Party Applications and Multiset - Automatic System Deployment Software for Windows

MetaReport
$99.95 - Metamatica Software

MetaReport is a report building tool that can use multiple data sources of various formats (Access, dBase, Paradox, MS SQL, Oracle, InterBase and others) to create reports. Since most companies use different databases (Access for office, SQL for web and Oracle for inventory tracking, for example), the usefulness of this software is apparent to any person who worked in the database management field.

MetaReport offers several advantages. First, the program uses ADO (ActiveX Data Objects) and BDE (Borland Database Engine) to build reports, but does not requires having BDE installed. Second, the program can be used inside third-party applications as a built-in ActiveX object ? the only program in its class that offers this feature. Third, various data parameters can be specified without having to alter the report itself.

Program owner can choose from several popular report formats ? from simple TXT or CSV to WMF, XLS, HTML, RTF, PDF. It means that reports built with MetaReport can be processed later in Excel or other applications, placed on the web, e-mailed or made a part of presentation.
The report building process itself is a very simple one and is based on using a visual report builder module. The report templates can be not only saved, but also ?locked? to prevent anyone from altering them.

All in all, MetaReport is a budget solution that is a fortunate combination of straightforwardness, added value and functionality.

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DominoPDF
$0 - Primeapple Limited

If your content is readily available as HTML the path to HTML to PDF conversion is easy with DominoPDF. Used from any development language, including C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, PHP, Visual Basic etc., DominoPDF makes it quick to convert HTML to PDF. Control PDF settings such as page size, orientation, encryption, compression, display modes, metadata, merging, stamping etc. without needing any third-party applications or files.

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Virtual Serial Port SDK
$49 - Franson

Using Virtual Serial Port SDK you can create a "new" serial port on your computer. This serial port is completely controlled by your application. Other 3rd party applications can connect to this serial port and believe it is a normal physical port. In this way you can emulate all kinds of hardware normally connected to a serial port, emulate a null modem, and so on.

Virtual Serial Port SDK is available for .NET and ActiveX, on all Windows platforms Windows Mobile/Pocket PC, Windows XP/2k/NT and Windows ME/98. Samples in C#, VB.NET and VisualBasic 6.0 are included.

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Internet Disk Cleaner
$24.95 - Elongsoft Software

Internet Disk Cleaner is a safe and easy-to-use privacy protection tool to erase your internet tracks, computer activities, and history stored in hidden files on your computer.

Every time you surf the Internet or use other applications on your PC, traces of your activities linger on your hard drive and are open to anyone who uses your PC.Therefore, anyone else can see what you have been doing on your computer.Furthermore, much of your activity information takes up valuable disk space, and recovering this space can be very beneficial.Internet Disk Cleaner can quickly delete history on your computer, with simply one click.It also provides you option to clean the data from your PC more securely so that they could not be recovered.

Internet Disk Cleaner allows you to clear Window's temp folders, run history, search history, open/save history, recent documents, your browser's cache, cookies, history, visited URLs, typed URLs, autocomplete memory, index.dat files, and much more.You can also easily clear the tracks of up to 100 popular applications.The cookie cleaning feature allows you to specify which cookies to keep, so that you don`t erase your important login cookies.You also can schedule automatic erasing for any time you like and use boss key to hide all browser windows in one quick keystroke!

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MultiSet - Automatic system deployment
$44.95 - Automatic system deployment

Automate system deployment and create stand-alone unattended installation disks with MultiSet Unattended Installation.

Are you a system administrator, and need to upgrade your company's computers to Windows Vista or Windows XP? Have you no time to develop, test and debug unattended installation scripts that come with Windows resource kit? Don't want to answer the same setup questions on multiple computers? Look no further! MultiSet Unattended Installation automates the installation of any version of Windows, complete with all the latest service packs, patches and security updates. You will only have to answer setup questions once. Installing Windows is a time-consuming task, but configuring and updating the system with the latest service packs and security patches seems endless when you have to do it on not one, but on many PCs. Forget about this hassle! MultiSet Unattended Installation allows you to create unattended installation disks that integrate all the latest system updates, and install a pre-configured, ready-to-use operating system to all computers in your organization.

If you are installing Windows on a number of workstations, chances are that these workstation users require the same applications for their work, probably Microsoft Office or Adobe Acrobat Reader. MultiSet Unattended Installation will save weeks of monotonous work by installing and configuring all the required applications completely unattended. No need to click on pop-up dialogs, enter lengthy serial numbers or specify where exactly you'd like to install the product.

Unlike the competition, MultiSet Unattended Installation does not require you to learn cryptic languages to create an installation script. Convenient, simple graphical wizards will walk you through the entire process. As a result, it creates a bootable CD or DVD that installs a pre-configured operating system complete with all the necessary Microsoft and third-party applications completely unattended.

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Smartcell Standard
$40 - Indisoft

One of the premium products from Indisoft, smartcell has two flavours; standard and professional. The features of these products are listed below:

* Empowers you with the ability to send a normal text message to anyone or any group in the world using GSM mobiles from your desktop, your website and your custom built applications.
* Offers you the ability to send Flash SMS to any recipient in the same or different mobile network.
* Compatible with most GSM modems (e.g. Motorola), and certain GSM mobile phone models, in particular Motorola and Wavecomm GSM modems. Allows you to connect your device to the server via device-PC serial data cable.
* Can be deployed across web-based intranets and extranets.
* Includes API to 3rd party applications. Supports ASP, PHP, Perl, C, C++, Delphi and Visual Basic.

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