I figured I would create a page with some of the programs I use
pretty often. They are all Free for the most part and some are even open
source based.
The list below are some of the more popular programs I use and the list should continue to grow as time goes on. If you think a Program/Tool/Utility should be listed here send a simple feedback message on the contact page….
Updated: April 28th 2008 – Added a new download called Track Mania Nations Forever. While this is not a ‘utility’ per-say, it is a very cool racing based game that you can download completely Free of charge. You actually get the full-blown complete version of the game for free! The link is around the bottom of this page if your interested…
Last Updated: May 1st 2008 – I added two more Free programs to the list. Blender which is a very nice Free 3D Modeling, Rendering, Imaging, Shading, and MUCH more. I also added SUPER which is a Free program for playing and encoding a great Many multimedia based files. They claim their player can play formats that WMP and the like can’t play. Anyways, these two programs are at the bottom of this page. Enjoy!
NOTE: The GooglePack link below can take you to the Google homepage which has some very cool software available. A decent Spyware scanner, a very cool Satellite Space Viewer, Adobe Reader, StartOffice, Firefox Browser, and more! Just click the link below if your interested in checking out the software…
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Open Office 3.1(Updated) – Open Office has been updated to version 3.1. This is a Ultimate Office Suite for the wonderful price of Nothing! You get nearly all of the great features of Microsoft Office without having to spend literally hundreds of dollars. Below is a small description….
Author Description: OpenOffice.org 2 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
Click Here to get the Software…
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FileZilla 3.2.5(Updated!) - I use this FTP Utility very often and everytime I update one of my VBCodesource.com pages. I’ve had no real problems and would consider this one of the best free FTP clients out there….
Author Description… FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of features. FileZilla Server is a reliable FTP server.
Click Here to get the Software…
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7-Zip 4.6.5(Updated!) - I use this piece of software as well for all of my file compression and decompression needs. IT supports the most popular formats including the popular .zip, .rar, .gz, ect…
Author Description… Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR — Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
Click Here to get the Software…
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Ad-Aware 2007 - This is a very popular scanner that I use to find and remove Spyware/Adware/Ect… type viruses. Between this program and Spybot, most every piece of spyware is found and removed.
Author Description… Ad-Aware is no ordinary anti-spyware, it is the original anti-spyware product, offered to consumers worldwide to protect their personal and home computers from malware attacks.
Click Here to get the Software…
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Spybot 1.6.2(Updated!) - This is another spyware based scanner that I use with Ad-Adware to help keep my computers from having those type of viruses….
Author Description… Spybot-S&D has long grown a full-time job for me and causes quite a lot of work for our volunteers. I am working hard and it is great fun to do it. Of course all the infrastructure we use causes costs, and I have got to live on something, but at the same time I believe in free software. Therefore I decided to keep Spybot-S&D free and give you the freedom to decide if and how much it is worth to you.
Click Here to get the Software…
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API Guide 3.7 - This is a very useful utility I have used for along time now and makes it alot easier to deal with API based programming. It contains a huge list of the most used API calls and contains a description of what it does along with parameter information. It even contains examples based on the API calls for Visual Basic 5.0/6.0….
Author Description… A comprehensive database with more than 900 API functions!! All explained and illustrated with lots of examples. Click on the link to read more.
Click Here to get the Software…
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Refactor! 2005/2008 - This is a very useful tool that can make certain code editing and manipulations much easier. For example if you change the name of a variable, a option will be available that will change the name to all occurances of that variable you changed. Unfortunately this tool is NOT available for the Express Editions of VB since they do not support Add-In’s…..
Author Description… Refactor! is a free plug-in from Developer Express Inc., in partnership with Microsoft, that enables Visual Basic developers to simplify and re-structure source code inside of Visual Studio 2005/2008, making it easier to read and less costly to maintain.
Click Here to get version 2005…
Click Here to get version 2008…
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Paint .NET - This program has been in development for some time now and has come along ways. It has many photo editing features and even rivals Paint Shop Pro and the like. Whats also interesting is that the program is mainly written using C# which is a high level programming language and still gets good performance overall.
Author Description… Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.
Click Here to get the Software…
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Eazfuscator.NET 1.7 - A Free program to make it very easy to obfuscate your application which will make it harder to read your code if they decompile it.
