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vbs - enum_folder_mencoder_join

2010-09-26T07:30:00.000-07:00

Sub enum_folder_mencoder_join()
    Dim fso As New FileSystemObject, fo As Folder, fi As File, s, i
    Dim pn
    pn = "F:\Movies\new!"
    pn = "F:\Neuer Ordner\Neuer Ordner (3)"
    pn = "F:\Movies\AVI"
    pn = "F:\Movies\new2"
    'pn = "F:\Movies\new!"
    pn = "D:\JD\_DONE_"
    'pn = "D:\Filme\new"
    
    
    For Each fo In fso.GetFolder(pn).SubFolders
        i = 0: s = ""
        For Each fi In fo.Files
            If Right(fi.Name, 4) = ".avi" Then
                If InStr(1, fo.Name, fi.Name) > 0 Then Exit For
                i = i + 1
                s = s & "|" & fi.Name
            End If
        Next
        If i > 1 Then
            Debug.Print "d:\mencoder -noodml -ovc copy -oac copy -o """ & fo.Name & "\" & fo.Name & "-XviD.avi"" " & Mid(Replace(s, "|", """ """ & fo.Name & "\") & """", 3)
            
        End If
    Next
    
    
End Sub

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Perfect masking using a highpass - GIMP

2010-02-14T14:57:00.000-08:00

Perfect masking using a highpass

http://www.gimpusers.de/tutorials/highpass-freistellen.html

1
Öffnet ein beliebiges Bild mit einer Großaufnahme einer Person. Ich verwende ein in Google gefundenes Bild von einer bekannten Persönlichkeit

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2
Dupliziert die HG-Ebene 2 mal, sodass ihr 3 gleiche Ebenen habt. Auf die oberste wendet ihr den gaußschen Weichzeichner an (Wert 18) an und setzt die Ebene auf 50 % Deckkraft. Danach geht ihr auf Farben / Invertieren. Ihr solltet nun etwas ähnliches erhalten:

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3
Nun klickt rechts in den Ebenendialog und vereint die Ebene mit der darunterliegenden. Geht auf Farben / Sättigung entfernen (Mittelwert). Danach geht auf Farben / Kurven und wendet eine leichte S-Kurve an:

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4
Danach wählt ihr Farben / Helligkeit-Kontrast: Es müssen gute Kontraste zustande kommen (vor allem bei den Haaren sollten sie gut zu sehen sein). Jetzt sind wir zumindest mal mit dem Highpass / Hochpass fertig.

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5
Geht auf Farben / Invertieren.

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6
Jetzt nehmt ihr den Pinsel und malt die Person vollständig weiß an. Ihr müsst die Hautteile, die im Bild sichtbar bleiben sollen anmalen. Malt auf keinen fall über die Haare bzw über die Details die ihr freistellen wollt.

Tipp: Schiebt die Originalebene über die mit dem Hochpass und stellt die Deckkraft auf 20 od 30%. So seht ihr die Person ganz leicht durchscheinen und wisst genau was ihr anmalen müsst und was nicht.

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7
Danach malt ihr außen herum alles schwarz an. Malt auf keinen Fall bereits weiße Teile an. Nehmt euch zuerst die Übergänge von Weiß auf Grau vor, danach nehmt ihr das freie Auswahlwerkzeug, zieht eine grobe Auswahl um den Körper und füllt den Rest auf einmal (STRG+, oder Bearbeiten / mit VG-Farbe füllen) mit Schwarz - drückt vorher D um die Farben auf Schwarz / Weiß zurückzusetzen.

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8
Wenn ihr nur noch Schwarz und Weiß auf dieser Ebene habt habt markiert ihr alles mit STRG+A, kopiert es (STRG+C) und wechselt auf die HG-Ebene mit dem Originalbild. Klickt rechts auf die Ebene und wählt Alphakanal hinzufügen. Danach wählt ihr im selben Menü Ebenenmaske hinzufügen. Dann geht ihr auf Bearbeiten -> Einfügen. Danach ist das Eingefügte auf einer schwebenden Ebene. Klickt auf den Verankern-Button im Ebenenmenü um die Maske zu aktivieren.

Erstellt eine neue, transparente Ebene, schiebt sie in der Ebenenreihenfolge im Ebenendialog ganz nach unten und füllt diese mit einer beliebigen Farbe. Fertig! Das Objekt oder die Person sollte nun perfekt freigestellt sein.

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Google Reader Help - keyboard shortcuts

2009-01-24T07:25:00.000-08:00

Are there any keyboard shortcuts? - Google Reader Help

AJAX, XML, XSLT (and some ASP) tricks: Login to Google Data API

2009-01-24T07:19:00.000-08:00

AJAX, XML, XSLT (and some ASP) tricks: Login to Google Data API
Google Data API has numerous client-side libraries, but not an ASP/VBScript one. Here’s the first routine you need: it authenticates you with the Google API and returns a handle you can use in subsequent calls.


Dim XRQ ' global XMLHttpRequest object

Function GoogleLogin(UN,Pwd,Svc)
  Dim RQData,I,RT

  GoogleLogin = Null
  RQData = EncodeFormData(Array("Email","Passwd","service","source"), _
    Array(UN,Pwd,Svc,"VBScript-BloggerLibrary-0.1"))

  If Not IsObject(XRQ) Then Set XRQ = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
  XRQ.open "POST","https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin",false
  XRQ.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
  XRQ.send RQData
  If HTTPCheck(XRQ,"Google login response", _
    "https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin") Then
    RT = XRQ.responseText
    I = InStr(RT,"Auth=")
    If I = 0 Then wr "Google response has no AUTH data" : Exit Function
    RT = Mid(RT,I+5,Len(RT))
    I = InStr(RT,Chr(10)) : If I > 0 Then RT = Left(RT,I-1)
    GoogleLogin = RT
  End If
End Function

xwrt 3.2 command line options for good compression results

2009-01-21T13:24:00.000-08:00

Large Text Compression Benchmark (read more)

xwrt 3.2 (Oct. 29, 2007) is a dictionary preprocessor frontend to LZMA, PPMVC and lpaq6 as well as a standalone preprocessor. Option
-l14 selects lpaq6 option 9 (1542 MB).
-b255 selects 255 MB memory (maximum) for building the dictionary.
-m96 selects 96 MB buffer during compression. (Higher values cause out of memory error).
-s turns of space modeling.
-e40000 limits the dictionary size to 40000 words.
-f200 limits the dictionary to words that occur at least 200 times.

Compression                      Compressed size      Decompressor  Total size   Time (ns/byte)Program           Options                       enwik8      enwik9     size (zip)   enwik9+prog  Comp Decomp  Mem Alg Note-------           -------                     ----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ----- -----  --- --- ----xwrt 3.2     -l14 -b255 -m96 -s -e40000 -f200 18,679,742  151,171,364     52,569 s  151,223,933   2537  2328 1691 CM

NetFlow Reliable Export With SCTP - Cisco Systems

2009-01-21T12:28:00.000-08:00

NetFlow Reliable Export With SCTP - Cisco Systems
Cisco IOS NetFlow Advanced Configuration Guides

NetFlow Reliable Export With SCTP (pdf)

Configuring a Virtual Tunnel Interface with IP Security - Cisco Systems

2009-01-21T12:26:00.001-08:00

Configuring a Virtual Tunnel Interface with IP Security - Cisco Systems
This document provides a sample configuration for a virtual tunnel interface (VTI) with IP Security (IPSec). This configuration uses RIP version 2 routing protocol to propagate routes across the VTI. With a VTI, VPN traffic is forwarded to the IPSec virtual tunnel for encryption and then sent out of the physical interface. This sample configuration also demonstrates the use of Cisco Quality of Service with VTIs.

Cisco IOS IPsec High Availability - Cisco Systems

2009-01-21T12:26:00.000-08:00

Cisco IOS IPsec High Availability - Cisco Systems
The Cisco IOS® IPsec High Availability (IPsec HA) Enhancements feature provides an infrastructure for reliable and secure networks to provide transparent availability of the VPN gateways---that is, Cisco IOS Software-based routers. This feature works well for all IP Security (IPsec)-based networks. In an Enterprise-Class Teleworker (ECT) solution, which encompasses a Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN) architecture for data gateway infrastructure and plain IPsec for management gateway infrastructure, IPsec HA can be used to provide redundancy---that is, stateful failover and rollback of the gateways to provide uninterrupted management connectivity to the spokes. For more details about ECT deployment, please refer to the link given in the references section.

Configuring DMVPN Spoke Router in Full Mesh IPsec VPN Using SDM - Cisco Systems

2009-01-21T12:25:00.000-08:00

Configuring DMVPN Spoke Router in Full Mesh IPsec VPN Using SDM - Cisco Systems
This document provides a sample configuration for configuring Dynamic Multipoint spoke router into a full mesh Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN). DMVPN allows users to scale large and small IPsec VPNs more effectively by combining generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnels, IPsec encryption, and Next Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP). Security Device Manager (SDM) is an embedded security configuration management tool used to configure Cisco IOS Software routers with variety of security features. This sample configuration relies on SDM version 1.2 that supports hub and spoke DMVPN configurations and shows how to configure dynamic Spoke to Spoke tunnels.

Cisco IOS IPsec Accounting with Cisco IOS NetFlow - Cisco Systems

2009-01-21T12:20:00.000-08:00

Cisco IOS IPsec Accounting with Cisco IOS NetFlow - Cisco Systems
Cisco IOS NetFlow is the primary denial of service (DoS) identification, accounting, and analysis technology for IP networks at Cisco and in the networking industry. Cisco IOS NetFlow provides valuable information about network users, applications usage, timing, and traffic direction on the network. Cisco is a leader in IP traffic flow technology and invented Cisco IOS NetFlow.
Cisco IOS IPsec provides security for transmission of sensitive information over unprotected networks (ie: Internet). IPsec acts as the network layer by protecting and authenticating IP packets between participating IPsec devices ("peers"), such as Cisco routers.
This document will discuss how Cisco IOS NetFlow can be leveraged to provide accounting information in an IPsec tunneling network topology.

