News

October 17, 2024

A new update is available FRSProductMgr™ to fix a serious issue.

October 8, 2024

We have simultaneously released minor updates for FRSCatalog™, FRSMoney™, and FRSProductMgr™ to fix a some of issues found in each of them.

September 20, 2024

We have released a new minor update for FRSCatalog™ to fix some issues.

August 20, 2024

Today we released an update for FRSMoney™ to fix a number of issues found with the application.

August 9, 2024

We have released a minor update for FRSProductMgr™ to fix some issues found in the application, and to add a couple of new features.

June 12, 2024

We have released a minor update for FRSTrainTracker™ to fix an issue.

June 1, 2024

A small update is available for FRSTrainTracker™ to fix some issues.

April 22, 2024

We have released a minor update for FRSProductMgr™ and for FRSCatalog™, to fix an issue found with adding new web reports.

April 17, 2024

We have released a minor update for FRSProductMgr™ to fix one issue found.

April 12, 2024

We have released a minor upgrade to FRSCatalog™ to fix a couple of issues, and add a couple new features.

April 9, 2024

We have released a minor update for FRSMoney™ to fix one issue.

We also released a minor update for FRSProductMgr™ to fix a number of issues.

March 20, 2024

We have released a minor update for FRSMoney™ to fix a number of issues.

March 14, 2024

A minor upgrade to FRSCatalog™ has been released to fix a handful of issues.

March 12, 2024

Today we are announcing a major version upgrade for FRSProductMgr™. A good number of main window changes were made, many minor changes made, and all known issues have been fixed.

February 15, 2024

A major upgrade to FRSCatalog™ has been released to fix a number of issues, make some user interface updates, and to add some new features.

January 31, 2024

An update to FRSTrainTracker™ has been released to fix the issue with running the application in trial mode, as well as a few other issues.

January 29, 2024

A problem was found in the trial versions of the recent releases of FRSTrainTracker, FRSCatalog, FRSProductMgr, and FRSMoney. When doing a new install for these, they will run the first time, but then won't run after that. We will be releasing new versions for each of these as soon as possible.

November 16, 2023

We are happy to announce version 2 of FRSTrainTracker™. The application went through a complete review as we had three goals in mind for this new release. One, we wanted to make it easy for you to manage your collection, whether that be 25 entries or 500 entries. Second, we wanted to make the main window be very dynamic based on the way that you prefer to see the text (you can control the font, the size, and the color of all of its texts), and be able to associate any number of photos with an entry. Third, we added the ability for you to be able to filter which data is shown in its Inventory listing on the left, so that it is easy to work on just the entries that you want to view and (temporarily) ignore the others. For a full listing of the changes, be sure to read the "Version History" document (click on the application's "FRSTrainTracker | Version History" menu command).

August 10, 2023

After more than a year under development, we are excited to announce the release of FRSProductMgr™ version 5. The application is now over 10 years old and it has been thoroughly reviewed. The main window received the bulk of the changes, part of which is the commencement of all of our main applications, from now, to have a very dynamic main window, allowing you to choose the font, size, and color of the texts shown on the main window. This allows you to select a small font to show lots of data, or make the font larger so that it is more legible. There are many, many changes to FRSProductMgr, so be sure to read the "Version History" document (click on the application's "FRSProductMgr | Version History" menu command). Note that there are a few things that could not be made backwards-compatible when you upgrade (nothing major; just things you may need to set again, such as the main window's filter selection), all documented in the Version History document.

May 29, 2023

It may seem that we have been quiet, but we are actually quite busy. Today we officially switched away from PayPal to using Stripe to accept payments for licenses to our software applications. Stripe offers more payment options, including just simply using a credit or debit card, for your convenience. Stripe also makes it possible for us to start offering the ability to pay directly from within the application (added to each application when a new version is released), rather than to have to first come to this web site. As such, the custom online shopping cart that we had on this web site has now been removed.

January 12, 2023

We fixed a couple of minor issues in FRSCatalog™.

You may have noticed that there have been a lot of updates to FRSCatalog. This is not because FRSCatalog is particularly "buggy", but rather that it was created in a relatively short production cycle, and was immediately used for actual work. At the same time, the application stretched the functionality of our code feature sets, especially the ability to generate web pages from the user-entered data. So, we are using FRSCatalog to thoroughly debug the web page generation feature (and others), and when that application has been stable for an extended period of time, we will gradually incorporate these changes into our other applications that also use these features.

December 22, 2022

We continue to perfect FRSCatalog™ with another minor release to fix some issues found.

December 8, 2022

We have released a minor update for FRSCatalog™, to fix several issues found within the application, as well as add a couple of added abilities.

September 28, 2022

We have released an update for FRSMoney™ to fix some issues found.

September 27, 2022

We have released another minor update for FRSCatalog™, to fix an issue found within the application.

September 19, 2022

We have released another minor update for FRSCatalog™, to fix issues found within the application.

August 29, 2022

We have released a minor update for FRSCatalog™, to fix issues found within the application.

August 17, 2022

We have released a minor update for FRSCatalog™, to fix issues found within the application.

July 30, 2022

We are pleased to release version 2 of FRSCatalog™. It offers an improved main window for easier data entry and management, and fixes a number of issues found in the previous version, as well as adds a couple of new features.

June 6, 2022

Today we released a minor upgrade for FRSCatalog™, to fix a couple of issues found in the application.

June 2, 2022

A new minor release of FRSMoney™ has been made available to fix some issues found.

May 5, 2022

We are happy to announce the release of a complete revision of FRSMoney™, which now offers full support for recording stock trades (as well as all other trading account types).

March 15, 2022

We have released a new version of FRSCatalog™, to fix a number of issues found in the initial release, and to add some more functionality.

January 3, 2022

We have released a new version of FRSTimeTrack™ to fix a couple of issues.

December 23, 2021

While things appear to be quiet, we've actually been hard at work on two products, one of which we are pleased to announce today. We have a new application called FRSCatalog™, which makes it easy to maintain catalogs of products, items, web site content, photos, etc.

You may also have noticed that we have revised our web site a bit, the most significant of which is that all of our product pages are now single-page layouts, for quicker review of each of our products. What's interesting about that, is that we used our new application, FRSCatalog, to actually create and maintain those pages!

