http://armchair.sourceforge.net link
(c) Dennis Damico, dennis508@yahoo.com
BSD License
www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php link
Installation Notes
Armchair requires the Windows 32-bit Java Runtime Environment. You may obtain it from: www.java.com. link
Be sure that .jar files are executable, i.e., double-clickable, on your system. If you are not sure how to do this see: www.wikihow.com/Run-a-.Jar-Java-File. link
To install Armchair, open the zip distribution file, move Armchair.jar to a location of your choice.
Execute the program by double-clicking Armchair.jar.
To display slideshows with metadata captions you must also install the ExifTool on your system. Install ExifTool from http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ . The executable should be named exiftool.exe. The first time you execute Armchair, navigate to exiftool.exe and add it to your Quick Picks.
Armchair does not contain a remote control driver. If you have Windows Media Center and/or a working Media Center Remote Control you should be all set. Other remote controls may also work. A wireless keyboard works too.
Armchair uses Internet Explorer to display HTML files.
Armchair uses Windows Media Player and (if installed) VLC Media Player to play audio and video files. A separate installation of VLC is recommended to permit more media types to play. Download VLC from http://www.videolan.org/. When installing, be sure to install the web browser plugins.
Armchair requires the AutoHotkey program to control windows other than the main Armchair application window. (If a window other than Armchair becomes the active window you will not be able to control it with the remote control.) Download AutoHotkey from http://www.autohotkey.com. Use the Armchair "Enable Window Control" setting to enable it.
This version of Armchair was tested with:
-Windows 7 Ultimate SP1
-Windows Vista Ultimate SP2
-Java Runtime Environment, Version 6 Update 26
-VLC Media Player, Version 1.1.10
-AutoHotkey, Version 1.0.48.05
Limitations, warnings, and known problems:
-The built-in web browser is limited in its capabilities, especially in magnification and forms management.
-Armchair can explore zip files but cannot display or open the files within them.
-Some Word files are incorrectly reported as corrupt and will not open. This may be because the file was created in an older version of Word.
-There is no explicit error report when a media file cannot be played.
Armchair contains these open source components:
Rdx File Manager, Version 1.6, 17-Oct-2006
sourceforge.net/projects/rdx-filemanager/
(c) Ruslan Isakiev, rdx@yandex.ru
Academic Free License
www.opensource-definition.org/licenses/afl-2.1.html
DJ Project: Native Swing, Version 1.0.1, 18-Mar-2011
djproject.sourceforge.net/main/index.html
(c) Christopher Deckers, chrriis@nextencia.net
GNU Lesser General Public License
www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
PDF Renderer, 15-Mar-2009
pdf-renderer.dev.java.net/
GNU Lesser General Public License
www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
Apache POI, Version 3.6, 15-Dec-2009
poi.apache.org/
Apache License Version 2.0
www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Java Virtual Keyboard, 02-Feb-2009
sourceforge.net/projects/jvkeyboard/
(c) 2009, Till Woitendorf (t68)
BSD License
www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
LnkParser class, 23-Mar-2009
stackoverflow.com/questions/309495/ windows-shortcut-lnk-parser-in-java
Stefan Cordes, stackoverflow.com/users/81330/stefan-cordes
Mouser, Version 1.0, Nov-2006
lifehacker.com/software/mouser/ hack-attack-operate-your-mouse-with-your-keyboard-212816.php
lifehacker.com/assets/resources/2006/11/mouser6.ahk
(c) Adam Pash, adam.pash@gmail.com
Creative Commons License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
ExifTool, Version 8.46, 22-Jan-2011
http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
(c) Phil Harvey
Perl License
http://dev.perl.org/licenses/
Moss Image Component, Version 2.1.0.0, 6-Sep-2009
http://moss.digitalcave.ca/
(c) Wyatt Olson
GNU General Public License
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php
Centering text vertically in JEditorPane.
http://java-sl.com/tip_center_vertically.html
(c) 2003-2010 Stanislav Lapitsky.
FastPhotoTagger, Version 1.0, 15-Apr-2011
http://fastphototagger.sourceforge.net
(c) Dennis Damico, dennis508@yahoo.com
GNU General Public License
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php .