Stateful Failover for IPSec - Cisco Systems

2009-01-21T12:15:00.000-08:00

Stateful Failover for IPSec - Cisco Systems
Stateful failover for IP Security (IPSec) enables a router to continue processing and forwarding IPSec packets after a planned or unplanned outage occurs. Customers employ a backup (secondary) router that automatically takes over the tasks of the active (primary) router if the active router loses connectivity for any reason. This process is transparent to the user and does not require adjustment or reconfiguration of any remote peer.
Stateful failover for IPSec is designed to work in conjunction with stateful switchover (SSO) and Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP). HSRP provides network redundancy for IP networks, ensuring that user traffic immediately and transparently recovers from failures in network edge devices or access circuits. That is, HSRP monitors both the inside and outside interfaces so that if either interface goes down, the whole router is deemed to be down and ownership of Internet Key Exchange (IKE) and IPSec security associations (SAs) is passed to the standby router (which transitions to the HSRP active state). SSO allows the active and standby routers to share IKE and IPSec state information so that each router has enough information to become the active router at any time. To configure stateful failover for IPSec, a network administrator should enable HSRP, assign a virtual IP address, and enable the SSO protocol.

SpeedGuide.net - TCP Optimizer

2009-01-20T13:30:00.000-08:00

SpeedGuide.net :: TCP Optimizer / Downloads

JavaScript Kit- Your comprehensive JavaScript, DHTML, CSS, and Ajax stop

2009-01-20T12:29:00.000-08:00

JavaScript Kit- Your comprehensive JavaScript, DHTML, CSS, and Ajax stop

Adler-32 - VB6

2009-01-02T17:41:00.000-08:00

Adler-32 Digest in VB6


Function Adler32(sBuffer$) As Long
   Dim Seed As Long
   Dim S1 As Long
   Dim S2 As Long
   Dim N As Long
   Dim CrcBase As Long
   CrcBase = 65521
   Seed = 1
   S1 = Seed And &HFFFF
   S2 = (Seed / 65536) And &HFFFF
   For N = 1 To Len(sBuffer$)
       S1 = (S1 + Asc(Mid$(sBuffer$, N, 1))) Mod CrcBase
       S2 = (S2 + S1) Mod CrcBase
   Next
   Adler32 = (S2 * 65536) + S1
End Function

Scheduling Jobs in SQL Server Express - SQLTeam.com

2008-12-28T19:18:00.000-08:00

Scheduling Jobs in SQL Server Express - SQLTeam.com
As we all know SQL Server 2005 Express is a very powerful free edition of SQL Server 2005. However it does not contain SQL Server Agent service. Because of this scheduling jobs is not possible. So if we want to do this we have to install a free or commercial 3rd party product. This usually isn't allowed due to the security policies of many hosting companies and thus presents a problem. Maybe we want to schedule daily backups, database reindexing, statistics updating, etc. This is why I wanted to have a solution based only on SQL Server 2005 Express and not dependent on the hosting company. And of course there is one based on our old friend the Service Broker.

CodeProject: GD library wrapper

2008-12-26T13:04:00.000-08:00

CodeProject: GD library wrapper
GD library wrapper (for ASP developers with PHP vs ASP examples).
Download source - 998 Kb



    Response.ContentType = "image/png";
    var gdImage = Server.CreateObject("GDLibrary.gdImage");
    gdImage.Create(230, 20);
    gdImage.ColorAllocate(0, 10, 10);
    var TextColor = gdImage.ColorAllocate(233, 114, 191);
    gdImage.Chars(gdImage.FontGetLarge(), 5, 5,
                 "My first Program with GD", TextColor);
    Response.BinaryWrite(gdImage.ToPngStream().Read);

CodeProject: Implement Phonetic ("Sounds-like") Name Searches with Double Metaphone

2008-12-26T12:58:00.000-08:00

CodeProject: Implement Phonetic ("Sounds-like") Name Searches with Double Metaphone
Presents a C# implementation of Double Metaphone, for use with any of the .NET languages.

Double Metaphone Part I: Introduction & C++ Implementation
Double Metaphone Part II: Visual Basic and Relational Database Solutions
Double Metaphone Part III: VBScript and ASP & Database Solutions
Double Metaphone Part IV: SQL Server and Advanced Database Topics
Double Metaphone Part V: .NET Implementation
Double Metaphone Part VI: Other Methods & Additional Resources

Double Metaphone Algorithmus in TSQL

2008-12-26T12:53:00.000-08:00

Double Metaphone Sounds Great (SQL Magazine)
Convert the C++ Double Metaphone algorithm to T-SQL

26094.zip

Longest common substring - Code Snippets - Wikibooks

2008-12-26T12:31:00.000-08:00

Longest common substring - Code Snippets - Wikibooks


Public Function LongestCommonSubstring(ByVal s1 As String, ByVal s2 As String) As Integer
     Dim num(s1.Length - 1, s2.Length - 1) As Integer   '2D array
     Dim letter1 As Char = Nothing
     Dim letter2 As Char = Nothing
     Dim len As Integer = 0
     Dim ans As Integer = 0
     For i As Integer = 0 To s1.Length - 1
         For j As Integer = 0 To s2.Length - 1
             letter1 = s1.Chars(i)
             letter2 = s2.Chars(j)
             If Not letter1.Equals(letter2) Then
                 num(i, j) = 0
             Else
                 If i.Equals(0) Or j.Equals(0) Then
                     num(i, j) = 1
                 Else
                     num(i, j) = 1 + num(i - 1, j - 1)
                 End If
                 If num(i, j) > len Then
                     len = num(i, j)
                     ans = num(i, j)
                 End If
             End If
         Next j
     Next i
     Return ans
 End Function

Levenshtein distance - Code Snippets - Wikibooks

2008-12-26T12:11:00.000-08:00

Levenshtein distance - Code Snippets - Wikibooks

VBA (with Damerau extension)
This VBA version uses recursion and a maximum allowed distance. The analysis to identify quasi-duplicated strings or spelling mistakes can be narrowed down to a corridor in the result matrix. The Damerau extension has also been added to the Levenshtein algorithm.


Function damerau_levenshtein(s1 As String, s2 As String, Optional limit As Variant, Optional result As Variant) As Integer
'This function returns the Levenshtein distance capped by the limit parameter.
'Usage : e.g. damerau_levenshtein("Thibault","Gorisse") to get the exact distance
' or damerau_levenshtein("correctly written words","corectly writen words",4) to identify similar spellings

    Dim diagonal As Integer
    Dim horizontal As Integer
    Dim vertical As Integer
    Dim swap As Integer
    Dim final As Integer

    'set a maximum limit if not set
    If IsMissing(limit) Then
        limit = Len(s1) + Len(s2)
    End If

    'create the result matrix to store intermediary results
    If IsMissing(result) Then
        Dim i, j As Integer ' pointeur
        ReDim result(Len(s1), Len(s2)) As Integer
    End If

    'Start of the strings analysis
    If result(Len(s1), Len(s2)) <>= limit Then
            final = limit
        Else
            If Len(s1) = 0 Or Len(s2) = 0 Then
                'End of recursivity
                final = Len(s1) + Len(s2)
            Else

                'Core of levenshtein algorithm
                If Mid(s1, 1, 1) = Mid(s2, 1, 1) Then
                    final = damerau_levenshtein(Mid(s1, 2), Mid(s2, 2), limit, result)
                Else

                    If Mid(s1, 1, 1) = Mid(s2, 2, 1) And Mid(s1, 2, 1) = Mid(s2, 1, 1) Then
                        'Damerau extension counting swapped letters
                        swap = damerau_levenshtein(Mid(s1, 3), Mid(s2, 3), limit - 1, result)
                        final = 1 + swap
                    Else
                        'The function minimum is implemented via the limit parameter.
                        'The diagonal search usually reaches the limit the quickest.
                        diagonal = damerau_levenshtein(Mid(s1, 2), Mid(s2, 2), limit - 1, result)
                        horizontal = damerau_levenshtein(Mid(s1, 2), s2, diagonal, result)
                        vertical = damerau_levenshtein(s1, Mid(s2, 2), horizontal, result)
                        final = 1 + vertical
                    End If
                End If

            End If
        End If
    Else
        'retrieve intermediate result
        final = result(Len(s1), Len(s2)) - 1
    End If

    'returns the distance capped by the limit
    If final < limit Then
        damerau_levenshtein = final
        'store intermediate result
        result(Len(s1), Len(s2)) = final + 1
    Else
        damerau_levenshtein = limit
    End If

End Function

Google’s Top 10 Hidden Treasures | MakeUseOf.com

2008-12-22T01:58:00.000-08:00

Google’s Top 10 Hidden Treasures MakeUseOf.com

about:internets
about:stats
about:memory
about:network
about:histograms
about:dns
about:cache
about:plugins
about:version

PGP / GnuPG/ Open PGP Message Encryption in JavaScript

2008-12-17T08:19:00.000-08:00

PGP / GnuPG/ Open PGP Message Encryption in JavaScript

JavaScript RC4 Encryption

2008-12-17T08:18:00.000-08:00

RC4 Encryption in JavaScript : RC4 Encryption

JavaScript SHA256 (jssha256)

2008-12-17T08:15:00.000-08:00

jssha256: SHA256 in JavaScript

JavaScript AES

2008-12-17T08:14:00.000-08:00

jsaes: AES in JavaScript

JavaScript AES

2008-12-17T08:13:00.000-08:00

JavaScript AES Advanced Encryption Standard in Counter Mode

JavaScript SHA-1

2008-12-17T08:12:00.000-08:00

JavaScript SHA-1 Cryptographic Hash Algorithm

JavaScript TEA (Tiny Encryption Algorithm)

2008-12-17T08:11:00.000-08:00

JavaScript - Block TEA Tiny Encryption Algorithm

DHTML routines and functions

2008-12-17T07:46:00.000-08:00

DHTML snippets from webtoolkit.info

AJAX file upload
How to upload files using AJAX, without reloading the page? Read about the cross browser method to upload files using AJAX in only 1Kb of code.
Read more...