2021 has been a good year, with three new applications, and all of our active products receiving at least one update.

August 8, 2021

Another small utility freeware application, called FRSPCLock™, was released today. It switches your computer into its "locked" state (i.e. requiring a password, if so set up, to gain access to it).

August 5, 2021

We have created a small freeware application called FRSWireless™ which makes it easy to connect and disconnect to and from your preferred wireless local area network, if your computer uses that to connect to other computers.

May 14, 2021

If you have your computer's first-day-of-the-week setting set to something other than "Sunday", the calendar controls in the following applications weren't showing the correct day numbers: FRSCalendar™, FRSMoney™, FRSTimeTrack™.

May 10, 2021

We have released a minor update to FRSBikeTraxx™, to fix some issues related to sorting data.

April 26, 2021

Today we are releasing a new major version of FRSSystemWatch™ to fix some minor issues, change the main window, and add some new functionality. As with all of our freeware applications, download the application and simply install it over top of your existing installation to apply the upgrade.

April 22, 2021

We have released a minor maintenance update to FRSWiggle™. As with all of our freeware applications, download the application and simply install it over top of your existing installation to apply the upgrade.

The "Version History" menu command was not available on the FRSPasty™ system menu, so that's been added with this minor update.

April 21, 2021

Today we are releasing a minor maintenance update to FRSStopwatch™. As with all of our freeware applications, download the application and simply install it over top of your existing installation to apply the upgrade.

An issue was found in yesterday's release of FRSPhotoGrabber™, so a new version has been made available.

April 20, 2021

We released a new version of FRSPhotoGrabber™ to update it to our current standards. As with all of our freeware applications, download the application and simply install it over top of your existing installation to apply the upgrade.

April 19, 2021

We have released a major new version of FRSPasty™ to add some new features which required changes to the main window.

April 15, 2021

A minor maintenance update of our freeware application FRSFileList™ was released today. As with all of our freeware applications, download the application and simply install it over top of your existing installation to apply the upgrade.

April 14, 2021

We have released a minor update to FRSCalendar™, to add two menu commands. Download the application and simply install it over top of your existing installation to apply the upgrade.

We have decided to retire FRSGiftRegistry, mostly due to the inability to continue to support external databases that are not under our control, which led to a number of customer issues that we could not resolve, as we do not own every single database that is out there.

April 13, 2021

FRSCountdown™ has been updated to the latest standards, and added some minor features. As with all of our freeware applications, download the application and simply install it over top of your existing installation to apply the upgrade.

April 12, 2021

We released a minor update to FRSBikeTraxx™, to fix a couple of issues.

April 8, 2021

We are releasing a new version of FRSPhotoViewer™ mostly to get it up to speed with our latest standards, as well as fix a few issues.

April 5, 2021

Today, we released a new version of FRSTimeTrack™ to fix a number of issues and to add some new functionality.

March 30, 2021

We have released a new update for FRSAddressbook™ to fix a couple of issues and to add minor additional functionality. As with all of our freeware applications, download the application and simply install it over top of your existing installation to apply the upgrade.

A few settings-related user interface issues were found and fixed in FRSProductMgr™, FRSLibrary™, FRSMoney™, FRSFileMgr™, and FRSTrainTracker™.

March 29, 2021

We have fixed one issue and added one new feature to FRSMoney™ with today's update.

March 26, 2021

We have released a minor update to FRSTrainTracker™ to get it up to our current standards.

March 23, 2021

There were some issues fixed in FRSLibrary™.

March 18, 2021

A few problems were fixed in FRSProductMgr™, so a minor upgrade is now available.

February 8, 2021

Fixed the slow-search problem in FRSFileMgr™.

January 26, 2021

A new version of FRSFileMgr™ has been released to fix a number of issues, make some changes, and add some new functionality to the application.

December 21, 2020

Fixed some issues with FRSProductMgr™, mostly related to web reports.

Similarly, some issues with FRSLibrary™ have been fixed.

September 15, 2020

Continuing to refine FRSProductMgr™, we have released a minor upgrade for it.

September 3, 2020

A small, but problematic, issue was found with the web reports settings, which affects FRSTrainTracker™, FRSLibrary™, and FRSProductMgr™.

September 2, 2020

A new version of FRSTrainTracker™ has been released today. It mostly contains the resolution of some minor issues, and getting the user interface up to Fourth Ray Software's current design standards.

A couple of issues with FRSLibrary™ have been resolved, including similar ones to yesterday's update of FRSProductMgr, so a new version has been released.

September 1, 2020

There were some issues related to web report templates files not being found in FRSProductMgr™, so improvements were made to help locate those files.

August 25, 2020

We have released a new version of FRSCalendar™, to fix a couple of issues and to add the ability to keep a separate to-do list. Download the application and simply install it over top of your existing installation to apply the upgrade.

August 21, 2020

FRSProductMgr™ had an issue with reading an older data file, which has been fixed.

August 18, 2020

An issue was discovered in the web reports processing done by FRSProductMgr™.

August 13, 2020

A problem was discovered in web reports processing in both FRSProductMgr™ and FRSLibrary™.

August 11, 2020

Today, we released a minor update for FRSMoney™, to fix a couple of issues.

August 10, 2020

A couple of issues were found in FRSProductMgr™, so an update has been released.

August 6, 2020

A problem was discovered that affects FRSProductMgr™, FRSFileMgr™, and FRSLibrary™. It only affects new installations, in that the application's "Welcome" screen is displayed each time the application is started. Since all three of these applications support automatic upgrading, the next time you run these, they will download the latest version.

July 20, 2020

An issue with connecting to your web site server was found in FRSProductMgr™, so an update has been released.

July 15, 2020

An new version of FRSProductMgr™ has been released today. Not too many new features, but rather quite a few fixes of little annoyances, big problems, and some user interface design issues that have been resolved.

June 3, 2020

We have released an update to FRSLibrary™ to fix a number of issues found, and to add a couple of new abilities.

May 20, 2020

A new minor version update has been released for FRSFileMgr™ to fix some issues, and add a couple of new menu commands.

May 15, 2020

A minor update to FRSLibrary™ has been released today, to fix a number of issues found.

April 15, 2020

We have released a new major version of FRSLibrary™. It fixes all known problems identified since its previous release, and adds a lot of new features.

