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  Compactor 3.4   (Downloads: 576) 
Compresses HTML by removing unnecessary white space. Compresses HTML by removing unnecessary white space. 
 
Compacts HTML so that web pages are 20% smaller and hence 
20% faster. It does this by removing all unnecessary white 
space.  To fluff files up again, I suggest using SlickEdit 
beautify. The file will render on browsers exactly as they 
did before. Any [pre] sections are left intact. No comments 
are removed. 
 
NOTE THE COMPACTOR JUST COMPACTS YOUR HTML. IT DOES N... 
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  JarLook 1.2   (Downloads: 310) 
Check that class target versions are as expected in a Java jar. Check a Java jar to make sure all the javac -target versions of 
the class files are what you expect. 
 
Java application. 
Requires Java version 1.5 or later. 
 
All Java source code is included. 
 
to use: 
 
java -jar jarlook.jar   jartotocheck.jar 1.1 1.4 
 
where jartocheck.jar is the name of jar to check. 
It will check all the class files in it. 
 
In this example: 
1.1 is the low... 
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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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  Bulk Emailer 1.7   (Downloads: 280) 
The bulk emailer program sends the same email to many people. The bulk emailer program allows you to send the same email 
to a long list of people. Unlike competing products, it does 
not require you to run any code on your ISP's server. 
 
The price includes customising the program to your needs. 
 
For more detail see the manual at 
mindprod.com/application/bulk.manual.html 
 
To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip, available from 
winzip.com (or similar unzip utili... 
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  BOOTSave 2.8   (Downloads: 281) 
BootSave saves/restores the master boot sector BootSave saves/restores the master boot sector on the 
hard disk. Suite of three utilities BootSave, BootRest and 
BootChk. Protects against damage to the partition table or 
boot sector done by rogue programs, viruses or accidents 
with tools like Norton NU. 
 
The BootSave suite will work under DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 
95/98/ME, OS/2, but not NT, Windows 2000, XP, Vista or Windows 7. 
These OSes block low level disk I/O as... 
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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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  JDisplay 4.5   (Downloads: 419) 
JDisplay displays colorised program listings in web pages. JDisplay displays Java, HTML, bat, SQL, ini, csv, xml, mft 
properties...  files a variety of colours,  fonts, sizes 
and weights to help make them more presentable and readable. 
 
Why would you use it?  For the same sorts of reasons you use 
colours and fonts in an IDE like IntelliJ or Eclipse. They 
make the code much easier to understand. 
 
There is no server-side code used.  Java utilities parse the 
code snippets i... 
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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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  Encodings 1.6   (Downloads: 248) 
Applet to list all supported encodings (character sets) supported by Java. Applet to list all supported encodings (character sets) 
supported by your browser/java. 
 
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, type: 
 
java -jar C:\com\mindprod\encodings\encodings.jar 
 
adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.... 
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  CSV 6.5   (Downloads: 1010) 
Java to  read, write, align, sort, reshape, pack... comma, tab-separated files. Java classes you can use standalone or embed in your own programs to 
Read, write, align, sort  and pack comma, tab and semicolon- 
separated variable files, commonly known as CSV files. 
 
It consists of a 23 Java classes/utilities CSVReader, CSVWriter, CSVAlign, CSVChangeCase, CSVCondense, CSVDeDup, CSVDeDupField, CSVDeEntify, CSVDump, CSVEntify, CSVPack, CSVPatch, CSVReshape, CSVSort, CSVSortField, CSVTabToComma, CSVTemplate, CSVToHTML, CSVToS... 
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  SortedArrayList 1.3   (Downloads: 230) 
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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  BlOut 2.6   (Downloads: 368) 
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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  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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  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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  FileTimes 1.9   (Downloads: 253) 
Read and set Windows file/dir times from Java: Create/LastModified/LastAccessed Java class library to get/set file and directory times: Create/LastModified/LastAccessed. For Windows only. 
 
Create time is when the file was first written. Modified 
time (sometimes called lastModified) is when the file was 
last written. Accessed time is when the file was last read 
or written. Checking its date, looking at its attributes or 
checking to see if it exists does not count as reading it. 
 
Get/Set Windows Fil... 
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  VerCheck 4.4   (Downloads: 338) 
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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  Quoter 5.1   (Downloads: 437) 
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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