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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Free tool to copy password protected PDF without password

Recently, I had a password protected PDF (for which I had the password) but had to upload the same at some place which didn't accept password protected PDF. To my surprise, I couldn't find any option within Adobe PDF reader after opening the file (with valid password) to remove password requirement or make a copy of the PDF without password. While I began hunt for some free tool for that, I came across 2 cool tools:

1) http://pdf2jpg.net/
This free online tool allows converting PDF to images in 3 different qualities. I found this as I initially thought I'll convert file from PDF to image and upload that instead (as I had option to upload an image instead of PDF). It works!

2) http://www.becyhome.de/download_eng.htm
This did exactly what I wanted. Its a free tool which allowed me to make a copy of password protected PDF without password. All you need is:
a. Run BeCyPDFMetaEdit.exe
b. Open a PDF file with "Complete Rewrite" option
c. (optional) If the file is password protected, it will ask you to enter it before you do anything (so it is ethical to use too :)
d. Go to Security Tab and select (no encryption)
e. use "Save As" at bottom to save a copy of the PDF

If you're aware of more free (and adware free, malware free and tested) tools, do share!

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Comparison of free private source code repositories

If you are a freelancer or have an idea that you wish to develop with a friend (or maybe yourself), it is likely that you are looking for a SVN repository. At the same time you may wish not to opt for public repository which makes your code public to all. If you do not want to invest in a server or expensive online repository accounts, following table may help you. It represents a list and comparison of good source code repository options which provide some level of free usage.

	Price	Size	Users	Private	User Groups	Projects	Supports
FREE Options
Spring Loops	Free	100 MB	2	Yes	No	1	Git, Subversion
BitBucket	Free	Unlimited	5	Yes	Yes	Unlimited	Git, Mercurial
Assembla	Free	1GB	Unlimited	Yes	No	Unlimited	Subversion, Git
BeanStalk	Free	100 MB	1	Yes	No	1	Subversion, Git, Mercurial
ProjectLocker	Free	200MB	2	Yes	No	1	Subversion, Git
Unfuddle	Free	512MB	2	Yes	No	1	Subversion, Git
GitHub	Free	Unlimited	Unlimited	No	No	Unlimited	Git
CHEAPEST options
xp-Dev	$5/mo	2GB	Unlimited	Yes	Yes	Unlimited	Subversion, Git, Mercurial
repositoryhosting	$6/mo	2GB	Unlimited	Yes	Yes	Unlimited	Svn, Git, Hg

Am I missing one? Let me know in comments and I'll update the table! Update:
Assembla and Unfuddle added on 24Aug2012. Assembla has restarted giving free accounts 2-3 days ago. 27Feb2014 Assembla & Unfuddle now give only 15 days Trial.. Bad!!

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

How to quickly collapse all projects in solution explorer

If you find it tedious and irritating to collapse all projects or hierarchical folder chains in Visual Studio's solution explorer (as I've always been, especially with solutions having more than 30 projects), you may wish to give a try to this Plugin (Its free:). Its not something new but I recently came to know about it from my colleague Sumit and just love it since.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Delete network credential from IE

If you have mistakenly opted for "remember password" while opening sharepoint site (or any other site which opens a popup up for network credentials), then forcing IE to again start prompting for credentials is a pain unless you know the right think to do.

Everywhere you will get replies to delete cookies and other files by going into IE8>Settings>Content>AutoComplete>Delete Files. But this doesn't works for network credentials as they actually get stored by windows. Instead do following:

STEPS (applies to windows 7)

1. Click on start button

2. Type passwords and select Manage network passwords option from filtered list.
You will find saved URLs and passwords of saved credentials

3. Select Delete option for the saved credential you want to remove