Scrollable HTML table
Scrollable HTML table JavaScript code can be used to convert tables in ordinary HTML into scrollable ones. No additional coding is necessary.
Read more...

Javascript context menu
Javascript context menu is very lightweight, OOP based and item-specific. You can attach this context menu to multiple containers. Read more...

Sortable HTML table
Sortable HTML table JavaScript code can be used to convert tables in ordinary HTML into sortable ones. This script is unobtrusive. No additional coding is necessary.
Read more...

Javascript drag and drop
Javascript drag and drop will enable you to drag elements on your page. You can attach this drag and drop handler to any relative or absolute positioned element.
Read more...

Javascript custom cursor
Cross hair mouse cursor. Learn ho to add a fancy custom cursor to your website using Javascript.
Read more...

Javascript pie menu
Javascript pie menu allows you to build an configurable context pie menu.
Read more...

Unselectable text
A method to have unselectable text in a browser. Script makes text in an HTML page unselectable by visitors.
Read more...

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Javascript routines and functions

2008-12-17T07:44:00.000-08:00

Javascript routines and functions from webtoolkit.info

Javascript trim
Javascript trim is a string function. It will trim all leading and trailing occurrences of whitespace characters.
Read more...

Javascript string replace
Javascript string replace is a very useful function. Javascript has a built-in string replace function but it uses regular expressions.
Read more...

Javascript sprintf
Javascript sprintf implementation. This Javascript function returns a string formatted by the usual printf/sprintf conventions. Read more...

Javascript url decode, encode
You can use this Javascript to encode / decode url parameters. Script is fully compatible with UTF-8 encoding. Read more...

Javascript MD5
This Javascript is used to calculate MD5 hash of a string. MD5 is a widely-used cryptographic hash function with a 128-bit hash value.
Read more...

Javascript SHA-1
This Javascript is used to calculate SHA-1 hash of a string. The Secure Hash Algorithm is one of the many cryptographic hash functions. Read more...

Javascript SHA-256
SHA-256 Javascript implementation is used to process variable length message into a fixed-length output using the SHA256 algorithm.
Read more...

Javascript CRC32
CRC32 function generates the cyclic redundancy checksum polynomial of 32-bit lengths of the string.
Read more...

Javascript base64 encoding
This base64 Javascript is used to encode / decode data using base64 encoding. This Javascript is fully compatible with UTF-8 encoding. Read more...

Javascript UTF-8
Use this Javascript to encode decode UTF-8 data. UTF-8 is a variable-length character encoding for Unicode.
Read more...

Javascript pad
Pad is a string manipulation function. Javascript pad implementation pads a string to a certain length with another string.
Read more...

Javascript cookies
Javascript cookies object with methods to save, read and erase them. Using these methods you can manipulate cookies on your site.
Read more...

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Javascript UTF-8

2008-12-17T07:42:00.000-08:00

Javascript UTF-8

Javascript base64 encoding

2008-12-17T07:41:00.001-08:00

Javascript base64 encoding

Javascript CRC32

2008-12-17T07:41:00.000-08:00

Javascript CRC32

Javascript MD5

2008-12-17T07:40:00.000-08:00

Javascript MD5

Javascript url decode, encode

2008-12-17T07:39:00.001-08:00

Javascript url decode, encode

Javascript sprintf

2008-12-17T07:39:00.000-08:00

Javascript sprintf

Javascript trim

2008-12-17T07:38:00.000-08:00

Javascript trim

AVIFile Tutorial

2008-11-09T07:43:00.000-08:00

AVIFile Tutorial

Introduction and Preparation

Step 1 - Getting a Handle on AVIsOpening And Closing Existing AVI FilesCreate a sample program that allows the user to choose an AVI file from the disk and get an interface pointer to it for use with the AVIFile functions. This is the framework sample which is built on in all the other steps. Be sure you understand it before going on.

Step 2 - Gently down the StreamsWorking With Existing StreamsCreate a sample program that gets a pointer to the existing video stream in an AVI file and returns information about the stream.

Step 3 - AVI to BMPsWorking With Existing FramesCreate a utility that gets each frame from the video stream in an AVI file and saves it to a bitmap file.

Step 4 - Recompress your videosCreating New AVI Files From StreamsCreate a utility that copies the video stream from any AVI file, recompresses it using whatever codec the user chooses and saves it to a new AVI file.

Step 5 - BMPs to AVICreating New AVI Files From Bitmap FilesCreate a utility that gets a list of bitmap files from the user and creates a new AVI file from them using a specified frame rate.

IPsec VPN High Availability with HSRP - CCIE Blog

2008-11-07T11:56:00.000-08:00

IPsec VPN High Availability with HSRP - CCIE Blog

MEncoder - crf - qp - bitrate usage examples

2008-09-18T05:53:00.000-07:00

MEncoder Sherpya-SVN-r27323-4.2.4 (C) 2000-2008 MPlayer Team

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz (Family: 6, Model: 23, Stepping: 6)
CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1

constant quantizer:

MEncoder.exe -sws 9 -vf crop=640:272:0:0,scale -ovc x264 -x264encopts frameref=6:bframes=3:me=3:subq=7:brdo:deblock:deblockalpha=0:deblockbeta=0:bime:b_adapt:cabac:b_pyramid:weight_b:mixed_refs:chroma_me:trellis=1:i4x4:i8x8:8x8mv:b8x8mv:4x4mv:8x8dct:nopsnr:qp=22 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=96:aq=0 -noskip -priority belownormal -of avi -o "x264.avi" "hn.avi"

constant quality:

MEncoder.exe -sws 9 -vf crop=630:270:10:0,scale -ovc x264 -x264encopts frameref=6:bframes=3:me=3:subq=7:brdo:deblock:deblockalpha=0:deblockbeta=0:bime:b_adapt:cabac:b_pyramid:weight_b:mixed_refs:chroma_me:trellis=1:i4x4:i8x8:8x8mv:b8x8mv:4x4mv:8x8dct:nopsnr:crf=22 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=96:aq=0 -noskip -priority belownormal -of avi -o "x264.avi" "hn.avi"

constant bitrate, 1st pass:

MEncoder.exe -sws 9 -vf crop=640:272:0:0,scale -ovc x264 -x264encopts frameref=6:bframes=3:me=3:subq=7:brdo:deblock:deblockalpha=0:deblockbeta=0:bime:b_adapt:cabac:b_pyramid:weight_b:mixed_refs:chroma_me:trellis=1:i4x4:i8x8:8x8mv:b8x8mv:4x4mv:8x8dct:nopsnr:bitrate=700:pass=1:turbo=1 -nosound -noskip -priority belownormal -passlogfile "D:\m\jd\data\Achterbahn.x264.avi.stats" -of avi -o "x264.avi" "hn.avi"

constant quality and bitrate:

mencoder -ovc x264 -x264encopts crf=18:subq=6:partitions=all:8x8dct:me=umh:frameref=5:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b:threads=auto:bitrate=700 -oac copy -o 18-700.avi "-XviD.avi"

MEncoder264 v1.1.9

-qp means : give me the quality I asked for, no matter how many bits it needs (same quantizer for all frames).
-crf does the same, but instead of choosing a quantizer for each frame, it determines a "visual perception" factor (based on the initial QP you specified), and once again, it means "give me the visual quality I asked for, no matter how many bits it needs".

What's the difference between Constant Quantizer and Constant Quality

These two modes are variations on the generic idea of "unknown filesize/bitrate, known quality" where the encoder aims to encode to a specified quality level. This is opposed to the normal "known bitrate/filesize, unknown quality" model where the encoder is given an average bitrate and must produce the best file possible with that. The advatage of the former is obviously that the quality can be precisely set, while the latter allows precise filesize control. Which one is right for you is your decision. Note that a 2pass encode to the same bitrate will look better.

In x264, there are two modes of "known quality", Constant Quantizer (CQ) and Constant Quality (aka CRF, Constant Ratefactor).

* Constant quantizer: every frame is encoded with a mathematically identical quantizer. Constant quantizerproduces a file that for the x264 program is of perfect constant quality (it would be 'interpreted' in a similar fashion by other video encoder programs).
* Constant quality (aka constant rate factor): the video is encoded to a nominal quantizer, but the encoder varies the quantizer on different frames to give a higher percieved quality for human eyes. The output will be the same size as a CQ encode, but it will look subjectively better to humans and is therefore generally the more used of these two modes.

NTFS-Compressor

2008-09-09T14:44:00.000-07:00

SourceForge.net: NTFS-Compressor
This Program is designed to compress an NTFS-Harddisk with some Criteriums Microsoft does not make if you kompress a whole Drive * Files which are smaller than Clustersize are NOT compressed. * minimum Age of the Files to be compressed. * etc...

AVI-Mux GUI

2008-09-07T05:08:00.000-07:00

AVI-Mux GUI
AVI-Mux GUI is an application that allows to combine several video, audio or subtitle files into one file, with out without size restriction, allowing to configure properties of the output file to a deeper level than usual for such applications.

