Current Software Projects

Last updated: Monday August 8th, 2005.
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This page contains information on some of my current software projects.
I'm not able to spend much time on programming at the moment, so they are not getting updated as often as I would like.

Current Projects


IDE for Borland C++ Builder Command line Compiler

The nice people at Borland have made available a FREE command line only version of their C++ Builder product for win32. It's absolutely wonderful - I highly recommend it.
Click here to download!

Being a FREE Compiler, the 1 thing you don't get with it is an IDE (Integrated Development Environment).
There are a few free IDEs available for it on the net, but after looking at a couple I decided to write my own with all the features I need and want (and because I can) :).

Features in Version 1.03 include:

Drop me a note if YOU think of any additional features that YOU would like added in v1.04!

System Requirements:


I have tested it about as much as 1 person can.
Please let me know if you come across any bugs or problems so I can get them fixed quickly.

Download BW-IDE Version 1.03
File is a self-extracting zip.

Installing

Once you have downloaded the file, double-click it to extract the files it contains.
When the extract-window appears, you can enter the location that you would like to extract to, or use the default folder that is entered (I recommend putting it into a new empty folder as the program creates a couple of files when it's run).
Click the Unzip button to extract.
Once the files have been extracted, double click the help file BW_IDE.HLP (in the folder you extracted to) for setup and usage instructions.

I hope you enjoy it!


POP3 Mail Preview/Filter

This is a program that connects to your POP3 e-mail server and tells you what messages are waiting there for you (without downloading them all).
You can then delete any messages that you don't want to read (like junk mail), then download the remaining messages as usual with your regular mail-reader (such as MS Outlook or Netscape).

I wrote it because I get a fair amount of junk mail and sometimes messages with large attachments that take a while to download. With this program I can delete the spam without it ever entering my computer, and I can see if someone has sent me a really large message that will take a long time to download!

I use MS-Outlook Express as my regular mail reader, and although it does have the ability to block email addresses - it still downloads the entire blocked message(s) from the server before deleting them!

Features so far:

I've had a few people enquire about it, so here is Version 1.01!

System Requirements:

Download POP3 Preview Version 1.01.
(Self-extracting ZIP)

Installing

Once you have downloaded the file, double-click it to extract the files it contains.
When the extract-window appears, you can enter the location that you would like to extract to, or use the default folder that is entered (I recommend putting it into a new empty folder as the program creates a couple of files when it's run).
Click the Unzip button to extract.
Once the files have been extracted, double click the help file POP3PREV.HLP (in the folder you extracted to) for setup and usage instructions.

I hope you enjoy it!


HTML Editor

I have always preferred writing html by hand, in a plain old text-editor.
This may sound a bit stupid considering all the software that's available to do the job, but here are a few good reasons to write it this way:

Even-though I am calling this project a "HTML Editor", it is really just "a Plain old text editor with some extra bells and whistles!"
You still need to know html tags, structure and rules in order to write good html with this program.
It may not do absolutely everything for you, but it should prove itself to be a useful, time-saving tool!

Features so far:

System Requirements:

It will not be ready to put up here for awhile yet, as I am still working on it.
I still have many features I want to include first!

If you can think of any really cool and useful features to include please let me know!