I needed a free program to generate PHP pages for managing a MySQL database. When I first saw this program, I was ecstatic. However, trouble was on the way. I downloaded it only to see a JAR file, called “install.jar”, inside the archive. This file is a JAVA class’s package. It can be run by using a command like “H:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_08\bin\java.exe -jar H:\PhpDatabaseWizard\install.jar”. Then a cute user interface appeared, allowing me to install the program. There are other ways of running JAR files, just search Google if you don’t understand what I’ve said.

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