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Automize 8.29
Automize is considered to be a functional and useful task scheduler and automation software that can automate a variety of tasks, including FTP transfers, FTP monitoring more>>
Automize 8.29 is considered to be a functional and useful task scheduler and automation software that can automate a variety of tasks, including FTP transfers, FTP monitoring, Web downloads, Web site monitoring, E-mail checking and sending, Telnet, ping, database SQL, advanced zip, unzip, copy, synchronize folders, and directory and file monitoring. In addition, the chaining feature can run tasks in sequence or conditionally depending on exit codes.
Additional features include e-mail notifications on task failure, FTP browsing, ZIP file viewer, extensive logging, and remote task control. It supports dynamic variables to achieve advanced automation tasks. E-mail notification profiles based on exit code can be set for tasks. Schedules can be synchronized to allow or prevent overlapping schedules. Version 8.09 adds Schedule module to schedule every odd, even or custom week.
Enhancements:
- Rename field now provides group replace options with the format: regex_patterngroup_formatted_string
- Synchronize task - target directory is created if it does not exist. (needed when using variables)?
- Visual script task user interface improved. Add existing task and Add new task have separate panels.?
TextMate Icons 1.0
TextMate Icons - Icons set for TextMate more>>
The basic shape of the icon is similar to the one of other editors, such as TextEdit or CSSEdit. The color as well as the gear wheel, which are also used for Apples smart folders or playlists, symbolize the automation, which is an important part of TextMate.
TextMate Icons is free for personal use.
Latest Financial Information 1.0
Get your latest financial information using this very efficient dashboard widget. more>> FullSWITCH is ideally placed to help you reclaim your time to be creative and help your customers. It is a robust automation product that is easy to install and use. Like the entry-level LightSWITCH product, FullSWITCH offers file reception through FTP and email, sorting of files based on file type and naming conventions and automatic email notifications to customers.
In addition, FullSWITCH introduces configurators that allow third-party applications to be integrated easily in a flow. Setup and automation of those applications is fully controlled from within FullSWITCH. Automated applications include preflight and correction, color management, proofing, repurposing tools and more.
All this functionality is driven by the visual flow editor and supported by the robust automation tools that are at the core of all SWITCH products. The visual editor makes it as easy to work with configurators as it is to work with built-in tools.
FullSWITCH also offers professional activity logging and job processing statistics to help you locate critical points of the workflow. Logs can be exported to text or XML files. In addition the dashboard pane gives administrators a one-view look on how SWITCH is doing, what problem jobs have been detected and which processes might have problems. Robust error handling, customizable per flow if needed, helps to also handle problem cases.<<less
OttoMate Web Test Automator Actions 1.0
OttoMate Web Test Automator Actions - graphically configure automated, repeatable user-acceptance tests more>>
Building an Automator Workflow is roughly akin to graphically crafting an automated script -- without writing a single line of programming code!
Thats where the OttoMate Web Test Actions come in... This suite of five Automator Actions contains everything you need to graphically configure automated, repeatable user-acceptance tests for web-based applications. No Computer Science degree required!
The OttoMate Actions serve as an engine for Apples best-of-breed web browser, Safari -- running your web application through its paces by commanding Safari to visit your site, click links and buttons, fill out and submit web forms, and assert the existence of success pages, titles, text or HTML source code.
All while you watch the results live on the scrren screen. The OttoMate Actions can even ask Safari to evaluate arbitrary JavaScript code against your webpage.
Enhancements:
- Support for Ajax Testing/Automation.

ArtOptimizer 2.3
ArtOptimizer is addressed at a very niche workflow automation solution for reducing the size of images linked to Adobe Illustrator document by eliminating excessive image data. more>>
ArtOptimizer 2.3 is addressed at a very niche workflow automation solution for reducing the size of images linked to Adobe Illustrator document by eliminating excessive image data. The program reduces the size of linked images whose effective resolution is higher than user defined target resolution.
ArtOptimizer will open images in Adobe Photoshop, automatically reduce their resolution, and scale the images according to their dimensions in Illustrator document. ArtOptimizer will then reimport the images into Illustrator at 100% in their precise position. ArtOptimizer will help you save valuable storage space, time and reduce production costs in a variety of ways by reducing the size of images linked to your Illustrator document.
Major Features:
- Saving valuable hard drive and backup storage space.
- Saving hours (and, for large projects, even days) of optimizing image size and resolution manually.
- Increasing speed of document printing and creating PDF files. (For high resolution, image rich projects you can reduce the output time from hours to minutes).
- Saving time when transferring jobs to outside sources.
- Reducing job cost through faster processing by service providers.
- Speeding up your overall job turnaround.
Enhancements: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard compatibility.
Requirements:
- Adobe Illustrator CS-CS4
- Adobe Photoshop CS-CS4
- Mac OS X 10.4.2-10.6
Creative Suite 2 Workflow Automation Scripts 2.0
Creative Suite 2 Workflow Automation Scripts - Updates CS2 scripts more>>
It has the same system requirements as Creative Suite.
Completly freeware.
