URL mdb - Document Bookmarks Database

This is also open source, this is a browser with a bookmark manager using an mdb file which is a database file used in ms-access, the database of bookmarks can be searched and updated using the built in browser. It can also be used as a document manager.

This software can store your keywords with each bookmark and also store offline copies of web pages and record them in the database. Documents on your harddisk can be indexed and stored as local urls in the same database with keywords. A Dotnet program i made to make a website database and save a snapshot of web page. Uses sql.

From SAN Gear - Software Developer and Web Design Resource

You will need the below things in your computer for this program to work

• win98/pentium 2 or better
• IE5 or better
• dot net framework dotnetfx.exe
• ms data access components mdac_typ.exe
• ms jet data base engine jetsetup.exe
• windows installer InstMsiA.exe and InstMsiW.exe

you may have to get the above from the internet or thru magazine CDs.

The Source Code is this urlmdb.zip an attachment to this page.  
Note - To start it as a exe create a file url_data.mdb with a few records and put in /bin

You are free to use the source code of the program the way you like.

PDF Search - Dotnet Program with Source

If you have a collection of many pdf files, this tool will be useful to search the pdf files for a text string in the pdf, pdf to html conversion will be done by this tool first, i built it for learning.

The tool is made with dotnet vb7, and the source code of pdf search is open source, the components used in this tool are not open source.

From SAN Gear - Software Developer and Web Design Resource

The computer should be win98/pentium2 or better, with dotnet framework installed, this is a 20MB install file dotnetfx.exe , it must be in microsoft site or find it at pcworld, tucows, webattack or thru google. Also you need the windows installer files InstMsiA.exe and InstMsiW.exe get them from somewhere.

The program is alpha and may look odd to many, but it works and does its job with a lot of work arounds.

The Source Code is this pdfser_net.zip an attachment to this page.

For this software to work the folder names and pdf file names should not have spaces eg. you cant use 'my documents' folder, make a folder like c:\pdf_books and in that put as many folders as you want nested 3 deep and put your pdf files in them rename all pdf files with spaces if you have a file good book.pdf rename as good_book.pdf.

The command line components used in this program are

pdf to html PDFTOHTML conversion program

grep32 or try

• GREP 8.0 Quick Start -- Find Regular Expressions in Files
• grep by Tim Charron

(please note this was done many years back - ananth )

If you are learning like me download the source code, it is not much as i can only write few lines, you are free to use it the way you like.

Copernic Desktop Search (CDS) came soon after this program of mine and later other desktop search. If that's true, i am a inventor ! or at least a Brainstormer.