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WinMerge

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:06:30 -0700

Version:
2.10.0

News:

Reduce executable sizes (#2003203)
Release Notes update (#2007673)
Clarify Supercopier caused hang in release notes (#2030040)
BugFix: Always right side as origin side in copy confirmation dialog when Copy To... (#2001237)

Description:

WinMerge is an Open Source visual text file differencing and merging tool for Win32 platforms. It is highly useful for determing what has changed between project versions, and then merging changes between versions.

Enigma Protector

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:30:48 -0700

Version:
1.53

News:

NEW: DLL, OCX files protection!
NEW: DLL attachment. Not support in unregistered version
NEW: black list (list of keys Which must will not work in next versions). Not support in unregistered version

Description:

Enigma protector serves for software protection of applications. It defending your work from program crackers with state-of-the-art encryption, data compression, and other security features. Enigma protector provides creation trial and registered applications, with possibility of the checking mode parameters with help internal Enigma API functions. It allows you to design and add a complete software protection and registration-key system to your existing programs. It works with any language which produce Windows PE files. Enigma works with Win PE 32 executables (*.exe), screen savers (*.scr) files.

Pelles C

Sun, 7 Sep 2008 04:01:49 -0700

Version:
5.00.1

News:

Fixed a problem in POCC where invalid machine code was sometimes generated, for global pointer compares, leading to a compiler error.
Fixed a problem in POLINK where CodeView information for structures (and unions) larger than 32,767 bytes generated corrupt debugging information.

Description:

Pelles C for Windows is a complete development kit for Windows and Pocket PC. It contains among other things an optimizing C compiler, a linker, a resource compiler, a message compiler, a make utility and install builders for both Windows and Pocket PC.

MAKEMSI

Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:02:20 -0700

Version:
08.241

News:

New "ComponentFind" and "ProductFind" commands.
The "FileFind" command can now validate that a directory exists.
Added the "In10Format" parameter to the "ComPlusExport" command.

Description:

MAKEMSI is a freeware tool with utilizes simple XML like text files for the reliable creation (or updating) of MSI based installers. Once set up subsequent rebuilds are automated, reliable, quick and in general require no MSI skills. Not only does MAKEMSI build the MSI but it creates HTML documentation for it as well!

JDebugTool

Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:00:17 -0700

Version:
4.1.2

Description:

Debug Applications, Applets, Servlets and EJBs.
Local and Remote debugging.
Run, Attach and Listen.
User friendly GUI.
Multi-Thread debugging.
Breakpoint Groups.

Reflector

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:42:30 -0700

Version:
5.1.3

Description:

Reflector is a class browser for .NET components (assemblies). It supports assembly and namespace views, type and member search, C# XML documentation viewer, reference search, IL disassembler, VB and C# decompiler, dependency trees, supertype/subtype hierarchies and resource viewers. Function prototypes are displayed in C# and VB syntax.

RosAsm

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:38:20 -0700

Version:
2.050a

Description:

IDE with full integration of all components. RosAsm is auto-compilable and the Sources are hosted inside the PEs. No installation overhead (the silent auto-install coming with RosAsmFull.zip makes RosAsm the only actual Click&Go Assembler environment).

NSIS

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:36:06 -0700

Version:
2.39

News:

Fixed a bug that corrupted $TEMP under Windows 9x and NT and caused InitPluginsDir to fail (bug #1412159)
Fixed a possible buffer overflow caused by long values of $0, when using large NSIS_MAX_STRLEN builds (above 4096)

Description:

Nullsoft Installation System is a pretty small, efficient, capable installation system for win32.

Generates self contained, win32 executable installer.
Uninstall support (installer can automagically generate an uninstaller)

IzPack

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:33:38 -0700

Version:
4.0.1

News:

Added Greek language support (Fabrice Mirabile, thanks to Panayotis Katsaloulis for the translation and flag).
New splashscreen artwork (Nicolas Deschaume).
Added IPAdress and ClassPath variable (Fabrice Mirabile).

Description:

IzPack is an installers generator for the Java platform. It produces lightweight installers that can be run on any operating system where a Java virtual machine is available. Depending on the operating system, it can be launched by a double-click or a simple 'java -jar installer.jar' on a shell.

ISTool

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:31:52 -0700

Version:
5.2.1

Description:

ISTool helps you create scripts for Jordan Russell's Inno Setup compiler. Inno Setup is a great compiler for very professional looking setups, and the only disadvantage is that you have to create fairly complex scripts by hand.

PECompact

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:29:47 -0700

Version:
2.93b2

News:

Addition.Core: Added /TrimMemory:Y/N parameter (short version: /Tm:Y/N).
Addition.GUI: Added 'Trim virtual memory' option.
Addition.GUI: Added warning when /Wl:No given and /Wl:Auto would have resulted in /Wl:Yes.

Description:

PECompact is a utility that compresses Windows 9x/NT4/w2k executables, while leaving them 100% functional. PECompact compresses the code, data, selected resources, import/export table of a win32 executable and optimizes its structure. It then installs a symbiont which decompresses the executable at run-time without any noticeable speed difference. Load time can actually be improved in some cases because less data has to be retrieved from the disk.

Armadillo

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:23:56 -0700

Version:
6.0.4

Description:

Armadillo is a powerful software protection system. It wraps around your program like an armored shell, defending your work from pirates and program crackers with state-of-the-art encryption, data compression, and other security features. It allows you to design and add a complete software protection and registration-key system to your existing programs in five minutes or less, with no changes to your program's code! And it works with any language that produces a 32-bit Windows EXE file.

Mono

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:19:35 -0700

Version:
1.9.1

Description:

Mono, the open source development platform based on the .NET framework, allows developers to build Linux and cross-platform applications with improved developer productivity. Mono's .NET implementation is based on the ECMA standards for C# and the Common Language Infrastructure.

Code::Blocks

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:11:38 -0700

Version:
8.02

Description:

Code::Blocks is a free C++ IDE built specifically to meet the most demanding needs of its users. It was designed, right from the start, to be extensible and configurable.

Built around a plugin framework, Code::Blocks can be extended with plugin DLLs. It includes a plugin wizard so you can compile your own plugins! (Free SDK downloaded separately)

Lazarus

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:08:15 -0700

Version:
0.9.24

Description:

Lazarus is the class libraries for Free Pascal that emulate Delphi. Free Pascal is a GPL'ed compiler that runs on Linux, Win32, OS/2, 68K and more. Free Pascal is designed to be able to understand and compile Delphi syntax, which is of course OOP. Lazarus is the part of the missing puzzle that will allow you to develop Delphi like programs in all of the above platforms. Unlike Java which strives to be a write once run anywhere, Lazarus and Free Pascal strives for write once compile anywhere. Since the exact same compiler is available on all of the above platforms it means you don't need to do any recoding to produce identical products for different platforms.