R52 (Internet Deliverable)
Laser/Plotter Menu Swap Files by Rick Ferrara. Batch file system for swapping your DCAD.LBL file, so that in DataCAD, you know if you are plotting to your Plotter or to your Laser Printer. Can be expanded to handle any combination of input/output configurations. Also includes Key-Fake utility which will let you skip the DataCAD Intro. screen. $5.00

R80 (Internet Deliverable)
Cheap Tricks Index by Evan H. Shu. Index of all back issues of the Cheap Tricks newsletter from Dec '90 to Dec '99. Organized alphabetically by topic and chronologically by column subjects and provided in ASCII text file. $5.00

R91 (Internet Deliverable)
CAD Lingo Dictionary by Evan H. Shu. Text file of hundreds of computer /CAD terminology w/ easy, understandable definitions. $5.00

R188a(WPD) or R188b(DOC) ( Internet Deliverable)
Compiled Cheap Tricks Indexes 1990-1999 by Bill Glegg. With our blessings, the author has compiled all 9 annual indexes for Cheap Tricks into one master index available in Word Perfect (WPD) or Word Format (DOC). No more hunting around in each index to find that hard to find reference. $5.00

P76 (Internet Deliverable)
On/Off Key COM Files compiled by Robert Padgett, Cameron Associates. Invaluable command files for your batch processing that will allow you to lock CAPS, NUM LOCK, INSERT, or SCROLL KEYS on or off for various applications. Another solution for the desire to have drawing text always be in CAPITALS! $10.00

P129
Wood Beam Sizing for Windows by North Bridge Software. Demo version 1.3, yet still very useful Windows program that will size standard wood beams, joists, rafters, and posts. Very easy to use graphic program. A steal at this price but they hope to entice you to order the more comprehensive versions. $10.00

B12 (Internet Deliverable)
CUSTOM QUILL FILES for the LaserJet III by Rick Gleason. Full documentation on configurations and customization for direct printing to HP LaserJet III or HP LaserJet II with emulation cartridge. Twelve (12) customized "quill" files includes variants w/screened tone lines. $15.00

B105 (Version 2.0) (Internet Deliverable)
CSI Template & Symbol Organizer by Mike Smith. This utility reinstalls all your standard DataCAD templates and symbols from your original DataCAD CDs in CSI format. Your new TPL and SYM directories will still contain the same exact symbols found on DataCAD's CD-ROM, but in an orderly CSI format and even with improved descriptive symbol names. Update: Version 2.0 is updated for the symbols added in v.8.5x and up of DataCAD. The install program on this disk works with your DataCAD CD-ROM to accomplish 3 things: a) Reorganize your templates into CSI format in the TPL directory; b) Reorganize your symbols into CSI directories in the SYM directory to match the new template directories, and c) rename all the DataCAD template files to be more descriptive and easier to find. It will work for the CD-ROM versions of 7.x, 8.x and now 8.5x.$15.00

B107
The OfficeWeb (The AE Office Manual: Main Module) by Don Parker.Winner of Cheap Tricks '99 Grand Prize, this module for your office network (or even for stand-alone use) provides attractive "templates" in HTML format for your Office Manual that you can use your web browser to access at the touch of a desktop icon. The links & web pages are already in place so it can be used by any computer on your network. Numerous policies and procedures are included ready for adoption or editing. Text can be easily revised or adopted as-is. Provided categories include: "Hot" Sheet, Project Numbers, Contact List, General Computing Tips, Bulletin Board, Calendar & Gallery. Easy to add modules (see B108, B109, B110) provide additional expertise. A must guide for any office or system manager wanted to setup online office manual. Requires Web browser such as Netscape Navigator or MS-Internet Explorer and either working knowledge of HTML or use of WYSWYG Editor such as Word97 to edit pages. $15.00

B108
OfficeWeb: DataCAD Handbook Module by Don Parker.Excellent add-on module providing a comprehensive approach to the use of DataCAD in your office. Covered topics include: Getting started, plotting and printing, graphic standards for colors, pen weights, DXF/DWG transfer, keyboard shortcuts, advanced technqiuesand a host of tips and "Cheap Tricks" gathered from long experience with the program. Requires Web browser such as Netscape Navigator or MS-Internet Explorer and either working knowledge of HTML or use of WYSWYG Editor such as Word97 to edit pages. Purchase of main module B108 first is highly recommended. $15.00

