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FastConvert
FastConvert is a small utility program for
conversion between different measurement units. It differs from
numerous other conversion programs by a little bit more "intelligent"
behavior. Units are automatically recognized according to their
measurement unit symbol (kg, oz, g, kcal, m/s etc.). Recognized value is converted to
the default unit
from the same category.
My favorite feature is the automatic clipboard
lookup. When you click on the program icon in system tray, the program restores to
full size and checks clipboard for any textual content. If any
value-unit pair is recognized in the clipboard, automatic conversion to
default unit is made.
The program also has tables of constants and SI
prefixes, and can be easily extended with new measurement units by
textual editing of a single input file (more information about that is
available in
the FastConvert help file). You can download the program
here:
FastConvert is a MFC application
written in MS Visual C++ 5.0. Unfortunately, I lost the
original source code (together with the whole hard disk content) after
one bad virus infection a few years ago. Guess what, I am using
backups and anti-virus software since then :). |
