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HDDPhysic v1.1.0 is released! Today we've released a new updated version of HDDPhysic (v1.1.0) Here is what’s new in this version: improved hardware serial extraction in Vista and Windows 7. you don't need to have...

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Special discount offer: -20% on purchase   Starting from today (27 April 2010 ) we offer a 20% discount for two of our products if they are purchased together: HDDPhysic : get the physical vendor information from the computer hard...

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Special discount offer: -20% on purchase   Starting from today (27 April 2010 ) we offer a 20% discount for two of our products if they are purchased together: HDDPhysic : get the physical vendor information from the computer hard...

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Subs Grabber v1.1.0.62 is released!  Today we've released a new updated version of Subs Grabber v1.1.0.62. Here is what's new in this version: Fixed: some utf8 characters doesn't display right in the movie list Modified: working...

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Switching to Avangate eCommerce Platform

Posted on : 31-03-2010 | By : rlByte Team | In : rlByte News

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 Today we’ve moved to Avangate eCommerce System, after long tests and work. This means that our payment provider will be avangate from now on, who can offer the following payment methods:

  • Credit/debit card
  • Visa/MasterCard/Eurocard
  • Bank/Wire transfer
  • American Express
  • Diners Club
  • JCB
  • PayPal
  • Credit/Debit card (Payment information by Fax)
  • Discover/Novus
  • DIRECTebanking.com
  • Carte Bleue
  • Alipay

 After selecting the product you want to buy from us press on Buy Now button to be redirected to a secure page of our payment provider, Avangate.com, dedicated to sell our products online. There you can make the payment and finish the transaction.
 After the payment transfer is complete you will receive by email, to the billing email address provided during ordering, the serial number required to remove the software restrictions. This is usually immediate when paying online by credit card.

 Also, today we have changed the HDDPhysic and USBPhysic license type for the new customers:

  • Personal Developer License: Individual customers, Companies and organizations including non-profit and for-profit. Allows one developer to develop with SDK/DLL; Allows integrate in to ONLY ONE Desktop/Web Application (unlimited no. of deploys).
  • 10-User Site License: Allows 10 developers to develop with SDK/DLL; Allows integrate in to a maximum of 10 Desktop/Web Applications (unlimited no. of deploys).
  • Unlimited Site License: Allows an individual or any no. of developers in one organization/company, to develop with SDK/DLL; Allows integrate and distribute it with unlimited number of Desktop/Web Applications.

  When purchasing a product you have the option to choose your license type, so choose the one that will fit your needs.

Thank your for your interest in rlByte Software products.

USBPhysic FoxPro example (source code sample)

Posted on : 02-03-2010 | By : rlByte Team | In : USBPhysic

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 In order to get the USB storage device serial number and other manufacturer information (NOT volume serial, only the unique one, the one that will not change after a format, physical one) using USBPhysic library and FoxPro you need to do the following 3 easy steps:

(1) Load USBPhysic library and declare the imported library functions:
Object: Form1 ; Procedure: Load ;

DECLARE INTEGER Init IN "USBPhysic.dll" AS USB_Init STRING sRegUser, STRING sRegCode
DECLARE INTEGER GetUSBPhysicInfo IN "USBPhysic.dll" AS USB_Info INTEGER diskIndex, INTEGER InfoType, STRING pHddInfo

(2) Call the Init function to initialize the user computer USB storage devices and get their total count:
Object: Form1 ; Procedure: Show ;

tDiscs = USB_Init ('your-registration-info-here', 'your-registration-info-here') && Init and get number of usb devices available

IF tDiscs > 0 THEN
 FOR i=0 TO tDiscs-1 STEP 1
  This.Combo1.AddItem (ALLTRIM(STR(i)))
 NEXT
ENDIF

