2010-04-17
All trademarks or registered trademarks are property of their rightful owners
2010-04-17
All trademarks or registered trademarks are property of their rightful owners
wrSS4
Scenario: You just uploaded a folder full of images from your digital camera to your computer. Now you need to quickly create a slide show for the president of your operation. wrSS4 will compile a html file that -when double clicked- turns your default browser into an automatic slide show. Transfer this file along with your image files to your home page so the rest of the world can admire your images.
Usage:
Simply 'drag & drop' just anyone of your image files or a folder on the
wrSS4 program icon. It automatically compiles a "slideshow.htm" file (for your home page) containing all images of that folder for you.
Combine it with
wrCDstart
to make your slide shows auto-run when CD is inserted into CD-ROM. To download
the
wrSS4 utility now
click here.
Current
Version: 2002.01.7a
Related Utilites:
click here and
click here.
wrSCRPTh
Scenario: Are coworkers pointing at you when you enter the office because you accidentally ran last week's vbs virus "again"? Is your IT department frantically scrambling and taking your e-mail server down in a desperate attempt to prevent spreading the vbs virus? Easy, stop them now! Install wrSCRPTh, and be alerted when a vbs script tries secretly to run on your computer.
Usage:
Simple installation and simple use: When a vbs script tries to run - a big alert window pops up. Just click "NO" if an "unknown" vbs script attempts to execute. A special network client version of this wrSCRPTh mini app is also available. It features blocking all vbs scripts, or selected ones controlled through your campus or business site network, or pass through without alert for a period of time. eMail me for additional info. To
download now the wrSCRPTh
stand alone computer version
click here.
Scenario: If you used above utility wrSS4 then you may appreciate this tiny utility to create auto starting CDs that contain web pages (html code) as a starting display. - Create a temporary folder for burning your CD with images/html files, copy all 3 supplied files. Then edit one of the template files slightly, then burn the CD.
When you insert a CD
prepared that way, it will auto run on insertion if auto run is enabled: your
computer starts a html page. You have
the option to start the html page in following modes: machine default browser,
MS Internet Explorer (also in kiosk mode=default), Netscape Navigator (also in
superkiosk mode). Click here to download
wrCDstart now.
Related utilities: click
here and click
here
Updated version
: now with GUI
Usage:
'Drag & Drop'
(wr: "Can't it be
easier?") the MARC binary file
to be examined on the wr_MARCshaker
program icon.
It will split the 1 source file into 2 files: a binary file with MARC records that
matched your TAG's field CONTENT ("YES"), and one that
didn't ("NO" file).
Click here
to review the HELP file.
To download this tiny library utility now, click here.
To see, whether you have the
latest version, click HELP ->
UPDATE?
Related utilities:
click here.
wrUStime
Scenario: Has your IT department ever told you, that it cannot provide you with the official U.S. time on any of it's network servers, and you have detected a time difference of up to 30 minutes between them - but you gotta have the exact time on your computers for time sheet purposes? wrUStime connects to up to 5 official time keepers in the U.S. Your computer clock is set according to the selected local time zone so it also works outside the U.S.
Usage:
This tiny app can be placed in the START UP group, providing your computer with the
U.S.N.O. official time of the U.S. every time the computer boots. Or start it from your PROGRAM or DESKTOP manually. To download wrUStime now, click here.
wr_CheckDigit
Scenario: You are a small operation, and would like to issue state-of-the-art bar-coded ID cards to employees, that are also to be used as library cards. Laser barcode readers are top notch when it comes to accuracy. Check digits are still essential parts of a barcode or credit card/ATM account numbers. A check digit can reduce false entries by 90%. If you don't use check digits and an id number is hand entered incorrectly by the cashier of your cafeteria then your "lunch is free".
wr
_CheckDigit is a small utility that lets you experiment and calculate various check digit algorithms. It can also produce lists of numbers including the check digit to be used by your database manager for existing employee/account numbers. Better yet: add a new field containing a disposable account number (with check digits, of course), that can be replaced easily if lost or stolen. Thus never revealing permanent account numbers but protecting the privacy of your patrons. To download wr_CheckDigit now, click here.
Scenario: You are supervising videotaping of interview sessions in a busy media center and need a jumbo display of a timer on the computer monitor. Check out wr
_CntDwn: a simple count down timer. No reading glasses for this one. To download wr_CntDwn now, click here, for a screenshot click here, to review the Help file click here.
wrCHpoA
Notice: This utility is superceeded by wr_MxL
(click
here).
Updated: Specify your own
values to be changed.
As a busy
EX LIBRIS Voyager system's librarian you are switching endlessly between
production and training databases, requiring you to manually edit your system
file "voyager.ini" and the ports appropriately. Did you
forget to switch the .ini file back to the production database, and ran
some time confused in the training database? With this small
utility wrCHpoA you no longer need to hand-edit that system file but a simple double-click on a shortcut will run any module in either the production or the training mode.
