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.
Weights & Measures can be compiled with Visual Studio 2026. Open the solution file, WM.sln, set the configuration, and compile; it is set to link statically, so no redistributable files are needed. MFC must be installed:
C++ MFC for x64/x86 (Latest MSVC)
To target XP, use the "Release-XP" configuration. The following components must be installed:
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.
- Wikipedia, "Quantities of bytes."
- Wikipedia, "Conversion of scales of temperature."
- 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
