Palette 1.5 build: 9470 released: 2011-11-24

Generates various colour palettes to include in web pages.

Copyright: (c) 2012 Canadian Mind Products.

Java application.
Download from: http://mindprod.com/products2.html#PALETTE

===> Free <===
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.
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/W7x86/W7-64/OSX/Linux/Solaris/AIX...) so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.5 <><> or later installed (32-bit or 64-bit Java).
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.
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 -ea -jar J:\com\mindprod\palette\palette.jar {put any parms here}

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.
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 -ea -jar com/mindprod/palette/palette.jar {put any parms here}

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.java basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are.
Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to recompile and recreate the jar.

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Use:

Program to generate HTML to display various tables of colours in various 
orders.  Included in the Java glossary tables.  

This makes it easier to make global changes.

It produces just the guts of the tables.  The headers are custom created, 
and the body of the table included with a macro.  

All you have to do is run it:

java -jar palette.jar  E:\someplace

and it will generate dozens of colour charts in HTML and put them in 
E:\someplace.  You can then insert what you want into your web pages, or 
modify the program to genarate similar charts with differet colours or 
layouts.  

Why the artist's palette icon?  It is pretty straightforward this time.  
The program produces a colour chart from which a web designer or 
programmer can select colours to paint an application or web page 
analogous to the way an artist can select colours of paint from his 
palette.  


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Version History:

 1.4 2008-02-12 excess white space removed.

 1.5 2011-11-24 tidy up for release. Load palettes from CSV files, Configurable targetDir

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