Windows Packages

[Graphics] [Utilities] [Programming] [Leisure]


Graphics
Name Description Platform Location Type
Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for Windows 95 Reader for Acrobat PDF files, plus plugin for Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Windows 95 Freeware
IcoUtil 0.1.0 Converts Windows icon (ICO) files to XPM files, saving transparency information. WIN32, Unix GPL
Utilities
Name Description Platform Location Type
SSH 1.2.14 SSH for Windows, required for CVS with :ext: method. Windows 95, NT GPL
4DOS 5.51 Replacement for command.com that gives you aliases, command completion, extended batch commands, on-line help and more - essential for Unix addicts! and a lifesaver for anyone who uses DOS more than occasionally. Win3.1, Win95 Shareware
4NT 2.51 NT command processor replacement that gives you aliases, command completion, extended batch commands, on-line help and more - essential for Unix addicts! Windows NT Shareware
WinZip 95 6.0a Widely-used program for manipulating zip and gzip archives. Win95 Shareware
Imp Virtual Window Manager Virtual window manager for Windows 95. Win95 Shareware
unxutils A collection of Unix-style utilities and commands for Windows 95/98/NT. Compiled with Mingw32. Win95/98/NT Freeware
GZIP 1.1 DOS utility for compressing and decompressing GNU zip files (extension .gz), and can decompress files compressed with 'compress' and 'pkpack'. Win95 Freeware/GPL
GZIP, GUNZIP, GZCAT 1.24 32-bit DOS utilities for compressing and uncompressing GZIP files. These utilities are from the DJGPP compiler distribution. Win3.1 Freeware/GPL
YAP 0.9 (Yet Another Process lister) Lists process from a Win95 console. Win95 Freeware
Extar Simple tar archive extractor. Windows 3.1 Freeware
BinHex Converts files to/from binhex format. DOS Freeware
Aladdin Expander 5.0 Unarchives Mac SIT, HQX, ZIP, GZIP and other file formats. Windows 95 Freeware
Mac-ette Reads, writes and formats Mac 3.5 inch disks on a PC. DOS Shareware
Unmacit Decodes SIT and binhexed archives Windows 3.1 Freeware
Programming
Name Description Platform Location Type
UPX 0.99.3 The ultimate packer for executables. Reduce your executable sizes drastically. See also the Unix packages page for a Linux version.

The UPX page is here.

Windows 95 GPL
OpenGL for Windows OpenGL toolkit for Windows 95/98/NT Windows 95, NT See documentation
GLUI Vsn 2 (beta) User-interface toolkit written entirely in OpenGL Various See documentation
make 3.77 make 3.77, compiled with Mingw32. Contains documentation. Win95/98/NT Freeware
tmake Makefile generation tool by Troll Tech, required if changing wxMSW 2.1 makefiles. Windows 95, NT Troll Tech licence
make 3.77 make 3.77, compiled with Mingw32. Contains documentation. Win95/98/NT Freeware
MinGW 3.1.0-1 Minimal version of Cygwin, by Colin Peters and Mumit Khan. Instructions on using it with wxWidgets are in docs/msw/install.txt in the wxWidgets distribution.

For other useful Windows programming tools, see also the Help Workshop and WIN32 API documentation, below.

Windows 95, NT GNU Public License
Digital Mars C++ compiler Free C++ Windows compiler, formerly Symantec C++. This compiler works with wxWidgets 2.4.x.

Click here to open the zip archive. Unarchive to a suitable directory, and read the readme.txt file for simple installation instructions.

Windows 9x, NT, W2K, XP See documentation
Windows Help Workshop Distribution of Microsoft's Help Workshop, for converting RTF files to .hlp files. All you need now is Tex2RTF for generating the WinHelp RTF files! Windows 95, NT Free
Windows HTML Help Workshop Distribution of Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop, for converting HTML files to .chm (MS HTML Help) files. All you need now is Tex2RTF for generating the HTML, project, contents and keyword files! This version was downloaded from the MS web site in April 2000. Windows 95, NT Free
WIN32 API Old but redistributable version of the WIN32 API documentation, in Windows Help form. Windows 95, NT Free
CVS client 1.10 for Windows DOS command-line version of CVS. Can be used to get the latest sources from the wxWidgets CVS server, and contribute enhancements. See also SSH above which is required for write access to the wxWidgets CVS archive. Windows 95, NT GPL
Inno Setup 5 Popular utility for giving your applications a slick installation program. For a graphical front-end, see ScriptMaker for Inno Setup. Win9x/NT/2000 Free
ScriptMaker for Inno Setup Provides an easy, graphical way to create scripts for Inno Setup (above). Win9x/NT/2000 Free
Freeman Installer 2.2 for Windows 95/NT Popular utility for giving your applications a slick installation program. Support for registry, long filenames, uninstall, large file spanning across disks, detection of previous versions, etc. Win95/NT Shareware
HS-Install 2.0 Easy-to-use installation package targetting Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT. Win32 Shareware
SocketSpy/32 Utility for monitoring socket calls. Win32 Shareware
DBWIN Debugging utility for showing Windows 3.1 debug messages without a debugger. Does not work for WIN32 programs. Windows 3.1 Freeware
DebugView Debug utility for Win95/Win98, to show debug messages without a debugger. This is recommended for wxWidgets 2.1.11 and above. From the online help:

DebugView/EE (Enterprise Edition) is an application that lets you monitor debug output on your local system, or any computer on the network that you can reach via TCP/IP. It is capable of displaying both kernel-mode and Win32 debug output, so you don’t need a debugger to catch the debug output your applications or device drivers generate.

DebugView/EE works on NT 4.0, 5.0 (Windows 2000), Windows 95 and Windows 98. Note: if you want to run DebugView/EE on Windows 95 you must install the WinSock2 update, available for free download from Microsoft’s Web site.

Windows 95/98, NT4/NT5 Freeware
Flex Lexical analyser generator, usually used in conjunction with YACC. Windows 3.1 Freeware
Bison YACC Yet Another Compiler Compiler, parser generator. Windows 3.1 Freeware
Audit Shows what Windows resources have been used; useful for checking whether your program is leaking resources. Windows 3.1 Freeware
Visual Diff and Merge A graphical way to see the difference between two files, with colour highlighting. Win32 Shareware
AutoDuck Utility for generating documentation from C++ code. Windows 3.1 Freeware
Microsoft guidelines for accessible software design Word document describing how to build applications that are usable by people with disabilities. Windows/Word Free
Tcl/Tk 8.0 for Windows Windows version of Tcl/Tk. See also the Tcl/Tk for Windows FAQ. WIN32 GPL
Perl for Windows Windows version of the popular scripting language, Perl. WIN32 ActiveWare licence
Leisure
Name Description Platform Location Type
WinPoem Poetry viewer, by Julian Smart. Win 3.1 Freeware