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 Untouch 2.4 (Downloads: 443)
Reverts files dates back if the files have not really changed. Documentation on the original student project outline
mindprod.com/projects/untouchproj.html
This explains how it works and some of its uses.
Untouch supports the following command line switches which appear
before the directories.
-c or -clear = clear history first and take current file times as the new revert-to point.
-f or -force = revert files back to previous dates whether they have changed or not.
-h or -help =...
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 RadixSort 1.6 (Downloads: 224)
RadixSort is a fast internal sort written in Java that mimics a card sorter. RadixSort is a fast internal sort written in Java that
mimics a card sorter. Source provided. It is faster than
both HeapSort and QuickSort. It sorts using a comparision
routine you provide to compare two elements to be sorted
plus a method to extract individual bytes from the keys to
be sorted. The time to sort each item unlike most sorts,
does not increase with larger sorts. It depends rather on
the key length.
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 Align 1.6 (Downloads: 254)
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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 Accumulate 1.3 (Downloads: 195)
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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 Converter 5.5 (Downloads: 418)
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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 HeapSort 1.7 (Downloads: 252)
HeapSort is an implementation of Williams and Floyd classic HeapSort. HeapSort is an implementation of Williams and Floyd's TopDown HeapSort.
HeapSort is a fast internal sort written in Java that uses a
sorting algorithm analogous to power struggles for higher
positions in a hierarchical bureaucracy. Source provided. It
is faster than QuickSort, but slower that RadixSort. It
sorts using a comparison routine you provide to compare two
elements to be sorted.
You can test it with:
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 Screws 1.3 (Downloads: 242)
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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 Unicode 1.8 (Downloads: 384)
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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 Borders 1.5 (Downloads: 240)
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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 Password 1.7 (Downloads: 555)
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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 Batik 2.2 (Downloads: 505)
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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 Amper 1.9 (Downloads: 436)
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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 Tabin 5.3 (Downloads: 254)
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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 Wassup 2.5 (Downloads: 472)
Wassup let's you know what's up with your Java environment. Wassup let's you know what's up with your Java environment.
It will tell you the System Properties, as many as the
Security system will let you peek at. This includes such
things as which JVM is running, which version of Java, which
vendor. It may be run as either an Applet or an application.
When you run Wassup as an application it shows you
considerably more information. The Java sandbox considers it
a security risk to rev...
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 VerCheck 4.4 (Downloads: 343)
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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 Volser 1.2 (Downloads: 377)
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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 Comparators 1.4 (Downloads: 315)
Comparator classes to include in your Java programs. Java classes to include in your programs. Includes:
HTMLArrayComparator.java: Compares two arrays of Strings of HTML, ignoring embedded tags.
HTMLComparator.java: Compares two Strings of HTML, ignoring embedded tags.
StringComparator.java: Compares two Strings, case sensitive.
StringComparatorIgnoreCase.java: Compares two Strings, case insensitive.
Not useful on its own, though you can run the debugging harness with:
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