Wassup 2.5 build: 9450 released: 2008-04-03

Displays Java system properties.

Copyright: (c) 2012 Canadian Mind Products.

signed Java Applet (that can also be run as an application).
Download from: http://mindprod.com/products1.html#WASSUP
View HTML to run this program online at: http://mindprod.com/applet/wassup.html

===> 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 1.2 <><> 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 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 -ea -jar J:\com\mindprod\wassup\wassup.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 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 -ea -jar com/mindprod/wassup/wassup.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.
Configure.java your certificate name with environment SET cert=mindprodcert2012dsa
Configure.java 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:

Wassup let's you know what's up with your Java environment.
It will tell you the System Properties, as many as the
Security system will let you peek at. This includes such
things as which JVM is running, which version of Java, which
vendor. It may be run as either an applet or an application.
When you run Wassup as an application it shows you
considerably more information. The Java sandbox considers it
a security risk to reveal that information to an Applet. As
an application, you can see all the possible System
Properties. When you run as an unsigned Applet, your view is
much more limited. When you run as an unsigned Applet, your
view is much more limited. If you OK the Java sandbox
security override, it will let you view the restricted
properties.

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\wassup\wassup.jar

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

Why the black man icon?  Wassup in black slang means "what's
up, give me information about what is going on."


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Version History:

 1.0 1998-11-30

 1.1 1998-12-01 try exhaustive list of system properties for
                Applets.
                bigger screen.

 1.2 1998-12-14 add codebase
                colors done a different way
                check for proper JVM version.

 1.3 1998-12-21 add test BAT and HTML files for various JVMs
                and browsers.

 1.4 1998-12-28 use new Comparator interface

 1.5 1999-01-07 allow Wassup to execute without a GUI, based on code by
                David B. Gleason (mailto:David.Gleason@bull.com)
                Bull HN Information Systems, Inc.

 1.6 1999-10-03 use JDK 1.2 RSA signed jar
                select restricted or safe.

 1.7 2000-12-28 update jar signing certificate

 1.8 2002-03-30 use phony Sun cert, instead of Netscape code signing.
                switch to SunSort from HeapSort

 1.9 2002-04-08 lower case package

 2.0 2004-06-01 add about box

 2.1 2005-08-01 display version separately

 2.2 2005-08-11 revise the list of safe properties
                to be consistent with JDK 1.5.
                Formerly safe properties are now restricted.

 2.3 2006-03-05 reformat with IntelliJ, add Javadoc.

 2.4 2007-04-28 new racier logo, PAD.

 2.5 2008-04-03 add build to title, tidy code.

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