build your own 68k, PPC or FAT installer application in a very simple way, choosing many features such as: compression, target processor, computer restarting, destination folder. The Built Installer can show your own logo in its main window as well as a scrolling styled "Read Me" text in its splash screen and also a scrolling styled help text. Both texts may have embedded Picts.
QIM is able to build single self-extracting installers and installers using external documents, for distributing your creations by using the media you want.
Even if you will never create an installer, QIM will be anyway useful: becoming the archiving application of your choice, since any single QIMDocument (QIMD) holds compressed items without limits.
QIM can also create compressed archives, MacBinary and BinHex files for a more convenient, free, world distribution. QIM package includes QIMExtractor FAT, a freeware utility able to extract from compressed archives, MacBinary, BinHex files and QIMDs: people without QIM will have the possibility to extract from these kind of files, by using QIMExtractor. Last, but not least, QIM can create SEA applications.
QIM is shareware, it costs less than a small utility and anyone should afford it.
QIM and The Built Installer (TBI) require at least System 7 to run.
QIM is Internet Config and Drag Manager aware moreover it's Appearance savvy. Balloons available.
Why to say more about QIM? Any technical analysis would be very prosy: you'd better try it.
YellowExtractor, formerly QIMExtractor, may extract from QIM compressed archive and QIMDocuments. It may also decrypt files encrypted with The MacLocksmith, if you own the right password, naturally. In addition it may decode Binhex and MacBinary files.
It is Internet Config aware, Appearance savvy and requires at least System 7 to run.
The MacLocksmith is an useful application to save your files from indiscreet eyes. It protects your files/folders quickly by using a very strong encryption method and a password.
The MacLocksmith supplies also a second, soft and fast, protection system, you may use it in situations of already hig security level.
The MacLocksmith allows you to create Cryptet. Cryptets are stand-alone auto-decrypting applications containing one encrypted or protected file. A Cryptet may decrypt the contained file or simply save it on HD. Distribution of encrypted files is no longer a problem, now. You may create FAT, PPC or 68k applications and choose a text file that will be used, by created Cryptet, as custom About box.
The MacLocksmith can make also other actions:
•it locks/unlocks disks by software flag,
•sets/unsets lock bit of files,
•locks/unlocks names,
•shows/hides files and folders.
You may choose what it should do by setting its preferences, you may also set the preferences on the fly, before work, simply holding down option key.
The MacLocksmith works very fast and can scan your disks looking for files to treat.
It's Internet Config and Drag Manager aware, moreover it's Appearance savvy.
The MacLocksmith requires at least System 7 to run .
The MacLocksmith has earned five cows from Tucows <http://www.tucows.com>
The MacLocksmith was "Shareware Pick of the Day!" for Tuesday, September 30, 1997 on BizProWeb <http://www.bizproweb.com>
YellowEdit is a powerful styled text editor based on WASTE text editing library. It's SHAREWARE. After a trial period of one week it switches itself to Lite version. The Lite version has some special features disabled, but it's FREEWARE. You may register at any time the version you're using.
All WASTE based applications have some common feature:
No 32K text size limit. Built-in undo. Full WorldScript support. Double-byte/bidirectional scripts support. Built-in inline input support. Multi-styled text. Drag-and-drop text editing. Translucent Drag-and-Drop. Embedded objects. Real tabs. Fully justified text. Command-clicking of URLs (by using Internet Config).
