Make Icon, SQLGrinder

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• Monkeybread Software's Make Icon 1.0 is a utility to create file icons based on the file content. It uses the first page of PDF files and the default image on non-PDF files (TIFF, JPEG, BMP, Photoshop, GIF, PNG, etc.). It is freeware. [Classic, OSX]


• Cross Culture's Mergemill 3 ($80) merges templates with content source files to generate web pages from a database or spreadsheet, or reformat database data into readable form for publishing. It adds support for content source files in XML format and performance improvements of up to 700 percent. It is a free upgrade and runs on Mac OS 9/X. [6.9MB]


• Advenio has updated SQLGrinder 1.2.6 for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. The $50 SQL utility offers an SQL Editor that features syntax coloring, the ability to browse database schemas, save/organize created queries, and import/export table data, query data and database schemas. [1.3MB]


• dSoft's ResellerPower 3.7 updates the integrated database system with functions for quoting, order entry, purchase order, price list management, and accounting features. It now supports privleges for cost/price/level, invoice enhancemens, split commissions, email ship notices, custom HTML emails, improved scheduling, and other functions. Pricing starts at $350 (single-user version).


• Wormhole 1.07 is a utility for moving files between networked machines, including Mac and Windows computers. IT requires that each computer be running a licensed ($15) copy of the application to create an instant connection. This release fixes some overlapping controls on Panther and bugs under both Mac OS 9/X. [1.3MB]


• Redcort Software has released version 4.9 of Virtual TimeClock, which adds support for Panther as well as improved reliability on Mac OS 9: "[It] can easily and accurately track worker arrivals and departures, hours worked, overtime and wages." Upgrades are $90, while new licenses are $180. [Classic, OSX]


• OwlView 1.1 ($35) is a simple inexpensive thematic mapping application. It allows a user to combine data from a spreadsheet, database or text file with geographic boundaries to produce maps which visually display patterns of spatial distribution within the data. It can now create a map directly from an open Excel or FileMaker Pro window. [582KB]


• Yenco.com has updated its $20 shareware, iEvents 2.0.8. The client-side tool quickly creates custom calendar websites that can then be easily uploaded to any internet server or iDisk. It fixes graphic export issues as well as some minor UI issues under Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. [1.0MB]

by MacNN Staff