Written in Visual Basic

Released in January 2001

more versions

--MAIN MANTIS CLIENT WINDOW--

I'm going to go from the very top to the bottom and tell you what each function is and how to use it.

IP box: You enter the person's IP address you are trying to connect to. 

Port box: This where you enter the port address of the person you are trying to connect to.
Default for v0.1 is 37237. 

Connect button: Press this to connect to person's IP and port. The default is 37237. 

Disconnect button: Disconnect from person's computer. 

Box under disconnect button: This box tells you whether you are connected or not. 

Change server password: Brings up the change server password box. 

Change server port: Brings up the change server port box 

Reboot: Reboots the person's computer 

Shutdown: Shutdowns the person's computer. I am not sure if it waits for programs to
finish or not so I have also added a force shutdown. If the first shutdown is a normal
one where it waits for programs to end then I will remove that one unless people still want it in. 

Force shutdown: Forces a shutdown regardless of whether there are open programs or unsaved data. 
WARNING: Any unsaved data will be lost with this. 

Show shutdown dialog: Shows the shutdown dialog. 

Get time: Gets there computers time. 

Get date: Gets there computers date. 

Set time: Sets the time to your choice. 

Set date: Sets date to your choice. 

Local Options: Brings up options for the Mantis client. 

Close: Closes the client. 

--CHANGE SERVER PASSWORD SCREEN--

New password box: Type the new password. 

Mask: Choice of masking the password in this screen. Password is masked always in the
server password screen. In this screen it is enabled by default for security. 

Set: Sets the new password. To disable the password just leave the box blank. 

Close/Cancel: Closes the box. Once set has been clicked you cannot change the password
back to what it was other than by retyping it. 

--CHANGE SERVER PORT--

Set to default: Sets the port to default. Default for v0.1 Beta is 37237. 

New Port: This is where you type the new port number. 

Set: This sets the new port number. 

Close: Closes this window. 

--LOCAL OPTIONS--

Show time in statusbar: Shows your machine time in the statusbar. 

Show date in statusbar: Shows your machine date in statusbar. At the moment if you use
the client at midnight with this option enabled, it will not auto update itself. 
You have un-enable it and re-enable it for to get updated. 

In the next version (0.2) I will be adding many more features to the program. 
This release was just a test release and to find errors in my connection code.
If you find any bugs or anything please let me know about them.
Leave a message on the message board and I will get back to you.

Lythical


Server:
size: 24.576 bytes

port: 37237 TCP

startup:
none