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The NANY 2023 event is now closed.

If you are a coder, any new program (or addon) that you have released in the previous year, which is freeware/donationware for home users is eligible.

And if you are not a coder, you can still participate by helping coders with ideas and testing.

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Miscellaneous Member Software

Occasionally a friend of DC without a web site will release a program and ask us to host it. We've create the Miscelaneous Member Software Archive for this purpose.

There you will find some programs by DC member seedling, including: Random MixTape Maker, which takes a large collection of your mp3 files and creates playlists with a specified target duration; WTF Music Info, which will scan your music directories and give you a nice, graphical view of your music library.

Number of programs available: 3
Last updated: 2008
Visit the miscelaneous DC member archive page to browse apps and download them here: http://www.dcmembers.com/archive.

NANY 2015 Release: Splat (Simple Program Launching and Termination)

Application Name	Splat (Simple Program Launching and Termination)
Supported OSes	Windows 7. Probably works, but not tested on, Windows XP/Vista/8/10
Web Page	Website
Download Link	Download
Author	Jody Holmes (Skwire Empire)

Description
Splat (Simple Program Launching and Termination) is a program that allows you to build launch profiles that can include the following: 1) Launching applications, files, folders, URLs, etc., 2) The closing/killing of processes, and 3) Starting and stopping of services. You control the order and you can also insert two types of delays in between actions: 1) Time-based delays (wait n number of seconds before going on) and 2) CPU-usage delays (wait until the CPU usage gets below a certain percentage). Hotkey support is extensive; each launch profile can have its own hotkey or you can use one hotkey to launch multiple profiles. Profiles can be launched via the main interface, hotkeys, or the tray icon. Usage examples include:

Startup profile to control the timing and order of which apps you want to start after booting your computer.
Pre-gaming profile to close/kill/stop unwanted processes and services.
Post-gaming profile to open/start those same processes and services.
URL groups to launch sets of websites.
Development profile to start up your IDE, debugger, etc.

Screenshots

Installation
Download the zip file and extract its contents into a new folder. Run Splat.exe to start the application.

Uninstallation
Uncheck the "Start with Windows" option if you enabled it and then delete the folder you unzipped it to.

ToDo

Commandline parameter support to run a profile without seeing the GUI.

Notes

If you plan to use the service starting/stopping functionality, you must run this program with administrator rights.

Click here to read more, download, and discuss

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