VB.NET - SimpleFileVerification (SFV)

2008-09-06T17:25:00.000-07:00

VB.NET - SimpleFileVerification (SFV)

Use SqlBulkCopy to Quickly Load Data from your Client to SQL Server - SQLTeam.com

2008-09-02T14:25:00.000-07:00

Use SqlBulkCopy to Quickly Load Data from your Client to SQL Server - SQLTeam.com

Malwarebytes.org

2008-09-02T14:04:00.000-07:00

Malwarebytes.org
Malwarebytes is a site dedicated to fighting malware. Malwarebytes has developed a variety of tools that can identify and remove malicious software from your computer. When your computer becomes infected, Malwarebytes can provide the needed assistance to remove the infection and restore the machine back to optimum performance.

Malwarebytes' products have proven successful in removing malware from customers computers time and time again. Malwarebytes is constantly working on creating new products which are continuously updated to assist you in keeping your computer infection free.
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is an anti-malware application that can thoroughly remove even the most advanced malware. It includes a number of features, including a built in protection monitor that blocks malicious processes before they even start.
RogueRemover PRO
RogueRemover PRO is an application that can remove and protect you from rogue antispyware, antivirus, and hard drive cleaning applications with ease. It removes rogue applications such as WinAntiSpyware, AVSystemCare, and SpySheriff. The PRO version also includes a real-time monitor (RogueMonitor) which will alert you if you were to download a rogue application.
RogueRemover FREE
RogueRemover FREE is an application that can remove rogue antispyware, antivirus, and hard drive cleaning applications with ease. It removes rogue applications such as WinAntiSpyware, AVSystemCare, and SpySheriff.
FileASSASSIN
FileASSASSIN is an application that can delete locked malware files on your system. It uses advanced programming techniques to unload modules, close remote handles, and terminate processes to remove the file. Please use with caution as deleting critical system files may cause system errors.
RegASSASSIN
RegASSASSIN is a portable application which allows you to remove registry keys by resetting the keys' permissions and then deleting it. Please use with caution as deleting critical registry keys may cause system errors.
StartUpLite
StartUpLite is a lightweight application that will allow you to speed up your system startup. It provides a safe and efficient way to disable or remove unnecessary startup entries from your computer.
Qoofix
Qoofix is a removal tool which will remove the newest variants of Qoologic with the press of a button. Simply download the program, open it, and click Begin Removal.
E2TakeOut
E2TakeOut is a removal tool that targets and removees the E2Give and PTech malware with ease. Simply download the program, open it, and click Begin Removal.
AboutBuster
AboutBuster is an application that will detect the three most known variants of CWS.AboutBlank. Simply download the program, open it, and click Begin Removal. This application is also available in Spanish.

Network Analysis And Visualization

2008-09-02T13:58:00.000-07:00

Network Analysis And Visualization
This is the new homepage for the Network Vizualization community. This community is focused on building libraries and applications. Additionally we will be focusing on addressing the issue of what file format to use. There are currently way too many, GraphML, GXL, GML and even SVG.

TTCP Utility

2008-09-02T13:57:00.000-07:00

TTCP Utility - Test TCP (TTCP) Benchmarking Tool for Measuring TCP and UDP Performance

TtcpTx .NET V1.0.0.3
The .NET forms-based TTCP transmitter C# code was cleaned up by Matthew Armatis. His revision provides a vast improvement over the preliminary implementation by TFD.
PCATTCP V2.01.01.08

NetMassDownloader

2008-08-31T14:42:00.000-07:00

NetMassDownloader
Mass Downloader For the .Net Framework which allows you do download .Net Framework source code in batch mode.The tool which enables offline debugging of .Net Framework in VS2008 (including Express Editions) , VS2005 (including Express Editions), and Codegear Rad Studio.

CodeProject: NetMassDownloader

2008-08-31T14:41:00.000-07:00

CodeProject: NetMassDownloader
With this tool you can download whole .Net Framework Source Code at once, and enjoy offline browsing With it , you can have whole the source code without any Visual Studio Product Installed.

http://www.codeplex.com/netmassdownloader (always latest version)

Socks Puppet - Socks 5 Server

2008-08-31T14:35:00.000-07:00

Socks Puppet - Socks 5 Server
Socks Puppet is a multithreaded socks 5 server for Windows NT/2000/XP 98/ME.

Downloads:
Socks Puppet GUI: SocksPuppet-Setup.exe
Orginal Socks Puppet here: sockspuppet.zip
Check the readme here: readme.txt

XSLT Samples Viewer

2008-08-28T05:37:00.000-07:00

XSLT Samples Viewer
The XSLT Samples Viewer 1.0 is a visual, interactive learning tool that provides sample XSLT style sheets for XSLT elements and functions, as well as XPath functions.

The Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) Samples Viewer 1.0 is a visual, interactive learning tool that provides sample XSLT style sheets for XSLT elements and functions, as well as XPath functions. For each element or function, the viewer provides a common XML document and an XSTL style sheet. To see the results of applying the style sheet to the document, just click the Result button in the XSLT Samples Viewer.

SQL DMVStats

2008-08-26T10:34:00.000-07:00

SQL DMVStats
A SQL Server 2005 Dynamic Management View Performance Data Warehouse

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 provides Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) to expose valuable information that you can use for performance analysis. DMVstats 1.0 is an application that can collect, analyze and report on SQL Server 2005 DMV performance data. DMVstats does not support Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and earlier versions.
The three main components of DMVstats are:
• DMV data collection
• DMV data warehouse repository
• Analysis and reporting.

Data collection is managed by SQL Agent jobs. The DMVstats data warehouse is called DMVstatsDB. Analysis and reporting is provided by means of Reporting Services reports.

SQL Nexus Tool

2008-08-26T10:32:00.000-07:00

SQL Nexus Tool
SQL Nexus is a tool that helps you identify the root cause of SQL Server performance issues. It loads and analyzes performance data collected by SQLDiag and PSSDiag. It can dramatically reduce the amount of time you spend manually analyzing data.

Feature Highlights:
Fast, easy data loading: You can quickly and easily load SQL Trace files; T-SQL script output, including SQL DMV queries; and Performance Monitor logs into a SQL Server database for analysis. All three facilities use bulk load APIs to insert data quickly. You can also create your own importer for a custom file type.
Visualize loaded data via reports: Once the data is loaded, you can fire up several different charts and reports to analyze it.
Trace aggregation to show the TOP N most expensive queries (using ReadTrace).
Wait stats analysis for visualizing blocking and other resource contention issues (based on the new SQL 2005 Perf Stats Script).
Full-featured reporting engine: SQL Nexus uses the SQL Server Reporting Services client-side report viewer (it does not require an RS instance). You can create reports for Nexus from either the RS report designer or the Visual Studio report designer. You can also modify the reports that ship with Nexus using either facility. Zoom in/Zoom out to view server performance during a particular time window. Expand/collapse report regions (subreports) for easier navigation of complex data. Export or email reports directly from SQL Nexus. Nexus supports exporting in Excel, PDF, and several other formats.
Extensibility: You can use the existing importers to load the output from any DMV query into a table, and any RS reports you drop in the Reports folder will automatically show up in the reports task pane. If you want, you can even add a new data importer for a new data type. SQL Nexus will automatically “fix up” the database references in your reports to reference the current server and database, and it will provide generic parameter prompting for any parameters your reports support.

NetBeans

2008-08-24T16:17:00.000-07:00

Welcome to NetBeans
The only IDE you need! Runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris. NetBeans IDE is open-source and free.

Desktops

2008-08-24T12:15:00.000-07:00

Desktops
By Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell
Published: August 21, 2008

Introduction
Desktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops. Read email on one, browse the web on the second, and do work in your productivity software on the third, without the clutter of the windows you’re not using. After you configure hotkeys for switching desktops, you can create and switch desktops either by clicking on the tray icon to open a desktop preview and switching window, or by using the hotkeys.

Download Desktops
(62 KB)
Run Desktops now from Live.Sysinternals.com

CodeProject: VbScript Editor With Intellisense.

2008-08-24T09:51:00.000-07:00

CodeProject: VbScript Editor With Intellisense.
VbScript Editor With Intellisense

Download ScriptEditor.zip - 349.9 KB

Ping in VB.NET 2005 with Async method using multiple IP's

2008-08-24T06:20:00.000-07:00

Ping in VB.NET 2005 with Async method using multiple IP's


Private mPingAddresses As List(Of String)

   Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
       mPingAddresses = New List(Of String)
       ' Initialise the list of addresses...
       mPingAddresses.Add("10.0.0.110")
       mPingAddresses.Add("10.0.0.128")
       mPingAddresses.Add("10.0.0.197")
       mPingAddresses.Add("192.168.1.1")
       mPingAddresses.Add("192.168.1.2")
       mPingAddresses.Add("192.168.0.2")
   End Sub

   Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
       ' Clear any existing items
       Me.ListBox1.Items.Clear()
       ' Loop through the addresses generating an aysnc ping...
       For Each ipAddy As String In mPingAddresses
           ' Generate the request
           Dim myPing As New Net.NetworkInformation.Ping()
           ' Add the handler for this request...
           AddHandler myPing.PingCompleted, AddressOf PingRequestCompleted
           myPing.SendAsync(ipAddy, ipAddy)
       Next
   End Sub

   Public Sub PingRequestCompleted(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As Net.NetworkInformation.PingCompletedEventArgs)
       ' When received, add the approrpiate entry into the listbox
       Me.ListBox1.Items.Add(e.UserState.ToString & " " & e.Reply.Status)
   End Sub

NetPing util

2008-08-24T05:32:00.000-07:00

NetPing util
NetPing (and source) is now hosted on CodePlex in two sites: one for NetPing itself, and another for AddIns. The rest of this page is retained for historical record. Thanks for visiting!

