Sometimes it’s useful to extract a web page to a file from a Windows batch.

For example I have a batch file that downloads financial figures every day, processes them and updates a database.

vbcurl http://myfinancialfigures.com/something.php >mydatafile.htm

If you don’t have a copy of Opera handy use a statement like the following to read the source from a page that blocks right click:-

vbcurl http://annoyingwebsitesthat.com/blockrightclicks.php >secret_source.htm

Vbcurl

Encrypt HTML

Click the above link to download a small tool for encrypting small chunks of HTML such as PayPal and AlertPay buttons. It doesn’t actually encrypt code it obfuscates it which is a fancy way of saying it jumbles it up a bit. It’s enough to deter the casual thief from checking out the successful return URL where he might find your goodies.

It’s a VB6 application (Google site:microsoft.com vb6 runtimes if you don’t have them already).

Free to use but usual disclaimers, use at your own risk etc..

You could prepare a batch to call VBCurl, and call it from a Windows Schedule too. However if you are looking for something quick to setup you might find this better.

The application is written with VB6. It’s not a commercial grade product but it does the job. I meant to add it to the System Tray but never got around to it and as VB6 is no longer supported it’s unlikely I will bother. However it’s been working well for several years and as far as I know remains bug free!

Using it is self explanatory so I won’t bother with much detail. Only to say use at your own risk, no warranty, no guarantee, blah blah blah…. but at least it’s free!

Download HomeCron.zip

It’s been a while since we have been redirecting this page. first to WalkerWebsites and now to Ventrino and perhaps somewhere else in the future. A case of spreading ourselves thin for sure - too busy earning a living to make any money.

However that’s changing, we are consolidating many of our domains and updating a lot of links so they at least point to something of value (check the PR on this page, it used to be 6 and deservedly has been dumped to 1) what a shame, if we had put just a little effort in we could have maintained this page as a hive of activity, a feeder for our other sites.

Still time away from it wasn’t wasted and if such a thing can happen we did manage to get the PR transferred to our new sites:

www.ventrino.com
www.walkerwebsites.com

Shortly we will be releasing a WIKI for the documentation, more videos, and a new support site. The only thing that will remain is the forum which btw is always the best place to start looking for help:-

http://forum.ventrino.com