One of the most common exception that a Java software developer encounters during the development of a program is nothing but ClassNotFoundException. If you are a developer think how many times you have encountered this exception and the hours you spent finding the right jar to fix it. Well its not that hard any longer. Here are some sites that will help you.
jarsearch.com
JarSearch.com is the tool of choice for software developers and software engineers searching for the jar file of a missing class. You can search for packages or classes.
findjar.com
findJAR.com is a JAR search engine that helps to find JAR files containing required Java classes. Simply enter the name of the class or the JAR file you are looking for and start your search. findJAR.com can be used to easily resolve NoClassDefFoundError and ClassNotFoundException problems.
docjar.com
This is another jar search engine that helps you to find the jar files. It also provides a plug-in for Eclipse. So without leaving your IDE, you can access thousands of Java APIs, and search Google.
jarfinder.com
Jarfinder provides a huge searchable database of classes and jars from a wide variety of Java projects. This makes it easy to resolve ClassNotFoundExceptions or NoClassDefFoundErrors.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Fix java.lang.ClassNotFoundException
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Lost CD keys?
In case you have lost your CD-keys and serials from your favorite game or software then it can be a cumbersome task to reinstall it.
Normally the product key is located in the original CD or sometimes in the original manual. If you've lost your product key you can often find it in the Windows Registry but this can be very difficult to do.
There are some free key finder programs available to help in these situations.
SoftKey Revealer
This software can recover CD-keys and serials from over 700 software. Also you can save your recovered data as plain text document (txt) or as Microsoft Word document (doc).
Game Key Revealer
This software can recover CD-keys and serials from over 500 games. Also you can save your recovered data as plain text document (txt) or as Microsoft Word document (doc).
Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder
The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware open source utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install Windows from your registry. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003, Server 2008, Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2007 family of products.
Win keyfinder retrieves your Windows XP, Win 2000, Windows Me, 98, 2003 and .NET Product keys from the registry and display it for you.
WinGuggle
WinGuggle is a small application that can set, change and backup your Original Equipment Manufacturer's Information. It can also get your Windows Vista and Office Product Key.
Speed up Acrobat Reader
If you are fed up opening PDF files found in search results because of Acrobat Reader's painfully sluggish startup time, take a break. Try these to improve the startup time.
Adobe Reader SpeedUp
Adobe Reader Speed-Up significantly decreases the amount of time required for Adobe Reader to start by disabling most of the least used plug-in. This has been created as an effort to automate
the process of speeding up Adobe Reader's launch time by disabling the majority of plug-in that are completely useless for most users. It supports most of the version of Acrobat Reader.
Installing this program is very easy.
Manually disable the plug-in on startup
You can disable the plug-in from loading at the startup. Simply navigate to Reader\plug_ins folder in your installation directory (default:- Program Files\Adobe\Reader x.0) and copy all the files and folders except EWH32.api and anything that says print/search to the folder Reader\Optional.
Some other tips that may improve the performance
One feature of Acrobat Reader is that when you open a PDF link in your browser, Acroread.exe stays in memory. You can use the Windows task manager to kill the process or start and exit the full application to pull it from memory. The other option is to tell Acrobat to launch the full application rather than the browser plug-in. To do this, start Acrobat Reader, go to Edit->Preferences->Internet and uncheck the box labeled "Display PDF in browser". This solves the in memory problem and I think makes for a generally better user experience.
If you are not satisfied even after trying out all these options then its time to try out the free alternatives like Foxit.
