Category: Useful tool

Visual Studio Extension – Live Sass Compiler

Really simple and useful when working with sass files in Visual Studio Code.
Install from link below.
Click “Watch sass” in lower right corner of Visual Studio Code.
Edit an scss file and save. -> compiles to css file in the same directory. Also works with live browser reload. See output window / extensions / Live Sass Compile for process info.

Source: Live Sass Compiler – Visual Studio Marketplace

Log4View – log4net log viewer

Log4View is a powerful and comfortable viewer for log4net, NLog, log4j and log4xx

Log4View Community Edition is free to use. 

Log4View comes in three different editions:

  • Log4View Professional Edition is the most complete edition of Log4View. It can handle up to 255 different log sources simultaneously, can read input from databases and visualizes log messages as text and chart.
  • Log4View Trial Edition has the same features as Log4View Proferssional Edition but expires 30 days after installation. After expiration, the Trial Edition continues working as Community Edition.
  • Log4View Community Edition is limited to one log source, has no access to databases and can’t visualize log messages as chart. Log4View Community Edition is free for personal, non commercial use.

Download: Log4View – LOG4VIEW – created by PROSA

Download Remote Desktop Connection Manager 2.7 from Official Microsoft Download Center

RDCMan manages multiple remote desktop connections. It is useful for managing server labs or large server farms where you need regular access to each machine such as automated checkin systems and data centers. It is similar to the built-in MMC Remote Desktops snap-in, but more flexible. The RDCMan 2.7 version is a major feature release. New features include: – Virtual machine connect-to-console support – Smart groups – Support for credential encryption with certificates – Windows 8 remote action support – Support for Windows 8, Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

Source: Download Remote Desktop Connection Manager 2.7 from Official Microsoft Download Center

Batch convert a folder of images from png to jpg

I had a bunch of png images in several subfolders which I wanted to convert into jpg.

I used the command line tool ImageMagick for Windows, which is free and can be downloaded here:
Download @ ImageMagick

This command will convert all images in the folder and its subfolders from png to jpg with quality 65. The converted files will get the same filename but with jpg extension:

for /R %f in (*.png) do ( convert -quality 65 "%f" "%~npf.jpg" )

convert is the ImageMagick command running, for /R is used for looping recursively.

Use this command when done to remove all the source png files:

del *.png /s

This will delete all png files in this folder and all subfolders.