PayPal Fees Calculator for Windows 8

I have recently advanced on my previous PayPal Fees Calculator by porting it to Windows 8. I have to say that Windows 8 is considerably more complex to code for than previous versions of Windows and this is because of the new XAML interface. Having said that, though, you get to work with an amazing UI and there’s so much you can do; all you need to know is “how” to do it. The new PayPal Fees Calculator for Windows 8 also has a new feature edition where users can choose from a selection of predefined PayPal fee rates via a dropdown box. We support a handful of countries including the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States (and more). If your country isn’t listed then do not fear…you can still manually enter your fee rates (or you can contact us and we’ll consider adding your country to the list).

There is no download link for this app as it’s not available for download until Microsoft approve and certify it for distribution on the App Store. I submitted the finished work last night and it’s currently pending approval and certification by Microsoft. However, you can check out a screenshot of the finished work below. As you can probably see it’s a vast improvement, both graphically and feature-wise to my previous PayPal Fees Calculator. One of the other feature additions I’ve included is a validation tool that prevents users from entering invalid characters (such as more than one decimal point, or letters) into the textbox. After all, you cannot calculate letters (and people do make typos occasionally, by accident!). So do not worry about making typos as I spent hours last night figuring out the coding required to prevent such typos from posing an issue to the program’s functionality.

 

UPDATE: The app has now been published on the Windows App Store.
It is available to download if you live in one of the following countries/regions:

United Kingdom, Europe (EU), France, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand.

DOWNLOAD: PayPal Fees Calculator app for Windows in the Windows Store

PayPal Fees Calculator v1.0 by Quiver Inc.

PayPal Fees Calculator v1.0 has been released. This was actually developed just before Christmas of last year but we’ve only just got round to publishing its release here. So thank you for your patience! PayPal Fees Calculator is a small GUI program developed in the C# programming language and it’s designed to calculate the PayPal fees on your transaction. For example, if you wanted to charge £5 for something but want to know how much you’ll receive after PayPal fees then this calculator will tell you. What’s more, if you wanted to send £5 to someone but didn’t want them to incur PayPal fees, it’ll tell you how much you need to send to cover the PayPal fees.

PayPal Fees Calculator allows you to enter the rates for your country. As you probably know PayPal charge different fee rates depending on the country you live in. They also charge additional fees for transactions sent or received, to or from, overseas. Again, further fees are charged for any currency conversions that take place during a transaction. In the above screenshot it shows an example of a standard PayPal payment from a UK person to another UK person using the GBP currency. The standard PayPal fee rates for the UK is 3.4% of the transaction, plus a one-time fee of £0.20. You can find your local fee rates on the PayPal website. However, if you’re planning on sending a payment overseas, or in a different currency, be advised that additional fee rates may apply. This calculator will calculate the fees based on the fee rates you enter. You can read more about PayPal fees here:

Transaction Fees: https://www.paypal.com/uk/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-receiving-fees-outside

Feel free to download the software. It’s free! Just do not attempt to modify or redistribute the code, thank you. Also, if you have any suggestions for future releases please do share them (you can post a comment if you like!). Finally, despite this software being thoroughly tested, I am not perfect, so if you find a bug then please do report it to me, by posting a comment to this article.

Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6atd5afsie4qltx/PayPal%20Fees%20Calculator%20v1.0.zip

Please also note that your computer will need to meet the following minimum system requirements:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4 or above.

Hangman Game v1.0.1 by Quiver Inc.

Hangman Game v1.0.1 has been released. This update fixes a small issue where the game failed to confirm when a user had won the game (i.e. guessed all letters correctly). This version has addressed that issue and the game will now pop up and say “You’ve won!”.

Hangman Game was made using the C# programming language. You are welcome to download the game and try it out but please do not attempt to modify or redistribute the code. Also, please be aware that your computer will need to meet the following minimum system requirements:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4 or above.
• A working internet connection (really!).

The internet connection is used to connect to an online feed containing over 900 words in a list. This feed is fed to the game and it randomly generates words from that list. Without a working internet connection the game won’t work and it will return an error to prevent it from entering a crash state. Why am I using an online feed you might ask? Well, the feed is updated with new words on a regular basis. By using an online feed in this way the game can be constantly fed with new words. It’s more efficient this way than using a local file.

Anyway, feel free to download and try out the game for yourself. I’m open for suggestions for new releases, which you can post as comments if you like. Also, please report any bugs you find as comments. This game has been thoroughly tested but I’m not perfect so if you find a bug then do let me know, thank you.

Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/siabc2ltl5w0aim/Hangman.zip