SingleDrive

2008-08-24T05:31:00.000-07:00

SingleDrive
It's nothing fancy like a file system driver, but simply a Windows Explorer-like app that shows any number of drives and network shares as a single entity.
Features:
Display all of your local and network hard drives in a single view.
Search.
Delete files/folders. (Local files sent to the recycle bin, remote are deleted.)
View file/folder properties.
Open files.
Download

Capture video thumbnails with Classic ASP using ffmpeg - Hiveminds Magazine

2008-08-23T09:56:00.000-07:00

Capture video thumbnails with Classic ASP - Hiveminds Magazine



option explicit
dim sExecuteable
dim oShell
dim sVideoFilepath
dim sOutputFilepath
dim cmd
sExecuteable = "ffmpeg.exe"
sVideoFilepath = "sphere1.wmv"
sOutputFilepath = "sphere.png"
cmd = server.mappath(sExecuteable) & " -y -i """& _
server.mappath(sVideoFilepath) &""" -vframes 1 -an _
-vcodec png -f rawvideo -s 320x240  """&_
server.mappath(sOutputFilepath) &""""
set oShell = server.createobject("Wscript.Shell")
oShell.run cmd
set oShell = nothing

VB.NET - Den MD5 Hash einer Datei ermitteln

2008-08-19T16:15:00.000-07:00

VB.NET - Den MD5 Hash einer Datei ermitteln


Visual Basic
Imports System.Security.Cryptography
Imports System.Text
Imports System.IO

Public Function MD5FileHash(ByVal sFile As String) As String
   Dim MD5 As New MD5CryptoServiceProvider
   Dim Hash As Byte()
   Dim Result As String = ""
   Dim Tmp As String = ""

   Dim FN As New FileStream(sFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read, 8192)
   MD5.ComputeHash(FN)
   FN.Close()

   Hash = MD5.Hash
   For i As Integer = 0 To Hash.Length - 1
       Tmp = Hex(Hash(i))
       If Len(Tmp) = 1 Then Tmp = "0" & Tmp
       Result += Tmp
   Next
   Return Result
End Function

XMLTextWriter & XMLTextReader - ASP Alliance

2008-08-19T11:38:00.000-07:00

XMLTextWriter & XMLTextReader - ASP Alliance
This article describes how to write pre-defined XML to a file by using XmlTextWriter class. XmlTextWriter provides a fast, forward-only way of generating XML documents without the overhead of a DOM. …

Common How to UNPIVOT Data Using T-SQL

2008-08-19T11:35:00.000-07:00

How to UNPIVOT Data Using T-SQL

SQL DBlog

2008-08-19T11:33:00.001-07:00

SQL DBlog

2008-08-19T11:33:00.000-07:00

SQL DBlog

GnuWin32

2008-08-19T07:17:00.000-07:00

GnuWin32 provides ports of tools with a GNU or similar open source license, to MS-Windows (Microsoft Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / 2008)

phpThumb() - The PHP thumbnail generator

2008-08-19T06:41:00.000-07:00

phpThumb() - The PHP thumbnail generator
phpThumb() uses the GD library to create thumbnails from images (JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, etc) on the fly. The output size is configurable (can be larger or smaller than the source), and the source may be the entire image or only a portion of the original image. True color and resampling is used if GD v2.0+ is available, otherwise paletted-color and nearest-neighbour resizing is used. ImageMagick is used wherever possible for speed. Basic functionality is available even if GD functions are not installed (as long as ImageMagick is installed). One demo file uses portions of Javascript API by James Austin.

CodeProject: Thumbnail Generator - An easy way to process thumbnails from a large amount of images

2008-08-19T04:56:00.000-07:00

CodeProject: Thumbnail Generator - An easy way to process thumbnails from a large amount of images
Multimedia » GDI+ » General
Thumbnail Generator application supporting a bunch of image file types (for both: source images and target thumbnails), fixed target image size as well as ratio calculation, and full internationalization.
Download source files - 37.6 Kb
Download demo project - 17.5 Kb

Website Thumbnail Generator

2008-08-19T04:47:00.000-07:00

Website Thumbnail Generator (Free PHP Scripts)

Website Thumb Generator can be used to create website thumbnails for your needs, or start your own website thumbnail generation service.

Requirements:
Windows hosting
PHP GD library (installed on most hostings)
Permissions to execute third-party applications (i.e. exe files)
Permissions to execute Internet Explorer
How it works:
Website Thumbnail Generator checks if it already has website image in the cache, and shows it in the browser.
If no cached image then IECapt would be run from the script.
IECapt would run Internet Explorer, grab full sized website screenshot from it, and save image into the folder you specified in script settings.
Then Website Thumbnail Generator would resize image, and show it in the browser.

ProxyTrack - HTTrack Website Copier

2008-08-19T04:24:00.000-07:00

ProxyTrack - HTTrack Website Copier

ProxyTrack, is a standalone project aimed to help web archivists to easily build caches based on websites downloaded by httrack. It can also be used by system administrators to create "simulated" online connections in offline environments (without any Internet connection), for example using Linux Kernel TCP transparent proxy features.

Current ProxyTrack Features include:
HTTP 1.1 (RFC2616) proxy, transparent proxy compatible
ICPv2 (RFC2186) requests, for squid-style cache architectures
Aggregation of multiple httrack caches (.zip or .dat/.ndx formats)
WebDAV (RFC2518) small server to browse aggregated indexes
Standalone server, with minimal depencies (no link to httrack or libhttrack), allowing to run it on very small systems (even 486-style servers running Linux)

Using SQL Server 2005 Express from Visual Basic 6

2008-08-18T05:28:00.000-07:00

Using SQL Server 2005 Express from Visual Basic 6
Microsoft Desktop Storage Engine (MSDE) has been replaced with a new product called SQL Server 2005 Express, which addresses several limitations of MSDE and can be used with Visual Basic 6.
Click here to download the code sample for this article.

Resources:
T-SQL Enhancements in SQL Server 2005
Using CLR Integration in SQL Server 2005
Sqlexpress's Weblog
SQL Server Developer Center
Visual Basic Developer Center

CodeProject: A simple histogram displaying control.

2008-08-17T19:59:00.000-07:00

CodeProject: A simple histogram displaying control
A histogram control for displaying your data.

CodeProject: Develop high performance distributed applications with batching, asynchrony, and parallel computation

2008-08-17T19:54:00.000-07:00

CodeProject: Develop high performance distributed applications with batching, asynchrony, and parallel computation
Performance comparison between SocketPro and .NET remoting.

CodeProject: Packet Sniffing with Winpcap Functions Ported to a .NET Library.

2008-08-17T19:53:00.000-07:00

CodeProject: Packet Sniffing with Winpcap Functions Ported to a .NET Library.
Using Winpcap functions in the .NET Framework
Download source files - 29.18 KB

Winpcap has been the de facto library in packet capture applications, but the problem is that it is only natively available for C++ and C.
This is an attempt to port some of the crucial Winpcap functions for the .NET environment. The demonstration project here is written in C#.
First of all, you need to install Winpcap from winpcap's Web site and then extract the project zip file. Be sure to reference dotnetwinpcap.dll in the project if not already so.

CodeProject: Use WINSNMP and VB.Net 2005 to retrieve SNMP information.

2008-08-17T16:49:00.000-07:00

CodeProject: Use WINSNMP and VB.Net 2005 to retrieve SNMP information.
Make a get call via the WINSNMP API to retrieve the os version from a remote machine.

VBDNFW2SNMP is a quick attempt to use the winsnmp api to retrieve information from remote snmp agents. This example uses VB .Net 2005 with the .Net framework 2.0
Background
Most of the examples I found on the net used WMI instead of api calls, and the older VB6 code used winsock. After many, many hours of searching and putting pieces of info together, i could finaly make a get call to a remote snmp agent. The most valuable resources were:
Microsoft platform SDK for Windows 2003 server.

WinSNMP (VB6) at Http://www.winsnmp.com
check out the WinSNMP v2.0 Addendum at http://www.winsnmp.com/docs/winsnmp2.txt

Function Pointers and COM
By Ben Garcia (VB6 and C++) at http://www.15seconds.com/issue/021002.htm

Windows SNMP - An Open Interface for Programming Network Management Applications usint the Simple Network Management Protocol under Microsoft Windows - available via FTP from host SunSite.unc.edu under directory /pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/WinSNMP

SNMP example in C# from Evolution software at http://www.evolutionsoftwarellc.com/

CodeProject: SNMP library

2008-08-17T16:14:00.000-07:00

CodeProject: SNMP library
Make SNMP request to get or set value on your computer, CISCO server, server in general, appliance,...
Download source files - 702 Kb
Download demo project - 354 Kb
Download SNMP++ project (not needed) - 3997 Kb

ActiveXperts Network Monitor 7.0

2008-08-17T16:12:00.000-07:00

ActiveXperts Network Monitor 7.0
ActiveXperts Network Monitor is a network and server monitoring tool that allows administrators to monitor the network for failures and irregularities automatically. It can monitor all aspects of your LAN- and WAN servers, workstations and IP devices.For years, System Administrators, Network Operators and Helpdesk Employees have relied upon the power, flexibility and reliability of the ActiveXperts Network Monitor tool.ActiveXperts' powerful Network Monitor Engine technology has been adopted by several software companies all over the world. ActiveXperts' Network Monitoring technologies is used by thousands of companies all over the world, making ActiveXperts the leading provider of Network Monitoring solutions.The mission of the product is to maximize the reliability of your production servers and applications through the automatic detection and correction of problems and issues.The product runs as a service on the Windows 2003/2000/XP/NT platform. ActiveXperts Network Monitor supports Windows, UNIX, Linux and Novell platforms. When problems are detected, you're immediately notified by network message, e-mail or SMS message. When a failure is detected, the network monitor tool will try to correct the problem.