YellowEdit offers a lot of additional features like:
Support of files of type 'TEXT', 'ttro', 'PICT', 'JPEG', 'JFIF','TIFF', 'PNTG' (MacPaint), '3DMF' (QuickDraw3D), 'sfil', 'MooV' (QuickTime). Support of SimpleText documents also with PICT and Sound resources. Insertion of supported files inside existing texts, also by drag-and-drop of desktop icons onto open windows. Date-time insertion. On the fly sound creation-insertion. Advanced text selection. Ability to keep several clipboard instance. Dos/mac/unix text conversion. Support of dos/mac/unix line break. Bookmarks for any individual document. Documents statistics. Directory popup. Live scrolling. SmartScroll support. Occurrences counting. Text manipolation: uppercase, lowercase, word-caps, sentence-caps, smart quote, strip diacrictics, Rot13. Individual documents preferences. Auto indent. Showing/hiding colors. Mono styled text option. Set/unset, on the fly, "ReadOnly" file. Searching and opening of text selection (simple hypertext feature). Advanced Search/Replace features (also across windows). Advanced windows management. Support for external extensions (Plug-Ins 1) to increase its capacity (a SDK for writing extension is included). Creation (and usage) of 3 kind of external module ( Plug-Ins 2): 1) predefined styled texts insertion; 2) styled HTML tags insertion; 3) opening of the front window by using different applications (i.e. if you're using YellowEdit for HTML programming you should easily view your page by using your preferred browser or check the html code by using your preferred html validator). Ability to cooperate with ThinkReference and ToolboxAssistant. Ability to cooperate with CodeWarrior. SpeechManager support. Catalogs creation: you may create catalogs of disks and folders by using the proper menu or by dragging disks and folders on the YellowEdit icon (Catalogs + Search/Replace + Open selection + Count occurrences + Doc statistics = useful catalog utility) .
Last, but not least, YellowEdit may create YellowView 2.0 application. YellowView is a multi-page, stand-alone document viewer having all of YellowEdit features (but don't allow writing or changing).
And much more…
YellowEdit is Appearance Savvy and requires at least System 7 to run
Need you a fast way to build stand-alone multi page documentation? or a Reference system? or a Help System? Should have, the program you need, a very low cost? Should be, the applications created, under free distribution?
YellowView is what you want!
You may build a YellowView's stand-alone documentation by dragging text files onto its icon or onto its window or by means of menus. You may create 68k, PPC or FAT binary YellowView's applications.
YellowView's stand-alone documentations are WASTE based applications having some special features:
Any individual page has no 32K text size limit. Full WorldScript support. Double-byte/bidirectional scripts support. Multi-styled text. Drag Manager support. Translucent Drag-and-Drop. Embedded objects (images, sounds, QuickDraw3D, QuickTime). Real tabs. Fully justified text. Command-clicking of URLs (by using Internet Config). Text selection. Bookmarks for any individual page. Live scrolling. SmartScroll support. Searching and opening of text selection (simple hypertext feature). Search features (also across the whole application). SpeechManager support.
Last, but not least, YellowView's stand-alone documentations support five kind of AppleEvents, with related AppleScript commands, for searching words or pages. This feature allows to configure YellowView's applications as Help or Reference System.
YellowView is $10 SHAREWARE. After a trial period of one week it allows to build applications containing only one document. If you register it you may againg build multi-page applications. All YellowView's stand-alone documentations can be freely distributed.
YellowView is Appearance Savvy, Internet Config aware and requires at least System 7 to run
Make The Eraser the cleaning application of your choice! There are its features:
• Security erasing. The Eraser deletes your files by using a sophisticated procedure. It lets you customize many details of this job. The recovery of deleted files becomes impracticable: there's no utility ables to do it!
• Simple erasing. You may also choose some details of this job.
• Disk erasing. The Eraser may initialize your disks by using its own, customizable, method. Through a co-operation with System, The Eraser allows you to take advantage of HFS+ and FSM, if you want.
The Eraser returns several informations while is using the features of above and allows you to stop its performance at any time. It works fine and fast in background, deleting large groups of items... But The Eraser may also create lists, from where you may gather infos/trash/delete the file you want. You may also trash/delete the whole list and you've always the option to erase by using the Security method.
List options:
• Preferences Folder. The Eraser scans this folder searching for orphan preferences files.
• System Folder. It scans the whole System Folder searching for orphan files.
• Orphan files. It scans your disks and folders, searching for orphan files (you may also check individual files).
You may get a more accurate analysis, searching for orphan files, by activating a couple of special options, but slackening the scan speed.
• Cache cleaning. The Eraser may scan the cache folders of your Browsers, excluding some files according to theirs modification dates.
• Find. This is a cool feature! The Eraser may scan disks and folders (and individual files) following your instructions: you may instruct it to search files matching type, creator, extension, prefix and name. It may also skip or include files created or/and modified within the period of time you want.
The Eraser is Internet Config, Drag Manager and Navigation Manager aware, moreover it's Appearance savvy. It requires at least System 7 to run.
ToScrap is an useful application for copying data to Clipboard without open files containing data.
