Samizdat Productions Releases JConfig 1.2
JConfig is a class library which supplements the core Java API. It lets you
work with files, web browsers, processes, file types, and other system-level
items in a much more advanced manner than that provided by the standard Java
class libraries. A list of JConfig's features is given below.
JConfig 1.2 supports several new platforms, including:
- Linux
- Win95, Win98, and WinNT
- MacOS
- most Unix systems
** Download
To download JConfig, go to:
http://www.tolstoy.com/samizdat/jconfig.html
** Special Offer for Linux Developers
Next week, we'll be announcing a special offer just for Linux developers.
We'll announce it to this list, so stay tuned.
** Source Code
The complete Java and C++ source code to JConfig is now available for
licensing. See the page above for details.
** Pricing
You can redistribute the JConfig runtime components with most applications
*free of charge*. See the page above for details.
** Feature List
Here's a partial list of JConfig's features, by category:
Files:
Enumerate the user's disk drives, and obtain extended information on
files, directories, volumes, and filesystems: their icons, creation
dates, version information, mount points, and more...
Web Browsers:
Launch a file or URL in the user's Web browser...
Video Monitors:
Enumerate and get information on the user's video monitors: bit depth,
bounds, and more...
External Processes:
Create external processes, send basic commands to external processes,
obtain the PSN or HWND of a process you created, and enumerate the
currently running processes...
File Types:
Find applications associated with a given file type, find applications
by name, and convert between Windows file extensions and Mac
creator/file type codes...