(3) Now that you have the total USB devices count you can query for the manufacturer information passing the disk index to the GetUSBPhysicInfo function:
Objec: Command1 ; Procedure: Show ;

sBuffer = SPACE(500) && make some room in the buffer
iDiskNo = Form1.Combo1.ListIndex-1


    iReturn = USB_Info(iDiskNo, 0, @sBuffer)    && 0 = serial number
    Form1.Text2.Value=sBuffer
   
    iReturn = USB_Info(iDiskNo, 1, @sBuffer)    && 1 = product name
    Form1.Text1.Value=sBuffer
   
    iReturn = USB_Info(iDiskNo, 2, @sBuffer)    && 2 = manufacturer
    Form1.Text3.Value=sBuffer
   
    iReturn = USB_Info(iDiskNo, 3, @sBuffer)    && 3 = drive letter mapped on Windows
    Form1.Text4.Value=sBuffer

A complete Visual FoxPro 9.0 project is available for download in the resource area of the project here

HDDPhysic FoxPro example (source code sample)

Posted on : 01-03-2010 | By : rlByte Team | In : HDDPhysic

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 In order to get the Hard Disk serial number and other manufacturer information (NOT volume serial, only the unique one, the one that will not change after a format, physical one) using HDDPhysic library and FoxPro you need to do the following 3 easy steps:

(1) Load HDDPhysic library and declare the imported library functions:
Object: Form1 ; Procedure: Load ;

DECLARE INTEGER Init IN "HDDPhysic.dll" AS HDD_Init STRING sRegUser, STRING sRegCode
DECLARE INTEGER GetPhysicInfo IN "HDDPhysic.dll" AS HDD_Info INTEGER diskIndex, INTEGER InfoType, STRING pHddInfo

(2) Call the Init function to initialize the user computer hard drives and get the total available devices:
Object: Form1 ; Procedure: Show ;

tDiscs = HDD_Init ('your-registration-info-here', 'your-registration-info-here') && Init and get number of hdd's available
sBuffer = Space(500) && Make some room in the buffer

IF tDiscs > 0 THEN
 FOR i=0 TO tDiscs-1 STEP 1
  This.Combo1.AddItem (ALLTRIM(STR(i)))
 NEXT

 This.Text7.Value=ALLTRIM(STR(HDD_Info(0, 6, sBuffer))) && Get hdd index where Windows Is Installed
ENDIF

(3) Now that you have the total hard drives count you can query for the manufacturer information passing the disk index to the GetPhysicInfo function:
Objec: Command1 ; Procedure: Show ;

sBuffer = SPACE(500) && make some room in the buffer
iDiskNo = Form1.Combo1.ListIndex-1


    iReturn = HDD_Info(iDiskNo, 0, @sBuffer)    && 0 = serial number
    Form1.Text2.Value=sBuffer
   
    iReturn = HDD_Info(iDiskNo, 1, @sBuffer)    && 1 = hdd model
    Form1.Text3.Value=sBuffer
   
    iReturn = HDD_Info(iDiskNo, 2, @sBuffer)    && 2 = hdd revision
    Form1.Text4.Value=sBuffer
   
    iReturn = HDD_Info(iDiskNo, 3, @sBuffer)    && 3 = hdd type
    Form1.Text1.Value=sBuffer        
       
    iReturn = HDD_Info(iDiskNo, 5, @sBuffer)    && 5 = hdd buffer size
    Form1.Text5.Value=sBuffer
   
    iReturn = HDD_Info(iDiskNo, 4, @sBuffer)    && 4 = hdd size
    Form1.Text6.Value=sBuffer

A complete Visual FoxPro 9.0 project is available for download in the resource area of the project here

Subs Grabber Quick Fix

Posted on : 18-02-2010 | By : rlByte Team | In : Subs Grabber

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New Subs Grabber quick fix has been released:
Fixed: on podnapisi.net server search results are displayed, but download fails
New: auto updater will now display what’s new information when a new release/fix is available for download

If you have auto updater enabled Subs Grabber will let you know if you have the latest version.

Download Subs Grabber from here (reinstall over the old one)

Subs Grabber (subtitle searching tool) v1.0.0 Launched

Posted on : 14-02-2010 | By : rlByte Team | In : Subs Grabber, rlByte News

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Subs Grabber can be used to search for and download subtitles. It is using the database of the most popular subtitle websites and can find subtitles for movies and television series in various formats such as srt or sub which are supported by various media players. Providing a friendly interface with different visual styles, Subs Grabber will be the perfect tool for subtitle searching and matching for your movies.

