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". 

Features                                 

Download

How to install JDBees

How to use JDBees

Bug report & Suggestion

Future Version

Features:

• 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

• JDK 1.3 or later compatible

• Supporting Windows, Metal and Motif style UI

Where to download?

You can download JDBees v1.2 here.

How to install JDBees?

1. Install JDK 1.3 or later version in a directory, for example, c:\jdk1.3, or /usr/java1.3

2. Copy jdbees.jar to destination directory, for example, c:\jdbees, or /opt/jdbees

3. 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

4. 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

5. Execute JDBees

Windows:

Double-click the JDBees on desktop

UNIX:

execute jdbees.sh

 

Bug report & suggestion

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.  

Future Version

Planning.