VerCheck

This program will let you quickly check if there are new versions of any of your apps. Read the precis to understand how it works. Or just click Check For New Versions to see if there are any new versions for any of the default set of applications. The results are summarised at the utilities entry in plain HTML (Hypertext Markup Language).

I update the code for Vercheck frequently, sometimes several times a day. The means the downloaded version will soon be out of date. Download it primarily if you want to study or modify it yourself. The easiest way to use it to monitor the standard list of application or your own applications is to run it as an Applet getting its jar each time from the http://mindprod.com/applet directory.

This program is an implementation of the VerCheck student project outline. Reading it will help you understand how this program works. If you are a Java programmer curious how the program works, you can either download the source or view source code in JDisplay (Java Display) format.

If you install VerChek as an application rather then running it without installing as as Applet, when you add apps by configuring defaults.csv, make sure you prepend the match string with regex: when your match string is a regex.

If, VerCheck, the above Version Checker signed Java Applet does not work…

Often problems can be fixed simply by clicking the reload button on your browser.
Make sure you have both JavaScript and Java enabled in your browser.
This signed Java Applet needs 32-bit (not 64-bit) Java 1.6 or later. For best results use the latest 1.7.0_04. If you have both 32 and 64-bit JVMs installed, in the Java Control Panel, configure your 32-bit java.exe as the user JVM and your 64-bit java.exe as the system JVM. You also need a recent browser.
It works under any operating system that supports Java e.g. W2K/XP/W2003/Vista/W7-32/W7-64/Linux/Ubuntu/Solaris/OSX
You should see the Applet above looking much like this screenshot. If you don’t, the following hints should help you get it working:
For this Applet to work, you must click grant/accept to give it permission to probe various websites to see if new versions of software are available. If you refuse to grant permission, the program may crash with an inscrutable stack dump on the console complaining about AccessController.checkPermission.
Optionally, you may permanently install the Canadian Mind Products code-signing certificate so you don’t have to grant each time.
If the above Applet appears to freeze-up, click Alt-Esc repeatedly to check for any buried permission dialog box.
If you have certificate troubles, check the installed certificates and remove or update any obsolete or suspected defective certificates. The only certificate used by this program is mindprodcert2012dsa.cer.
Especially if this Applet has worked before, try clearing the browser cache and rebooting.
To ensure your Java is up to date, check with Wassup. First, download it and run it as an application independent of your browser, then run it online as an Applet to add the complication of your browser.
If the above Applet does not work, check the Java console for error messages.
If the above Applet does not work, you might have better luck with the downloadable version available below.
If you are using Mac OS X and would like an improved Look and Feel, download the QuaQua look & feel from randelshofer.ch/quaqua. UnZip the contained quaqua.jar and install it in ~/Library/Java/Extensions or one of the other ext dirs.
If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, 8 or 9, try another browser. Seriously. Microsoft has taken great pains, over and over, to screw up Java and every other multi-platform standardisation.
If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, 8 or 9, you must click to allow blocked content permission for Active X to run. This also gives permission to Java to run. Click the Information bar, and then click Allow blocked content. Unfortunately, this also allows dangerous ActiveX code to run. However, you must do this in order to get access to perfectly-safe Java Applets running in a sandbox. This is part of Microsoft’s war on Java. Don’t put up with it! Use a different browser.
If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, makes sure the Java Plug-In SSV helper add-in is installed and enabled. If it is not, try reinstalling the Java JRE.
If you have Windows 7 64-bit and Internet Explorer 64-bit, in theory you can use 64-bit Java, but I never been able to get it to work.
Try upgrading to a more recent version of your browser, or try a different browser e.g. Firefox, SeaMonkey, Safari or Avant.
If you still can’t get the program working click HELP for more detail.
If you can’t get the above Applet working after trying the advice above and from the HELP button below, have bugs to report or ideas to improve the program or its documentation, please send me an email at.

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Package	Version	Released	Licence	Language	Notes
VerCheck	4.4	2012-03-23	free	Java	❘ precis ❘ screenshot ❘ browse source repository for the current version of VerCheck. Checks applications to see if new versions are available. 3.5MB zip for VerCheck Java source, compiled class files, jar and documentation to run on your own machine either as an application or an Applet. Runs on any OS that supports Java e.g. W2K/XP/W2003/Vista/W7-32/W7-64/Linux/Ubuntu/Solaris/OSX. First install the most recent Java. To install, extract the zip download with WinZip, (or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please, often J:\ — ticking off the use folder names option. To check out the corresponding source from the Subversion repository, use the TortoiseSVN repo-browser to access vercheck source in repository with [Tortoise] Subversion client on wush.net/svn/mindprod/com/mindprod/vercheck/. After you have installed the jar, you can run it as an application. Type: java -jar J:\com\mindprod\vercheck\vercheck.jar adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is. download ASP PAD XML program description for the current version of VerCheck. VerCheck is free. $489.00 US donated so far. If the CMP utilities solved your problem, please donate a buck or two, or donate to one of the charities featured in the footer public service ads throughout the website and get a tax receipt. Full source included. You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified in free/commercial open source/proprietary programs that you write and distribute. Non-military use only.

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