March 9, 2020

Today we released a new minor update for FRSAddressbook™ to fix an issue with the application working correctly on Windows 10 Pro. As with all of our freeware applications, download the application and simply install it over top of your existing installation to apply the upgrade.

February 27, 2020

We have released a new revision of FRSFileMgr™ to fix some issues, and add some new functionality.

February 25, 2020

Today we are releasing a new version of FRSPCReboot™ and FRSPCShutdown™. These were just minor enhancements, to make sure that the act is correctly reported to the Windows operating system, so that it knows why the computer was rebooted or shut-down.

Along the same lines, we have released three new freeware applications, namely FRSPCHibernate™, FRSPCSleep™, and FRSPCLogOff™. These put the computer in its hibernate state, in sleep-mode, or logs you out of your Windows session, respectively.

All five of these applications are free to use, and present no user interface, so that they can be used within your own Windows batch files or scripts.

January 3, 2020

Updated the "Are You Experiencing Problems Installing or Running Our Applications?" Q & A page with more accurate information, especially with regard to the 64-bit versions of our applications.

October 20, 2019

Things have been quiet around here for the second half of 2019, but rest assured, we're very busy! We have created our own internal software development environment.

All of our products are written using the C++ programming language, and we have always used Microsoft's Visual Studio. Each time we upgraded that software tool, it fixed most of the bugs from the previous version we had, but generally created some new ones. The 2019 version had just too many problems. The compiler (the tool that generates the .dll and .exe files) is just fine, but the development environment (the project management and source code editor) are just difficult or too buggy to use.

Us creating our own editor (from scratch) and our own software development environment (also from scratch) gives us better control over the code, over managing our projects, and allows us to incorporate the previously stand-alone internal utility applications that we use to maintain our code. Because there are so many free editors out there, we don't see much of a point to releasing a commercial version of this application.

July 12, 2019

We have released a new major update for FRSAddressbook™. This fixes a couple of issues with the application, and the main window has been laid out differently. As with all of our freeware applications, download the application and simply install it over top of your existing installation to apply the upgrade.

May 31, 2019

A new minor version of FRSFileMgr™ has been released today to fix some issues identified in the application.

May 21, 2019

A couple of issues were resolved in FRSSiteMgr™.

May 17, 2019

Today we are happy to announce our newest product, FRSSiteMgr™. It is designed for those who maintain web sites, to help manage the data for those web sites.

May 10, 2019

We released a new minor version of FRSSystemWatch™ to update its Documentation Center text.

We also released a new minor version of FRSWiggle™ to update it to our standards and fully integrate its Documentation Center.

May 9, 2019

We released a new minor version of FRSPhotoGrabber™ to update it to our standards and thoroughly integrate its Documentation Center.

We also released a new minor version of FRSStopwatch™ to update it to our standards and fully integrate its Documentation Center.

May 8, 2019

A new minor version of FRSPasty™ has been released today to update it to our standards and to fix some minor issues.

May 7, 2019

We have released a minor maintenance update of our freeware application FRSFileList™ to fix some minor issues, fix some typos in the Documentation Center text, and to truly integrate the Documentation Center into the windows themselves.

May 6, 2019

Today we have released a new minor version of FRSFileMgr™ to fix some issues identified in the application.

May 3, 2019

FRSCountdown™ has been updated to the latest standards, and one small new feature has been added.

April 29, 2019

A new version of FRSLibrary™ has been released today to fix a number of issues found in the application.

April 17, 2019

An issue has been detected in the latest version of FRSTimeTrack™. Please see the "Support" tab of this web site for the application for details on how to remedy it.

April 16, 2019

We released a minor update to FRSBikeTraxx™ today just to get it caught up to all the latest internal standards.

April 15, 2019

A few small, but critical, coding errors were detected in FRSPhotoViewer™, so they have been fixed with today's release.

April 12, 2019

A new version of FRSTimeTrack™ has been released today. It fixes a number of issues, and fully integrates the Documentation Center window into the main or pop-up windows.

March 28, 2019

FRSPhotoViewer™ has been brought up to our latest standards, had a number of minor issues fixed, and has an improved Web Report Settings window.

February 28, 2019

A few problems were discovered in FRSProductMgr™, so they have been fixed in this minor upgrade.

February 22, 2019

A number of issues were found in FRSFileMgr™, which have been fixed with this minor upgrade.

February 15, 2019

We have released a minor upgrade to FRSTrainTracker™, to fix some issues found in the previous version.

February 9, 2019

Today we are released an upgrade to FRSProductMgr™, to fix some issues found in the previous version.

January 25, 2019

A couple of issues were fixed in FRSCalendar™. Download the application and simply install it over top of your existing installation to apply the upgrade.

January 16, 2019

There were a number of issues found with the previous release of FRSMoney™, so we have fixed those and are releasing a new version today.

January 4, 2019

We changed the way that you download the installation programs, to help cut down on fake/automated downloads. Also, a few of our older product web pages weren't updated to our latest standard for this web site.

December 31, 2018

A number of issues were identified in the previous release of FRSLibrary™, so they have been fixed.

November 9, 2018

FRSLibrary™ is a large application, so it takes some time to thoroughly update it. We now have a truly integrated/embedded Documentation Center in the application (it is no longer a separate pop-up window) and also updated and revised some of the texts, updated the application to our latest user interface standards, and fixed a number of issues the previous version had.

October 19, 2018

A new minor version of FRSCalendar™ has been released. This includes the truly integrated/embedded Documentation Center (just press F1 to view or close that window), and to fix the issue with the color dots for dates related to Easter. As with all of our freeware, download the application and simply install it over top of your existing installation to apply the upgrade.

A few issues were discovered with FRSFileMgr™, so a new release is made available today to fix those.

October 12, 2018

FRSBikeTraxx™ was upgraded today to add the truly integrated/embedded Documentation Center in the application (it is no longer a separate pop-up window), and to fix some minor issues.

October 4, 2018

We are releasing an update for FRSAddressbook™. This version contains some internal and some visible changes, as well as a fully integrated Documentation Center into the main and pop-up windows. A couple of new features were added as well. As with all of our freeware, download the application and simply install it over top of your existing installation to apply the upgrade.

October 3, 2018

We have released a new update to FRSFileMgr™ to fix a number of issues, and to add the truly integrated/embedded Documentation Center in the application (it is no longer a separate pop-up window).

