News Page
On this page I'll report on changes to my web site or related news items.
Don't expect a full-blown weblog, more like a list of highlights in shorthand.
For a file based list of changes look at the What's New list.
2022-11-27
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ProgressBar.exe is a new batch tool to display a customizable progress bar.
2022-11-19
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DetectSound.exe had a minor update: it now accepts a timeout period of half a seccond to 600 seconds, and as a result the timeout no longer needs to be an integer.
You may use either a dot or a comma or your system's default for the decimal separator.
2022-11-18
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DetectSound.exe is a new command line tool that uses Microsoft's speech recognition technology to detect sound input on the default microphone.
It is based on source code by
Wendy Zang on MSDN.
Thanks Wendy
2022-11-17
2022-11-09
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TestSitemap.exe has been updated again:
- with its new optional
/R switch, Redirections will be counted as errors (i.e. return code will be the sum of errors and redirections)
2022-11-06
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TestSitemap.exe has been updated:
- the new optional
/Q switch (Quiet mode) will make it show errors and redirections only
- it will display its progress in the console's title bar
- it will show the time it took to test all URLs in its summary
2022-11-04
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XPath.bat is a simple wrapper batch file using
PHP to display the results of an XPath query against an XML file.
2022-11-03
2022-10-31
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MonitorClipboard.exe has been updated:
- a new optional command line switch
/CM (Compact Mode) will change the window size to a small bar over the task bar instead of a relatively large modal window at the center of the screen
- a new optional command line switch
/F:percentage will change the font size (50..150%)
2022-10-25
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readword.php is a simple demo script for reading a Word document and showing the plain text either in a web page or in a console — it's
that versatile.
To make the script work, make sure you have MS Office installed, and that your PHP.INI contains the following entry:
[COM_DOT_NET]
extension=php_com_dotnet.dll
2022-10-24
• In case you're wondering why so many "old" pages on this site appear in the
What's New list: I'm updating my web pages to use Unicode
emojis instead of images, wherever possible.
2022-10-20
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comparesitemaps.php is a simple PHP file to compare 2 XML sitemap files and show the differences.
It needs to run on a (local) web server (e.g. XAMPP), and it may take quite a while to finish, so I increased its time limit from the default (usually 120 seconds) to 15 minutes.
It can be
downloaded here.
2022-10-17
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StringHash.exe has been updated: it now accepts its input string on the command line or as redirected Standard Input.
2022-10-14
• A bug in
TestSitemap.exe has been fixed: it would not handle the
/XL and
/XQ switches correctly.
2022-10-13
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TestSitemap.exe is a new command line tool to test all links mentioned in an XML sitemap.
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CompareSitemaps.exe is a new command line tool to compare 2 XML sitemaps, disregarding sort order and comments, and optionally displaying the differences on screen.
2022-10-05
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AirRegGUI.ps1 has been updated: it will now show the aircraft type, besides the thumbnail, if it found a match on Airport-Data.com.
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AirRegPHCmd.ps1 will no longer be updated since the Dutch aircraft registrations database is no longer available for download.
You can still use any existing database you may have downloaded, but it won't be up-to-date...
2022-10-04
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CaptureDate.exe has been updated:
- it can use Phil Harvey's ExifTool as a "fallback" in case no capture date was found
- if ExifTool is used, CaptureDate can now also optionally set the capture date to the file date instead of the other way around
See the program's
help text for details.
2022-10-03
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Trash.exe is a new command line tool to send files to the recycle bin.
I wrote it to use it with ExifTool and
CompareImages.exe (see 2022-09-25 newsitem) to allow recovery of the original image even if no backup was made.
page last modified: 2022-11-27