ADSI and Active Directory checks

ActiveXperts Network Monitor checks different kinds of Directory Services. One of them is the Active Directory Service. ActiveXperts Network Monitor checks different kinds of Directory Services, like Active Directory, NTDS (NT4 based SAM account database), and Novell NDS Directory Service to query users, groups, and so on.
You can configure ActiveXperts Network Monitor to check user accounts (locked out, disabled, etc.), computer Accounts, Groups, Group membership, Organizational Units, and so on.
For more information about ADSI checks, click here.

Anti-Virus check

The Anti-Virus check allows monitoring various popular Anti-Virus packages on workstations and servers. The following Anti-Virus software packages are supported:
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise;
Norton AntiVirus 2005;
NOD32;
Kaspersky AntiVirus Server;
Kaspersky AntiVirus Workstation;
Norman AntiVirus 5
The Anti-Virus checks are implemented as VBScript functions (ANTIVIRUS.VBS). You can make modifications to the script, to enhance your Anti-Virus checks. .
For more information about Anti-Virus check, click here.

CPU Usage check

Monitor processor(s) on Windows platforms. Alert when CPU usage reaches a certain level.
For more information about the CPU Usage check, click here.

Directory Size check

Disk space is your server's most expensive subsystem, so it's a good practice to monitor - for instance - user's Home Directories.
For more information about the Directory Size check, click here.

Disk Drive check

Monitor physical disk drives on servers running the Windows operating system. If a malfunctioning disk drive is detected on the computer, an alert is being generated.
For more information about the Disk Drive check, click here.

Disk Space check
The amount of free disk space is checked periodically, and if it drops too low you're immediately notified. It can also notify if used space gets too high.
For more information about the Disk Space check, click here.

DNS Server check
Checks if a DNS server is working well by reading a particular 'A' record on the DNS server and verifying the result.
For more information about the DNS check, click here.

Event Log check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can read Windows Event logs on local- or remote computers. It can look for specific Event Sources, Categories, Event ID's and so on. It can look for a pattern in the Description of the Event.
It can do advanced filtering in Event Logs; it can look for multiple events in the Event Log, and notify the system administrator if one of the Events occurred in a specific time interval. For instance, as a network administrator, you want an alert if there's a McAfee or Norton virus message in the Application Event Log, but only if the event is posted in the last 30 minutes.
ActiveXperts Network Monitor uses VBScript and WMI for this. It enables you to fully customize Event Log filtering, speeding up performance by checking for more than one event in each cycle.
For more information about the Event Log check, click here.

File check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can monitor file existence and file size. This is particularly useful in situation where results of scheduled batch jobs needs to be checked. In many organizations, batch jobs run at night and produce logging information; ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check this logging information and analyze it. It can check the existence, or search for patterns.
For more information about the File check, click here.

FTP check
FTP is usually run over TCP using the default port of 21. ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check the availability of FTP sites. If the FTP server is not directly accessible, you can configure ActiveXperts Network Monitor to go through a proxy to access the particular FTP server, even passing credentials for that proxy server (to be able to make use of the proxy). Additionally, you can pass credentials (username and password) to access the actual FTP site if the FTP server requires it.
For more information about the FTP check, click here.

HTTP check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check the availability of HTTP and HTTPs sites, on default ports (i.e.: 80 and 443). If the HTTP(s) server is not directly accessible, you can configure ActiveXperts Network Monitor to go through a proxy to access the particular HTTP(s) server, even passing credentials for that proxy server (to be able to make use of the proxy). Additionally, you can pass credentials (username and password) to access the actual HTTP(s) site if required. ActiveXperts Network Monitor supports web site content checking; contents of web sites can be searched for text patterns (including meta tags).
For more information about the HTTP check, click here.

Humidity check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor requires an IT Environmental Monitor device from Sensatronics to monitor relative humidity. For more information about the Humidity check, click here.
ActiveXperts Network Monitor is also capable of monitoring temperature and water leaks. For a complete overview of all environmental monitoring capabilities in ActiveXperts Network Monitor, click here.

ICMP Ping check
ICMP Ping checks a remote host for availability. Local hosts should normally respond to pings within milliseconds. However, on a very congested network it may take up to 3 seconds or longer to receive an echo packet from the remote host. If the timeout is set too low under these conditions, it will appear that the remote host is not reachable (which is almost the truth). ActiveXperts Network Monitor checks servers for availability by sending ICMP Echo commands and wait for the responds. Reachability doesn't necessarily mean that the remote host is actually functioning beyond its ability to echo packets.
For more information about the ICMP check, click here.

IMAP Mailserver check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check IMAP compliant mailservers by establishing a connection on the remote IMAP port (usually port 143) and do a handshake. By handshaking, ActiveXperts Network Monitor can verify that the remote server's IMAP protocol is working well.
For more information about the IMAP check, click here.

LDAP check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check LDAP compliant servers by establishing a connection on the remote LDAP port (usually port 389)
For more information about the LDAP check, click here.

Memory check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check the memory usage of the Operating System. It monitors the total physical memory usage. For more information about the Memory check, click here.

MS Exchange 2000/2003/2007 check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor monitors the status of critical Exchange services, and monitors the most important performance counters. Amongst these performance counters are: performance counters of the Information Store, performance counters of mailboxes, performance counters of public folders, and performance counters of the SMTP service. If it drops too low you're immediately notified. If you want, you can extend the Exchange check by checking more services and monitoring more performance counters.
For more information about the Exchange check, click here.

MS ISA 2000/2004 check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor monitors the status of the MS ISA Server services. It can monitor a caching-only ISA server, a firewall-only ISA server, or an integrated (caching+firewall) ISA server.
For more information about the ISA Server check, click here.

MS SQL /ADO check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor uses ADO to check availability of Microsoft SQL databases. ADO can also be used to connect and retrieve data from spreadsheet files like Excel and text or other plain format data files. For more information about the MS SQL /ADO check, click here.

MS TSE check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor monitors the status Terminal Server (part of Windows 2003/2000) server by checking the number of active/inactive sessions.
For more information about the ISA Server check, click here.

NNTP News Server check
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check NNTP news servers by establishing a connection on the remote TCP port (usually port 119) and do a handshake. By handshaking, ActiveXperts Network Monitor can verify that the remote server's NNTP protocol is working well.
For more information about the NNTP check, click here.

Novell NDS
ActiveXperts Network Monitor checks different kind of Directory Services. One of them is the Novell NDS. You can configure ActiveXperts Network Monitor to check User Accounts (lockout, disabled, etc.), Computer Accounts, Groups, Group Membership, Organizational Units, and so on.

NTDS
ActiveXperts Network Monitor checks different kind of Directory Services. One of them is the NTDS, also known as the NT4 SAM Database. You can configure ActiveXperts Network Monitor to check User Accounts (lockout, disabled, etc.), Computer Accounts, Groups, Group Membership, and so on.

NTP Time Server check

ActiveXperts Network Monitor uses NTP to check availability of internal and external time sources.
For more information about the NTP check, click here.

ODBC Database check

ActiveXperts Network Monitor uses ODBC to check availability of databases. Most major database systems support ODBC, such as:

Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel;
Oracle;
FoxPro;
Paradox;
SyBase;
Informix;
OpenIngres;
InterBase;
Progress;
IBM LANDP, DB2 and AS/400;
NOTE: ActiveXperts Network Monitor also provides Oracle checks based on SQLNet, like TNSPing and logon/logoff through SQLNet.

You must enter appropriate information from the ODBC Control Panel on the server where ActiveXperts Network Monitor is running on. There are some options that can only be set from the ODBC Control Panel.
For more information about the ODBC check, click here.

Oracle Database check

ActiveXperts Network Monitor uses SQL*Net to monitor Oracle servers for availability.
SQL*Net is a software layer that is required to communicate between Oracle clients and servers. It provides both client-server and server-server communications across any network.
ActiveXperts Network Monitor has two SQL*Net based checks for Oracle:
- TNSPing check;
- Logon/logoff to a database using username and password for that database.
For more information about the Oracle check, click here.

POP3 Mailserver check

ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check POP3 mail servers by establishing a connection on the remote TCP port (usually port 110) and do a handshake. By handshaking, ActiveXperts Network Monitor can verify that the remote server's POP3 protocol is working well.
For more information about the POP3 check, click here.

Printer check

ActiveXperts Network Monitor checks printers for availability by checking its status. Windows knows a wide range of printer status values, like: 'Running', 'In Test', 'Power Off', 'Offline', 'Power Save', and so on. If the Printer Status is not equal to Running or Power Save, then the printer is considered as malfunctioning.
For more information about the Printer check, click here.

Process check

ActiveXperts Network Monitor enables you to check processes on local- and remote computers; If a process is active, a computer is considered available. If a process is not active, it is not available.
The software can also monitor memory usage of a process. If memory usage of a process exceeds the limit, Network Monitor will generate an error.
For more information about the Process check, click here.

Scheduled Task check

With the Scheduled Task check, people can check if a scheduled task has completed successfully or not.
For more information about the Scheduled Task check, click here.

Service check

Service monitoring involves a probe that returns the status of a service. ActiveXperts Network Monitor monitors services on local- and remote computers by checking if the status equals "Running". If so, the server is running fine, otherwise it's not.
For more information about the Service check, click here.

SMTP Mailserver check

ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check SMTP mailservers by establishing a connection on the remote TCP port (usually port 25) and do a handshake. By handshaking, ActiveXperts Network Monitor can verify that the remote server's SMTP protocol is working well.
For more information about the SMTP check, click here.

SNMP check

SNMP means: Simple Network Management Protocol. The SNMP GET message allows the Network Monitor Engine to request information about a specific variable on a remote computer or device.
For more information about the SNMP check, click here.