September 14, 2018

We made a slight change to our web site, by creating a dedicated Products page, and moving the product listings from our home page to that new page.

July 25, 2018

Today we are releasing a minor update to FRSSystemWatch™, to improve responsiveness, and to add the truly integrated/embedded Documentation Center into the application. Download the new version from our web site, and enjoy.

We have released a new minor update to FRSProductMgr™, because it was unable to save data to a new file using windows such as the "Export" window.

July 23, 2018

FRSSystemWatch (version 1.0.0) got a nice, unsolicited review on the ghacks.net web site.

July 12, 2018

We are releasing an upgrade to FRSMoney™ to fix a couple of issues with the previous release, and to add the truly integrated/embedded Documentation Center to the application.

We have released a new minor update to FRSProductMgr™ to fix a number of issues, and to add the truly integrated/embedded Documentation Center in the application (it is no longer a separate pop-up window).

July 6, 2018

A problem was found in FRSTrainTracker™, so a new version has been released.

July 1, 2018

You can now browse this web site using the secure version. To do so, use this:

https://www.fourthray.com/

Note the "s".

June 22, 2018

We have released a minor update of FRSTrainTracker™, to fix a couple of issues. This is also the first application into which we have a truly integrated/embedded Documentation Center in the application (it is no longer a separate pop-up window).

June 6, 2018

Trying to display an invoice could cause FRSTimeTrack™ to hang indefinitely, so a new version has been released today.

May 14, 2018

We are happy to announce yet another freeware application, FRSWiggle™. This application can be used to temporarily disable the Windows screensaver.

May 7, 2018

There were a few issues with regard to invoices in FRSTimeTrack™, so we have released a minor upgrade.

May 3, 2018

Today we released an update to FRSProductMgr™, to fix a number of issues, and add some new functionality.

April 23, 2018

We have released a new version of FRSTimeTrack™ today, mostly to fix a couple of issues in the previous version.

April 17, 2018

A minor update of FRSStopwatch™ was released today to provide a 64-bit version, and to get the application caught up with all the latest changes. Download the new installation program to get the latest version; you can select the 64-bit version if you want that one, and simply install it over top of your existing installation.

April 13, 2018

Today we are releasing a major update to FRSPhotoViewer™. This fixes a couple of small items, but the main change is that the main window has been updated to make editing of the photos' description easier.

April 6, 2018

A minor update of FRSPhotoGrabber™ has been released to provide a 64-bit version, and to fix a couple of issues found. Download the new installation program to get the latest version; you can select the 64-bit version if you want that one, and simply install it over top of your existing installation.

March 30, 2018

A new major version of FRSPasty™ has been released to provide a 64-bit version, to get the application caught up with all the latest changes, and to add a couple of features, such as remembering text-based entries between sessions of FRSPasty. Download the new installation program to get the latest version; you can select the 64-bit version if you want that one, and simply install it over top of your existing installation.

March 27, 2018

We have released a new version of FRSFileList™ to provide a 64-bit version, and to get the application caught up with all the latest changes. Download the new installation program to get the latest version; you can select the 64-bit version if you want that one, and simply install it over top of your existing installation.

March 26, 2018

A new version of FRSCountdown™ was released today to provide a 64-bit version, and to get the application caught up with all the latest changes. Download the new installation program to get the latest version; you can select the 64-bit version if you want that one, and simply install it over top of your existing installation.

March 24, 2018

We are releasing a minor update for FRSCalendar™ just to apply some maintenance, and to add support for the 64-bit version. Download the new installation program to get the latest version; you can select the 64-bit version if you want that one, and simply install it over top of your existing installation.

March 19, 2018

Today we have released a minor update to FRSBikeTraxx™, mostly just to fix some minor issues.

March 14, 2018

We are releasing a minor update for FRSAddressbook™ just to apply some maintenance, and to add support for the 64-bit version. Download the new installation program to get the latest version; you can select the 64-bit version if you want that one, and simply install it over top of your existing installation, as it will read the previous data file just fine.

February 9, 2018

Today we released a minor update to FRSProductMgr™, to fix a number of issues found in the application.

January 26, 2018

We are happy to announce our newest freeware application, FRSSystemWatch™. This application allows you to monitor what is happening in your computer, by tracking changes to your drives, directories, files, or Registry keys.

December 29, 2017

A minor upgrade to FRSFileMgr™ has been released today to fix a number of issues found in the previous release.

December 19, 2017

A web reports-related bug was discovered and fixed in FRSProductMgr™.

December 6, 2017

We are happy to release our new brand-new product, FRSPhotoViewer™. Using this application, you can quickly set up one or more photo albums and add your digital photos to them. It makes it very easy to keep them all organized, regardless of where they are located on your computer. Fullscreen presentations are trivial to do. So, give it a try and download the installation program today!

October 11, 2017

As can be expected of any first-release of a product, FRSMoney™ contained some errors and missing content, which has been fixed in this update.

October 6, 2017

A new minor version of FRSLibrary™ has been released today to fix some issues with it. Unfortunately, one of the issues was that the previous version contained a coding error in the automatic updating, so you will need to download the latest installation program manually, and install it over top of your current installation to upgrade to the latest version.

September 28, 2017

A new minor version of FRSTrainTracker™ has been released to fix a few issues.

September 11, 2017

A few minor, but annoying bugs were fixed in FRSProductMgr™.

September 5, 2017

We are continuing to wrap up the final work on several applications we've been working on for a few years. This time we are happy to announce FRSMoney™. FRSMoney is a simple application to help you keep track of financial transactions for your checking, savings, and many other types of accounts.

August 14, 2017

We have released a new minor version of FRSProductMgr™ to fix all known issues that it had. Unfortunately, one of the issues was that the previous version contained a coding error in the automatic updating, so you will need to download the latest installation program manually, and install it over top of your current installation to upgrade to the latest version.

August 4, 2017

We discovered a minor coding error in FRSTrainTracker™ today that prevents automatic upgrading. If you have already installed FRSTrainTracker, please download the latest version and install it over top of your existing installation.

August 3, 2017

We are releasing a minor update to FRSTimeTrack™, to fix a few issues and to add some functionality.

