Java Dancing Bees
A JAVA download manager: JDBees v1.2
Java Dancing Bees v1.2 is a freeware designed and developed by George Zhu & Mary Xu. It is originally created to meet the need of a fast download tool with the idea of "write once, run anywhere".
Platform independent
Compatible with HTTP/1.1 and FTP
Multi-job and multi-thread
Supporting resume
Supporting jobs schedule (New feature in v1.1 )
Supporting FTP batch downloading (New feature in v1.2 )
Supporting update status check for downloaded files
Supporting HTTP URL redirection
Supporting HTTP chunked-transfer
Supporting HTTP proxy
Supporting HTTP basic authentication
Supporting anonymous and non-anonymous FTP
Supporting system clipboard and drag and drop from Netscape Navigator
Supporting Windows, Metal and Motif style UI
You can download JDBees v1.2 here.
Install JDK 1.3 or later version in a directory, for example, c:\jdk1.3, or /usr/java1.3
Copy jdbees.jar to destination directory, for example, c:\jdbees, or /opt/jdbees
Create a directory to store jdbees configure file and log files, for example, c:\jdbees\conf, or /opt/jdbees/conf, and make sure jdbees can write in the directory
Create a shortcut (Windows) or shell (Unix) file like the following:
Windows:
Steps to create a shortcut for JDBees:
A. Click mouse right button on desktop, select New/shortcut and a "Create Shortcut" Dialog pops up
B. In "Create Shortcut" dialog, type the following in "Command line"
c:\jdk1.3\bin\javaw.exe -cp c:\jdbees\jdbees.jar -DJDBeesConfDir=c:\jdbees\conf jdbees.JDBees
C. Press Next button and a "Select a Titile for the Program" dialog will show up
D. Type in: JDBees, and press Finish button
UNIX: shell file(jdbees.sh):
#!/bin/sh
/usr/java1.3/bin/java -CLASSPATH=/opt/jdbees/jdbees.jar -DJDBeesConfDir=/opt/jdbees/conf jdbees.JDBees
Execute JDBees
Windows:
Double-click the JDBees on desktop
UNIX:
execute jdbees.sh
We are now trying to facilitate the usage of JDBees. If you find bugs during using the application, or you have some good suggestions to strengthen the features, please feel free to drop me a mail. JDBees is being updated usually to fix bugs or add new features, please visit this site and update your JDBees at your convenience.
Planning.