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|  Pluck 1.0   (Downloads: 204) 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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|  File Splitter 1.3   (Downloads: 319) Split large text/html files into smaller files using embedded split commands. Split large text/html files into smaller files. I find it
 much faster and more accurate than cut and paste.
 
 You embed commands in the big file telling it which pieces
 of it are to go where, then let Splitter do the work. It is
 much faster and more accurate than trying to select huge
 blocks of text in an editor. You don't accidentally lose or
 duplicate text.  Keeping files small makes the site more
 responsive.
 
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|  FourTidy 3.1   (Downloads: 313) Tidies Take Command/TCC/4NT/4DOS DESCRIBE file descriptors To tidy, sort, prune and dedup a JP Software
 Take Command/TCC/4NT/4DOS hidden descript.ion file. These files are used by
 the DESCRIBE utility to track what your various files
 are for.
 
 First make the directory containing the usually-hidden descript.ion file
 current. e.g.
 
 C:
 cd \env
 
 Then invoke the java program with:
 
 java.exe -jar C:\com\mindprod\fourtidy\fourtidy.jar
 
 If you...
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|  Amper 1.9   (Downloads: 413) 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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|  Borders 1.5   (Downloads: 230) 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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|  CanadianTax 4.2   (Downloads: 616) Calculates Canadian sales taxes: GST HST and PST today or in the past. Calculates Canadian sales taxes: GST HST and PST today or as they were in the past.
 
 Java Applet that can also be run as an application.
 Requires Java version 1.5 or later.
 
 Java source code and sample HTML included.
 
 This version computes by adding GST HST and PST to a base
 price. It als works in  reverse given the
 final price working backwards to get the taxes and base
 price.  In other words it will tell ...
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|  Masker 1.9   (Downloads: 289) Hides email addresses from spammers as PNG image files. Produces PNG files (image files similar to GIFs, but
 smaller) that contain your email address. When you post them
 on your website, it is harder for spammer to harvest them.
 
 You can include the generated image files in the HTML on
 your website with: code like this:
 
 [a href="../image/mailto/roedy.png"]email me[/a]
 
 (pretend [] are angle brackets)
 
 or
 
 [mg src="image/mailto/r...
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|  Converter 5.5   (Downloads: 413) How to Interconvert any of the Java primitives. Conversion Amanuensis. Conversion teaching tool. Shows you how to convert any of the 17 basic Java types into any of the other. Conversion Amanuensis as your side whenever you need Java code to convert anything to anything else.  Runs an as Applet or application.
 
 To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip, available from
 winzip.com (or similar unzip utility) into any
 directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the (user
 folder names) option. To run ...
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|  Tabin 5.3   (Downloads: 250) Converts spaces to tabs in an ASCII text file. Converts spaces to tabs in an ASCII text file
 
 Usage:
 TABIN.exe  Myfile.txt
 
 Assumes tab stops are 8 columns apart. Don't use it on word
 processor files.  C source included. Copyrighted by Canadian
 Mind Products.  May be freely distributed and used for any
 purpose except military. It has been rewritten in C from
 Pascal for extra speed.  Users of previous versions should
 take care to delete the old TABIN.COM...
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|  FileFilters 2.7   (Downloads: 422) Colllecton of Java FilenameFilters. FilenameFilters you can use in your own Java programs with
 File.list( FilenameFilter f ). They can also be used
 standalone as fancy dir commands.
 
 They come with Java source and include:
 
 AllDirectoriesFilter  gets all directories
 AllFilesFilter        gets all files
 ClamFilter            simple wildcard
 DirListFilter         gets a list of directories
 EndsWithFilter        gets files whose names end with a...
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|  AmericanTax 3.8   (Downloads: 446) Calculates American sales taxes state and district Calculates American sales taxes, state and district.
 
 Java Applet that can also be run as an application.
 Requires Java version 1.5 or later.
 
 Java source code and sample HTML included.
 
 This version computes by adding sales tax to a base price.
 It also works in reverse given the total paid working
 backwards to get the tax and original price.  In other words
 it will  tell you the sticker price to make somet...
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|  CMOSSave 4.6   (Downloads: 338) Check CMOS for corruption and automatically restore it. CMOSSave CMOSRest CMOSChk restore corrupted CMOS from
 backup and check that CMOS has not been tampered with.
 
 Naive users sometimes meddle with CMOS settings. We need a
 fast way to put the scores of subtle CMOS configuration
 settings back the way they were.
 
 Power surges can corrupt CMOS. We need a way for a naive
 user to quickly restore all the CMOS settings.
 
 If the battery fails, the contents will be los...
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|  KeyPlayer 1.5   (Downloads: 383) Java Keystroke and Mouse Event Tutor / Keyboard Diagnostic. Java Keystroke and Mouse Event Tutor / Keyboard Diagnostic
 Application to let you experiment to learn how mouse and
 keystroke events work. Output appears on the console.
 Just click the mouse or hit keystrokes and watch what details
 of the events generated.
 
 To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip, available from
 winzip.com (or similar unzip utility) into any
 directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the (...
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|  Splice 1.5   (Downloads: 369) SPLICE splices bits of files together SPLICE splices bits of files together e.g.
 SPLICE Cut MyFile.Txt  Start 99 Length 99 Insert  MyFile2.txt At 99
 SPLICE Copy MyFile.Txt Start 99 Length 99 Overlay MyFile2.txt At 99
 
 Uses for SPLICE:
 
 1. excising a section of a file.
 2. replacing a section of a file.
 3. inserting a section into a file.
 4. extracting a section of a file.
 5. appending a section onto a file.
 
 This program may be freel...
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|  MimeCheck 4.5   (Downloads: 473) Check that a server is sending the correct mime type for any given URL. Check that a server is sending the correct mime type for any given URL.
 
 Helps you check that a server, possible not even yours, is properly configured....
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|  Sound 1.4   (Downloads: 249) Create/synthesize sounds mathematically in Java. Sound lets you mathematically create sounds in Java.
 
 You define your sounds in terms of 16-bit linear code for
 the waveform, -- an array of samplings. The U_Law.class will
 then convert that to (or from) *.AU mu-law 8-bit encoding
 format which you can then play with
 AudioPlayer.player.start(bis) in an application or with
 Applet.getAudioClip in an Applet.
 
 This is just a sample program. You would insert your own m...
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|  Echoserver 1.3   (Downloads: 241) See what browsers and programs are sending to an HTTP Server. See what browsers and programs are sending to an HTTP Server.
 
 Simple server just dumps whatever it receives on the console.
 
 Echoserver is misnamed because it does not actually echo what it receives
 back to the browser....
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