Directory Activity Monitor for Windows

2011.03.30

Now you can monitor and log the create, change, rename and delete events of files and folders in any directory, in a local or network hard drive!

With Directory Activity Monitor v. 0.1.0.0 you can set a directory and get notifications for any change happened in any file or folder. You can even keep history of the events and export it to a file. So, you will know exactly when a file or folder, was created, changed, renamed or deleted.

Directory Activity Monitor v. 0.1.0.0 is a software written in C# and works under Windows with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (x86 and x64) and SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 installed. If you do not have them installed the installer will download them from Microsoft’s web site.

Some of the features of the current version are:

+ Set any directory to monitor (in a local or network drive)
+ Enable/Disable history of all the events
+ Export history to CSV or TXT format
+ Enable/Disable the monitoring of subdirectories
+ Enable/Disable the monitor of specific events (create, change, delete and rename)
+ Enable/Disable the balloon notificatiosn in System Tray
+ Select to start automaticaly with Windows
+ Check online for new versions

To install:
1. Download Directory Activity Monitor v. 0.1.0.0
2. Unzip it
3. Run the executable file

Note: This is a Beta version. If you find any bugs or have any suggestion, please do not hesitate to contact me.

If you have any question about parts of the code you can comment below.

If you need a copy of the source code please contact me.

For more software check the Programming Section.

Personal Documents Organiser for Windows in C#

2011.03.21

New version available: Download Documents Order Obsession v. 0.2.0.0

Lately I have started to work on some projects on C# and I am really excited about the way that C# applications communicate with Windows.

Documents Order Obsession v. 0.1.0.0 is an application that will help you to organise your documents and put them in order. However, it can be used to track and organise any kind of information as the given categories can be configured from the user.

Some of its features are:

+ Create up to six categories to add your document entries
+ Color each category to be easier to distinct entries belonging to a specific category
+ Show/Hide completed tasks
+ Filter categories
+ Keep History of creating, editing and deleting entries (History can be disabled)
+ Import/Export the entries from/to a XML file
+ View Statistics

Documents Order Obsession v. 0.1.0.0 is written in C# and requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (x86 and x64), SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 and Windows Installer 3.1 to be installed. If you do not have them installed do not worry. The installer will download all the prerequisites from Microsoft.

To install:
1. Download Documents Order Obsession v. 0.1.0.0
2. Unzip it
3. Run the setup.exe.

Note: This is a Beta version. If you find any bugs or have any suggestions, use the Feedback form under the Help menu or comment in the post.

If you have any question about parts of the code you can comment below.

If you need a copy of the source code please contact me.

Install CSS Viewer add-on in Firefox 4.0.*

2011.03.21

Are you using Firefox 5.0?
Then you can get CSS Viewer for Firefox 5.0 here: CSSViewer for Firefox 5.0 v. 1.0.3

After a 4 months delay Firefox 4 is here!

CSS Viewer (a must-have add-on for all web developers) is not compatible (at least official) with Firefox 4.0.

Good news! Following the same procedure as in my previous posts, Install CSSViewer add-on in Firefox 3.6.* and Install CSSViewer add-on in Firefox 3.5.* you can install CSS Viewer in Firefox 4.0.*

Just follow these steps:

1. Copy the following address to another browser than Firefox (so that the pop up installation window will not come out)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/cssviewer/

2. Download the file cssviewer-1.0.3-fx.xpi

3. Use 7-zip (or any other extractor) to open it and extract it

4. Open install.rdf with notepad (I used Notepad++ to find easily the line I must change)

5. On line 18 you see <em:maxVersion>3.0.*</em:maxVersion> you must change it to <em:maxVersion>4.0.*</em:maxVersion>

6. Save the file and select all the files you extracted and make a zip file

7. Now you must rename the zip file including the zip extension to cssviewer-1.0.3-fx.xpi (it will prompt you if you are sure you want to change the file name extension and you must click yes)

8. Now drag n’ drop the xpi file to Firefox 4.0.* and the installation window will pop up. Install it normally ;)

I have checked it and it works great in Firefox 4.0

You can download a .xpi file I created and checked that it works fine with Firefox 4.0.
Download:
CSSViewer for Firefox 4.0 v. 1.0.3

If you have any question or difficulty installing the add-on please comment.