To override this utility's hard coded values, you can now create your own
configuration file and specify any value/string to be replaced on-the-fly in
your voyager.ini file. 2005-02-14
Upon
installation, wrCHpoA
will create a folder on your desktop, that contains all shortcuts to your most
often used EX LIBRIS Voyager system modules to access the production databases
and -neatly separated in a
different folder- other shortcuts
to run in the training databases. To review the HELP file click
here, to download the
wrCHpoA
utility now, click
here
.
wrPDFch
As a digital library web site .pdf files of large-sized document files are offered. In addition to this one large document file, you'd like to offer several smaller "chunk" files to ease download for patrons on slow internet connections. wrPDFch assists in calculating proper page ranges for the 500kb file size of the chunk .pdf files. If you have Adobe ACROBAT 4.+ (not just the READER) installed you may even watch wrPDFch "auto-chunk" (no further user intervention needed) your pdf file. Click here to download wrPDFch now. For a screen shot click here, for the HELP file - click here.
The HexMeister
Convert files into the format, the way a computer sees it: just as a series of 0 and 1. Once converted you can view it, save the file as a text file, or print it out, and decorate your living room with this high-tech wallpaper, or at least the restroom. You can also reformat text files that were converted and saved by The HexMeister back into the binary format. For screen shots click here. Alright, so it's one of those nonsense programs...
...to download the nonsense now click here.
Update
wrVOYutl(1)
SIFbreaker:
Convert a native Voyager patron database file of "ptrnextr" to a useable PC file format as CSV
(=comma separated values)
which easily imports into your PC's
spreadsheet or database programs, allowing you to further examine or manipulate your
patron database.
(2) SIFmaker: After you made
changes to the file obtained in (1) on your PC, save it and convert it back to the native Voyager format,
upload it to your production server and
update your patron production database with Voyager's "ptrnupdt"
program.
SIFbreaker/maker
file cycle:
Voyager ptrnextr -->
SIFbreaker --> (edit in spread sheet application & save as CSV file ) --> SIFmaker
--> Voyager ptrnupdt
SIFmaker can only convert files produced by SIFbreaker. To convert your
own CSV files see below for SIFconverter.
Version 2002-07-14b: Notes field upload fixed. This problem only occurred
when there were less than 3 address blocks.
Current version: 2002-07-14f
For availability of following
modules contact click
here:
(3) SIFexpirer: Take the last
file created by Voyager's "ptrnextr", transfer to your PC, compare to the last
registrar's db extract on your PC, set patron's expiration dates no longer
enrolled, upload the resulting file back to the production server and
update with Voyager's "ptrnupdt".
(4) SIFconverter: Custom
converter to take your CSV data file from your registrar's database as
input, migrate patrons to patron groups, convert to the native Voyager SIF
file, upload to your Voyager production server and update with Voyager's
"ptrnupdt" to load your database with patrons.
How To Use:
wrVOYutl
uses "Drag &
Drop" convenience for most actions (it can't get easier): Review the table below.
To download the wrVOYutl
utility now,
click here.
To review the HELP file -
click here, to view screen
shots click
here.
| Action |
Input
file |
Description
|
Output
file - creates this file type - |
Description output |
| SIFbreaker Drag & Drop |
*.sif | native Voyager patron database sif extract from Voyager ptrnextr | *.csv | readable by spreadsheets databases etc. |
| SIFbreaker
II Start Program |
sif.pxtr.* | native Voyager patron database sif extract from Voyager ptrnextr | *.csv | readable by spreadsheets databases etc. |
| SIFmaker Drag & Drop |
*.csv | comma separated values from a spreadsheet. database etc. | *.sif | Voyager sif ready for Voyager ptrnupdt |
|
SIFexpirer Drag & Drop |
sif.pxtr.*
(drop) *reg.*.dat (compare to) |
Compare file 1 (=current Voyager patron db) with 2 (=current registrar's db) and expire patrons in 1 not found in 2 | sif.pxtr.*.upd | Voyager sif ready for Voyager ptrnupdt |
|
SIFconverter Drag & Drop |
*.dat | comma delimited field from the registrar's db extract | *.dat.sif | Voyager sif ready for Voyager ptrnupdt |
Related utilities:
click here,
click here,
click here
or click
here.
wrBOO
Scenario:
Your workgroup is using one
single networked spreadsheet or database. Network folders are backed up
daily. However, one of the work group members deletes a column and saves
the file with the missing column back unknowingly. This mistake is
discovered a week later - after all network backups have been overwritten.
Usage:
After configuring a wrBOO-shortcut
it will make a safety copy of the accessed file before starting the file's application. This is your immediate fall-back copy should the contents become "corrupted" during the session that follows. You can revert to this last copy immediately without bothering your overworked network administrator or time delays.
