MyTools

Challenge

World cup is on! and If you are a cricket fan then you must be checking score update for each match frequently while working. I also do so [When India is playing!]. But sometime while coding I need to keep my Visual studio instance open and at the same time I also want to check score, for which I used to do ALT + TAB, between my Visual Studio and Firefox.
I was thinking to have some tool, which seats at corner of my desktop and keep me updated on latest score without doing any ALT + TAB. You also think so? Then CrickoHolic is the software for that.

Solution

Basically, CrickoHolic will seat at corner of your desktop and keeps you updated about the latest score. And moreover it will always be on TOP of all windows. So, there is no any chance that any window can overlap it. Sounds interesting? Let’s see more about it.

Main features

• Always on top of all windows.
• Seats at right bottom corner of your desktop.
• Auto updated.
• Shows Current/Recent and Up Coming matches updates.
• Minimize button added (Thanks to Devang for the suggestion!)

Screen shots

System requirements

.NET 2.0

How to use?

1. Download CrickoHolic.zip.
2. Extract the zip file, you will find file with name CrickoHolic.exe.
3. To run it, just double-click the .exe.
4. That’s it! Enjoy 🙂

I would like to hear from you

If your feedback is positive tell to your peers else tell to me at : klpatil@hotmail.com. Feel free to post your suggestions/comments/bugs at provided email id or below in the comments section.

Would like to Download? Click here

Eager to have your feedback!
Sourcecode : Coming Soon…

Challenge

We all geeks mostly work with clients/colleagues who are outside india and follows different timezone than us. Or sometime we have some meeting/event which has timezone different than us. And to do the calculation we have to remember all the timezone differences and do the calculation and have you forgot to check whether the time span falls in Daylight saving time? huh.. sounds more complex right? Even me too that’s was thinking to develop a tool which will do this for you 🙂 Sounds interesting? then here you go..

Solution

TimeZoneInfo is a class which does everything for you! [It is in .NET Framework 3.5]
Finally, I am glad to share this tool with you. Below are few details of it:

Introduction

TimeZone Converter, helps you to convert provided DateTime from one timezone to another timezone, and keeping Daylight Saving Time in mind!

Main features

• Source timezone to destination timezone conversion with few clicks!
• Added Speech support.
• Scrollbar support added.

Screen shots

System requirements

.NET 3.5 SP1

How to use?

1. Download application from following link.
2. Double click on executable.
3. Provide inputs and click on Convert time OR Press Enter.
5. That’s it! Enjoy 🙂

I would like to hear from you

If your feedback is positive tell to your peers else tell to me at : klpatil@hotmail.com. Feel free to post your suggestions/comments/bugs at provided email id.

Technical links

TimeZoneInfo : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb396389.aspx

Would like to Download? Click here

Eager to have your feedback!
[Update : 18/2/2012]Sourcecode : Click here to download sourcecode

Challenge

One of my friend Vishwas tried to send message in Skype and at that time he came to know  that skype dosen’t supports Unicode Characters — Which is required stuff for sending multilingual message. He asked me to develop something. I was also knowing this and in back of my mind I was thinking to create some application using which skype can support Unicode Characters.

Solution

First, I started looking on web that how can i communicate with Skype using my C# Code and I found[someone truly said : A will will find a way] Skype4COM– “Skype4COM is an ActiveX component that represents the Skype API as objects, with properties, commands, events and notifications. Use Skype4COM in any ActiveX environment, such as Visual Studio or Delphi, and with a standard scripting language, such as Visual Basic, PHP, or Javascript. [Src : http://developer.skype.com/accessories]”
Secondly, I thought to use Google’s Translate feature in my application directly. So, user no need to go to Google Translate page do translation and copy-paste message.  Then I found Google-API-for-dot-net
Now, the raw and basic material is ready with me. Now i need to write windows application and some hand crafted code to create my own Skype. But before starting i also thought a lot for name I wanted to give unique name and i found it — “PolyglotSkype” [polyglot — linguist: a person who speaks more than one language].
Finally, I am glad to share this tool with you. Below are few details of it:

Introduction

PolyglotSkype supports unicode characters, using which you can chat with your buddies in any language.

Main features

• Unicode support.
• Loads all your online skype friends.
• In-built Google Translate support — Supports so many languages!.

Screen shots

System requirements

Skype
.NET 3.5 SP1

How to use?

1. Install “PolyglotSkypeInstaller”.
2. Once installed it will create shortcut on your desktop “PolyglotSkype”.
3. Now, to use PolyglotSkype you need to be logged in to Skype.
4. When you run PolyglotSkype application skype will ask you for access. Please select “Allow access”.
5. That’s it! Enjoy 🙂

I would like to hear from you

If your feedback is positive tell to your peers else tell to me at : klpatil@hotmail.com. Feel free to post your suggestions/comments/bugs at provided email id.

Technical links

For Google Translate : http://code.google.com/p/google-api-for-dotnet/
For Skype API : http://developer.skype.com/accessories
Windows Installer : http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/visual-studio/getting-started-with-setup-projects/

Would like to Download? Click here

Eager to have your feedback!
Sourcecode : Coming Soon…