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VerCheck 4.4 (Downloads: 345)
VerCheck checks websites for new versions of the software you use. WHAT IT IS FOR
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I used to check over a dozen websites each day to see if new versions of the software I use had been released. This was time consuming and error prone. VerCheck automates this
process by checking the websites of the programs you use to see if the version numbers have changed. It comes preconfigured from the factory with 64 applications.
HOW IT WORKS
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For each applica...
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HunkIO 1.7 (Downloads: 270)
Java classes to readEntireFile, create a temp file etc. Java classes to include in your own programs. They let you read or write a file in one fell swoop into RAM. It also includes createTempFile method that is more convenient to use than Sun's File.createTempFile. It also includes PrintWriterPlus that converts linefeeds to platform specific line feeds even when they are embedded in data.
Why the three linked ball logo? It symbolises processing a file in line-sized chunks....
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Insult 1.9 (Downloads: 338)
Generates insults typical of those posted by Republicans in newsgroups. Generates insults typical of those posted by Republicans in
the alt.politics.bush newsgroup.
Java Applet that can also be run as an application.
You can run it without installing it at
mindprod.com/applet/insult.html
To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip, (or similar unzip utility) into
any directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the (user
folder names) option. To run as an application,...
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Encodings 1.6 (Downloads: 252)
Applet to list all supported encodings (character sets) supported by Java. Applet to list all supported encodings (character sets)
supported by your browser/java.
To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip,
(or similar unzip utility) into
any directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the (user
folder names) option. To run as an application, type:
java -jar C:\com\mindprod\encodings\encodings.jar
adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is....
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Mouse 1.4 (Downloads: 272)
In Java, allows you to find out where the mouse in on the screen In Java, allows you to find out where the mouse in on the
screen, even when it is not over one of your apps. This has
similar function to MouseInfo.getPointerInfo in Java 1.5+.
This class will work in any version of Java.
It uses JNI and a DLL, so it only works on Windows.
You must install the nativemouse.dll somewhere on the path.
Then your programs can find out the x and y position of the
mouse, [(0,0...
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Borders 1.5 (Downloads: 246)
Displays a variety of decorative borders. Shows off what you can do with Swing. Displays a variety of decorative borders.
Shows off what you can do with Swing.
To run as an application, type:
java -jar C:\com\mindprod\borders\borders.jar
adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.
The picture frame icon represents the various decorative
borders you can put around your Swing panels....
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Amper 1.9 (Downloads: 446)
Safely converts ampersands to !amp; entities In the following, pretend ! is an ampersand. PAD files don't let me give literal examples. Amper converts ! to !amp; in HTML files and back, but does not convert it when the ! is already in an entity e.g. !lt; !thetasym; !eacute;
The main use for this is to pass HTMLValidator verification of your HTML, which is very picky about !, especially inside URLs.
As a side effect, it also ensures all your comment delimiters balance.
It ...
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Pluck 1.0 (Downloads: 210)
Scans multiple files looking for a REGEX pattern, and summarised what it finds. Scans multiple files looking for a REGEX pattern, and
summarised what it finds as a CSV file.
java -jar C:\com\mindprod\pluck\pluck.jar "\.[a-z]+\." E:\temp\temp.csv E:\somedir
adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.
The first parameter is the regex pattern. See regex in the java glossary
for how to compose them.
The next parameter is where the output in to go. use the
wo...
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Password 1.7 (Downloads: 557)
Generates random passwords that are hard to guess. Generates random passwords that are hard to guess. It uses a crytographic quality random number generator. The passwords are generated locally in a Java Applet. They are never transmitted over the Internet, even in encrypted form.
You can also run it as a standalone program, invoking it with
java com.mindprod.password.Password
or
password.jar
You can also run it online at the mindprod.com website without installing it....
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Accumulate 1.3 (Downloads: 197)
Used to accumulate values by category. Used to accumulate values by category. It might be useful
for example in a billing program to accumulate hours by
various categories.
It could be used to count how many times various words
occurred in a document.
All you need is:
buckets.accumulate( "somecategory", someamount );
And Accumulate looks after creating the buckets to
accumulate new categories for you.
e....
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FileTimes 1.9 (Downloads: 273)
Read and set Windows file/dir times from Java: Create/LastModified/LastAccessed Java class library to get/set file and directory times: Create/LastModified/LastAccessed. For Windows only.
Create time is when the file was first written. Modified
time (sometimes called lastModified) is when the file was
last written. Accessed time is when the file was last read
or written. Checking its date, looking at its attributes or
checking to see if it exists does not count as reading it.
Get/Set Windows Fil...
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SiteMap 1.9 (Downloads: 323)
Prepare Spidering Sitemap for Google and other search engines. You use a sitemap to encourage Google or other search
engines to more frequently and efficiently index your
website.
For overview information about Google sitemaps see:
mindprod.com/jgloss/google.html#SITEMAPS
For overview information about this utility see:
mindprod.com/jgloss/google.html#SITEMAPUTILITY.
You use this sitemap utility because it is so quick you can
use it before every upload so that...
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Rgrow 1.3 (Downloads: 216)
RGrow resizes fixed length records padding or chopping. RGrow resizes fixed length records e.g.
RGrow.exe MyFile.seq 500 600
will grow each record from 500 to 600 bytes by padding binary zeros.
Will also truncate records.
These are not the old and new sizes of the file, but of the fixed length records
in the file. If you increase the record size, each record will be padded
with nulls. The entire file will grow as a result.
This program may be freely copied and us...
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Primes 1.4 (Downloads: 483)
calculates the prime numbers 1..N, tells you if N is prime etc. calculates the prime numbers 1..N, tells you if N is prime etc.
Prints tables of primes.
Computes the prime just below or above N.
It is useful in computing optimal Hashtable sizes.
Java source included....
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Screws 1.3 (Downloads: 246)
CMP Screws and Screwdrivers draws eight types of screw heads. CMP Screws and Screwdrivers draws eight types of screw
heads. It is a teaching example for how to use Java Canvas,
fillRect, fillOval, fillPoly and AffineTransform to draw.
Java source is included for you to cannibalise.
It draws 8 types of screw heads.
To run as an application, type:
java -jar C:\com\mindprod\screws\screws.jar
adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is....
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CurrCon 4.5 (Downloads: 599)
CurrCon displays prices in HTML in users' home currency. Currency Conversion Applet.
CurrCon is an Applet you embed in your HTML
to display prices in a variety of world currencies
defaulting to the user's country.
It usually works in conjunction with the htmlmacros
pre-processor to insert the necessary Applet calls,
though you can do it manually.
Shareware for non military use only.
Registrants get help setting it up....
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BOOTSave 2.8 (Downloads: 288)
BootSave saves/restores the master boot sector BootSave saves/restores the master boot sector on the
hard disk. Suite of three utilities BootSave, BootRest and
BootChk. Protects against damage to the partition table or
boot sector done by rogue programs, viruses or accidents
with tools like Norton NU.
The BootSave suite will work under DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows
95/98/ME, OS/2, but not NT, Windows 2000, XP, Vista or Windows 7.
These OSes block low level disk I/O as...
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