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Install4J
I have generally been searching around for an installer builder for Java programs and came across Install4J by EJ-Technologies. I've previously looked at a number of open source installers, as well as the likes of InstallAnywhere. But I'm quite keen to look at this one, as it comes from the same company who produced the excellent JProfiler.

How to print PDF documents with Java
I used to like Adobe. Photoshop, Postscript and PDF were great innovations. But the latest Adobe Reader 6 is a catastrophe. I'm not going to mention the application's look or it's dismal start time. No, I'm complaining about Adobe Reader's ActiveX control...

code snippit to Find the active Window in Swing
To find the active Window(be it a frame or a dialog) in a java swing application you can use the following recursive method...

JResourceBrowser - Swing component
JResourceBrowser is a swing component similar (goal) to the javax.swing.JFileChooser but letting the user navigating into a set of directories bound to various protocols or containers. For an usage sample, listing an ftp directory, creating a new file and editing it inside your application. JResourceBrowser is provided by default with a set of "managers" dedicated to ZIP and JAR, FTP and WebDAV.

Java Date Time Picker 2.0 Released

SwingSet 0.9.0-beta Released
We have just released version 0.9.0-beta of SwingSet, an open source Java toolkit that allows the standard Java Swing components to be made database aware. This is a major release with an entirely new datasource abstraction layer. Our goal for the 0.9.X series is to focus on bug squashing and possibly some minor feature enhancements. We hope to have a 1.0 production release by the end of 2004...

A Laszlo Persistent Connection Tutorial
The Laszlo Presentation System (LPS) was open-sourced early this month. I've been playing with it for a while, and put together a simple tutorial showing how to use the Persistent Connection to implement a server push application...

Processing Image Pixels using Java, Creating a Spotlight
Learn how to control the brightness of pixels in an image. You will see how to create a spotlight that lights up the center of an image leaving the outer edges dark...

Gif4J Library 1.0 Released
Gif4J Library is the most powerful and easy-to-use GIF animation and encoding Java class library.