  • - fastest search engine on 8 subtitles servers (more to be added)
  • - release names highlight (for best results add the movie file when searching for subs)
  • - perfect match subtitles (movies linked with video file)
  • - mass download
  • - shell integration for quick searching
  • - IMDb info grabbing
  • - automatically unpack subtitles after grabbing them
  • - movie cover/poster on search results (ready to be grabbed as well)
  • - search for a subtitle in almost any language: Albanian, Arabic, Belarus, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazilian,Romanian, Russian, Serbian… and many more
  • - upload your subtitles linked with video file on subs-grabber.rlbyte.com server

…and many more, just give it a try!

Screenshots here

Download Subs Grabber from here

USBPhysic C# example (source code sample)

Posted on : 09-02-2010 | By : rlByte Team | In : USBPhysic, rlByte News

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 In order to get the usb storage device (external portable Hard Drives, flash/pen/key drive etc) serial number and other manufacturer information (NOT volume serial, only the unique one, the one that will not change after a format, physical one) using our USBPhysic library and C# (CSharp) you need to do the following 3 easy steps:

(1) Load USBPhysic library and declare the imported library functions :

 namespace USBPhysic_Example
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        //load the library
        [DllImport("USBPhysic")]
        public static extern int Init(string sUser, string sRegCode);

        [DllImport("USBPhysic")]
        public static extern int GetUSBPhysicInfo(int diskIndex, int InfoType, StringBuilder pHddInfo);

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

(2) Call the Init function to initialize the user computer usb storage devices

       private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            int USBDisks = Init("your reg code here", "your reg code here");

            if (USBDisks > 0)
            {
                for (int i = 0; i < USBDisks; i++)
                {
                    comboBox1.Items.Add(i);
                }
                comboBox1.SelectedIndex = 0;
            }
        }

(3) Now that you have the total hard drives count you can query for the manufacturer information passing the usb device index to the GetPhysicInfo function:

       private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            const int nChars = 1024;
            StringBuilder Buff = new StringBuilder(nChars);
           
            //0 = Get SerialNumber
            if (GetUSBPhysicInfo(Int32.Parse(comboBox1.Items[comboBox1.SelectedIndex].ToString()), 0, Buff) > 0)
                textBox1.Text = Buff.ToString();
            else
                textBox1.Text = "n/a";

            //1 = Get product name
            if (GetUSBPhysicInfo(Int32.Parse(comboBox1.Items[comboBox1.SelectedIndex].ToString()), 1, Buff) > 0)
                textBox2.Text = Buff.ToString();
            else
                textBox2.Text = "n/a";

            //2 = Get USB Manufacturer
            if (GetUSBPhysicInfo(Int32.Parse(comboBox1.Items[comboBox1.SelectedIndex].ToString()), 2, Buff) > 0)
                textBox3.Text = Buff.ToString();
            else
                textBox3.Text = "n/a";

            //3 = Get drive letter mapped on Windows
            if (GetUSBPhysicInfo(Int32.Parse(comboBox1.Items[comboBox1.SelectedIndex].ToString()), 3, Buff) > 0)
                textBox4.Text = Buff.ToString();
            else
                textBox4.Text = "n/a";
           
        }

screenshot

  A complete project with source code example for using USBPhysic component to get usb device (hard disk, storage device pen etc) physical information with CSharp (C#) is available in the resources area of the product (here).

USBPhysic and Win Vista / 7 UAC (workaround)

Posted on : 29-01-2010 | By : rlByte Team | In : USBPhysic

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This workaround is not required anymore, starting from version 1.1.0 of USBPhysic you don’t need to have your application elevated in Windows Vista or 7, no admin rights required anymore. Now it works even with a guest account type.

Issue:

 Using USBPhysic to query hard drive physical data may fail sometimes on Vista / Windows 7 if UAC (User Account Control) is enabled and calling application is not launched with sufficient rights.

