Over the years we've developed several in-house utilities to make our lives easier. As much to demonstrate MicroCrest's pedigree as anything else, a couple of these utilities are included here. For personal users, we're distributing these utilities as freeware, so you can freely use and copy the utilities.

We offer the following utilities from our Web Site:

 

The Taskbar Application Launcher is great for being able to run a screenful of applications, and yet to retain access to your favourite applications by allowing you to place their icon in your taskbar. Double-click the icon, and you're away!

The NT Event Log writer was developed some time ago, its just a COM object with a straightforward interface, which writes information into the Windows NT Event Log. Although quite an old utility, this library nevertheless is very useful for full-speed debugging.

If you have any comments about the applications, would like support or would like to report a bug, please fill out a Response Form. Alternatively, you can email the MicroCrest Support Team directly.

Disclaimer

Software Registration

If you'd like to register any of the utilities with MicroCrest, we will keep you informed of future updates to that utility.

Firstly, here's what we won't do:
 
  • Send you details about any of our other products. Much as we think they're great, the last thing we want to do is to bug you!
  • Distribute your email address to any third parties

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Read Ziff Davis' Review

(Review performed with Version 1.03)
  • developed for Windows 95, 98 or NT operating systems.
  • Store Icon shortcuts to your favourite applications in the Explorer Taskbar, so that they're always visible as you work.
  • Tooltip and Right Mouse Click support for Taskbar Icons
  • Easy to install (and remove), via our comprehensive Setup utility.
  • Easy to manage, via our Control Panel applet.

New Features in Version 1.10

In addition to these features, the improved Version 1.10 also offers the following:

  • choose your own taskbar icon from any file on your computer
  • choose your own starting folder, from which to launch the program
  • specify any command line parameters you want to use to start the program
  • specify what type of window you want your application to be launched in

Taskbar Application Launcher Licensing

For personal users, you may treat the Taskbar Application Launcher as freeware. You can use and duplicate the software as much as you like. However if you do duplicate the software, you must do so in its complete and unamended form.

For business users, the program may be used without fee for up to 30 days for the purpose of evaluation.

If you use it thereafter, that use is subject to a license agreement, costing either USD19.95 or GBP14.95 for a single user license.

For further information regarding methods of payment and multi-license discount packages, or if you would like to include the Taskbar Application Launcher as a part of your own application, please contact MicroCrest.

Download Taskbar Application Launcher v1.10 (647kb)

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  • Freeware ActiveX DLL for use with Visual Basic 5 or 6, under Windows NT
  • Writes errors, warnings or information messages into the Windows NT Application Event Log - achieved by a single method call in your VB5 application
  • Lean'n'Mean - developed using Visual C++ and ATL
  • Source Code available free of charge (Please Contact MicroCrest for information).

Download Windows NT Event Log Writer (32k)

Register Windows NT Event Log Writer

Disclaimer

The software available from this web site is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind. Further, MicroCrest Software Limited disclaims all implied warranties, including (but not limited to) implied warranties of fitness for any particular purpose. Under no circumstances shall MicroCrest Software Limited, or its employees, or anyone else involved in the production and distribution of the software be liable for any damage whatsoever arising from the use of (or from the inability to use) this product. This includes (but is not limited to) loss of business profits, business interruption and loss of business information, and will apply even if MicroCrest Software Limited has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

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