August 2, 2017

We are very happy to finally announce the release of our new FRSTrainTracker™ application. This is a software application specifically designed for model railroaders and anyone who maintains a model train collection.

July 12, 2017

We report on a couple of issues detected in FRSProductMgr™ and FRSPCShutdown™.

July 3, 2017

Today we are happy to announce FRSTimeTrack™, our latest new application. FRSTimeTrack helps you track your time spent on a project or for a client (flag tasks as billable and generate invoices). You can track time for any number of such projects. Download and try out the application today.

June 27, 2017

After more than a year, we are releasing a new major version of FRSFileMgr™. It brings the application up to our latest user interface design standards, fixes a number of issues found with the previous version, adds some new features, makes the application available in the 64-bit version, and integrates the new Documentation Center window into the application itself. Many changes! If you have previously installed FRSFileMgr, are using a 64-bit version of Windows, and would like to switch to the 64-bit version of FRSFileMgr, you will need to explicitly download the 64-bit version and install it over top of your existing installation. Important: the previous version of FRSFileMgr had a bug in it that prevents it from doing an automatic upgrade, so to get the new version, you must click on the Download tab and manually download and install the application. You can safely install over top of the previous installation.

June 16, 2017

Today we are releasing version 2 of FRSBikeTraxx™ which brings the application up to our latest user interface design standards, adds some enhancements, and makes the application available in the 64-bit version, for those who are running a 64-bit version of Windows. If you have previously installed FRSBikeTraxx, are using a 64-bit version of Windows, and would like to switch to the 64-bit version of FRSBikeTraxx, you will need to explicitly download the 64-bit version and install it over top of your existing installation (the existing data files can be loaded by either version). Important: the previous version of FRSBikeTraxx had a bug in it that prevented it from doing an automatic upgrade, so to get this new version, you must click on the Download tab and manually download and install the application. You can safely install over top of the previous installation.

June 5, 2017

We have released a new minor update for FRSLibrary™ to fix some issues and make some minor changes. FRSLibrary is now also available as a true 64-bit version, for those who are running a 64-bit version of Windows. If you have previously installed FRSLibrary, are using a 64-bit version of Windows, and would like to switch to the 64-bit version of FRSLibrary, you will need to explicitly download the 64-bit version and install it over top of your existing installation (all data files can be loaded by either version).

May 8, 2017

A new minor update to FRSProductMgr™ was released today to fix some issues found with the previous version. We are also starting to produce true 64-bit versions of our applications, for those who are running a 64-bit version of Windows. If you have previously installed FRSProductMgr, are using a 64-bit version of Windows, and would like to switch to the 64-bit version of FRSProductMgr, you will need to explicitly download the 64-bit version and install it over top of your existing installation (all data files can be loaded by either version).

April 13, 2017

On April 11, 2017, Microsoft officially stopped supporting the Windows Vista operating system. All software we are releasing from now on will only support Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10. Our research shows that no one is really using Vista anymore. Windows 7 is still our favorite operating system (Microsoft will support Windows 7 until January 2020), so we will support it for a very long time.

March 2, 2017

We have released a new version of FRSPasty™ to fix one minor issue, and to add the integrated Documentation Center window. Download the new installation program to get the latest version.

February 27, 2017

A minor update for FRSAddressbook™ was released today to fix one potential problem and a couple of minor maintenance issues. Download the new installation program to get the latest version.

Today we also released a minor update for FRSStopwatch™ to add its integrated Documentation Center window. Download the new installation program to get the latest version.

February 24, 2017

Since FRSProductMgr and FRSLibrary have a lot of the behind-the-scenes functionality in common, the recent improvements we made in FRSProductMgr have caused us to release a new version of FRSLibrary™ as well.

February 21, 2017

A significant number of issues were discovered with FRSProductMgr™, as well as a number of new features were added to the application, so this is an important new release we are making available today.

January 26, 2017

We have released a minor upgrade to FRSFileList™ to add the integrated Documentation Center window. Download the new installation program to get the latest version.

January 25, 2017

Continuing our effort to get all free-ware applications up-to-date with the Fourth Ray Software current standard, we released a minor update for FRSCalendar™ today. It adds the integrated Documentation Center window. Download the new installation program to get the latest version.

January 24, 2017

Today we released a minor update for FRSAddressbook™ to fix one minor issue, and to add the integrated Documentation Center window. Download the new installation program to get the latest version.

January 23, 2017

We are releasing a minor upgrade to FRSPhotoGrabber™ to add the integrated Documentation Center window. Download the new installation program to get the latest version.

January 13, 2017

We have released a new version of FRSLibrary™, to fix some issues, and to complete the full integration of the Documentation Center window.

January 3, 2017

Today we released a minor upgrade to FRSCountdown™ to fix a few minor issues, and to add the integrated Documentation Center window. Download the new installation program to get the latest version.

December 13, 2016

A new version of FRSLibrary™ was released to fix a number of issues and to add some new functionality.

November 9, 2016

We are releasing a minor update to FRSProductMgr™ to fix a couple of issues found with the last release.

October 28, 2016

In our effort to continuously improve our products, we are releasing an upgrade for FRSProductMgr™. In addition to fixing all known issues, this release also includes our new integrated Documentation Center (introduced with the FRSBikeTraxx release on the 12th), and simplified some user interface issues.

October 12, 2016

Today we are making available a new version of FRSBikeTraxx™. It fixes a few issues found in our initial release, adds a new report, and it ships with the integrated Documentation Center. This is a new standard that we are applying to all applications from now on. When you press F1 or the Info button in the application, a side window appears that gives you more information about the window that you are viewing. This keeps the supplemental information close to where it is needed, and eliminates the need to launch the web browser. It also saves us a lot of time keeping the web site updated. Oh, and, FRSBikeTraxx has a new application icon.

October 5, 2016

Today we release a minor upgrade for FRSProductMgr™ to fix some issues found.

September 24, 2016

We are releasing a new version of FRSProductMgr™ to continue to improve the application.

September 6, 2016

Today we released a new version of FRSPasty™ to fix some issues found in the previous version, and to update the look a bit. You can download and install the new version.

August 1, 2016

We have released an upgrade to FRSLibrary™ to fix some issues found in the previous version.

July 21, 2016

Today we released a minor upgrade of FRSFileList™, mostly to bring it up to our current user interface design standards. You can download and run the new installation program to get the new version.