In other words, if you pass, for example, a 'PICT' file to ToScrap, the picture will be copied into Clipboard, but the file remains closed. Data copied can be pasted, naturally, following the usual procedures, but ToScrap is very useful to check, quickly, the contents of files. For example if you leave opened the Clipboard window then pass a 'TEXT' file to ToScrap, you can read the text, comfortably and fast, without use word processors...
• Clipboard management: clear the Scrap, read it into memory, write it to disk. ToScrap can also automatically open • the Finder's Clipboard window, after copying (or else at any time).
• Drag Manager support.
• Hot Keys for choosing alternative work method.
ToScrap is Macintosh Drag and Drop, Internet Config and Balloon Help aware. It requires, at least System Seven to run and is Appearance savvy.
AliasCrony is the ultimate alias manager. It has several features:
• Since aliases of applications lose the capability to have files dropped on, when the original is on a different volume, AliasCrony can create SuperAlias, a new alias kind, having drag capability always active.
• It can create aliases or SuperAliases and put them into specific predefined folders, when you're using the Drag&Drop mode. From its menus, instead, you can select the destination folders by using a speedy way.
• It can update aliases (also as SuperAliases) on the fly or else through its menus.
• It can add, to aliases, some useful custom icon, freeing a bit of space on desktop (as before: you can add the custom icon on the fly or else by using the proper menu).
•You may configure any action of above through preferences and change them with one keystroke before creating aliases or SuperAliases .
• It can scan all on-line volumes to create lists of:
a) attached aliases,
b) unattached aliases,
c) aliases and originals on different volumes.
•It can scan also individual folders-disks.
The created lists return useful infos about the aliases found, moreover, from these lists, AliasCrony can do several actions:
a) retrieves and shows aliases and originals.
b) links/updates/deletes/moves aliases.
c) shows the Finder's Info window, about aliases and originals.
d) updates aliases of applications to SuperAliases.
e) trashs the whole aliases list.
AliasCrony is Internet Config aware, Appearance Savvy and requires at least System Seven to run.
FileT&C is an useful application for changing file type and/or creator…
It's very useful for normal desktop usage, but is really cool when works, fine, fast and in background, with a lot of files. Also it can scan, quickly, disks and folders looking for files to treat...
FileT&C is Internet Config aware and has a couple of options to change, according to name extension, following the Internet Config's File Mapping setting.
FileT&C has some useful hot keys for changing, on the fly skipping the "Request Dialog", by using the preferred type and/or creator set in the preferences and for modifying the preferences before changing. You can also instruct it to ignore during its performance, some kind of files or to treat only some other specific types.
FileT&C is Macintosh Drag and Drop aware, Appearance savvy and requires at least System Seven to run.
NameChum is an useful application for changing the name of files and directories.
It can add prefix-suffix by using one of offered options, specifically user's choice, date, time and progressive number. Moreover NameChum has other three cool features for working on names: it can search/replace characters, can truncate names and can remove any number of characters starting from whatever position into names.
NameChum is very useful for normal desktop usage, but is really cool when works, fine, fast and in background, with a lot of files. Also it can scan, quickly, disks and folders looking for files to treat...
NameChum is Internet Config aware and has a couple of options to change, according to file type/creator, following the Internet Config "File Mapping" setting.
NameChum has some useful hot keys for changing, on the fly, by using the preferences, skipping the "Request Dialog". Also you can instruct it to ignore, during its performance, some kind of files or to treat only some kind of files.
NameChum 2.0.0 is Macintosh Drag and Drop aware and requires at least System 7 to run.
37thResEx is an useful application for extracting resources from files. By means of it you may:
•view all resources into files;
•view resources contents;
•know resources attributes;
•gather resources infos;
•copy a single resource or a whole type into a new or already existing files;
•modify original or final resource attributes;
•remove a single resource or a whole type;
•check the Res Fork integrity.
37thResEx can also convert resources of type 'snd ', 'TEXT', 'PICT', and icon families into double-clickable files: converted Icon families show own icon on the desktop, converted 'snd ' resources are sound files, converted 'TEXT' resources are styled text files, converted 'PICT' resources are pict files.
Last, but not least: by using hot key opening files, you achieve the Conversion dialogs, skipping the files-related windows creation. Moreover, if you launch 37thResEx by using this feature, after completing its job it quits automatically.
