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PasswordPress is copyright 2003,2004 Unearthed Java
http://homepage.mac.com/unearthed
Forms is copyright 2003,2004 Jgoodies
http://www.jgoodies.com/index.html
PasswordPress directions for use
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1) Installing the application
2) Understanding the options
3) Generating a password
4) Comments
1) Installing the application
To install PasswordPress, simply unzip the archive to a location on your system. It should create a directory called PasswordPress. This directory should contain 3 directories (dev, doc, and lib) each with their own pieces of information (dev contains information for developers who want to incorporate PasswordPress functionality into their programs (as well as a sample program and the source code); doc contains the Javadoc files for PasswordPress; lib contains the JGoodies Forms jar file (very critical for the gui version of the program)). The PasswordPress directory should contain this file (directions.txt) and the application file: PasswordPress.jar.
This is a java based application. It requires that you have a Java runtime enviornment capable of running Java swing applications. If you need to download a Java run time for your system, check out http://www.java.com for details.
To start the program, you should be able to double click on the PasswordPress.jar file (in a Windows style environment). If you need to execute the program from a command line, you can. Get to your command line tool, change to the PasswordPress directory, and type 'java -jar PasswordPress.jar'. That should do the trick.
2) Understanding the options
There are a few options in the PasswordPress program: Type, Options, Size.
Type allows you to choose why type of password you are looking for. Alphabetic for a character letter only password. Numeric for a number only password. Alphanumeric for a mix between numeric and alphabetic.
Options allow you to futher limit or expand the generated password options. Mix Case (for Alphabetic and Alphanumeric Types only) adds a mix of letter case to the password. Checking Allow Duplicates will allow characters/numbers to be repeated in the password.
Size allows you to pick what size password you want from a default drop list: 4, 8, 16, or 32 characters. If you require a different password size, you can still use PasswordPress by incorporating it into your own program. See the dev directory for details.
3) Generating a password
Once you have selected your options, you can click on the Generate Password button. The system will randomly build your password and put it in the Factory Built Password section of the application window. This is a text box which will let you copy and paste the password to another place.
4) Comments
If you have any comments about PasswordPress, please visit Unearthed Java at http://homepage.mac.com/unearthed/software/ and follow directions for comments that can be found there.
