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As I am not that big a fan of Internet Explorer only, or even Windows only applications, I've developed a little tool that enables you to use the Topfield 7700HDPVR web functionality from a java application.
That means you use it on pretty much any platform and even without any browser.

On top of that you can select a list of recordings and download all of the related files automatically with just two mouse-clicks (because I added a confirmation dialog).


For those interested it is available from http://www.flemlion.net/topfield/.


It does require you to install java 6 (see http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp), but that should be it.
The installer should create shortcuts on Windows and Linux (when the proper desktop is available). Unfortunately IzPack does not enable this for MacOS yet, so there you'll have to follow the instructions to do it yourself.

And if you do use it, feedback is welcome, so I know which 'feature' I should look at first for any next version.

Hi Flemlion

I tried to install TopField GUI on MAC OS 10 with Java (build 1.6.0_07-b06-57, mixed mode).

I wasn't very successfull. After running your install.jar 0.7 I have found your libraries here
/Users/rene/Applications/lib

drwxr-xr-x 5 root staff 170 15 Apr 13:29 .
drwxrwxr-x 18 rene staff 612 15 Apr 13:37 ..
-rw-r-xr-- 1 root staff 220239 29 Dez 15:29 FlemLion-TopField.jar
-rw-r-xr-- 1 root staff 126630 17 Okt 21:38 jcalendar-1.3.2.jar
-rw-r-xr-- 1 root staff 391834 4 Mär 2008 log4j-1.2.15.jar

Executing FlemLion-TopField.jar does not show any GUI. In the tasklist I can see that a task called
org.flemlion.gui.topfield.main is running.

Silly question: how do I start this application?


Executing command as noted in your readme creates lots of errors (see bottom)

java -cp lib/log4j-1.2.15.jar;lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar;lib/FlemLion-TopField.jar org.flemlion.gui.topfield.Main

Any hint is appreciated.

Cheers papago1

iMacRene:Applications rene$ java -cp lib/log4j-1.2.15.jar;lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar;lib/FlemLion-TopField.jar org.flemlion.gui.topfield.Main
Usage: java [-options] class [args...]
(to execute a class)
or java [-options] -jar jarfile [args...]
(to execute a jar file)

where options include:
-d32 use a 32-bit data model if available
-d64 use a 64-bit data model if available (implies -server, only for x86_64)
-client to select the "client" VM
-server to select the "server" VM
-jvm is a synonym for the "client" VM [deprecated]
-hotspot is a synonym for the "client" VM [deprecated]
The default VM is client.

-cp <class search path of directories and zip/jar files>
-classpath <class search path of directories and zip/jar files>
A : separated list of directories, JAR archives,
and ZIP archives to search for class files.
-D<name>=<value>
set a system property
-verbose[:class|gc|jni]
enable verbose output
-version print product version and exit
-version:<value>
require the specified version to run
-showversion print product version and continue
-jre-restrict-search | -jre-no-restrict-search
include/exclude user private JREs in the version search
-? -help print this help message
-X print help on non-standard options
-ea[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
-enableassertions[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
enable assertions
-da[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
-disableassertions[:<packagename>...|:<classname>]
disable assertions
-esa | -enablesystemassertions
enable system assertions
-dsa | -disablesystemassertions
disable system assertions
-agentlib:<libname>[=<options>]
load native agent library <libname>, e.g. -agentlib:hprof
see also, -agentlib:jdwp=help and -agentlib:hprof=help
-agentpath:<pathname>[=<options>]
load native agent library by full pathname
-javaagent:<jarpath>[=<options>]
load Java programming language agent, see java.lang.instrument
-splash:<imagepath>
show splash screen with specified image
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Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.6.5
Created-By: 1.5.0_06-b05 (Sun Microsystems Inc.)
Main-Class: com.toedter.calendar.demo.JCalendarDemo

Name: com/toedter/components/JLocaleChooser.class
Java-Bean: True

Name: com/toedter/calendar/JCalendar.class
Java-Bean: True

Name: com/toedter/calendar/JYearChooser.class
Java-Bean: True

Name: com/toedter/calendar/JMonthChooser.class
Java-Bean: True

Name: com/toedter/calendar/JDayChooser.class
Java-Bean: True

Name: com/toedter/calendar/JDateChooser.class
Java-Bean: True

Name: com/toedter/components/JSpinField.class
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lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 59: +?: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 60: ??: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 61: 3?: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 62: ?: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 63: +??: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 64: ??: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 65: ??: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 66: ?: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 67: ?: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 68: ?: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 69: ??: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 70: ??: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 71: ?: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 72: ?: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 73: ?: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 74: ?: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 75: ?: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 76: ?: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 77: +?: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 78: 3??: command not found
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 79: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar: line 79: `)??'
lib/FlemLion-TopField.jar: line 1: PK: command not found
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I'm not sure if papago1 got it working on MacOS, but the error indicates that the ; in the shortcut should be replaced with :
For example:

java -cp lib/log4j-1.2.15.jar:lib/jcalendar-1.3.2.jar:lib/FlemLion-TopField.jar org.flemlion.gui.topfield.Main

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