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Text Workbench

Text Workbench is a comprehensive file search and replacement utility for text files and Microsoft Office documents. It allows rapid file replacements to be made on multiple files and folders full of files. Advanced replacement options include regular expressions support. It even works on remote file systems via FTP. A Regular Expression Laboratory allows advanced pattern matching and replacement expressions to be built and tested. This great utility will make your everyday development tasks much easier!

Headline Features at a glance

• Right click on a folder within the Windows Explorer to start Text Workbench in that folder - no need to mess around with the Windows Start menu or file requestors!
• Find and replace on specific file types, or files matching a specific name.
• Option to exclude specific file names from the find/replacement operation.
• Optionally confirm all changes being made to files - handy when working with important files or files where not every instance needs to be modified.
• Option to back up all files being processed, or save the modified files to a new location.
• Option to performs find and replace on files modified in a specific time period. Preset time periods include the last few days or months.
• Save a list of matching text to a separate text file.
• Option to modify read only files.
• Option to only work on files of a specific size.
• Option to leave the modified date of the file unchanged.
• Low price, with money saving volume discounts and site licence options.
• Buy online and start using the full version immediately.

Want to try Text Workbench and see how much time it could save you? Then download a trial version of Text Workbench.

Regular Expression Laboratory

Regular Expressions are a set of advanced pattern matching algorithms that can be used to perform sophisticated string matching and text replacement operations on strings. They are useful for validating user input, . Many languages support Regular Expressions - Perl, Visual Basic 6.0, VBScript, ASP, Java and the .NET Framework (VB.NET and C#) all have Regular Expression support.

Unfortunately Regular Expressions can be difficult to learn! Fortunately Text Workbench comes supplied with an easy to use Regular Expression Laboratory used to test out pattern matching and substitutions. There are also a set of useful Regular Expressions and examples, which save hunting around in books or the Internet in order to find the right Regular Expression for a particular situation.

• Download a trial version of Text Workbench with Regular Expression Laboratory

Useful Development Tools

ASP Documentation Tool™

Automatically creates developer documentation for ASP 2.0 and 3.0 web applications written in VBScript and JScript. Documentation for Microsoft Access, SQL Server 7/2000 databases and Visual Basic 6.0 components associated with the web application can also be incorporated into the reports. Documentation is created in HTML, HTML Help and plain text formats.

View Sample Output (HTML Help format).     View Sample Output (HTML Format).     Download Trial Version (5.2Mb ZIP file).

.NET Documentation Tool

Automatically creates technical documentation for .NET Framework Windows and ASP.NET applications written in C# or VB.NET and SQL Server 7/2000/2005 or Microsoft Access databases associated with the application. Documentation is created in HTML, HTML Help and plain text formats.

View Sample Output (HTML Help format).     View Sample Output (HTML Format).     Download Trial Version (5Mb ZIP file).

SQL Documentation Tool

The SQL Documentation Tool creates technical documentation for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 databases. Technical documentation is created in HTML and HTML Help formats. The HTML Help format documentation is fully searchable and cross referenced. The SQL Documentation Tool documents SQL Server Tables, Views, Stored Procedures, Triggers and Table Relationships.

View Sample Output (HTML Help format).     View Sample Output (HTML Format).     Download Trial Version (10.3Mb ZIP file).

VB Documentation Tool

The VB Documentation Tool creates technical documentation for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 projects. Technical documentation is created in HTML and HTML Help formats. The HTML Help format documentation is fully searchable and cross referenced.

View Sample Output (HTML Help format).     View Sample Output (HTML Format).     Download Trial Version (1Mb ZIP file).

Indexing Service Companion

The Indexing Service Companion is a Windows application that extends the functionality of the Microsoft Windows Indexing Service so that it is able to index content from remote websites and also from ODBC databases. As such it can be used as a low cost alternative to Sharepoint Portal Search Services.

Try Sample Search Facility.     Download Trial Version (1.7Mb ZIP file).

The Website Utility

The Website Utility examines websites for errors and areas that need to be optimised for search engines by using a built in web crawling engine. Errors checked for include broken or moved hyperlinks, missing page titles and missing meta tags. It also generates HTML for use in creating website site maps (table of contents pages - like this one), and is able to create both client-side JavaScript Search Engines and server-side ASP Search Engines for a website.

View Sample Output (HTML Format).     Download Trial Version (3Mb ZIP file).

PHP Documentation Tool™

Automatically creates developer documentation for PHP web applications. Documentation is created in HTML, HTML Help and plain text formats.

View Sample Output (HTML Help format).     View Sample Output (HTML Format).     Download Trial Version (1.0Mb ZIP file).