To read more about it
click
here for the wrBOO
HELP file.
Click here to download the wrBOO utility now.
wr
When my children approached me with Middle School math and fractions, I started out putting some very simple utilities together. It also allowed me to give my children more problem exercises and a correct result along with it. My daughter used the program to check her results eagerly, and then later gave exercises to my son, by using this program to check his results of the extra exercises. This software package contains a bundle of very tiny programs.
Prime
number factorization:
Enter a
number, the program then returns factors, that are prime numbers, and when multiplied
with each other will result in the number you've entered. Shows
screen after screen full
of prime numbers for your entertainment.
Division
with remainder:
Instead of a decimal, the result of
an uneven division displays only whole numbers.
Compare
fractions:
Enter 2 fractions as is,
and show the result of the comparison {smaller - equal - greater than}.
Fraction
calculator:
Add fractions (subtract,
multiply & divide) and the result is also a fraction - not a decimal.
Smallest term fraction:
A fraction with the smallest possible denominator.
Date
calculator:
Enter a date and
enter how many days, and it will figure out the new date, or enter 2 dates and
it figures out the days in between (or hours, minutes and seconds). To read more about
wrSUtil
click
here for the HELP file.
Click here to download the wrSUtil utility now.
wrcnSIFsort
Whether you needed it or not. Whether you wanted it or not. Whether you like it or not. Whether you care or not. I created this tiny utility spitefully and anyway. It can sort in several flavors an EX LIBRIS Voyager "Circulation Notices SIF" that was placed by your "circjob" on your Voyager server but before the REPORTER module prints it. For all the gory details click here, screen shots are click here. Click here to download the wrcnSIFsortc (CONSOLE version) or wrcnSIFsort (GUI version) utility now.
Related utilities:
click here, click here,
click here
or click
here.
wr_LCclassSort
This 32-bit PC Windows CONSOLE program produces a true sort order of your "LC
Class Call Numbers" consistently not accidentally. No longer will you
have to put up with a bizarre ASCII sort order like: BT20, BT252, BT3 ..., but correctly: BT3, BT20,
BT252 ... (The
depicted call numbers are for a mere illustration).
The program accepts "Drag & Drop" (can't it be easier?) CSV files
(with the
first field being the LC Class Call Numbers), or text files, in which the
Call Numbers occupy the first 45 characters of each record (or up to a user
defined stop character). Make sure to read help first before operating
this one-of-a-kind program.
To read testimonials,
click
here. To download
wr_LCclassSort
now,
click here. To review the help file,
click here.
To win some money, click...
...oh, com'on.
To keep the university's
picture gallery organized (and produce unique filenames) proceed as follows
with all digital image files: Create a folder (on your desktop) using the event's date in ISO
8601 format (July 5, 2003 = 2003-07-05). Then upload all digital images
into this folder. Select the desired image folder, and from the right-click
menu SEND TO (can't it be easier?), select "Batch rename all files in a
folder" and all files in that folder will be
renamed using the folder's name as base name, with a 3-digit number appended to
it.
For above example images will be renamed to 2003-07-05-001.jpg,
2003-07-05-002.jpg and so on. Upload folder to the (internet) server, and
link to a picture gallery table to complete this action. Other OPAC
cataloging records can now link to individual files. This tiny utility exists only in your
right-click SEND TO menu. Reverting to original filenames is
possible by using the recovery feature.
To download wrBatchRename
now,
click here.
To review the help file, click
here.
Related
utilities: click
here and
click here.
Time Sheet Calculator
When turning in time
sheet time comes around, counting with your fingers may not be good enough,
besides, do you religiously check for daily/weekly maximum hours that your work studies
are allowed to work? You can also use it, to compile the weekly hour
schedule for your student (see also "Weekly Employee Scheduler / Planner"), that is
better than re-calculate all hours for the week should the schedule change
during the year. This is a "famous maker spreadsheet application"
(FMSA) worksheet that does it for you. You enter your institution's limits
for daily/weekly work hours, then the student schedule, and you're done.
For a screen shot,
click
here. To download wr_TSC
click here.
Current version:
2004-01-17
Related utilities: click here
You are keeping track of your (PDF files) electronic Reserve items' passwords in a worksheet along with other important data that lead to the creation of these items. Instead of letting support staff access this worksheet directly, train on how to use the FIND command, and how to limit the search to one particular column and avoid the potential corruption of that file and what-not-else instead you could use this tiny Windows utility: Look up a value of one cell, display the contents of a corresponding cell in the same data set. I found also good use in reporting missing items of a collection after taking inventory. Because the collection is arranged by sequential in-house Call Numbers you would enter the number of the empty shelf space, and see whether this item was inventoried, or whether the item can be considered safely as being lost and further action taken. If you are using consecutive order numbers or Call Numbers at work then you might find this utility useful. For a screen shot, click here, to review the HELP click here, but to download wr_QLU click here.