TCP Port check

ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check local- or remote servers by challenging a specific port. It makes a connection to it, and performs a challenge/respond (by sending a sequence of bytes to it, wait for the respond and analyzing the received information).
For more information about the TCP check, click here.

Temperature check

ActiveXperts Network Monitor requires an IT Environmental Monitor device from Sensatronics to monitor temperature. By using their server room temperature monitor in your data center design, you are taking a proactive approach in datacenter management. A managed environment can reduce IT server, storage and network outages by 50% or more.
For more information about the Temperature check, click here.
ActiveXperts Network Monitor is also capable of monitoring humidity and water leaks. For a complete overview of all environmental monitoring capabilities in ActiveXperts Network Monitor, click here.

UDP check

ActiveXperts Network Monitor monitors UDP ports by sending an echo request to them. Works just like the ICMP check.

UNIX Shell Script (RSH) check

ActiveXperts Network Monitor can monitor UNIX and LINUX servers to see if RSH scripts produce certain stdout or stderr output.

RSH is a client process that opens connections to rsh daemons, sends a command to be executed on the remote server and retrieves its output, both stdout and stderr. The connection is made on standard port 514 (tcp port for the shell/cmd protocol). ActiveXperts Network Monitor analyzes the output and notifies in case of unexpected output.
For more information about the RSH check, click here.

Users & groups check

ActiveXperts Network Monitor monitors groups and group membership. In case of unexpected members in certain groups (for instance: unexpected Domain Admins members), it'll notify the network administrators.

VBScript check

Important feature of ActiveXperts Network Monitor is the ability to extend the set of built-in checks by writing your own monitor check rountine.
ActiveXperts has chosen VBScript as its scripting language standard because of its simple syntax, its wide acceptance and its support for ActiveX technologies.
By default, ActiveXperts Network Monitor can process up to 8 VBScript scripts simultaneously (multithreaded). Uses the powerful Visual Basic Scripting Engine provided by the Operating System. By making use of ActiveX controls, WMI and ADSI, you can write virtually any check yourself.
For more information about the custom VBScript routines, click here.

Wetness check

ActiveXperts Network Monitor requires an IT Environmental Monitor device from Sensatronics to monitor water leaks ('wetness'). For more information about the Wetness check, click here.
ActiveXperts Network Monitor is also capable of monitoring temperature and humidity. For a complete overview of all environmental monitoring capabilities in ActiveXperts Network Monitor, click here.

WMI

Microsoft has included WMI (Windows Management Interface) in their Windows 2000 and higher Operating Systems; WMI was already available for Windows ME and Windows NT4.
WMI is an interface to a broad range of hardware/software/OS related properties of a computer. You can include WMI objects inside your VBScript. In this way, virtually any check can be performed by ActiveXperts Network Monitor.

A lot of WMI samples can be found on www.activexperts.com/activmonitor/windowsmanagement.
Microsoft has also included ADSI in their Windows 2000 and higher Operating Systems. ADSI (Active Directory Service Interface) enables User, Computer, OU, and group related checking rules.
ADSI is also compliant with NT4 and Novell Operating Systems.

A lot of ADSI samples can be found on www.activexperts.com/activmonitor/windowsmanagement.

ActiveSocket Network Communications Toolkit 4.0

2008-08-17T16:09:00.000-07:00

ActiveSocket Network Communications Toolkit 4.0
ActiveSocket is a Network Communication control for Windows developers. It features: HTTP, HTTPs, FTP, ICMP Ping, RSH, SSH, SNMP v1/v2c (Get, GetNext, Set), SNMP Traps, TCP, UDP, Telnet, IP-to-Country, NTP, Wake-On-LAN and more. The product can be installed on the follwoing platforms: Windows 2008, Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000. It supports both 32- and 64 bits Windows Operating Systems.Samples are included for: Visual Basic .NET, Visual C# .NET, Visual Basic, Visual C/C++, , ASP .NET, ASP, Java, Javascript, PHP, ColdFusion, Borland Delphi, Borland C++ Builder, HTML and more.

Icmp object
See if you can reach another computer; Determine how long it takes to bounce a packet off of another site, which tells you its distance in network terms.Learn more »

Http object
Log on to a web server, get the web pages and analyze the contents. Retrieve web headers. Use HTTP-Post. Support for Proxy servers, SSL and password protected web sites.Learn more »

Ftp/FtpFile objects
Log on to an FTP server, change the working directory and get/put files.Learn more »
DnsServer/DnsRecord objects
Query servers running a domain name service (DNS). Query DNS for specific information about hosts.Learn more »

Ntp object
Query NTP time servers and retrieve the actual date and time. Calculate offset between servers to see if your LAN time is set properly.Learn more »

Ssh object
Run a command or shell script on a remote UNIX or LINUX computer in a secure way using SSH. Use a private key file to logon. Read StdErr and StdOut of the remote shell script.Learn more »

Rsh object
Run a command or shell script on a remote UNIX or LINUX computer that runs the RSH (Remote Shell Script) daemon. Read StdErr and StdOut of the remote shell script.Learn more »

SnmpManager object
Use the following SNMP operations: Get, GetNext, Set and Trap; support for SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c.Learn more »

SnmpTrapManager object
Send and receive SNMP traps to (remote) SNMP agents. Support for SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c.Learn more »

SnmpMibBrowser object
Load a MIB database into memory and iterate over all objects and view all properties.Learn more »

Tcp object
Write your own TCP-based client/server applications; the server application listens for an incoming connection on a specific port, while the client application connects to it; Support for ASCII and binary data, bidirectional. The Tcp object can also be use to automate telnet sessions.Learn more »

Udp object
Create your UDP-based client/server applications; create UDP-based broadcast application.Learn more »

IPtoCountry object
The IPtoCountry object translates IP address to countries. Use it for web server log analysis, marketing purposes etc.Learn more »

Wake-On-LAN object
Wake up (power-up) machines on your LAN, based on their MAC address.Learn more »

pwSNMP Visual Basic

2008-08-17T15:51:00.000-07:00

pwSNMP Visual Basic - Files
pwSNMP - strives to give VB programmers the understanding of SNMP protocol. This program will get SNMP MIB variables, and pwManager will receive SNMP traps.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/websignoff/

meGUI

2008-08-17T14:12:00.000-07:00

meGUI
MeGUI is the most comprehensive GUI based ISO MPEG-4 solution. It suports MPEG-4 ASP (XviD & libavcodec MPEG-4) using mencoder, MPEG-4 AVC (x264) using x264.exe or mencoder, (HE)AAC audio using BeSweet & Nero AAC encoder and MP4 muxing using mp4box.

Lucene.Net

2008-08-17T14:07:00.000-07:00

Lucene.Net is a source code, class-per-class, API-per-API and algorithmatic port of the Java Lucene search engine to the C# and .NET platform utilizing Microsoft .NET Framework.

Sphinx - Free open-source SQL full-text search engine

2008-08-17T14:00:00.000-07:00

Sphinx - Free open-source SQL full-text search engine
Sphinx 0.9.8 (r1371; Jul 15, 2008)

FXSL - the Functional Programming Library for XSLT

2008-08-17T13:19:00.000-07:00

FXSL -- the Functional Programming Library for XSLT

7200emu

2008-08-17T12:32:00.000-07:00

7200emu.hacki.at - Dynamips, Dynagen and all that stuff

Vista/XP Virtual Desktop Manager

2008-08-17T11:02:00.000-07:00

Vista/XP Virtual Desktop Manager
One of Vista's most talked-about new features is the Desktop Window Manager (DWM). A new set of thumbnail API's can be used to access thumbnails of open windows. This virtual desktop program takes advantage of this new API and uses some tricks of its own to provide a powerful virtual desktop manager with a full screen thumbnail based preview. You can have as many desktops as you want and can seamlessly switch between them.But wait! What if you still are using XP? Don't worry, Vista/XP Virtual Desktops provides support for XP as well, although window previews are not live since XP doesn't have DWM.Vista Virtual Desktops is managed by Z-Systems. The Z-Systems website also has a Vista Virtual Desktop page.

JW FLV Media Player

2008-08-17T09:51:00.000-07:00

JW FLV Media Player
The JW FLV Player is an easy and flexible way to add video and audio to your website. It supports playback of any format the Adobe Flash Player can handle (FLV, MP4, MP3, AAC, JPG, PNG and GIF). It also supports RTMP, HTTP and live streaming, various playlists and captioning formats, a wide range of settings and an extensive javascript API. The brand new skinning functionality allows you to completely customize its looks!

SQLXML

2008-08-17T06:54:00.000-07:00

SQLXML enables XML support for SQL Server 2000, bridging the gap between XML and relational data. You can create an XML view of your existing relational data and work with it as if it were an XML file. SQLXML is your solution if you need to:
Query a relational database with XPath
Query a relational database with Transact-SQL and return XML results
Update relational data as if it was XML
Convert XML data into relational data and load it into an existing SQL Server 2000 database
Query SQL Server via URLs from your Web browser or Web application
Access SQL Server XML functionality via OLEDB/ADO
Access SQL Server XML functionality via .NET Framework classes

SQLXML and other programmability features of SQL Server are highlighted in the Data Access and Storage Developer Center. The XML Developer Center also features information on XML and the Database.

IIS Virtual Directory Management for SQL Server
Retrieving XML Documents by Using FOR XML on the Client Side
Creating XML Views by Using Annotated XSD Schemas
Using Updategrams to Modify Data
SQLXML 3.0 Data Access Components
SQLXML .NET Support
Web Services (SOAP) Support in SQLXML

SqlXml 3.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3)

2008-08-17T06:52:00.000-07:00

SqlXml 3.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3)
SQLXML enables XML support for your SQL Server Database. It allows developers to bridge the gap between XML and relational data. You can create XML View of your existing relational data and work with it as if it was an XML file.