B109
OfficeWeb: A/E Office Handbook Module by Don Parker.Excellent add-on module providing editable organized HTML templates for organization, policies on timesheets, vacations, pay, reimbursables, office equipment, dress, etc. A great guide to make sure your own office policies are complete. Requires Web browser such as Netscape Navigator or MS-Internet Explorer and either working knowledge of HTML or use of WYSWYG Editor such as Word97 to edit pages. Purchase of Main Module B108 first is highly recommended. $15.00

B110
OfficeWeb: ADA Guideline Module by Don Parker.How would you like the American Disabilities Act Guidelines as a reference on your OfficeWeb?This excllent add-on module gives you exactly that in extremely handy linked format. Many diagrams and details and included. Requires Web browser such as Netscape Navigator or MS-Internet Explorer and either working knowledge of HTML or use of WYSWYG Editor such as Word97 to edit pages. Purchase of main module B108 first is highly recommended. $15.00

B111 (Internet Deliverable)
DataCAD INI-Outi Utility. by Mike Smith. Great new Windows utility to help you customize DataCAD's interface. At present many DataCAD parameters can only be altered by opening and painstakingly editing the DCADWIN.INI file. This program allows you to make custom adjustments to your menu colors, adjust menu button spacing and width, set template width, set Text Scale, Cavity Walls, Menu Position, and Check Symbol settings, and to set all your default files and paths. And it's all done in standard point-and-click Windows fashion. A MUST utility for the power DataCAD user. $15.00

M23 Visual Conversion Master by Patrick McConnell (Internet Deliverable)

Visual Conversion Master is a 32 bit windows program that works with the DataCAD drawing translators. Using this program you can convert a virtually unlimited number of AutoCAD drawings to DataCAD format and vice versa. Adds a familiar windows interface to the existing command line drawing translators. No more wrestling with complex batch files in order to convert multiple files. Simple point and click interface. All options are set through onscreen windows dialogs. Select one or many files from a standard windows file selection dialog. Full online help. Requires the drawing translators supplied with any version of DataCAD. For windows 95, 98 & NT

SHAREWARE UTILITIES

S4 (Internet Deliverable)
Batch File Questions donated to BSA Bulletin Board by David Pendery. A program that allows you to introduce interactive questions into a batch file. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S6
ICONVERT by Infinity Engineering Services. A Demo version which supports conversions between various bit-mapped graphic formats such as BASIC BLOAD, GIF, MAC, SHP, RLE, PIC, PCX, & MSP. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S7
Print GL 1.54 by Cary Ravitz. Updated program allowing printing of HPGL plot files on a dot-matrix or Laser printer, among other choices. Includes PCAD TSR printer utility for printing from within DataCAD. ($25 registration.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S8
Optiks by Graham Systems. A Graphics Conversion/Editing Program supporting TIFF, FAX, TIF, WPG, RLE, SLD, GIF, MAC, PCC, and PCX files among others. (129.95 Registration Fee.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S9
AutoRENDER 2.1 by Control Automation, Inc. A 3D Surface Rendering Program which reads DXF files & displays wire frames, hidden lines or shaded surface models. It supports CGA, EGA & VGA. Prints to EPSON, LaserJet & others. (Full Documentation $89.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S10 (Internet Deliverable)
PC Glossary by Diston Ridge, Inc. Contains hundreds of definitions and explanations of computer terminology. Includes 15 useful tables, such ASCII control codes, the Extended ASCII character set, video display standards, etc. ($29 registration.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 CTW dollars/or $5 fee.

S18 (Internet Deliverable)
HP Sort by CNT Software. Utility which sorts your HPGL plot file to maximize plotting efficiency. Save over 30% on your typical plotting time! (Registration is $50). Free with any 5 disk order or $5 CTW dollars/or $5 fee.