July 19, 2016

We have released a minor upgrade of FRSCalendar™. You can download and run the new installation program to get the new version.

July 18, 2016

Today we released a minor upgrade version of FRSAddressbook™. It fixes one minor bug. You can download and run the new installation program to get the new version.

There was a typo in the link to the Documentation Center of FRSPhotoGrabber™, which is used when you press the F1 key within the application. The new installation program is now available.

July 14, 2016

We have released a minor upgrade to FRSPhotoGrabber™, which fixes a few issues with the application. You can download and run the new installation program to get the new version.

July 4, 2016

Today we released a minor upgrade to FRSCountdown™ to fix a bug that caused the application to always come to the foreground. Download the new installation program to get the new version.

June 13, 2016

Today we released a minor upgrade to FRSCountdown™ to fix some issues with the first version. Download the new installation program to get the new version.

June 7, 2016

We're on a roll this year! Our newest commercial software application is FRSBikeTraxx™. If you are an enthusiast bicycle rider, you may enjoy FRSBikeTraxx to help you keep track of your bike rides. It incorporates weather data and provides useful reports.

May 26, 2016

We are happy to announce yet another free-to-use software application, FRSCountdown™. It is a count-down alarm type of application to remind you of an upcoming deadline. It is easy to download, install, and use.

May 19, 2016

We released a new version of FRSFileMgr™ to fix two issues.

May 11, 2016

We have released a new version of FRSFileMgr™ to fix a good number of issues found in the previous version. Note: if automatic upgrading doesn't work, please download the new installation program and run it manually.

March 31, 2016

A few issues were discovered with FRSPasty™, so they have been fixed. Download and re-run the installation program to get the latest version.

March 30, 2016

We are happy to announce our newest free-to-use software application, FRSStopwatch™. It is an on-screen stopwatch timer. Download it today!

March 11, 2016

We have fixed a few minor issues in our FRSPasty™ application. You can download the new installation program.

February 29, 2016

We are happy to release a new major version of FRSLibrary™. Almost a year under development, this new major release fixes all known issues in the previous version, adds new media types, and brings the application's user interface up to our current standard.

November 1, 2015

We continue to improve FRSProductMgr™ by fixing a few minor issues.

October 7, 2015

We have released a minor update of FRSProductMgr™ to fix a couple of issues found in the previous release.

September 16, 2015

We have released a minor patch version of FRSProductMgr™ to fix a number of issues found in the previous release, and to add a couple of new abilities.

September 11, 2015

Today we released a minor upgrade to FRSFileMgr™ to fix some issues found in the previous version, and to add a couple of new items.

August 20, 2015

We are releasing a minor patch version of FRSProductMgr™ to fix a number of issues found in the previous release.

August 12, 2015

We are pleased to announce the release of version 5 of our popular FRSFileMgr™. This new version fixes all known problems reported with the previous version. The user interface has been improved in some specific areas to make the application even more intuitive to use. There are also a handful of new features added to the application.

June 26, 2015

We released version 3.1 of FRSProductMgr™ today to fix some issues found in the previous version, and to add a couple of minor features.

April 21, 2015

We released a minor update to FRSProductMgr™ to fix some issues found in last week's release.

April 14, 2015

We released a minor upgrade for FRSPasty™ today to update its user interface to our current standard.

April 13, 2015

We are happy to announce the release of version 3 of FRSProductMgr™. The new version has an improved user interface, which allows for much more customization. It fixes issues found in the previous version, and improves the processing speed of generating web reports. New productivity-enhancing features have been added as well. If you have not yet tried the application, download it today, risk-free. For our existing customers, the next time you run FRSProductMgr, you will automatically get this new version.

April 10, 2015

We released a minor upgrade for FRSPhotoGrabber™ today to fix one issue, and to update its user interface to our current standard.

April 9, 2015

Today we released an upgrade version of FRSAddressbook™. It fixes one minor bug that we found and updates the user interface to our current standard.

January 30, 2015

A new version of FRSFileList™ has been released today. No big changes, but rather just making sure that it uses the latest performance improvements we have added.

January 29, 2015

Today we released a new version of FRSCalendar™. A couple of minor changes were made to continue to improve the application.

September 26, 2014

Today a new version of FRSLibrary™ was released to fix a number of issues found with the previous release.

September 12, 2014

We released a minor upgrade to FRSFileMgr™, to fix some small issues.

September 5, 2014

We have yet another brand new product to announce. It is called FRSPasty™. It has the ability to remember content that you copy or cut to the Windows Clipboard, so that, should you need it later, it will be available to you.

August 19, 2014

Today we released a new version of FRSLinkCheck™. This release fixes some issues that have been reported with the application.

August 12, 2014

We're on a roll! Another brand new product has been released today, and it, too, is free to use! It is called FRSPhotoGrabber™ and it makes it easy for you to download sequentially-named files from a web site.

July 29, 2014

We have added an RSS feed (see icon in the right here by the mouse image), so that it is easier than ever for you to stay up-to-date with our announcements, and watch for updates on your favorite products.

July 25, 2014

We have redesigned this web site to make information easier to retrieve. The overall design is a lot more minimalist to cut down on the amount of reading you have to do. The philosophy was "Just the facts, Jack!"

July 24, 2014

We are happy to announce a brand new, free-to-use product! It is a stand-alone addressbook application, called, creatively, FRSAddressbook™.

July 8, 2014

A new version of FRSWebSpell™ was released today to fix a couple of issues found with the application.

July 4, 2014

Today we released a new version of FRSCalendar™. The main difference is that the way you set special dates has been moved from the Options button to the system menu (click on the application's icon in the top, left corner), and the user interface for setting special dates has been changed and simplified.

June 3, 2014

A new version of FRSLibrary™ has been released to fix some issues found in the version 3.0, and to add a couple of needed enhancements.

May 28, 2014

It's been almost a year, but today we are announcing a new major version of FRSFileMgr™. FRSFileMgr is our very powerful, yet easy to use Windows computer file manager. The new version has an improved main user interface for more quickly and intuitively interacting with files, it adds a couple of new features, and it fixes all known issues found in the previous version.

May 8, 2014

Today we released a new minor version of FRSProductMgr™ mostly to fix some issues found in the previous version.

