Random Integer Number Generator Files

Simple Random Number Generator V2.0 for Linux
Copyright © 2012 Michael Friga

Table of Contents
1.Contact information
2.Recent Changes\Change Log
3.About RGN
4. RGN System Requirements
5.How to Use RGN
6.Programs used to make RGN
7.Program License: GPLv3

IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!
This program requires the Mono framework to run!
Ubuntu comes with Mono already installed.

You can download Mono (recommended for Linux) at:
http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html


Complication info shown only states the date of last debugging and complication; does not indicate actual publishing date.



Contact Information:

eMail: cowboy32biter@gmail.com
Any comments, suggestions, bug reports, or any other positive feedback is welcome!



Recent Changes\Change Log

V1.0:
Initial release
Features self-extracting executable and .zip

V2.0
Warning text in now in read
Made result easier to read; now with white background and black text
Uses new generation engine that uses double instead of int32 for decimal generation (old engine used for real numbers
Option for computer to choose random number for you instead of using your own seed
Changed warning text
Added exit option
Added menu engine
Screenshots implemented on SourceForge
Screenshots implemented in ReadMe (ODT format only!)
Added 2 programs to used programs
Created a combined tarball (tar.gz) of the source file and documentation, plus the main binary; both independent tarballs are still present.
Corrected accidental mention of Windows system requirements


Future changes to be added in later versions:
Ask user at the end of program execution if they would like to enter another seed and generate a new number
Rewrite program in Java so any OS with JRE can run the program, as well as provide Linux users with a C# alterantive.
Fix a bug where if anything but a number is entered, the program will most likely hang or crash on with a “System.FormatException: Input String was not in a Correct Format” error.
Attempt to convert from int32 to allow larger number entry (current limitation is -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647)
Find a way to have the program reject numbers that fall out of -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647


About RGN:

Simple Random Number Generator, or RGN, was a snippet of code written in C# as a larger part of a project that will probably never be publicly released, if ever written, as the project is rather arbitrary, useless, and with no real utility to speak of, not to mention boring.  So the decision was made to save this snippet of code and publish it as it may actually prove to be of some uses to someone out there 



RGN System Requirements

OS
Linux, any architecture (as long as Mono is available for it)

Additional Software
Mono

Memory
Minimum requirements needed for OS and Mono to run 

CPU
Minimum requirements needed for OS and Mono to run 

Disk Space (app only)
~1MB

Other
Keyboard and Mouse



Using RGN

1.Launch RGNV20 shell script (make sure it's marked executable!)
*DO NOT RUN the .EXE file!!!*
2.Please read the warning about how the program shouldn’t be used for over sensitive, secure information
3.Choose your selection:
	a.    Option 1: Use your own seed to generate a random number (won’t give a 	different number for a particular seed, ie: the program will always 		give the same random number if you type in 5.  Must be in a threshold of -2 to +2 billion
	b.    Option 2: Have the system select a random seed for you and go from there.  The most secure, as the seed is tied on the current time and is 	never the same each time ran
	c.    Option 3: Generate a decimal from a seed you enter (will be between 0.0 and 1.0)
	d.    Option 4: Have the system select a random seed and go from there, resulting in a decimal between 0.0 and 1.0
	e.    Any other key\number: Exit the program
4.Follow the onscreen instuctions



Programs used to make RGN

Microsoft Visual C# Studio 2010 Express (IDE, debugging, and program complication)
Xamarin Mono Framework
LiberOffice 3.3 (ODT formatted ReadMe)
MonoDevelop (to test and port on Linux Platforms)
Notepad (Text format ReadMe)
7-Zip for making tarballs (tar.gz)

Program License: GPLv3

This software is released as open sourced freeware, meaning that the program is free to use, and the source code is provided so that you may modify it and compile your own version of TaxRTip.  At all times this license, and thus the ReadMe and the source code (mine and yours), must be included at all times with the program.  Failure to do so invalidates your use of the program.  If you have paid for this program, it is suggested you demand a refund, as this program is freeware and requires no monetary value\compensation to use.  Full GPLv3 in RTF-RrdMe.odt file and as seperate .txt file