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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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CanadianTax 4.2 (Downloads: 619)
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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BlOut 2.6 (Downloads: 370)
Blout removes extra or all blank lines from a file. Blout removes extra blank lines from a file, collapsing multiple blank
lines down to one, (or removing them altogether with the -compact option).
It also ensures the file has a final CrLf. It also trims any blank lines
off the beginning and end of the file. It also converts all line endings
to Windows standard CrLf form. It trims trailing tabs and spaces from
each line.
Blout is not that bright. It does not understand w...
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FourTidy 3.1 (Downloads: 321)
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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Insult 1.9 (Downloads: 334)
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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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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MimeCheck 4.5 (Downloads: 485)
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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Ini 1.4 (Downloads: 504)
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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Holiday Calculatior 4.7 (Downloads: 744)
Calculate when 66 holidays occur in any given year. Calculates when various holidays occur in any given year BC or AD.
Designed to be cannibalised to include the calculation routines in your
own programs. You might use it to prepare paper calenders well in
advance or electronic calendars. You might also use the logic in computer
programs that compute payrolls, bus schedules, or club meetings. You
might use it in writing novels or researching historical events. It can
als...
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Amper 1.9 (Downloads: 427)
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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AmericanTax 3.8 (Downloads: 448)
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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Honk 1.5 (Downloads: 245)
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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FileTransfer 2.5 (Downloads: 306)
Java classes to cop, upload and download files. Includes classes to let you copy, download and upload files from within a Java program. Also contains a command-line utility to download files.
Fully commented Java source is provided. It is now comes in four parts, MiniFileTransfer, FileTransfer and MaxiFileTransfer, Download depending on how much functionality you require. Now supports copying members in local jar files.
Command line use:
java -jar download.jar http : //x...
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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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Batik 2.2 (Downloads: 501)
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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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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Borders 1.5 (Downloads: 237)
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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