MimeCheck 4.1 build: 9327 released: 2009-10-02

Ensures servers and sending the correct MIME types..

Copyright (c) 2009 Canadian Mind Products.

signed Java Applet (that can also be run as an application).
Download from http://mindprod.com/products1.html#MIMECHECK

===> Free <===
Full source included.
You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified
in commercial programs that you write and distribute.
May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labeled non-military use only.
All Java jars and source code are included.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under any OS,
(e.g. Win2K/XP/Vista/OSX/Linux/Solaris/Vista64/AIX...) so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.5 <><> or later installed.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details.

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Installing on a PC:

Download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application or Applet
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
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 run as an application,type:
java -jar J:\com\mindprod\mimecheck\mimecheck.jar parms

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

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Installing on a MacIntosh:

Use Safari to download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application or Applet.
Safari will automatically unpack the zip into ~/Downloads (version 10.5)
[or on the Desktop (version 10.4 and earlier)].
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
You may optionally move the download tree to a permanent home.
I don't have a MacIntosh, just a PC, so I can't test my Java programs for Mac compatibility.
In theory they should work without problems, but in practice that does not always happen.
If you have problems please, let me know, preferably with screenshots and complete verbatim error messages.
To run as an application, without parameters, just double click the jar file.

To run as an application with parameters, in bash shell type:
open Terminal.app
cd ~/Desktop
java -jar com/mindprod/mimecheck/mimecheck.jar parms

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

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Rebuilding:

The zip already contains the necessary class and jar files, so unless you modify
the program, there is no need to recompile the source or rebuild the jar.
Configure basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are.
Configure your certificate name with environment SET cert=mindprodcert2009dsa
Configure your certificate password with environment SET jarsignerpassword=sesame
Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to recompile and recreate the jar.

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Use:

MIME types are sometimes known as "content types", e.g.
text/plain or application/x-java-jnlp-file.

You can also run it standalone as an application
with

        java -jar mimecheck.jar

It also tells you what it should be sending.

You can invoke it as an applet with an optional
URL parameter you want automatically checked.

<applet code="com.mindprod.mimecheck.MimeCheck"
archive="../mimecheck.jar"
width="550" height="230"
alt="Sorry no Java">
  <param name="URL" value="http://mindprod.com/esper.jnlp">
  Sorry No Java
</applet>

For more information on MIME types see
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/mime.html

To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip, available from
http://www.winzip.com (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\mimecheck\mimecheck.jar

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

Why the pink and black stripe tee shirt logo? It is similar
to the black and white striped costume of the the mime, but
less obnoxious.

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Version History:
1.1 is faster. It just gets the document
headers rather than the whole document to check
the mime type.

1.2 adds an optional URL parameter to make the
Applet come up and automatically check a URL.

1.3 makes makes it clearer when the Applet
is busy checking the server.

1.4 handles .jsp .asp and allows invoking
purely via URL at http://mindprod.com/urlcheck.html.

Verison 1.5 was just some internal tidying.

1.6 changed the MIME type for *.class files to
match common usage. Added about box.

1.7 adds more MS MIME types.

1.8 adds a large number of new MIME types.

2.0 has an ant build and adds more MIME types.

2.1 adds some Microsoft Excel types

2.2 adds the SQL type.

2.3 adds JavaDoc to the source code.

2.4 adds RSS.

2.5 adds JP2, JPEG-2000

2.6 just changes the pad directory structure.

2.7 tidy code, add JavaDoc.

2.8 adds chm and hlp extensions.

2.9 2007-06-16 adds support for ttf. Convert to Swing and JDK 1.5+

3.0 2007-08-29 adds support for flv files. Coloured ball tells you off success or fail.

3.1 2007-09-04 add about 60 new mime types, also helper code to add new ones to the program.

3.2 2007-12-08 correct mime type for *.zip

3.3 2008-02-01 allow multiple MIMEs per extension.

3.4 2008-02-20 add Quicktime aac MP4 used in iPods, Silverlight and misc other audio formats.

3.5 2008-02-29 validation checks on tables, remove dups.

3.6 2008-04-03 add build number to title, tidy code.

3.7 2008-08-06 add certificate mime types.

3.8 2008-11-13 add pps mime type, generate core website list, validate database.

3.9 2008-11-13 put mime database is a serialised resource in the jar

4.0 2008-11-20 use DataOutputStream format for binary form of resource in jar.

4.1 2009-10-02 add downloadable font MIME types.
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