File-Commander

File-Commander is a desktop application for performing file conversions. It is unique in that it persists user preferences between sessions. The user creates settings profile and File Commander performs conversions based on that.

How to run File-Commander:

You can execute the File-Commander.jar on any system with Java 8 or later installed.

• On Windows:
  • Use the .bat file included with the Release downloads to run the application.
• On Mac/ Linux:
  • Open a command prompt in the containing folder and run: java -jar File-Commander-0.1.0.jar

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What can it do?

File Commander supports the following conversions:

Word Document Types:

• DOCX ---> PDF
• PDF --> text extraction to --> DOCX
• PDF ---> DOCX (Windows only)

Excel Workbook / Spreadsheet Types:

• XLSX ---> CSV
• CSV ---> XLSX

Image Types:

The user chooses a default background color in the event of transparent background convert to a non-transparent supporting image format.

• PNG ---> JPG/ GIF/ BMP
• JPG ---> PNG/ GIF/ BMP
• GIF ---> PNG/ BMP/ JPG
• BMP ---> PNG/ GIF/ JPG

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Future Features

• Batch file conversions
  • Display a switch element for turning batch mode on and off.
• Create OS specific installers/packaging
  • Launch4J?
• Reformat Main view without ugly file preferences.
  • Implement default preferences.
  • Move customizing preferences view to it's own tab.