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• Hooray for vinyl!In case you haven't heard, vinyl is making a comeback, with record sales up 15 percent in 2007. In fact, artists as diverse as Paul McCartney and Del Tha Funky Homosapien celebrated "Record Store Day" just this week--so what better way to join the celebration than with some .NET DJ-ing functionality? MultiMedia Soft puts out an Audio Sound Suite for .NET that can help you add playback, recording, mixing, analysis, and ripping capabilities to your applications. And if you're not looking for that much audio oomph, you can also get the suite's two components individually: Audio DJ Studio for .NET and Audio Sound Recorder for .NET.Not ready to hit the wheels of steel? You can find plenty of other functionality in this week's software Picks: BoxedApp SDK is a DLL that can help you create a virtual file system to fake out your application; WebMonitorDummy makes sure that sites you're managing are always up and running; and Ranorex is a software automation, testing, and data-collection tool.
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  Programming ToolsBoxedApp SDKIt's true what they say: Sometimes you have to fake it to make it. That's true with software, too--especially in unusual conditions where you need to emulate a system registry or file system. That's the premise behind BoxedApp SDK, a DLL that will help you embed DLLs and ActiveX/OCX components, as well as create virtual files and fake registry entries, values, and keys. Why would you ever want to do that? The developers behind BoxedApp SDK outline a variety of situations--for example, if your application needs a Flash ActiveX player to play a Flash movie, but you can't count on users having one installed. All the potential scenarios would cause a critical failure, but BoxedApp SDK saves the day with its no-fuss fakery, all in a single exe. Get it here
  Java & Web DevelopmentWebMonitorDummyThis isn't literally software for dummies. Sure, the developers behind WebMonitorDummy are also responsible for UninstallDummy, PopUpDummy, FTPDummy, PrivacyDummy, ImageGrabDummy, and...well, the list goes on. But the functionality in WebMonitorDummy isn't so much dumb as lazy--and lazy in that good way that saves you time. This brand-new application aims to save you time by making sure that any sites you're managing are always up and running. WebMonitorDummy sits in your system tray, quietly monitoring any sites you specify. It periodically checks for some predefined chunk of html or text, on any schedule that you set, and it lets you know with an e-mail, sound effect, or other notification if that check is unsuccessful--which is a likely sign that the site in question might be down. Get it here
  Management Tools & EditorsRanorexWhen you're creating high-quality software, there's no substitute for testing. Serious software projects call for rigorous--i.e., automated--testing, and that's where industrial-strength apps like Ranorex can help. This software automation, testing, and data-collection tool recently added Web testing to its bag of tricks, with an updated automation API and a new Ranorex WebSpy tool. Ranorex can help in a variety of scenarios, helping with everything from integrating test scripts into daily builds to recording and replaying macros. It works with common languages such as Python, VB.NET, C#, and C++, and it's available in three different editions--Free, Pro, and Premium--depending on your needs. Get it here
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