S19
AA Player and AutoFlix 2 by AutoDesk, Inc. Animation program which will play your rendered files into a real "flick", with various controls on speeds and pans, etc. Includes utility which will convert TARGA files into required .FLI format. (Velocity comes with a utility to turn its files into TARGA files) $35 registration. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S22
True Type Fonts for Windows 3.1 by Big Byte Software. 14 True Type Fonts, including ARCHITECTURAL HANDLETTERING font for use with Windows 3.1 (NOT 3.0). Great for giving "preliminary" look to reports. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S29 (Internet Deliverable)
PCX to DXF Converter by Matthew Wilson. Fast, easy to use utility which will convert the standard PCX graphic file format used for much clip art and scanner files and convert it to DXF format for import into your CAD program. Allows control of layer size, line filter, and pixel filter. ($15.00 Registration.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S31
Graphic Workshop 6.1 by Alchemy Mindworks, Inc. File Conversion and Viewing Program. Handles PCX, GIF, BMP, TGA, MSP, WPG, PIC, TIFF, EPS among others. (Registration is $40.) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S32
Ceramic Tile & Stone Coverage Calculator by Laticrete International. For Windows, this program will automatically calculate material quantities and amounts required for a given installation. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S33
Reboot from BSA Bulletin Board. For use in Batch files requiring rebooting after configuration changes. COM file can be used to reboot automatically. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 CTW dollars/or $5 fee.

S34
PAK 2.51 by No Gate Consulting. File Compression Utility considers itself an improvement upon PKARC & PKZIP. PAK is compatible with those files and can even correct certain errors in those files. (Registration is $75) Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 CTW dollars/or $5 fee.

S36
SMARTDrive 4.2. by Microsoft. For users of MS-DOS 6, this upgrade to SMARTDrive 4.1 is an alternative for customers who want more conservative disk caching (writes to disk after any MS-DOS command or exiting any application) and a new /X switch that disables write-caching for all drives. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S38
AutoVision Demo Disk by AutoDesk. Demonstration disk showing new photorealistic still rendering add-on package for AutoCAD 12. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S43 (Internet Deliverable)
Architectura Engraving Clip Art donated courtesy of Design/Program Associates. From the Dover reprint of Wendel Dietterlin's engraving of 1598. Clip Art as shown in Command Performance 3.0 advertisement. FREE with any 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S44
Electronic Sweets Demo Disk by McGraw-Hill, Inc. Get a taste of how SweetSearch & SweetSpec work. CD-ROM drive NOT required. FREE with any 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S45 (Internet Deliverable)
Key Fake Utility by Charles Petzold. COM file for use in Batch files to simulate Keystrokes and Carriage Returns. Great utility for direct entry to program applications. FREE with any 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S47
Z-DUCT HVAC Product Selection Program 2.0 by Des Champs Laboratories. Selection Analysis program for Z-Duct line of Air-to-Air Heat Exchangers, Wringer Humidity Control, Maritini Pool Humidity Control System. Provided Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S51 WITHDRAWN
S52 WITHDRAWN

S54 (Internet Deliverable)
Vesa256 and Vesa16 Drivers (4/18/95) and PCX2POF Utility by DataCAD LLC. From the DataCAD Bulletin Board, here is updated version of VESA256 and VESA16 drivers. Also included in the PCX conversion to POF utility that was missing in some DataCAD 6 packages. Provided Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheapware dollars/or $5 fee.

S55 (Internet Deliverable)
S3 Driver (8/7/95 Version) by DataCAD LLC. Available from DataCAD Bulletin Board, this driver is required for many of the new S3 Chips. Free with 5/disk order or $5 Cheapware Dollars/or $5 fee.

S57
UUENCODE/DECODE 5.21 Utility by Richard Marks. Freeware version. This utility is required to unpack many attached files which are transferred via the Internet. Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware Dollars/or $5 fee.

S58
Eudora Mail Reader 1.4.4 by Qualcomm, Inc. Popular Internet mail reader. Requires WinSock v1.1 compliant TCP/IP Stack. Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S59
3D FAX by InfoImaging, Inc. With 3D FAX working together with your existing PC fax capabilities, you can now transmit any computer file -- in its original computer-readable format -- via a standard PC fax-modem, at a fraction of the cost of standard fax transmission. 3D FAX software converts digital files into highly compressed and uniquely formatted two dimensional patterns -- called infoimages -- and then transmits them via your existing fax application or communication program. This freeware version limits transmissions to 6 KB. Upgrade info included. Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S60 WITHDRAWN

S62 (Internet Deliverable)
HPGL2DXF Utility by Quantum Diagnostics. Handy utility if you find yourself with an HPGL plot file but no drawing file. This utility will reverse engineer the file to create a DXF file which you can then import back into your CAD program. Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee. (Registration $5 to $50.)