SQLXML enables XML support for your SQL Server Database. It allows developers to bridge the gap between XML and relational data. You can create XML View of your existing relational data and work with it as if it was an XML file.
SQLXML allows you to:
Build Web Services with SQL Server 2000
Build Web sites to publish data from SQL Server
Query relational database with XPath
Update relational data as if it was XML
Load XML into SQL Server
Query SQL Server via URLs, OLEDB/ADO or .NET Managed Classes

Related Resources:
SQLXML Developer Center

XSLT Stylesheet Scripting using

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XSLT Stylesheet Scripting using
The XslTransform class supports embedded scripting using the script element. When the style sheet is loaded, any defined functions are compiled to Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) by being wrapped in a class definition, and have no performance loss as a result.

See Also:
XslTransform Class Implements the XSLT Processor

Command Line Transformation Utility (msxsl.exe)

2008-08-17T06:49:00.000-07:00

Command Line Transformation Utility (msxsl.exe)
The msxsl.exe command line utility enables you to perform command line Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) transformations using the Microsoft® XSL processor.

The msxsl.exe command line utility enables you to perform command line Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) transformations using the Microsoft® XSL processor. Less than 30 kilobytes (KB) in size, the Msxsl.exe utility invokes the Microsoft XML Parser 4.0 (msxml4.dll) to perform the transformation.

Version: 2.0
Date Published: 9/19/2004
Language: English
Download Size: 25 KB - 141

nxslt2 - free feature-rich .NET 2.0 XSLT command line utility

2008-08-17T06:47:00.000-07:00

nxslt2 - free feature-rich .NET 2.0 XSLT command line utility
nxslt2 is a free feature-rich command line utility that allows to perform XSL Transformations (XSLT) using .NET Framework 2.0 XSLT implementation - System.Xml.Xsl.XslCompiledTransform class. nxslt2 is backwards compatible with functionality and command line options provided by Microsoft's MSXSL.EXE Command Line Transformation Utility with a tiny difference: unlike msxsl.exe, nxslt2 does not support specifying start mode. In addition, nxslt2 supports plenty of advanced features:
XInclude 1.0/XPointer 1.0
Embedded stylesheets
Multiple output documents via exsl:document extension element
Custom URI resolving
Custom extension functions
EXSLT and EXSLT.NET extension functions
New! XHTML output
New! XSLT 2.0 character maps
Credentials to access XML source and XSLT stylesheet
Pretty printing

Downloads:

nxslt3.exe/NxsltTask v3.0 - for .Net 3.5
Author: Oleg Tkachenko
Number of Downloads: 1061
File size: 659 K
Date Created: 8/23/2007 4:37:26 PM
Date Uploaded: 8/23/2007 4:37:26 PM
File Description:
nxslt3 is a free feature-rich .NET 3.5 XSLT command line utility and NAnt/MSBuild task which uses .NET XSLT processor - XslCompiledTransform class and supports XML Base, XInclude, XPointer, EXSLT, compiled stylesheets, embedded stylesheets, processing instruction, multioutput, custom URI resolving, custom extension functions, pretty printing, XHTML output, XSLT 2.0-like character maps and more.
This is first nxslt version for .Net 3.5 (compiled with Visual Studio 2008 Beta2). It can do everything nxslt2/NxsltTask v2.3 can plus the ability to run compiled XSLT stylesheets.

nxslt.exe/NxsltTask v2.3
Author: Oleg Tkachenko
Number of Downloads: 1671
File size: 650 K
Date Created: 8/17/2007 12:40:28 PM
Date Uploaded: 8/18/2007 9:17:24 AM
File Description:
nxslt2 - free feature-rich .NET 2.0 XSLT Command Line Utility, version 2.3. Includes also NxsltTask for NAnt and MSBuild.
What's new in this version:
improved error reporting
nxslt.exe options files (@file option)
XHTML output mode (-xhtml option)
XSLT 2.0-like character maps (-cm option)
nxslt and NxsltTask are now debuggable
resolving XInclude for XSLT stylesheets is now off by default
-xslxi option to turn XInclude for XSLT stylesheets on
fixed bugs preventing running Docbook stylesheets

nxslt 1.6.4
Author: Oleg Tkachenko
Number of Downloads: 1661
File size: 183 K
Date Created: 10/22/2005 12:47:37 PM
Date Uploaded: 10/22/2005 12:47:37 PM
File Description: nxslt - free feature-rich .NET 1.X XSLT Command Line Utility, version 1.6.4. Includes precompiled executables for .NET 1.1 as well as full sources.What's new in version 1.6.4:
Support for the "extension-element-prefixes" attribute - to improve compatibility with others EXSLT tools
Better timing reporting Enjoy!

see also:
msxsl.exe

DMVPN Explained - CCIE Blog

2008-08-14T14:25:00.000-07:00

DMVPN Explained - CCIE Blog
DMVPN stands for Dynamic Multipoint VPN and it is an effective solution for dynamic secure overlay networks. In short, DMVPN is combination of the following technologies:

1) Multipoint GRE (mGRE)
2) Next-Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP)
4) Dynamic Routing Protocol (EIGRP, RIP, OSPF, BGP)
3) Dynamic IPsec encryption
5) Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF)

1) Phase 1 – Hub and Spoke (mGRE hub, p2p GRE spokes)
2) Phase 2 – Hub and Spoke with Spoke to Spoke tunnels (mGRE everywhere)

As for DMVPN Phase 3 – “Scalable Infrastructure”, a separate post is required to cover the subject. This is due to the significant changes made to NHRP resolution logic (NHRP redirects and shortcuts)

CodeProject: xp_pcre - Regular Expressions in T-SQL

2008-08-13T13:08:00.000-07:00

CodeProject: xp_pcre - Regular Expressions in T-SQL
An Extended Stored Procedure to use regular expressions in T-SQL.

There are six extended stored procedures in the DLL:
xp_pcre_match
xp_pcre_match_count
xp_pcre_replace
xp_pcre_format
xp_pcre_split
xp_pcre_show_cache

Fiddler HTTP Debugger - A free web debugging tool

2008-08-13T11:18:00.000-07:00

Fiddler HTTP Debugger - A free web debugging tool
Fiddler is a HTTP Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler allows you to inspect all HTTP Traffic, set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data. Fiddler includes a powerful event-based scripting subsystem, and can be extended using any .NET language.
Fiddler is freeware and can debug traffic from virtually any application, including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and thousands more.
Visit the Fiddler Download Page...

Moving Files and Images Between a Router and TFTP Server via SNMP - Cisco Systems

2008-08-13T08:41:00.000-07:00

Moving Files and Images Between a Router and TFTP Server via SNMP - Cisco Systems
This document describes how to move configuration files and Cisco IOS images between a router and a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server with the use of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) - Cisco Systems

2008-08-13T08:39:00.000-07:00

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) - Cisco Systems

Reload a cisco router with use of SNMP

2008-08-13T08:38:00.000-07:00

SNMP: Frequently Asked Questions About IOS Software - Cisco Systems


A. Follow this procedure:

tsMsgSend = .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.2.9.9 from the OLD-CISCO-TS-MIB
tsMsgSend OBJECT-TYPE
        -- FROM OLD-CISCO-TS-MIB
        SYNTAX     Integer { nothing(1), reload(2), messagedone(3), abort(4) }
        MAX-ACCESS  read-write
        STATUS      Mandatory
        DESCRIPTION    "Sends the message. The value determines what
                          to do after the message has completed."
::= { iso(1) org(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprises(1) cisco(9)
     local(2) lts(9) 9 }
On the Cisco router, you must set these commands to support the reload command:

snmp-server community private RW   
snmp-server system-shutdown
This example reloads the router with IP address 10.16.99.55:

# ./snmpset 10.16.99.55 private .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.2.9.9.0 i 2

!--- This is an explanation of the variables that this command uses.

          10.16.99.55 = ip address of your router
               private = R/W SNMP Community string of your router
.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.2.9.9.0 = tsMsgSend SNMP MIB OID
                     i = Integer as defined SYNTAX in the MIB
                     2 = reload command as defined in the MIB

The Stress Is On QoS

2008-08-12T17:08:00.000-07:00

The Stress Is On QoS

Tools

TTCP
See Netcordia's tools page, http://www.netcordia.com/tools/tools.html. See also http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ttcp.html.

TTCP Java
See Netcordia's tools page, http://www.netcordia.com/tools/tools.html

TTCPW
http://renoir.csc.ncsu.edu/ttcp/W95-98-NT/ttcpw.zip

iperf
http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/

jperf
http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Jperf/

VideoLAN
http://www.videolan.org/

apache web server
http://www.apache.org/
Microsoft IIS or Personal Web Server
Included with Windows NT or 2000.

Microsoft Web stress testing tools
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;231282

Special web pages
http://www.netcraftsmen.net/welcher/misc/bigimage4.html. See description below.

net-snmp
http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/

NetMeeting
Included with Windows. Under Programs --> Accessories --> Communications in Windows 2000 or XP.
PING or Cisco extended PING
Included on your PC, Linux box, and there's always extended PING in the Cisco IOS.

Ethereal
http://www.ethereal.com/

Java WAN simulator
http://tanmaykm.tripod.com/work/javawork.html

cbqos + RRFW (aka Torrus)
http://rrfw.sourceforge.net/plugins/cisco-cbqos.pod.html, http://rrfw.sourceforge.net/

OpenVPN

2008-08-12T16:11:00.000-07:00

OpenVPN is a full-featured open source SSL VPN solution that accommodates a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, Wi-Fi security, and enterprise-scale remote access solutions with load balancing, failover, and fine-grained access-controls. Starting with the fundamental premise that complexity is the enemy of security, OpenVPN offers a cost-effective, lightweight alternative to other VPN technologies that is well-targeted for the SME and enterprise markets....