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 VerCheck 4.4 (Downloads: 342)
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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 Password 1.7 (Downloads: 552)
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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 KeyPlayer 1.5 (Downloads: 385)
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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 Masker 1.9 (Downloads: 291)
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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 Volser 1.2 (Downloads: 375)
Gets the 4-byte 32-bit binary volume serial number in Windows. Gets the 4-byte 32-bit binary volume serial number of a Windows
disk drive assigned when it is formatted to provide and almost unique id.
Don't confuse this with the volser(, the string name,
or the manufacturer's disk serial number assigned to a hard drive at the factory.
Uses JNI and C++ native code.
Consists of java and JNI you include in your own code.
You can test with
C:
CD \com.mindprod...
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 Align 1.6 (Downloads: 252)
Aligns data in ASCII text files into neat columns. ALIGN aligns data in ASCII text files into neat columns.
Also converts comma-delimited files to columns with 2 spaces
between each column. Input fields must be separated by
commas or white space. Fields may contain spaces if they
are enclosed in single or double quotes or C comments /* ...
*/ or //. The best way to understand this program is to try
it on a COPY of any ASCII Text file, especially one that
contains badly al...
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 SortedArrayList 1.3 (Downloads: 234)
Sort and Merge ArrayLists efficiently. This is a pair of library classes to include in your own
code for manipulating ArrayLists.
It consist of two classes: SortedArrayList and Merge.
SortedArrayList is an ArrayList that remembers how it is
sorted, so that if you ask it to sort, it can sometimes
bypass the work when it is already in order. You declare the
order you want and it keeps the list sorted, You just call
sort whenever you need the list to ...
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 MimeCheck 4.5 (Downloads: 484)
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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 Quoter 5.1 (Downloads: 439)
Converts text with many possible cleanups and transformations. Converts text with many possible cleanups, including
preparation of HTML and Java, aligning in columns, character
set conversion, case converting, removing excess white
space, removing blank lines, preparing regex expressions....
converts raw text with the following possible cleanups:
0. Flow text by removing newline characters. Useful to prepare text to paste into web comment boxes.
1. Convert awkward chara...
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 Esper 2.4 (Downloads: 315)
A crude translator Esperanto To English and English to Esperanto. A crude translator Esperanto To English and English to
Esperanto. It works by looking up words in various
dictionaries on the web. It mindlessly translates word for
word.
(1) First download and install the lastest Java JRE
(2) Using WinZip extract the
files into the default com\mindprod\esper directory.
(3) Create a shortcut setting by right clicking the
desktop and selecting new shortcut.
<...
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 Encoding Recogniser 1.2 (Downloads: 211)
Help determine a file's encoding by displaying it wth all supported encodings. Encoding Recogniser will help you determine what encoding was
used to write a file by displaying the file in hex or and
decoded characters in any of the encodings supported by
Java.
This program runs under any OS,
(e.g. Win2K/XP/Vista/OSX/Linux/Solaris/Vista64/AIX...) so long as you have
Java version 1.5 or later installed.
To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip (or similar unzip utility) into
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 Boyer 1.5 (Downloads: 257)
Fast string search (indexOf) using the Boyer-Moore algorithm. Fast string search (indexOf) using the Boyer-Moore
algorithm. Incorporate this class into your own Java
programs to rapidly search strings.
use:
import com.mindprod.Boyer.Boyer;
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Boyer b = new Boyer("dogcatwombat");
int where = b.indexOf("cat");
or
int where = Boyer.indexOf("dogcatwombat","cat");
Boyer-Moore is about twice as fast as String.indexOf wh...
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 Unicode 1.8 (Downloads: 381)
Used to test your computer's Unicode support Used to test your computer's Unicode support and your font's
support for particular characters, or as a learning to to
explore the Unicode character set. Displays in Courier,
TimesRoman, Symbol, Dialog and Helvetica.
copyright (c) 1996-2008 Nic Fulton nic.fulton@reuters.com of
Reuters Ltd. Modified by Roedy Green
of Canadian Mind Products with permission.
To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip, availa...
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 Rgrow 1.3 (Downloads: 212)
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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 Pluck 1.0 (Downloads: 206)
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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 Screws 1.3 (Downloads: 241)
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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 Dedup 1.5 (Downloads: 230)
Java command line utility to removes duplicate lines from text files. DeDup is a Java command-line utilty for removing duplicate
lines in text files.
The dedup process compares adjacent lines only. It does not
sort first. The comparison is case sensitive. It removes
adjacent indentical lines. It replaces the original file, so
do a backup first. You can dedup 1 to N files in one
execution, just put their names on the command line.
DeDup deletes blank lines from both the beginning...
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