Author Description… Obfuscated code is a code that is (usually intentionally) very hard to read and understand. Some programming languages and technologies are more prone to obfuscation than others. The main purpose of obfuscator is to protect intellectual property of the software.
Click Here to get the Software…
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Visual Basic 6.0 Decompiler - This program will try to decompile a VB 6.0 program that was compiled to Native code. It isn’t a full-blown decompiler (at this time at least…) but is one of the best I have seen thus far. The link below will take you to the VBReFormer which is the name of this decompiler.
Author Description… VBReFormer is able to disassemble all the forms and all controls in your application (if it was compiled with the native code option), recover all subroutines, runtime and API calls. VBReFormer succeed where others resources editors fails: editing the static design properties of Visual Basic 6 applications easily and without limitation of size, working directly on your binary (very useful for translating your application into another language for example).
Click Here to get the Software…
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TrackMania NationsForever, United Forever: FREE Game! - This is not really a utility but even top programmers needs some play time! This is a cool racing game that you can play solo and play online with racers all over the world. It even shows your rank based on your country, and even your city/state. It has some very cool track designs and is easy to get the hang of as well. It has somewhat low system requirements as well. The download is alittle more than 500MB though…
Author Description… Launched two years ago, TrackMania Nations became a true video game phenomenon. The free downloadable racing game attracted an unbelievable number of players around the world who were obsessed with the game’s fast cars, spectacular tracks single- and multiplayer play and simple yet powerful tools for creating tracks and race videos. For the past two years, it has been installed more than 30 million times and nearly four million players have created an account to play the game online on the game’s servers.
Click Here to get the Software…
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Blender 2.45 - This is a fairly advanced application for doing 3D Modeling, Imaging, Animation, Rendering, and More! The program is also Free and is open source based.
Author Description… Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.
Click Here to get the Software…
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SUPER © - This is a easy to use application for encoding and playing many different multimedia files. Best of all is that this is a completely Free program.
Author Description… If you need a simple, yet very efficient tool to convert (encode) or play any Multimedia file, without reading manuals or spending long hours training, then SUPER © is all you need. It is a Multimedia Encoder and a Multimedia Player, easy-to-use with 1 simple click.
Click Here to get the Software…
The list below are some of the more popular programs I use and the list should continue to grow as time goes on. If you think a Program/Tool/Utility should be listed here send a simple feedback message on the contact page….
Updated: April 28th 2008 – Added a new download called Track Mania Nations Forever. While this is not a ‘utility’ per-say, it is a very cool racing based game that you can download completely Free of charge. You actually get the full-blown complete version of the game for free! The link is around the bottom of this page if your interested…
Last Updated: May 1st 2008 – I added two more Free programs to the list. Blender which is a very nice Free 3D Modeling, Rendering, Imaging, Shading, and MUCH more. I also added SUPER which is a Free program for playing and encoding a great Many multimedia based files. They claim their player can play formats that WMP and the like can’t play. Anyways, these two programs are at the bottom of this page. Enjoy!
NOTE: The GooglePack link below can take you to the Google homepage which has some very cool software available. A decent Spyware scanner, a very cool Satellite Space Viewer, Adobe Reader, StartOffice, Firefox Browser, and more! Just click the link below if your interested in checking out the software…
——————————————————————————————–
Open Office 3.1(Updated) – Open Office has been updated to version 3.1. This is a Ultimate Office Suite for the wonderful price of Nothing! You get nearly all of the great features of Microsoft Office without having to spend literally hundreds of dollars. Below is a small description….
Author Description: OpenOffice.org 2 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
Click Here to get the Software…
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FileZilla 3.2.5(Updated!) - I use this FTP Utility very often and everytime I update one of my VBCodesource.com pages. I’ve had no real problems and would consider this one of the best free FTP clients out there….
Author Description… FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of features. FileZilla Server is a reliable FTP server.
Click Here to get the Software…
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7-Zip 4.6.5(Updated!) - I use this piece of software as well for all of my file compression and decompression needs. IT supports the most popular formats including the popular .zip, .rar, .gz, ect…
Author Description… Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR — Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
Click Here to get the Software…
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Ad-Aware 2007 - This is a very popular scanner that I use to find and remove Spyware/Adware/Ect… type viruses. Between this program and Spybot, most every piece of spyware is found and removed.