37thResEx is Macintosh Drag and Drop, Internet Config and Balloon Help aware. It requires at least System 7 to run.
DocJet is a wonderful utility for opening any file type, folders, disks.
You can instruct DocJet to use alternative applications to open each file type. You can also link any given application to a choosed key: when you open items, while holding down that key, all your items are opened by the linked application. Last but not least, DocJet can directly open any file type, including cdevs, desk accessories, disks, folders, simply by typing a key.
You can, naturally, leave DocJet open and act directly by means of its buttons or by using the Drag Manager, but it's very cool when used on the fly: it performs its action then quits itself automatically. Besides, DocJet is very very easy to configure.
At last, you can remove any alias from your desktop and leave there DocJet only...
It's Internet Config aware and requires at least System 7 to run.
Substitute is a very useful general utility, it has a lot of options:
• Removes extra code from FAT application, allowing you to select the code you want to remove. It can also scan disks and folders, searching for FAT items to optimize.
• Desktop rebuilding.
• Monitor depth changing.
• Sound level changing.
• Gathers accurate informations about files, folders and disks.
• Compacts the System Heap and the free memory.
• TransStyle: to simplify 'styl' resource for a faster text drawing between script systems. Many options available, 'styl' deletion also.
• Files and folders copying (even in background).
• Launches Applications, Desk Accessories and files having type APPC, appe, adrp, APPD, FNDR with the skill to make lists of these files, and run them from a proper menu. It can restart-launch the Finder and At Ease.
• Files and folders moving, to trash even.
• Tracks all online volumes and can unmount/eject them.
• Reports any Keyboard Layout available.
• Shows all installed fonts (it may also change its own window font).
• Mac Shutdown/Restart.
• Processes management: tracks the foreground process reporting useful infos into its main window; switches to foreground any individual process; closes any individual process; gathers accurate infos about any individual process; closes all processes but itself.
Substitute 1.7.2 is Appearance savvy and requires at least System 7 to run.
MiniSubstitute is a short, freeware, version of Substitute. You may use it as Finder replacement on emercency diskettes. There are three version of MiniSubstitute, inside the package: 68K (about 13K) , PPC (about 16K), FAT (about 22K). Use the version you need.
MiniSubstitute can launch Applications, Desk Accessories and files having type APPC, appe, adrp, APPD, with the skill to make lists of these files, and run them from a proper menu.
Shutdown/Restart option available.
MiniSubstitute is Appearance Savvy and requires at least System Seven to run.
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!
The Musician plays files having type 'WAVE','AIFF', 'AIFC', '.WAV', 'Midi','ULAW', 'sfil', 'BINA', sounds inside Movies ('MooV'), CD Audio tracks ('trak') and, at last, plays 'snd ' resources inside whatever file!
But the strength of The Musician is its scanning ability: it may explore your HDs, CDs, folders, diskettes, files, searching for sounds to play. For example you may drag your disks on The Musician then continuing your normal work: The Musician will play, asynchronously and in background, any file of above that will find.
According to your setting The Musician can play any sound immediately or after your consent, in this last case, whenever founds 'snd ' resources inside a file, it also conveys you how many sounds the file contains.
In addition you may instruct The Musician to collect aliases of sound files, while it's playing, so you may enjoy them, when you want, without perform another search.
The main window has a simple bar that meters the input level of the microphone, you may disable the bar through the preferences.
At last The Musician may show the QuickTime™ keyboard (for your fun!) and record new sounds in 'sfil' or 'AIFF' format.
The Musician is Internet Config, Drag Manager and Navigation Manager aware, moreover it's Appearance savvy. It requires at least System 7 to run and uses QuickTime™ to play some kind of files.
HypnOptic is the mad, acid, savescreen application that will drive you crazy if you watch it carefully...HypnOptic has three way for running:
Classic Hypnoptic (achievable by Hot Key): the savescreen responsible for, always living, HypnOpticMania.
Standard Hypnoptic: based on Classic version with some additional graphic element. It may, casually, use RGB Colors and patterns, in addition to Classic QuickDraw.
OloPpat (achievable by Hot Key): this version uses patterns for creating a simple, but nice, savescreen.
Moreover any version can play sounds, if you want.