Workaround

 To work around this issue without forcing the user to disable UAC mark your application with a requestedExecutionLevel. To do that you must create and embed an application manifest with your application that tells the operating system what the application needs ( digital signing of the EXE is also a good idea).
This is the format:

<requestedExecutionLevel
level="asInvoker|highestAvailable|requireAdministrator"
uiAccess="true|false"/>

 To mark your application with a requestedExecutionLevel, first create an application manifest file to use with the target application. This file can be created by using any text editor. The application manifest file should have the same name as the target executable file with a .manifest extension. For example: IsUserAdmin.exe.manifest.
Example:

Executable: MyApp.exe
Manifest: MyApp.exe.manifest

Sample application manifest file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
   <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" processorArchitecture="X86" name="application name" type="win32"/>
      <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
      <security>
         <requestedPrivileges>
            <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator"/>
         </requestedPrivileges>
      </security>
   </trustInfo>
</assembly>

Next, you have to attach the application manifest to the executable by adding a line in the resource file of the application (the .rc file) to have Microsoft Visual Studio embed your manifest within the resource section of the PE file. To accomplish this, place the application manifest in the same directory as the source code for the project you are building and edit the resource file to include the following lines:

#define MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID 1
MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST "MyApp.exe.manifest"

 After rebuilding the application, the application manifest should be embedded in the resource section of the executable. Check your exe file with a resource viewer, you should see something like this:


USBPhysic (DLL Component) v1.0.0 Launched

Posted on : 28-01-2010 | By : rlByte Team | In : USBPhysic, rlByte News

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USBPhysic is a stand-alone component ( 32/64-bit Windows dynamic-link library – DLL ) that can be used to extract the physical vendor information from almost any USB (Universal Serial Bus) storage device. With USBPhysic you can get the manufacturer serial number, manufacturer name and so on, of the external portable Hard Drives, flash/pen/key drive or any other kind of USB Storage Device.

Why should I need the physical USB storage info ?

As you know some of the physical information, actually only the serial number, is a unique number/string per device and this offers you a chance to programmatically identify the actual device. Let’s say you want a way to lock your software to a USB storage device (a small flash pen), or distribute your software only with a USB stick, a fast and reliable way to do that is by generating a serial number based on that USB device serial (the hardware serial number that can not be changed, even after a full format). The physical serial number is not the same as the volume serial number, it will not change after a format, and there is no way to change it unless you change the actual device.

demo

Requirements

- USBPhysic is a stand-alone component, does not require any other files to work.

- It uses the drivers on Win32/64 platforms so there are no special library/driver requirements.

- It can be used in any programming/scripting language that can make WINAPI calls like: Delphi, C++Builder, C#, Visual C++, Visual Basic, Visual Basic.NET, VBA, PowerBuilder, Visual Foxpro, Clarion and so on.

- USB device serial numbers are optional and it depends on the hardware manufacturer if they are implemented or not.

- It requires administrator rights on VISTA/Windows 7 to successfully access the USB devices

Download USBPhysic ( Free Trial)

Buy USBPhysic (Full version)

BsTweet (BsPlayer Plugin for Twitter) v1.0.0 Launched

Posted on : 17-01-2010 | By : rlByte Team | In : BsTweet, Freeware, rlByte News

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 The BsTweet plugin automatically sends a Twitter status update to your Twitter account when you play a movie file in BsPlayer (or any other media file). Share your movies, music and any other media files on your Twitter account with ease.

Features

  • easy to use
  • automatically Twitter status is sent when a file is played with BsPlayer (will not send the same file twice)
  • fully customizable status text
  • status with predefined informations like: file name, folder name or movie length
  • uses the standard Windows Internet API for internet connection meaning that there is no need for a proxy configuration as long as IE (Internet Explorer) is configured.
  • freeware
  • Installing and using the plugin

    – Use the setup to install the BsTweet Plugin (or copy the BsTweet.dll) in your BsPlayer plugins folder (usually in “C:\Program Files\Webteh\BSplayerPro\plugins”)
    – Restart BsPlayer
    – Go to BsPlayer preferences (ctrl+P), plugins
    – Click on BsTweet plugin -> Config and set up your twitter account.
    – Have fun!

    Known Issues: if you have trouble connecting on your account try to set as username your Twitter account email address.

    Download exe setup or the ziped plugin from BsTweet product page here

    Technorati Claim Token

    Posted on : 12-01-2010 | By : rlByte Team | In : rlByte News

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    This entry is only to verify our claim token with Technorati so you can find us there too!