Weekly Employee Scheduler / Planner
A FMSA worksheet that allows to
schedule / view up to 16 employees (work studies) weekly (can be expanded) on
one sheet. Sums weekly hours of employees (students) as you enter
their schedules, with a 15 minute granularity. Use first name initials to
identify employees in the schedule / matrix (or if duplicates, use first/last
name initials, or your own scheme). Alerts if individuals weekly work
hours are exceeded. For a screen shot,
click
here.
Click
here to download
wr_WEP.
Current Version: 2004-01-22
Related utilities:
click here
wr_rmMenu
Quick Launch Menu System for USB drives
& other removable media
Got a USB drive or other external
drives, and want to show off your software titles or files on any other
connected computer? This tiny utility allows you to set up a mini-menu
just for that drive system. It'll start your programs or files off the
removable media (must
have been installed there previously) - no matter what drive letter was
assigned to the device. Now you can carry your "tool box
utilities" around with you on removable media (USB drive, ZIP,
mini-CD-R, thumb drive, external hard drive etc.) and use them on any
computer. Or un-clutter your Quick Launch Bar, and move all icons over to
the wr_rmMenu Menu, and leave behind one shortcut to this utility.
Click here to download
wr_rmMenu
or click here for the
help file and for a screen shot, click
here.
To see, whether you have the
latest version, click HELP ->
UPDATE?
wr_VoyLA
EX LIBRIS Voyager "OPAC
Search Log Analyzer"
Compile time-of-day and day-of-week statistics of searches of your Voyager OPAC with this simple analyzer software. Review by origin (web, network or workstation etc.). Easy to use - easy to set up.
Click here to download wr_VoyLA or click here for the help file with sample report.
Related utilities:
click here, click here,
click here or click here.
Happy Times are here again with this "Matrix LaunchPad": start any of 10 EX LIBRIS Voyager or ENCompass software clients (or any other applications) mixed on a single menu screen and switch between any of 8 different consortia database environments . Easy to use - easy to set up.
Click here to download wr_MxL or click here for the help file. Click here to view screenshots.
Related utilities:
click here, click here,
click here or click here.
wr_Fice
Slice or split MARC binary files, or slice lines in a txt text file.Slice or split up MARC records file into smaller files: split by record or by file count. Slice lines in text files (as produced by NOTEPAD etc.), and optionally wrap with a wrap-ON and wrap-OFF strings.
Click here to download wr_Fice or click here for the help file. Click here to view screenshots.
Related utilities:
click here.
Converts time codes of your transcripts into <sync time="nnnn"/> tags for the "VIRAGE Text Aligner" Speech-to-text Software Videologger. This is a simple "Famous Spreadsheet Maker" worksheet, which also checks for continuity in time codes of your transcripts (errors in continuity may freeze the Text Aligner). Click here to download.
wr_iTm Imaging Trigonometry
Can you visualize an image with a diagonal of 43 1/4 inches?
Do you find it to be easier to visualize a picture with the dimensions of 24 x 36 in. (diagonal = 43
1/4 in.)?
This tiny utility calculates the widths and heights for a given diagonal of images. Popular aspect ratios of
photo paper, digital camera, HDTV, monitor, TV and anamorphic movie formats are then
computated. Instead of basing dimensions upon the diagonal – you may also enter the width and it will figure out the height (or vice-versa) according to the various aspect ratios. You
can enter your own aspect ratio for given diagonals, widths or heights.
Click here to download wr_iTm or click here to view screenshots.
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wr_SetDefaultPrinter |
|
Set dedicated printer as "Default Printer" before launching applications |
Is
your application not capable of automatically switching to a dedicated printer?
Ex Libris Voyager users:
Want to make sure your
staff uses PDF creation when processing notifications in VOYAGER
REPORTER client? Want to make sure, your VOYAGER CIRCULATION client
connects automatically to a receipt printer, regardless of the current Default
Printer?
No matter, what application that needs a specific Default Printer to be set up
beforehand, save yourself frustration of your staff forgetting switching to a
dedicated printer and create a shortcut generated by
wr_SetDefaultPrinter
that will switch the Default Printer before launching your applications. Setting up is a piece of
cake: After starting this tiny utility, select HELP then SET-UP and a
simple configuration screen will guide you through the process of creating the
desired shortcut on either your desktop or on the desktop of all users.
All without hacking an INI file.
Ex Libris Voyager users: This tiny utility is set up to work out of the box with the Voyager REPORTER client installed in the default installation folder and a PDF printer driver installed prior on first use. But you can configure your shortcut to any of your liking: follow the above set-up instructions (HELP -> SET-UP - see above).
Click here to download wr_SetDefaultPrinter, click here for the help file or click here to view screenshots.
