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|  Common13 1.3   (Downloads: 278) common utility classes that work under Swing Java 1.3+ common utility classes that work under Swing Java 1.3+
 Includes:
 
 CMPAboutJBox:    a proper about box for Swing apps/JApplets that provides useful information.
 HybridJ :        converts Swing Applet into an Application...
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|  Honk 1.5   (Downloads: 244) Plays one or more of the Standard Windows sounds or wav files. Plays one or more of the Standard Windows sounds, triggered
 purely from the command line.
 
 use:
 
 honk
 - Plays the default system sound.
 
 honk  SystemStart SystemHand SystemQuestion
 - Plays the given list of standard system sounds (usually just one).
 - they are case-insensitive (you can get the case wrong and it will still work).
 
 Possible sound names are listed in the registry...
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|  FontShower 2.9   (Downloads: 496) Displays all the fonts available to Swing in Java. Displays all the fonts available to Java on your
 machine. Displays the fonts in a variety of styles, sizes
 and colours,  rendered either with anti-aliased or plain.
 
 FontShower displays the fonts available on *your* machine
 to *Java*. Other people will have different fonts installed
 and will see different selections available via Java on
 their machines. Your browser will see a slightly different
 set of fonts than Java ...
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|  Common11 2.8   (Downloads: 388) common utility classes that work under Java 1.1+ common utility classes that work under Java 1.1 without using Arraylists or Swing.
 
 Class library.
 Requires Java version 1.1 or later.
 
 BigDate:         simplified date handling when you want dates without times.
 CMPAboutBox:     a proper about box that provides useful information.
 ImageInfo:       information about a GIF, png, jpg.
 ImageViewer:     component to display an image
 Limiter:         cap, corral and h...
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|  VerCheck 4.4   (Downloads: 338) VerCheck checks websites for new versions of the software you use. WHAT IT IS FOR
 **************
 
 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
 ************
 
 For each applica...
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|  Entities 3.1   (Downloads: 616) Utilities to convert/strip/insert HTML/XML/XHTML entities Consists of a pair of utilities that let you
 convert/strip/insert HTML/XML/XHTML entities such as  _amp;- and _quot;
 from files converting them back and forth to their
 equivalent single characters !amp; and !quot;.  It handles the HTML 4
 entities such as _hearts; as well as decimal _#123; and
 hexadecimal _x#123; entities.
 
 You may us this package as standalone
 utilities, or use the classes in your own programs
 to...
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|  Esper 2.4   (Downloads: 306) 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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|  Tabout 2.7   (Downloads: 229) converts tabs to spaces in an ASCII text file. converts tabs to spaces in an ASCII text file
 usage : TABOUT  Myfile.TXT
 Don't use it on word processor files.  Assumes tab stops
 are 8 columns apart.  Also trims ^Z and corrects any
 malformed CrLf line endings.  C source included.
 Copyrighted, but may be distributed freely and used for
 any purpose except military....
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|  Ini 1.4   (Downloads: 500) Windows *.ini file verifier, tidier and sorter. Windows *.ini file verifier, tidier and sorter.
 
 Tidies and sorts windows *.ini files, ones that look like this:
 [section]
 ; a comment
 item=value;
 
 To use:
 
 java.exe -jar ini.jar  C:\somedir\somefile.ini UTF-8
 
 Where UTF-8 in the encoding.
 Opera uses UTF-8. You can leave it to the default for most others.
 The original is named somefile.ini.old when you are done.
 
 Don't run ini ...
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|  Batik 2.2   (Downloads: 493) Java  to let you create a custom utility to find and delete all junk files. Java classes to let you create a custom utility to find and
 delete all junk files on your machine.  Use one of the three
 scripts supplied as an example, to create your own XXX.java
 source code file then compile and use to rapidly clean your
 drive of junk.
 
 This program requires some elementary Java programming skill.
 
 To compile
 
 E:
 cd \com\mindprod\batik
 javac *.java
 
 to run, make s...
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|  HunkIO 1.7   (Downloads: 261) 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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|  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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|  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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|  ShellSort 1.4   (Downloads: 229) ShellSort is a simple sort suitable for 2000 or less elements. ShellSort is a simple sort suitable for 2000 or less
 elements. It sorts using a comparision routine you provide
 to compare two elements to be sorted.
 
 You can test it with:
 
 java.exe com.mindprod.shellsort.TestShellSort...
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|  Mouse 1.4   (Downloads: 267) 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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|  Accumulate 1.3   (Downloads: 193) 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.
 
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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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