Downloads

Every once in a while I get started on a software project of my own. Sometimes I even finish it. None of the software on this page is really finished, though. So, on this page, you'll find some projects. At the moment, only some of the project have license agreements, but most of this software is copyright (c) 1999-2001 Lark Group, Inc.

If you're interested in working on any of these projects, I'd be happy to discuss working together. Who knows, maybe we can actually finish something.

Download Sorter

This project was designed to help me keep track of all the junk I download from the net. It lets you drag and drop files from Windows Explorer to a TreeView, and add descriptions to each file. Needs a bunch of work, but it does do some stuff already. This is probably the most finished chunk of software I'm going to post here for a bit. This project is written in Visual Basic 6.0. Copyright (c) 1999 Lark Group, Inc.

Download DownloadSorter.zip

LOC

This one counts the lines of code in a Visual Basic project. Visual Basic 5.0 code that I haven't looked at lately. Hey, I know it's a lousy measure of productivity, but haven't you ever been curious? Copyright (c) 1999 Lark Group, Inc.

Download loc.zip

MakeConst

This VB project takes as input a resource compiler input file (.rc) and creates a .bas module that includes constants for all of the resources defined in the input. Useful when you want to automatically maintain symbolic constants for a localized project. Not polished, but it works well enough that I used it on some Microsoft projects. Copyright (c) 1999 Lark Group, Inc.

Download MakeConst.zip

VBResEdit

Editor for string resources written in VB. I don't remember how finished this is and I'm too lazy to look, but again, I know I've used it on projects in the past. Copyright (c) 1999 Lark Group, Inc.

Download VBResEdit.zip

VBStruct

Structure analyzer for VB programs. Shows the components in your VB app in a treeview. Highlights components that have specific comments (such as UNDONE) and lets you see those comments. A management tool. Working, but could use lots of enhancements. VB5 code that opens fine in VB6. Copyright (c) 1999 Lark Group, Inc.

Download vbstruct.zip

RedNBlack Skin for CHV

As those who know me are already aware, I'm not an artist. Nonetheless, I managed to come up with this "skin" (alternative user interface) for Carmen's Headline Viewer. It won't do you a lick of good without that program, of course. This one is freeware -- do what you want with it, credit me on derivative works if you feel like it, it's no big deal.

Download RedNBlack.zip

YellowGlow Skin for CHV

OK, so I kept messing around and ended up with another CHV skin. More freeware, do what you like with it.

Download YellowGlow.zip

MetaWatcher

MetaWatcher is a program that keeps an eye on the Userland Weblog Monitor, which in turn keeps an eye on a bunch of weblogs. It will notify you when weblogs you're interested in have changed.

This project has gotten popular enough to have its own mailing list. You can sign up here if you want to get email about updates directly, or contribute to a discussion of the future direction of MetaWatcher.

This program is getting less rough. You'll need Visual Basic 6.0 installed to recompile the source code.  If you already have VB6 installed and just want to run the program, download the executable file. There are also two different versions of a full setup for MetaWatcher; one includes the VB, VC, and Windows Scripting Host runtime files, and the other does not.

This is version 0.8.0

Download the Readme for MetaWatcher
Download the MetaWatcher executable
Download the MetaWatcher source code (released under GPL)
Download the MetaWatcher setup (version including the runtime files) [2.38MB]
Download the MetaWatcher setup (version without runtime files) [842KB]

Download the Microsoft XML Parser Redistributable. Try this if you have problems with MetaWatcher and you haven't installed Internet Explorer 5.0 on your computer.

RSSEdit

An editor for RSS files. This is very much a work in progress.

This is version 0.1.0

Source code is in Visual Basic 6.0.

Download the Readme for RSSEdit
Download the RSSEdit executable
Download the RSSEdit source code (released under GPL)
Download the RSSEdit setup (version including the runtime files) [2.0 MB]
Download the RSSEdit setup (version without runtime files) [292 KB]