Req: mm<->inch (fraction) converter

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Sietse Fliege said:
Power Calculator, one of the MS PowerToys for WinXP, lets you do that.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

<http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/Pow
erCalcPowertoySetup.exe>
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It can do decimal conversion, but not fractions.

Example:

I have 204" (inch), which is 5181,6 mm. If I enter 5181 mm, I want to see
that fraction of the inch conversion, which is 203 31/32. Best would be to
see fraction AND decimal values. I searched the net but didn't find any
freeware capable of this.
 
Martin Seibert said:
I have 204" (inch), which is 5181,6 mm. If I enter 5181 mm, I want to
see that fraction of the inch conversion, which is 203 31/32. Best
would be to see fraction AND decimal values. I searched the net but
didn't find any freeware capable of this.
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16 feet 11 inches and 31/32 is the result I get with Uconeer, good
enough for you? (16*12+11=203, of course.)

I searched google for
unit conversion freeware calculator inch
and tried the first link
http://www.katmarsoftware.com/uconeer.htm

There are 8000 other links to try if you don't like that one.
 
Martin said:
It can do decimal conversion, but not fractions.

Example:

I have 204" (inch), which is 5181,6 mm. If I enter 5181 mm, I want to see
that fraction of the inch conversion, which is 203 31/32. Best would be to
see fraction AND decimal values. I searched the net but didn't find any
freeware capable of this.
Click to expand...

Martin,
What you're saying is that you need a decimal to fraction to
decimal converter. I too have had this need and found a great program
that does exactly that. Go here:

http://info.elf.stuba.sk/packages/pub/pc/educult/

and download the file named "fract261.zip". Download it fast, because
this is the last freeware version of the program.

Also, I looked a little bit and found Ultra calc through:

http://www.tucows.com/preview/346168.html

The Tucows site mentions that it can do "decimal to fraction, etc."
Converting a fraction to a decimal is, of course, simply a matter of
dividing the numerator of the fraction by the denominator and rounding
the result. Eg. for 4/9, 4÷9=0.44444.
 
Hi John,

[..]
Martin,
What you're saying is that you need a decimal to fraction to
decimal converter. I too have had this need and found a great program
that does exactly that. Go here:
Click to expand...
[..]

Thanks for your effort, but those programs are not what I'm looking for.

I try to re-explain: in the first place, I'm looking for a mm<->inch unit
converter. Lots of programs out there, so that's not the problem. But in
the second place, it should be able to use inch fractions AND inch
decimals. And I should be able to enter either metric values AND inches
as decimal value OR inches as a fraction. (sorry for my english)

The program Roger mentioned (Uconeer) does nearly what I want, except it
also calculates feet, which I can't turn off, because I only want and need
inches. But if there is no better program, I can still calculate inches out
of feet. It's just that it would better for me, if only I could use inches.

So until now, Uconeer is the best mm<->inch (decimal/fraction) converter
I've found. If I could get rid of the feet field, I would be very happy. :)
 
Martin Seibert said:
The program Roger mentioned (Uconeer) does nearly what I want, except
it also calculates feet, which I can't turn off, because I only want
and need inches. But if there is no better program, I can still
calculate inches out of feet. It's just that it would better for me, if
only I could use inches.
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If I were you I would learn how to use a simple programming language,
like basic, and write a few simple routines to take care of my needs for
conversion. The math behind these conversions is not difficult to learn.

By the way, have you tried the ESB calculator and ESB conversion program?

http://www.esbconsult.com/esbcalc/esbunitconv.html
http://www.esbconsult.com/esbcalc/esbcalc.html

I have not tested if any of them satisfy your needs, but there is a good
chance.
 
Roger Johansson said:
If I were you I would learn how to use a simple programming language,
like basic, and write a few simple routines to take care of my needs for
conversion. The math behind these conversions is not difficult to learn.
Click to expand...

You're right. But _if_ there is such a program, I wouldn't want wasteing
my time, reinventing the wheel. ;-)
By the way, have you tried the ESB calculator and ESB conversion program?
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Yep, but no fractions.
I have not tested if any of them satisfy your needs, but there is a good
chance.
Click to expand...

Until now, Uconeer is the best, but it uses feets, too...
 
Martin said:
Hi John,

[..]

Martin,
What you're saying is that you need a decimal to fraction to
decimal converter. I too have had this need and found a great program
that does exactly that. Go here:
Click to expand...

[..]

Thanks for your effort, but those programs are not what I'm looking for.

I try to re-explain: in the first place, I'm looking for a mm<->inch unit
converter. Lots of programs out there, so that's not the problem. But in
the second place, it should be able to use inch fractions AND inch
decimals. And I should be able to enter either metric values AND inches
as decimal value OR inches as a fraction. (sorry for my english)

The program Roger mentioned (Uconeer) does nearly what I want, except it
also calculates feet, which I can't turn off, because I only want and need
inches. But if there is no better program, I can still calculate inches out
of feet. It's just that it would better for me, if only I could use inches.

So until now, Uconeer is the best mm<->inch (decimal/fraction) converter
I've found. If I could get rid of the feet field, I would be very happy. :)
Click to expand...

