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Download AlcoVol (for Windows 98, 2000, NT, XP)
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Download VB 6.0 Runtime
Electrojunky
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| AlcoVol is an interactive, graphical, fluid
volumes conversion and display application. |
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Awarded '5 satellites' from Freeware World Team.
Rated '5' by Popular Shareware, TopShareware,
TopQualityFreeware, BrotherSoft, Shareup, Fileheaven,
1-Shareware, 5-Cup Software, Downloads45, Bestsoftware4download,
Bestfreewaredownload. Awarded '3 cows' by
Tucows.
Recommended by HomeCookingGuide. |
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Installation: If you do not already have the
VB 6.0 Runtime installed in your system, download the VB 6.0 Runtime, save
it to a temporary directory, double-click the icon and follow the instructions. Then, download the
AlcoVol application installation file, unzip it (using eg. FreeZip, WinZip), and
save the individual extracted files to a temporary directory. From this
directory, select and double-click the file named 'Setup' and follow the
instructions.
AlcoVol
PAD file: 'Portable Application Description' files are datasets which allow software authors to communicate specific and most often requested information
about their products to online communities in a concise and standard way. Click
here for AlcoVol PAD file which can be opened in a standard browser. Click
here for AlcoVol PAD file in XML format (data can be extracted and
parsed using standard XML toolkits).
AlcoVol's database includes ALL the major fluid volumes in use
throughout the world today (including kitchen measures such as cups, teaspoons,
tablespoons, dash etc) as well as key historical and superseded units, and - as its
name suggests - it features an extensive list of alcohol volume units. This makes
AlcoVol of value not only to producers and distributors of beverages, but
travelling consumers, liquor journalists, beer buffs, wine connoisseurs and 'libation
fans' will also
find it very handy.
The need for AlcoVol became apparent to me after observing the following:
-many people asking 'what is equivalent to what' in online
discussion forums. Of all the physical units commonly in use, fluid volume units
arguably cause the most confusion.
-conversions being expressed as simply statements or cumbersome tables,
requiring users to perform look-ups and calculations themselves.
-limitations of other web-based converters and downloadable utilities,
such as their use of databases which are incomplete or too generic, their
inability to instantly convert from 'ANY to ANY' unit, and no range display or
any form of graphical interactivity.
Detailed Features List
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The most comprehensive
database available of past, present and metric fluid volumes, and alcohol
measures. Please note: to ensure that AlcoVol's
database remains the best there is, please feedback to me any fluid volume
units still in use in your region that I may have missed - stating the
unit name, what it is used for (alcohol measure or otherwise) and its
equivalence in milliliters. I'd also like to know of any errors you find
in conversions. Your contributions will be acknowledged on this site. |
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The ability to order units lists alphabetically, according to metric
units first, UK and US units first, or Australian units first. You can
also instantly swap 'from' and 'to' units. |
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Predictive search on units lists - instead of 'scrolling and clicking'
on units, you can type out units in the textboxes above the lists and as
you do so, AlcoVol's lists automatically scroll to the 'best matching'
units in the database - based on each letter you type. |
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Instantaneous conversions - as you click on a unit, type out a unit or
type out a value, the conversion result immediately gets displayed
numerically in a textbox and also graphically on AlcoVol's 'flask' - the
flask's scales and range automatically adjust to the values to be
displayed. |
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Graphical interactivity - Similar to the feature in WinThermO, you can
physically drag the fluid level in the 'flask' graphic up or down and the
corresponding 'from' and 'to' values scroll with the movement. The color
and appearance of the fluid in the 'flask' can be adjusted. |
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Conversion reports - You can choose which conversions to
save,and when
you're done, pressing 'Make File' results in a CSV textfile of your chosen
conversions being produced: |
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You can easily import this textfile into say, a
spreadsheet. |
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