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Version History:

 1.0 1997-12-17 initial release.

 1.1 1998-01-03 clean up minor typos
                test routine to ensure all
                suggested code compiles.
                examples all initialise to make clean compiles.
                generates HTML table for those without Java.

 1.2 1998-01-04 make into both application and applet

 1.3 1998-01-13 split into two classes.
                don't show initialisation, except for test.

 1.4 1998-02-14 descriptions now to, from order.
                show NumberFormatExceptions
                box a little wider.
                get rid of nugatory setSize, setBounds
                remove FontSaver.

 1.5 1998-05-08 Activator html
                tidy with SlickEdit
                compile under Symantec Visual Cafe 2.5

 1.6 1998-06-23 rename SymItem to TheListener.

 1.7 1998-08-07 add +-'0' to char conversion options.

 1.8 1998-11-11 new address and phone.

 1.9 1998-11-29 generate better HTML, with &amp &quote etc.

 2.0 1998-12-13 add "alternatively" comments.
                add radix conversions on byte, char, short

 2.1 1998-12-13 increase size of Window

 2.2 1998-12-14 switch over to using a jar file.
                check Java version
                slightly different colour scheme.
                use com.mindprod.converter package.

 2.3 1998-12-25 misc comment and HTML tidying.

 2.4 1999-01-29 Double.parseDouble and Float.parseFloat for JDK 1.2

 2.5 1999-08-14 add *best* comment to align better with *or
                new phone number.

 2.6 1999-08-23 DecimalFormat for float, Float, double and Double

 2.7 1999-09-19 add Menu AboutBox

 2.8 1999-10-05 rename jdk 2 back to jdk 1.2

 2.9 1999-10-18 prefer new XXXX to XXXX.valueOf
                remove trim requirement on Double.valueOf(String);

 3.0 1999-12-03 toHexString toBinaryString toOctalString

 3.1 2001-04-26 faster boolean --> Boolean

 3.2 2001-06-21 prefer valueOf to toString

 3.3 2001-08-01 add comments about when sign extension occurs.

 3.4 2001-12-01 improved boolean -> String : String.valueOf(t);

 3.5 2002-04-01 add new way to convert String -> boolean

 3.6 2002-04-05 lower case package name, following Sun conventions

 3.7 2002-04-22 notes on locale-sensitivity

 3.8 2004-05-07 add JDK 1.5 boxing-unboxing int<->Integer etc.
                short <-> Integer.
                add Short type.

 3.9 2004-05-10 add IEEE conversions longBitsToDouble etc.

 4.0 2004-05-30 add about box

 4.1 2004-06-28 better labelling on generated HTML

 4.2 2004-07-07 notes about format rounding.

 4.3 2005-06-17 improved consistency of bat files.

 4.4 2005-12-04 more instructions

 4.5 2005-12-09 use of JDK 1.5+ Integer.valueOf(int) and
                Long.valueOf(long)

 4.6 2005-12-15 use of Character.digit( char c, int radix )

 4.7 2005-12-16 use of + '0' to get to char.
                \n after each comment to make code easier to read

 4.8 2006-03-04 reformat with IntelliJ, add Javadoc

 4.9 2007-05-08 add PAD files and a new icon.

 5.0 2008-03-03 correct spelling mistakes, display build and release date. Convert to JDK 1.5

 5.1 2008-03-25 use enums, split off Type and Generate classes. add signed/unsigned Byte.

 5.2 2008-03-26 better code for unsigned Bytes.

 5.3 2009-03-30 optimise suggested conversion code based on suggestions from Intellij Idea Inspector.
                correct table entries for unsigned conversions that could not be handled purely with autoboxing.

 5.4 2011-12-03 configurable Look and Feel

 5.5 2011-12-30 tweaked some conversions involving Integer, Long and unsigned.

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