Author Description… Ad-Aware is no ordinary anti-spyware, it is the original anti-spyware product, offered to consumers worldwide to protect their personal and home computers from malware attacks.
Click Here to get the Software…
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Spybot 1.6.2(Updated!) - This is another spyware based scanner that I use with Ad-Adware to help keep my computers from having those type of viruses….
Author Description… Spybot-S&D has long grown a full-time job for me and causes quite a lot of work for our volunteers. I am working hard and it is great fun to do it. Of course all the infrastructure we use causes costs, and I have got to live on something, but at the same time I believe in free software. Therefore I decided to keep Spybot-S&D free and give you the freedom to decide if and how much it is worth to you.
Click Here to get the Software…
_____________________________________________________________________________________
API Guide 3.7 - This is a very useful utility I have used for along time now and makes it alot easier to deal with API based programming. It contains a huge list of the most used API calls and contains a description of what it does along with parameter information. It even contains examples based on the API calls for Visual Basic 5.0/6.0….
Author Description… A comprehensive database with more than 900 API functions!! All explained and illustrated with lots of examples. Click on the link to read more.
Click Here to get the Software…
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Refactor! 2005/2008 - This is a very useful tool that can make certain code editing and manipulations much easier. For example if you change the name of a variable, a option will be available that will change the name to all occurances of that variable you changed. Unfortunately this tool is NOT available for the Express Editions of VB since they do not support Add-In’s…..
Author Description… Refactor! is a free plug-in from Developer Express Inc., in partnership with Microsoft, that enables Visual Basic developers to simplify and re-structure source code inside of Visual Studio 2005/2008, making it easier to read and less costly to maintain.
Click Here to get version 2005…
Click Here to get version 2008…
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Paint .NET - This program has been in development for some time now and has come along ways. It has many photo editing features and even rivals Paint Shop Pro and the like. Whats also interesting is that the program is mainly written using C# which is a high level programming language and still gets good performance overall.
Author Description… Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.
Click Here to get the Software…
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Eazfuscator.NET 1.7 - A Free program to make it very easy to obfuscate your application which will make it harder to read your code if they decompile it.
Author Description… Obfuscated code is a code that is (usually intentionally) very hard to read and understand. Some programming languages and technologies are more prone to obfuscation than others. The main purpose of obfuscator is to protect intellectual property of the software.
Click Here to get the Software…
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Visual Basic 6.0 Decompiler - This program will try to decompile a VB 6.0 program that was compiled to Native code. It isn’t a full-blown decompiler (at this time at least…) but is one of the best I have seen thus far. The link below will take you to the VBReFormer which is the name of this decompiler.
Author Description… VBReFormer is able to disassemble all the forms and all controls in your application (if it was compiled with the native code option), recover all subroutines, runtime and API calls. VBReFormer succeed where others resources editors fails: editing the static design properties of Visual Basic 6 applications easily and without limitation of size, working directly on your binary (very useful for translating your application into another language for example).
Click Here to get the Software…
_____________________________________________________________________________________
TrackMania NationsForever, United Forever: FREE Game! - This is not really a utility but even top programmers needs some play time! This is a cool racing game that you can play solo and play online with racers all over the world. It even shows your rank based on your country, and even your city/state. It has some very cool track designs and is easy to get the hang of as well. It has somewhat low system requirements as well. The download is alittle more than 500MB though…
Author Description… Launched two years ago, TrackMania Nations became a true video game phenomenon. The free downloadable racing game attracted an unbelievable number of players around the world who were obsessed with the game’s fast cars, spectacular tracks single- and multiplayer play and simple yet powerful tools for creating tracks and race videos. For the past two years, it has been installed more than 30 million times and nearly four million players have created an account to play the game online on the game’s servers.
Click Here to get the Software…
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Blender 2.45 - This is a fairly advanced application for doing 3D Modeling, Imaging, Animation, Rendering, and More! The program is also Free and is open source based.
Author Description… Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.
Click Here to get the Software…
_____________________________________________________________________________________
SUPER © - This is a easy to use application for encoding and playing many different multimedia files. Best of all is that this is a completely Free program.
Author Description… If you need a simple, yet very efficient tool to convert (encode) or play any Multimedia file, without reading manuals or spending long hours training, then SUPER © is all you need. It is a Multimedia Encoder and a Multimedia Player, easy-to-use with 1 simple click.
Click Here to get the Software…