I don't understand why you're determined that this has to be a one
program deal, but then I'm not you. To my way of thinking (and in
fact, this is exactly the way I do it) using a program like Calendar
Magic:

http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/

or Universal Unit Converter:

http://www.allpurposesoftware.com/instant_converter.htm

or Unit Converter:

http://www.rjhsoftware.com/unitconverter/

in conjunction with the decimal to fraction to decimal converter named
"fract261.zip" here:

http://info.elf.stuba.sk/packages/pub/pc/educult/

will accomplish what you want. Perhaps you have a lot of this kind of
converting to do though and using two programs is inconvenient.
 
[..]
I don't understand why you're determined that this has to be a one
program deal, but then I'm not you. To my way of thinking (and in
fact, this is exactly the way I do it) using a program like Calendar
Magic:

http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/

or Universal Unit Converter:

http://www.allpurposesoftware.com/instant_converter.htm

or Unit Converter:

http://www.rjhsoftware.com/unitconverter/

in conjunction with the decimal to fraction to decimal converter named
"fract261.zip" here:

http://info.elf.stuba.sk/packages/pub/pc/educult/

will accomplish what you want. Perhaps you have a lot of this kind of
converting to do though and using two programs is inconvenient.
Click to expand...

Yes, I'm looking for _one_ program that can convert both fractions and
decimals from inch to mm and vice versa (without feet like in Uconeer).
Anyway, I think there is no such program. So I have to live with it.
 
Martin Seibert said:
Yes, I'm looking for _one_ program that can convert both fractions and
decimals from inch to mm and vice versa (without feet like in Uconeer).
Anyway, I think there is no such program. So I have to live with it.
Click to expand...

One way you can find a better solution:

Find out what script languages there are built into your operating
system, or which you can easily add to it.

Find a newsgroup for that script language and ask for help to create a
batch file which satisfies your need for conversion. There are always
some people in those newsgroups who can write a good script to solve such
a need. The conversion you want is very simple to write the formula for.

Then create an icon for your bat file, or put a shortcut in your program
menu, for example.
 
[..]
One way you can find a better solution:

Find out what script languages there are built into your operating
system, or which you can easily add to it.

Find a newsgroup for that script language and ask for help to create a
batch file which satisfies your need for conversion. There are always
some people in those newsgroups who can write a good script to solve such
a need. The conversion you want is very simple to write the formula for.

Then create an icon for your bat file, or put a shortcut in your program
menu, for example.
Click to expand...

Thank you. I'll see how good Uconeer does it's job. Your suggestion is a
good alternative.
 
John Corliss said:
Martin said:
Hi John,

[..]

Martin,
What you're saying is that you need a decimal to fraction to
decimal converter. I too have had this need and found a great program
that does exactly that. Go here:
Click to expand...

[..]

Thanks for your effort, but those programs are not what I'm looking for.

I try to re-explain: in the first place, I'm looking for a mm<->inch unit
converter. Lots of programs out there, so that's not the problem. But in
the second place, it should be able to use inch fractions AND inch
decimals. And I should be able to enter either metric values AND inches
as decimal value OR inches as a fraction. (sorry for my english)

The program Roger mentioned (Uconeer) does nearly what I want, except it
also calculates feet, which I can't turn off, because I only want and need
inches. But if there is no better program, I can still calculate inches out
of feet. It's just that it would better for me, if only I could use inches.

So until now, Uconeer is the best mm<->inch (decimal/fraction) converter
I've found. If I could get rid of the feet field, I would be very happy.
Click to expand...
:)

I don't understand why you're determined that this has to be a one
program deal, but then I'm not you. To my way of thinking (and in
fact, this is exactly the way I do it) using a program like Calendar
Magic:

http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/

or Universal Unit Converter:

http://www.allpurposesoftware.com/instant_converter.htm

or Unit Converter:

http://www.rjhsoftware.com/unitconverter/

in conjunction with the decimal to fraction to decimal converter named
"fract261.zip" here:

http://info.elf.stuba.sk/packages/pub/pc/educult/

will accomplish what you want. Perhaps you have a lot of this kind of
converting to do though and using two programs is inconvenient.
Click to expand...

John: A very interesting post. The instant_converter.htm looks particularly
good. The final URL <http://info.elf.stuba.sk/packages/pub/pc/educult/> has
lots of interesting stuff, details of which are listed in a textfile
<0index.txt> near the top of the page. Thanks.

===

Frank Bohan
¶ Work off excess energy. Steal something heavy.
 
Martin Seibert said:
Yes, I'm looking for _one_ program that can convert both fractions and
decimals from inch to mm and vice versa (without feet like in Uconeer).
Anyway, I think there is no such program. So I have to live with it.
Click to expand...

A bit late, but I have been developing a user configurable units
converter/calculator which will almost do what you want.

You can enter decimals and any fraction you like but it can only display in
one (or more) chosen fractions like 64ths or 32nds. It is too dumb to know
32/64ths would be 1/2.

There is a screen shot of it configured for what you want to do here
http://web.newsguy.com/pentangle/uSheetSS.gif

If you want to try it mail me at la_meb_ert@_newsguy,com without the
underscores.
 
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