S64a
DataCAD Internet Archives '95 by Shu Associates. Archives of all messages posted to the DataCAD-DBUG Internet Forum in 1995. A great wealth of shared knowledge! Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S65b
DataCAD Internet Archives '96 by Shu Associates. Same as above but 1996 messages. Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S65c
DataCAD Internet Archives '97 by Shu Associates. Same as above but 1997 messages. Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S65d
DataCAD Internet Archives '98 by Shu Associates. Same as above but 1998 messages to date. Free w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S66 WebEdit 1.2
by Kenn Nesbitt. Easy to use Windows utility for creating your own home pages on the World Wide Web. Windows-based HTML editor for rapid creation and easy maintenance of hyper text documents. WebEdit 1.2 supports every feature of HTML 1, 2 and 3, plus special extensions such as those recognized by NetScape. Shareware registration is $99.95/$49.95 for students. Provided FREE with 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S66 (Internet Deliverable)
Cheapware CD I Companion Disk (DCAD 7 vers.) by Shu Associates. Same as R148. Provided FREE with 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S66-"X" (Internet Deliverable)
Cheapware CD I Companion Disks - Absolute path version by Shu Associates. Same as R148-"X". Provided FREE with 5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S67
DWG Read/Write Update from DataCAD LLC. Bug Fix vers. (6/24/96) for DWG Read/Write utility in DataCAD. Free w/5 disks or $5 CTW/or $5 fee.

S68
DataCAD & Windows 95 Forum Archive as compiled by Michael Tardif, BAM Compugraphyx. During Win95's breaking in period of August 95 to October 95, an incredible amount of knowledge regarding use of Win95 in conjunction with DataCAD was posted to the DataCAD-DBUG Forum. It was neatly compiled and formatted by Michael Tardif as a Word for Windows DOC file or plain TXT file. Free w/5 disk order or $5 CTW/or $5 fee.

S69
Graphic Viewers donated by Greg Barriere. Two 16-bit (PicaVue, VuePrint) and Two 32-bit (ACDC, VuePro) shareware graphic viewers as found on the Web for viewing multitude of graphic formats (gif, pcx, jpg, tif, tga, also play .mpg, .avi (movies) or .wav (sound) file formats.) They have been specially selected for their speed and/or usefulness. Shareware registrations run from $15-$24 each. Free w/5 disk order or $5 CTW/OR $5 fee.

S71 (Internet Deliverable)
A Beginner's Guide to HTML by NCSA (4/97) This most requested guide to creating web pages using HTML is provided in both HTML format for viewing with our web browser or as a plain text file to look at with any word processor. Free w/5 disk order or $5 CTW/OR $5 fee.

S72 (Internet Deliverable)
DataCAD Error Messages from DataCAD LLC web page. Ever wonder how to deal with cryptic messages such as "Error message: Internal Diagnostic Fault 10 error from 809". This file will tell you: "Problem: Bad entity(s) on layer(s); Solution: Run file through Layer Utility macro, saving layers & loading layers into a new, non-default file." It won't tell you how to deal with all your errors, but it's a good start and a handy reference. Free w/5 disk order or $5 CTW/OR $5 fee.

S73
MMPLot for Windows (32 bit for Win95/NT & 16 bit for Windows 3.1 both available.) by MAMAVision Software Consult. Easy to use HP-GL/2 plotfile viewer for Windows. Includes Zoom & Pan, Print-to-fit, Zoom-to-Printer, Print-to-Scale, Send-to-Plotter. Save to file as Bitmap, Windows Meta File or copy it to clipboard. 255 free definable pencolors, penwidths, background, mapping mode and more. If you have a Fax software configured as a printer, this utility will send any DataCAD HPGL/2 plot out for faxing. ( Shareware Registration is $45/ 21 Day Free evaluation.) Free w/ 5 disk order or $5 CTW dollars/or $5 fee.