April 21, 2014

Today we released a minor upgrade to FRSFileList™ to fix a couple of issues. We also changed the application's icons. Our freeware applications do not come with automatic upgrading, so be sure to download the application's installation program and run it.

April 15, 2014

It has been a long time, too long in fact, but today we are extremely excited to release the new version of FRSLibrary™. It has been completely redesigned, both behind-the-scenes and in the user interface. There are many changes, and many new features added.

April 14, 2014

Today we released a minor update to FRSLinkCheck™, which resolves a couple of issues found in the previous version.

November 27, 2013

FRSLinkCheck™ has been updated with some bug fixes, and additional improved icons.

November 14, 2013

Today we released a new version of FRSWebSpell™ to fix some issues found, as well as make the application easier to use. We also updated the application's icons to our new standard.

November 11, 2013

We released a maintenance release of FRSProductMgr™ today, which only fixes problems found in the previous version.

October 30, 2013

We updated our free application FRSCalendar™ today. Its user interface has been improved a bit, and some other issues have been resolved. Download the application today, and install it over top of your existing installation. It will preserve your previous settings.

October 22, 2013

This web site now has its own integrated shopping cart.

October 16, 2013

Today we released a new version of FRSProductMgr™. The focus of this release was to improve the application's interactions, making certain tasks easier and smoother. It also improved the performance of loading the data file, as well as the refreshing of the main window.

August 30, 2013

We have released a new version of FRSLinkCheck™ today. It is mainly a bug-fix release, in that we resolved a number of issues with the previous version that were reported and found. We have also updated the application's icons to bring it in line with our other software applications' recent releases. If you have FRSLinkCheck installed, you will get the automatic download the next time you run it.

July 30, 2013

A new version of FRSProductMgr™ was released today. It fixes problems found in the previous version, enhances some existing functionality, and has several new features added. One such feature is the ability to show only the products for one manufacturer in the Products tab, which makes managing large collections of product inventory easier to handle.

July 8, 2013

Today we released version 3.1 of FRSFileMgr™, mostly to fix some issues reported with the application.

May 28, 2013

We are releasing version 3 of FRSFileMgr™ today. We fixed several problems the previous version had, updated the icons, and added a couple of new features, such as the ability to "bookmark" a file or directory, and a large collection of reports that you can run against a directory or an entire drive.

May 3, 2013

We are happy to announce our newest member to our software collection, FRSProductMgr™. The application was designed to help you manage your small business' product inventory, customers, orders, manufacturers/vendors, employees, and more. It can also help you publish your product inventory to your web site so that you can enable online sales. If you are not a small business owner, FRSProductMgr's very flexible and powerful design can help you manage and publish just about any content. Download the application today and try it out for free for 21 days.

April 30, 2013

Today we released a new version of FRSFileList™. We fixed a couple of issues, and upgraded the icons in the application. Our freeware applications do not come with automatic upgrading, so be sure to download the application's installation program and run it.

January 1, 2013

We have not tested our software on Windows 8, yet, however, we do recommend that, should you upgrade to Windows 8, that you upgrade to the "Windows 8 Pro" version. "Windows 8 Pro" allows you to install software of your choosing (including software such as made available by us). "Windows 8" only allows you to buy and install software from the Microsoft Windows Store, which severely restricts your choices. Windows 8 Pro is virtually identical to Windows 7, accept for the start-up screen, which is why we are confident our software will continue to work on the new operating system.

October 12, 2012

We are happy to release a new version of FRSWebSpell™ today. It fixes a number of issues and updates the application's look-and-feel to match our other products' recent releases. Some new features and improved usability have been added as well.

August 29, 2012

A minor update for FRSCalendar™ was released today, to make the top buttons more intuitive.

August 28, 2012

Today we released a maintenance release of FRSFileMgr™ to fix some issues found in the previous version.

August 21, 2012

We have completely redesigned the long-awaited new version of FRSLinkCheck™. It is now faster, easier to use, and more intuitive.

June 28, 2012

Today we released a minor maintenance release of our freeware product, FRSFileList™. Download the installation program, and install it over top of your existing installation to upgrade the application.

June 27, 2012

We rolled out a slight revision of the Fourth Ray Software web site. It is mostly the same content; just a different, more open look to it.

June 25, 2012

A minor maintenance release of FRSCalendar™ was released today. Download the installation program, and install it over top of your existing installation to upgrade the application.

June 23, 2012

We are happy to release a new version of FRSFileMgr™ today. It is mostly a maintenance release to fix some reported issues. A couple of new menu commands have been added as well.

November 30, 2011

Today's release of a new version of FRSLibrary™ fixes some issues found with the application, adds two new media types, and makes it possible to change the color scheme of the various user interface components. If you are using Windows® 7 Professional and you installed FRSFileMgr in the default directory, you will need to manually download the application's installation program and run it to be able to upgrade to the latest version.

November 15, 2011

A minor upgrade version of FRSFileMgr™ was released today to fix some issues found in the previous release. If you are running Windows® 7 Professional and you installed FRSFileMgr in the default directory, you will need to manually download the application's installation program and run it to be able to upgrade to the latest version.

October 19, 2011

Today we are pleased to release version 2.1 of FRSFileMgr™. This version fixes a number of issues found in the previous version. It also adds the ability to enter notes associated with files in the new "Notes" column of the main window. Several new menu commands have been added, as well as the ability to change the color scheme used for various user interface components, so that you can personalize FRSFileMgr.

August 23, 2011

Today we released a new version of our free FRSCalendar™. In addition to some minor user interface changes, we also added the ability for the application to create a blank HTML calendar web page for the selected month. Download the application today and install it over top of your existing installation.

May 16, 2011

A new major version of FRSFileMgr™ has been released today. Although the application still looks very much like the previous version, there have been so many updates that we decided to make it a new major version. You will find often-used features easier to use, and the application to be more responsive. There are also some new features, such as natively-supporting viewing, extracting, and generating .zip (compressed) files, viewing Google Chrome temporary files, and the ability to select which icon you want to use for a particular file type.

March 14, 2011

We are happy to release a new version of our freeware program, FRSFileList™. This release fixes a few minor issues, and adds the ability to filter files found by file type. If you have previously installed FRSFileList, you must download the new version, because our free products don't support automatic upgrading. Just simply install over top of your existing installation.

