File extension Details of WBA, BA, AZA, AWZIP, ATPZ, X, XAP, XAR, XFL

Winace

Company / developer:
  e-merge GmbH

WinAce

A compression tool that crunches the last free bit from your data, but takes twice to ten times longer for compressing and - even worse - for extracting your data probably will not work for you - or your customers. On the other hand, a compression tool that deflates your files as quick as lightning but leaves a lot of "air" in the compressed file will not take you far either.

WinAce features

WinAce is not just another archiving shell. With it's own powerful compression format ACE and built-in support for other popular compression types like ZIP, RAR and MS-CAB (to name a few), WinAce could actually become the only archiver you need.

The feature list of WinAce includes:

• compression of the following formats: ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, JAVA JAR
• decompression of: ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, RAR, ARC, ARJ, GZip, TAR, ZOO, JAR
• multi-volume (disk spanning) archives for ACE, ZIP, CAB
• self-extracting archives (SFX) for ACE and ZIP
• password encryption & recovery records for data protection
• Integrity check for ACE, ZIP, LHA, MS-CAB, RAR, ARC, ARJ, GZip, TAR, ZOO, JAR
• Repair functionality for ACE and ZIP archives
• Authenticity verification for ACE archives
• comment files in HTML, ANSI or ASCII for ACE- and ZIP-Archives
• full command line access (compatible with DOS ACE)
• detailed information for all archive types
• Quickviewer for graphic files, Word Documents, HTML pages and ASCII files
• full drag&drop support
• complete file-management (copying, moving and deleting of files and directories)
• optimization of existing archives
• access to your archives in Windows Explorer and via the context menu (shell extension)
• table of contents in the "Properties" panel of ACE and ZIP files (shell extension)
• ... and so much more!

Scifer Archiver and Compression

Company / developer:
  Senthil Kumar R

Scifer Archiver and Compression

Scifer is a data compression and archiving application using a new data compression logic based on Universal Common Logic (UCL).

• Theoretically data can be compressed to unity, however advanced research and contributions have to be made to UCL, a relatively new theory.
• The BETA version focuses more on complex, pattern-less and randomized data. Textual and more literal data which are more compressible using larger dictionary based schemes and advanced frequency analyzed outputs are not implemented in this version.
• Consumes the least memory resources compared to any other powerful compression algorithms.
• Data can be processed in a buffer-less stream also, with zero information of the previously processed data (no sliding window, no frequency counts, no Huffman or any other frequency based analysis). This can be implemented in hardware or software for real-time compression and decompression of data streams of any type.
• Unique archive structure which allows files and data to be directly accessed without extracting.
• File addition or removal is not allowed. Ideal for archived file distributions.
• The external header makes it possible to view the information of files in the archive in any application like browsers, office automation documents or XML processing viewers without mobilising the large binary data of the archive. Example: show the archive contents in any number of websites while the actual binary archive is present in one location only.

QazaR

Company / developer:
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ActiveWords

Company / developer:
  ActiveWord Systems, Inc.

ActiveWords

ActiveWords is user interface technology that adds a simple and powerful attribute to Windows®, it turns words into actions. You enter or select any words in any context at any time, and are directly connected with services related to the meaning of those words. For example, trigger the word "weather" and a web page showing your current local weather appears.

ActiveWords allows you to leverage your vocabulary and innate naming ability to extend the user interface, providing:

• Spontaneous access
• Instant results
• Significant time savings
• Increased accuracy
• Improved ease of use

Automise

Company / developer:
  VSoft Technologies Pty Ltd

Automise -
For System Administrators and IT Professionals

Automise is a powerful Windows automation tool that reduces the need for writing script to empower anyone to automate Windows. Automate with Automise to free yourself from repetitive tasks and provide faster, more reliable and consistent results.
Through the simplicity of its drag-and-drop graphical interface, Automise empowers you to automate complex repetitive tasks, with ease. Use any of Automise's built-in actions to automate a single task or combine actions in a workflow to automate an entire IT process. Then, once a project is complete you can run it with a single click, keystroke or automatically on a schedule.

What can Automise automate?

• file operations (copy, move, create, delete, etc)
• mouse clicks and keystrokes
• CD/DVD burning
• Active Directory management
• IIS 5 and 6 operations (start, stop, create website, etc)
• downloading files from the web
• batch image manipulation
• database manipulations using SQL or stored procedures
• FTP operations (put, get, create directory, etc)
• iteration through files, folders, file content, lists
• archiving by creating zip files, unpack RAR files, etc
• manipulate XML files
• PDF conversion and manipulation
• WMI operations
• and much more!

SuperDisk!

Company / developer:
  Alysis Software Corporation

SuperDisk!™ 1.0 was released in the spring of 1991 to a highly-expectant audience. Macintosh hard drives were becoming crowded as application software grew larger and desktop publishing files began to consume more space than ever before.
When SuperDisk!™ 1.0 was released, it set a new standard for compression speed and transparency. SuperDisk!™ allows users to compress files and folders by simply adding an extension to their filenames.
screen shot Users of SuperDisk!™ 1.x are greeted with a whimsical animated control panel display. Selecting from the different speed options will accelerate the running rabbit's pace and inflate or deflat the elephant and cola can. On-screen documentation completes a simple and elegant design.

Microsoft Visual Studio

Company / developer:
  Microsoft Corporation

New tools tailored to help you take on your software development challenges.

Visual Studio provides a range of tools that offer many benefits for individual developers and software development teams:

• Be more productive and obtain faster results
• Build dynamic Windows, Web, mobile, and Office-based solutions
• Communicate and collaborate more effectively within your software teams
• Ensure quality early and often throughout the development process

XAR

Company / developer:
  Google Inc.

XAR

The XAR project aims to provide an easily extensible archive format. Important design decisions include an easily extensible XML table of contents for random access to archived files, storing the toc at the beginning of the archive to allow for efficient handling of streamed archives, the ability to handle files of arbitrarily large sizes, the ability to choose independent encodings for individual files in the archive, the ability to store checksums for individual files in both compressed and uncompressed form, and the ability to query the table of content's rich meta-data.

Adobe Creative Suite

Company / developer:
  Adobe Systems Incorporated

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems. The latest version, Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4), was announced on December, 2008; it introduced Universal binaries for all major programs for the Apple Macintosh.

Adobe sells CS4 applications in six different combinations called "editions."

CS4 includes several programs, including Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks that were developed by Macromedia, a former rival acquired by Adobe in 2005.

An extra DVD is supplied with Arabic, Hebrew and North African versions of Adobe CS4 in Central European and Middle Eastern versions for language support. For example, these versions handle bi-directional text flow for easy usage in accordance to keyboard language, advanced text settings, right-to-left layout, import and export options for Middle Eastern characters, and spell checker for Middle Eastern languages. These versions are only available from WinSoft, Adobe’s internationalization and localization partner.

Creative Suite Family editions:

Adobe Creative Suite Design Premium
Adobe Creative Suite Design Standard
Adobe Creative Suite Web Premium
Adobe Creative Suite Web Standard
Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium
Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection

AIC software

Company / developer:
  Erik van Bilsen AudioVisuality

AIC software

Advanced Image Coding (AIC) is an experimental still image compression system that combines algorithms from the H.264 and JPEG standards.
More specifically, it combines intra frame block prediction from H.264 with a JPEG-style discrete cosine transform, followed by context adaptive binary arithmetic coding as used in H.264. The result is a compression scheme that performs much better than JPEG and close to JPEG-2000.
The AIC software is written for Windows 32-bit operating systems, including Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP and 2003, although I only tested on Windows 2000 and Windows XP.