S74
Index Maker 2.0 by Itasca Softworks. This Index maker utility will search ASCII files to index up to 500 words with up to 50 page citations per word. (Shareware Registration is $45.) Free with 5 disk order or $5 CTW dollars/or $5 fee.

S79 (Internet Deliverable)
Decode Shell Extension v2.31 by Funduc Software adds a "Decode" menu item to your Windows 95 or NT 4.0 Explorer context menu (right mouse button) and File menu. The extension will then analyze the file and if it detects a UUENCODED, BinHex, XXE, user table or Base64(MIME) encoded file, it will decode it to your file name and path location. (No Registration Req’d.) Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

S80
Kernal Toys by Microsoft includes Conventional Memory Tracker, MS-DOS Mode Config Tool, Time Zone Editor, Win95 Keyboard Remap (CTRL & CapsLock keys), CPU Process Watcher, and Win95 Logo Key Control (DOSWINKY.INF fixes Win95 Key problem.) (No Registration Req’d.) Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

S81 (Internet Deliverable)
Logitech 7.51 Drivers (12/16/97) by Logitech. Update your Logitech mouse drivers to allow configuration of middle button as a left-button double-click. Required for optimum use of DataCAD 8 for Windows with middle mouse button. Works with any Logitech pointing device operating under Windows 95. (No Registration Fee Req’d.) Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

S82 (Internet Deliverable)
BMP2DXF V1.5 by Stan Katz ($25 Registration) & GIFDXF by Kamyan Software ($15 Registration). Two Convertors to take either BMP file or GIF file and convert it to DXF for import into DataCAD. Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

S83 (Internet Deliverable)
SHX2SHP.EXE by Schreiber Instruments "decompiles" .SHX files and converts them to .SHP files. Very useful for converting AutoCAD fonts into DataCAD fonts (using SHP2CHR utility in DataCAD. (No Registration Fee Req’d.) Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

S84
HP2CAD by Tailor Made Software is designed to convert Hewlett Packard Graphics Language, HP-GL or HP-GL/2 into DXF, Binary DXF or DXB formats. Fully Featured Controls for output options. (Operable Demo Version - substantial Registration Fees req’d for full version.) Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

S85 (Internet Deliverable)
BK ReplaceEm by Bill Klein. A text search and replace program designed to operate on multiple text files at once. And you need not only perform one search and replace operation per file--you can set up a list of operations to perform. Ideal for global template rewrites. Requires Windows 95/NT. (No Registration Fee Req’d.) Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

S86
MKDXF Lite by CADology Ltd. This utility is a DOS program that will create Autodesk DXF files direct from AutoCAD DWG drawing files and can work with single files or with wildcard options for file selection. This lite version only works with DWG’s less than 100K. (No Registration Fee Req’d.) Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

S87 (Internet Deliverable)
ACAD Drawing QuickView 1.1.03 by Nathan Crews. DWG QuickVewer provides easy right-click, pop-up, quick viewing of AutoCAD R14 and R13 drawing files. The drawing QuickViewer does not require AutoCAD installed, although if installed, additional features are available. [Editor: works great with AutoCAD generated DWG-13 & DWG-14 but will NOT work with DataCAD generated DWGs, as they did not have the embedded thumbnail BMPs.] No Registration Fee Req'd. Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

S103 (Internet Deliverable)
Undelete Disk from Cheap Tricks Ware. A bootable system disk formatted in MS-DOS 6.20 with the UNDELETE.EXE utility for safety net recovering of lost DataCAD or other files that have been accidentally erased. For use with power failures or unrecoverable lockups, this disk will let you boot up in DOS 6.20 in order to use the abandoned UNDELETE.EXE utility to recover SWP, BAK, DC5 or ASV files from your DataCAD directory. No guarantees but another possible protection layer. Free w/ 5 disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee.

S104 (Free Download)
CTW CD conversion batch file by Shu Associates Inc. A simple batch file in Q&A format that will convert your installed DataCAD 5/6/7/ hatch, linetype, keyboard macro files for use with DataCAD 8 for Windows, along with other support info to allow best use of the CTW CDs with D8W. Free with 5- disk order or $5CTW or $5 distribution fee. (Also now included w/any CD order.)