March 10, 2011

Today we released a new, minor version of FRSLibrary™ to fix some problems discovered with the application.

March 7, 2011

We released a small bug fix in FRSCalendar™ today.

March 4, 2011

It was time for a fresh face, so we redesigned our web site. We hope you like it, and that it will help you find the information you need quickly.

January 27, 2011

We are releasing version 2 of our free FRSCalendar™. In addition to a fresh, new interface, the application now supports the ability to add your own special dates, as well as being able to print the displayed calendar. Our free products do not come with automatic upgrading, so you must download the new version and install it over top of your existing installation, if you have one.

December 20, 2010

A new version of FRSFileMgr™ was released today to fix some issues.

December 1, 2010

Version 1.1 of FRSFileMgr™ was released today. It fixes a number of problems found in the previous version, and adds a couple of handy features to the product.

November 22, 2010

Today we are releasing a new version of FRSLibrary™. This release fixes a good number of issues found, offers numerous minor improvements, and adds a handful of new features. The main new feature is the ability to spell-check text you've entered. Another major improvement is that previous versions only let you filter reports by categories, however this new version supports filtering on any data, allowing you to create some very tailored reports, both in print and web form.

October 18, 2010

We released a minor upgrade version for FRSFileMgr™ to fix some issues found in the first release.

September 23, 2010

We are extremely happy to release another brand-new product called FRSFileMgr™. FRSFileMgr is an easy-to-use file manager for your computer's files, directories, and drives. We recommend you download a copy and use it instead of Windows® Explorer!

May 31, 2010

A minor update to FRSCalendar™ was released today to get it to show "Victoria Day" for Canadian special dates.

May 25, 2010

We have released a new version of FRSLinkCheck™. The focus of this release was to just fix some minor problems found in the application.

May 11, 2010

Today we are releasing an updated version of FRSCalendar™, which can now show special dates not only for the U.S. but also Canada and The Netherlands. Special dates can also be turned off, if so desired.

April 20, 2010

We are pleased to announce a brand new product. And, it is free! FRSFileList™ helps you find the largest, smallest, oldest, or newest files on your computer's disk drive. You can search folders and their sub-folders, or even an entire disk drive very quickly.

April 13, 2010

Version 1.1 of FRSWebSpell™ has been released today. In this release we have improved support for using the application on Windows® Vista™/7, fixed all known problems, and improved some existing features. One significant problem with the previous release was its lackluster performance. This has been resolved in this new release.

January 14, 2010

Today we are releasing a new version of FRSLinkCheck™. This new release improves support for Windows® Vista™/7, fixes all reported problems, and adds several new checks to improve your web site.

January 12, 2010

We have released another minor upgrade of FRSLibrary™ to fix an issue affecting version numbers for non-U.S. customers.

January 9, 2010

We have released a minor upgrade version of FRSLibrary™ to fix some problems found in the previous release. If you have recently downloaded the latest version, we ask that you download the new version and run the installation program again.

December 14, 2009

Today we are releasing a new version of FRSCalendar™ to fix a display font issue on Windows Vista/7.

December 10, 2009

We are happy to announce the new version of FRSLibrary™. It fixes all reported problems, including Windows® Vista™ incompatibilities, adds support for eight new media types, and sports several new features that we hope you will enjoy. Due to a problem in the automatic upgrading feature of the previous release, you will need to download the installation program and run it. Simply install over top of your previous installation, if you have installed FRSLibrary™ before.

July 9, 2009

Today we have released a new version for all of our commercial software products, because we have had to change web hosting companies for this web site. Automatic upgrading of any previously installed version will not work anymore, until you install the new version released today. Simply install over the existing installation.

July 6, 2009

Today we released the newest version of FRSLinkCheck™. This release fixes all reported problems and has some general performance improvements in it as well.

May 12, 2009

We are pleased to announce our third free software application, FRSCalendar™. This handy application displays an interactive calendar. Download it today, and enjoy!

May 6, 2009

Our announcement today is that we have a brand new product for you! Today we are announcing the release of FRSWebSpell™. FRSWebSpell performs spell checking of all the words in your web site.

December 9, 2008

Today we released version 2.0.1 of FRSLibrary to fix some issues found by us and our customers. Automatic upgrading didn't work in version 2.0.0, so you will need to download and run the FRSLibrary installation program. Automatic upgrading works starting with this new release. We promise!

November 6, 2008

With much excitement the long-overdue FRSLibrary version 2 is being released today! It fixes all known problems with the previous version, adds automatic upgrading, and brings the application's user interface up to par with our other products. New and existing customers should download the new version directly from our web site.

January 15, 2008

Today we are announcing the latest version of FRSLinkCheck™. It fixes problems found in the previous version, and we also added several new features along with support for analyzing CSS files.

October 3, 2007

A new version of both FRSPCShutdown™ and FRSPCReboot™ has been released. The new versions are a bit more gentle in shutting down applications and they come with full installation programs. If you have installed the previous versions, we recommend that you get the new versions.

August 10, 2007

Today we are happy to announce the much anticipated new version of FRSLinkCheck™. In addition to previous functionality, the new version features automatic validation of web sites, numerous enhancements, automatic upgrading, and an improved menu.

October 12, 2006

We are proud to announce our first two freeware products. They are FRSPCShutdown™ and FRSPCReboot™. Download and enjoy!

January 23, 2006

We are happy to release version 2.0 of our popular product FRSLinkCheck™. FRSLinkCheck now sports a much-improved user interface, and, in addition to version 1 functionality, it now also performs consistency checks between files within your own web sites.

October 14, 2006

FRSLibrary™ version 1.0.7 has been released fixing several problems.

September 1, 2006

Fourth Ray Software is proud to announce FRSLibrary™. FRSLibrary helps you manage and organize your multimedia items, such as books, magazines, video tapes, DVD's, CD's, etc.

November 23, 2004

We are excited about announcing our first release under our new company name, FRSLinkCheck™ version 1.1.

October 25, 2004

Today we launched the Fourth Ray Software web site.

October 17, 2004

The old company, "Visual Sage", was formally renamed to "Fourth Ray Software".

February 2002

"Visual Sage" released LinkCheck (predecessor to FRSLinkCheck).

August 2001

Peter Vanvliet started "Visual Sage".