OtomiGenX 2.2
Free and open source library automation application more>> Free and open source library automation application
OtomiGenX is a web application for library automation, based on MySQL and PHP. OtomiGenX handles transactions on daily library activity.
System requirements:
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QuickMail 0.8
QuickMail - Now you can quickly send emails from your Gmail, Yahoo! or other mail account! more>>
iKey is an essential utility and incredibly powerful tool for OS X that can eliminate repetitive actions. iKey allows creation of shortcuts that perform an action or sequence of actions each of which can be launched by key combinations or menu or event. This easy to use macro/automation utility can save time, typing and hundreds of clicks everyday. Avoid carpal tunnel, get more accomplished and have fun with iKey. An excellent manual written by Adam Engst is included.
System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
System Requirements: - fixes authentication issue on 10.4
<<lessAnimAide 1.0.3
AnimAide - Stop motion animation more>>
This software does not interface with video and is intended for high definition output. It supports JPEG and TIFF images. If you are intent on using video, you could still use AnimAide along with other video capture software as a reference. Just point the project directory to the place where the video image files are being stored on the hard drive. It also has a view window that is completely transparent when the source is fully off and it allows you to see other applications (frame grabbers, live feeds) behind it. So other animation software can work in conjunction with AnimAide. Script automation in preferences allows for switching between AnimAide and another software.
Main features:
- Rotoscope
- Onion Skinning
- Quicktime export
- Script automation
- Clap Activation
- Straightforward Interface.
Enhancements:
- New line drawing tool was added
- Improved the visual quality Quicktime Movie exports.
Fast Delete 1.0
Fast Delete is created as an AppleScript with the ability to automatically move a file to the trash and delete it. more>>
Fast Delete 1.0 is created as an AppleScript with the ability to automatically move a file to the trash and delete it. Apply Fast Delete to a function key, and choose your trash! It's much quicker than selecting what you want to delete, then typing command-delete, waiting for it to move to the trash, and then typing command-shift-delete. It's so lengthy compared to the automation that Fast Delete gives you.
If you want extra-fast file deletion, assign Fast Delete to a function key and turn off the Trash's "Warn before emptying" option. And make sure that you have the Akua S
mini$ 3.3
Miniature sized money manager that features simplicity and power in a small package more>>
mini$ 3.3 is a convenient miniature sized money manager which has simplicity and power in a small package
Major Features:
- Checkbook style transactions.
- Purchase itemization.
- Spending management.
- Reporting tools.
- Support for importing and exporting data.
- Transaction automation.
Enhancements:
- Fixed an issue with the "$" in the preferences file name.
- A few other minor bug fixes.
- Added a menu option for account statements in the Tools menu.
Imposition scripts 1.0
Imposition scripts - InDesign automation more>>
Automatic page numbering is retained and the result is an editable InDesign document.
Completly freeware.
Inforama 1.2 GA1
Document templates, generation and distribution automation more>> Document templates, generation and distribution automation
Inforama will allow you to import existing Acrobat forms and create letter templates using OpenOffice.
Merge data to produce high quality PDF documents and automatically email, print and view.
Main features:
- Compose document tempates, Import Acrobat Forms
- Link to databases, spreadsheets and other data sources
- Generate PDFs, Merge PDFs, Email PDFs
- Carry out mailshots, Format data, Print documents
- Integrate with existing systems
- Generate documents via webservices
- Automatically store documents in a central respository
Enhancements
- Fixed bug with invalid encoding in FO doc
- Fixed bug with studio hanging when invalid folder selected #2665219
- Added feature request to improve the project open dialog #2665209
- Fixed bug with numbered bullets not outputting correctly #2665088
- Fixed bug with hyphenation causing exception #2657880
- Fixed bug with table name in binding not working #2637048
- Fixed bug with dialog not showing errors due to NPE #2674624
- Fixed bug with numbered bullets not outputting properly #2665088
- Fixed bug with email subject not displaying #2657084
- Fixed bug with XSL-FO not being parsed #2674623
- Fixed bug with error messages not getting translated #2674624
- Fixed bug with mailshots not iterating #2671554
- Fixed bug where documents only generate when Studio is running in English #2671694
- Fixed bug where mailshot couldnt be sent without attachment #2671518
GNU Bayonne 2 1.0
GNU Bayonne provides you with an advanced telephony server of the GNU project. more>>
GNU Bayonne 2 1.0 provides you with an advanced telephony server of the GNU project. Bayonne offers a script driven threaded multiline state event telephony service for building voice response systems and telephony plugins for runtime driver configuration.
Bayonne also features "TGI" for making perl applications "telephony aware". Bayonne may be used to build telephony based system administration, home automation, automated attendent, v-commerce, and voice messaging systems.
MozMill 1.2 Beta 1 / 1.1
MozMill is a useful, free and open source tool that can be used for full UI automation of all Mozilla applications. more>> MozMill 1.2 Beta 1 / 1.1 is a useful, free and open source tool that can be used for full UI automation of all Mozilla applications.
Enhancements
- Entirely redesigned user interface, better recording ability, better inspection abilities and more intuitive results output.
- Fixed bunches of bugs.
License:Freeware