S105 (Internet Deliverable)
Keyboard Reference Guides by DATACAD LLC (Rick Morse). Excellent essential reference for those who want the ultimate customization out of their DataCAD via custom keyboard macros and custom toolbars. These two files tell you how the keyboard interrupts are coded (in the DCADWIN.MSG file) as well as how to utilize extended key calls (ALT-XXX) in your own custom keyboard macros. The keyboard interrupts are conveniently provided in EXCEL 97 Spreadsheet form, or HTML format (web browser); extended key calls are in plain text. Free with 5/disk order or $5 CTW dollars or $5 distribution fee.

S111 (Internet Deliverable)
Sly Autorun v2.0 by Neil Caldwell. This freeware utility application is designed for use with the Autorun feature to assist in launching any associated file type from a CD-ROM (or removable media such as Zip drive) -- now with parameter support. Simply edit the Slyauto2.ini file with Notepad.exe and distribute it with Sly Autorun v2.0 on removable media. (ie: CD's, ZIP disks etc...) Easy to use... full instructions included. A must for anyone who burns CD's. Great for presentations! Note: Sly Autorun will launch any associated or non-associated file type (ie: HTML, AVI's, MP3's, ZIP's, DOC's etc.) Requires Windows 95 or up. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S112 (Internet Deliverable)
Sly Installer by Neil Caldwell. This freeware interface application is for installing applications from a CD-ROM or other removable media. Simply edit the index file with Notepad.exe or Sly Script Builder (included in pro edition) and distribute it with Sly Installer on removable media. (ie: CD's,ZIP disks etc...) Easy to use... full instructions included (this file). A must for anyone who burns CD's. Note: Sly Installer will launch any associated file type (ie: AVI's, MP3's, ZIP's, DOC's etc.) Great for presentations too ! Now with customizable background graphic. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S113 (Internet Deliverable)
EditPad© by Jan Goyvaerts is a very nice replacement for the standard Windows NotePad that allows you to open multiple files at once with easy switching, edit/replace functions, block saving and file insertion, print options, date stamp, a host of other nice extra features in an easy to use, quick text editor. "Cost" of registration is to send a nice postcard to the author in Belgium! Provided FREE w/any other order.

S114 (Internet Deliverable)
PicaView 1.31 by ACD Systems Ltd. is a fast and effective Windows Explorer "add-on" for viewing images without running external programs! It displays thumbnails and image information of 17 popular bitmap formats in pop-up menus Also has display and zoom, prints images and thumbnail sheets; plays WAV files by right-clicking, rotates JPEG images, and will do batch image format conversion (change your DOS POFs (via PCX) to BMPs in a jiffy). 60 day Trial Version provided; then Registered Version with ACD is $26 Internet or $36 CD. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S115 (Internet Deliverable)
TTFtoDXF Convertor by Andrew R. Clayton (distributed intact from Cadalog Shareware) will convert TrueType® fonts to DXF for those sensitive signage projects of yours. - This program will read in a true type font and allow you to edit 1 sentence (or one character set) per export with full character spacing/height/resolution control. This shareware version allows 30 trial uses before Registration of $100 to author is required for further use. Provided FREE w/5 disk order or $5 Cheap Tricks Ware dollars/or $5 fee.

S117 (Internet Deliverable)
DataCAD File Viewer (WINVIEW.EXE) by SoftTech/DATACAD LLC. Another Best of Your Cheap Tricks prizewinning find, this tiny (280K) standalone utility (included in DataCAD Plus), functions as a quick 2D/3D DataCAD file viewer is a great way to do a quick check on DC5 or DC+ plus files, even reads BAK, SWP, DC3, ASV files as well. Doesn't display text or ZAC entities, but its a great quick way to check out those "mystery" files or file variations. Free w/5 disk CTW order or $5 CTW dollars or $5.00.

S131 Knoppix Bootable Rescue CD
by Knoppix.org. (Mail only, no Internet Delivery)
This bootable rescue CD, Knoppix <www.knoppix.org>, will boot your computer to a Linux operating system and interface. It does not require that you install any
software or files to your hard drive, it operates totally from the CD. Once you boot to this CD, you will be able to access your hard drive files to delete a pesky
troublemaker virus or to copy data files to a CD or DVD burner. See Cheap Tricks Dr. OPs February 2006 for more details. $5.00 distribution fee (Note: no
additional postage/media charges required for any US address.)

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