A unit converter for Windows, with an extensible design, allowing categories and units to be easily added.
The program comes with a default language of English and can be translated into others. To do so, open the "English.lng" file in a plain-text editor, like Notepad, and translate all the words on the right-hand side of the equal-to sign (=). Then, save it as another file, using UTF-8 encoding without the byte-order mark, or plain ANSI. Lastly, rename the file to that of the language: "French.lng" for example. The extension must be ".lng" for the file to be recognised.
Download Weights & Measures only from its official page. It is free; do not pay for it anywhere.
No AI was used developing this program.
Weights & Measures can be compiled with Visual Studio 2026. Open the solution file, WM.sln, set the configuration, and compile; it will link statically, so no redistributable files are needed. MFC must be installed:
C++ MFC for x64/x86 (Latest MSVC)
To target XP, use Visual Studio 2022 and the "Release-XP" configuration. The following components are required:
C++ Windows XP Support for VS 2017 (v141) tools
MSVC v141 - VS 2017 C++ x64/x86 build tools (v14.16)
C++ MFC for v141 build tools (x86 & x64)
The sources of information used at some time or other include:
- Wikipedia, Conversion of units, the old version of which was the chief source, and many articles leading from there. Also, Quantities of bytes, Conversion of scales of temperature, Speed of light, Light-year, and Julian year.
- The Pocket Oxford Dictionary of Current English, ed. R. E. Allen (7th edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984).
- The Book of Knowledge, ed. Gordon Stowell (5th edition, revised impression, London: The Waverley Book Company Ltd., 1957).
- Furey, Edward. "Pixels Per Inch PPI Calculator" at https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/technology/ppi-calculator.php from CalculatorSoup, https://www.calculatorsoup.com - Online Calculators
