Hi All

Today I have spent some time looking for a tool which would allow me to download all xkcd episodes and… found nothing suitable (lot of wget related scripts).

So I have decided to quickly code small downloading tool for such purpose. Here it is attached.

Note that it requires newest .NET framework.

For now it downloads all episodes from 1st to 792nd. If someone likes it I may provide basic parameters support.

P.S. It also writes strips titles into descript.ion file (usable in Total Commander's comments view).

Application Name	FenixContacts
Version	0.9pre3
Short Description	Customisable contacts book
Supported OSes	Windows
Web Page	Redmine
Download Link	Redmine download
System Requirements	.NET framework 2.0
Version History	0.9 - first "big & public" release
Author	fenixproductions
Credits	superboyac
Screencast	https://www.donationcoder.com/nany2010/sc/fenixcontacts/fenixcontacts.html YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQUbTRfA0cs

Description
FenixContacts is customizable contacts book with extended set of useful features ;)

 The main idea is to have free and good contacts book application which will be focused on Contacts only. It means: no full PIM application with rarely used crap like emailing or scheduling (leave them to real professionals like: TheBat!, Thunderbird and so on).

The main reason of FenixContacts existence is the lack of some specific feature in other applications: customisable details fields.

As I consider this as the most important thing to have (some users do not want to have their books showing dozen of empty fields they never use), FenixContacts provides that.

Features

[*] fields of different types - set any field type you want (i.e. string, integer, fie link),
[*] LiveFilter - filter your Contacts view as you type,
[*] linked fields - define one field as reference to another,
[*] Preview panel with CSS styling,
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Planned Features
There are too many to write them all and I'd rather like not to tease too much, so I will only give a few:

• improved LiveFilter - with extended (for wildcards) and advanced (RegExp, arithmetic filter) modes
• tree structure for fields - fields groups for better view modes,
• plugins system - must have for extensibility
  
  • database - XML or SQ-Lite handling,
  • import - vCards, most popular email clients databases, maybe even importing from IM protocols (I've played few times in the past with ICQ and Jabber handling using C#)
  • export - similar to the above,
  • list views - there is nothing against giving the possibility to use different listbox controls,
• other - I am opened for suggestions,

Screencast


Screenshots

Contacts list with preview:



Customizing fields:



Editing Contact details:



Linking fields:





Usage
Installation
Just unpack and run.

Using the Application
After starting an application, please, open included test.fci file and play a little bit with Configure and Contacts menus :)

Please remember that adding Contacts is not possible if there are no fields set!

Uninstallation
Simple delete?

Known Issues
Please be aware that due to time constraints some things may not work perfect (rush is not helpful ;). In such situation report them on Redmine page (link at the top of the page) and I will try to fix them ASAP.

Please remember to threat this application as introduction to something more powerful I am willing to write. All ideas are welcome and I will consider them for next versions. I also want to start working on v.2 pretty soon with more and more features. before that: I need to rewrite some of my spaghetti code though.

Thank you for all supporters and Happy New Year 2010!

According to Newsletter for May 6th, 2009 there are 10 free Total Commander licences to give away.

I've decided that 5 of them will be given randomly to members who will participate in DC by writing software review in May, 2009.

So if you are using excellent tool with a lot of nice features and you think someone else would be glad to hear about it... write your review in Reviews section of this forum.

You've got three weeks to break your laziness down and win TC licence key.