WAKE ON LAN EX V2.

10
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Author : Joseph Cox
Website : http://www.bootblock.co.uk
Forum : http://forum.bootblock.co.uk
Released: 4th May, 2010.
License : Freeware

CONTENTS
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Contents - List of sections in this help file.
Remote Commands - Information on controlling other PCs
Portable Mode - Using the portable mode
Upgrading - Upgrading to new versions
Removing - How to uninstall
Trouble-Shooting - Fixing common problems
Future - Quick note on the next version
History - Release history

PURPOSE
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Wake On LAN Ex (WoLEX) is an application designed to be used
with computers that contain network cards which are set to
turn on when a "magic packet" is received.
Running Wake On LAN Ex, entering the required details, and
hitting Send will cause the WOL-enabled computer to turn
itself on and boot as normal. Depending on its WoL abilities,
the destination computer can be sleeping, hibernating, or
entirely off and still be able to react to a Wake-On-LAN
event.
WoLEX also supports the shutting down, restarting,
logging-off, and sending messages to other computers.
Although there are slight cosmetic issues with running
WoLEX, it is entirely useable. WoLEX doesn't seem to start
in MacOS; the reason is yet undetermined.

REMOTE COMMANDS
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If you find that the Restart, Log-off, and Shutdown commands
aren't working on other PCs, then please ensure that:
1) Your account credentials (that is, username and password)
on your PC match the account of the remote machine.
2) Your PC and the remote PC are in the same Domain or
Workgroup.
If your credentials are the same on both computers, try
accessing a shared folder on the remote machine before
attempting to control it and see if that works.

PORTABLE MODE
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The portable mode allows WoLEX to be used on a portable drive
correctly. When portable mode is enabled, all configuration
data will be saved to the directory that WoLEX resides in.
Disabling portable mode will cause WoLEX to revert back to
its original mode of saving configuration data to the user's
Windows profile location.
WoLEX determines if it should be running in portable mode
by the presence of a Settings.xml file within its current
application directory. If it exists, then portable mode is
enabled.
You can either click on the hard-drive icon in the main
window's toolbar to enable portable mode, or you can do
it manually by copying all of the files contained within
the WoLEX Windows profile directory to the WoLEX application
directory.

UPGRADING
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To upgrade your current installation to a newer version,
simply delete the program's directory and extract the new
version's archive to a location of your choice.

REMOVING
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To remove this software from your system, just quit the
application and delete its directory.

TROUBLE-SHOOTING
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If you get an error when you start the program, you will
need to download the Microsoft .NET runtimes package (22MB).
Please beware of wordwrap in the URL:
32-BIT - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-436
2-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&DisplayLang=en
64-BIT - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b44a0000-acf
8-4fa1-affb-40e78d788b00&DisplayLang=en

Joseph Cox
(AKA BootBlock)

HISTORY
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v2.10; 4th May, 2010.
- Added: Limited skinning functionality.
- Fixed: Port wasn't be used.
- Other: Faster startup.
v2.09; 26th January, 2010.
- Fixed: MacID now checks for a 17 char ID rather than the incorrect 16 in v2.
08.
v2.08; 25th January, 2010.
 - Added: Check and warning message for non-writable settings path.
- Added: Configurable Escape key setting to the Settings window.
- Added: Introductory message if there are no address book entries (eg. first
run).
- Fixed: Pings sometimes stalling indefinitely. Thanks to everyone on the foru
m!
- Other: Main and About window interface changes.
- Other: Changed the way key detection works in the address book.
- Other: PingAddressBookEntriesThreads is now 6 by default on all OSes, includ
ing XP.
- Other: Ping threads priority changed from Normal to BelowNormal.
- Other: Save button in Settings window was incorrectly positioned in Linux.
- Other: Error handling improvements.
- Other: Removed BiQubic.Suite.Controls.dll dependency.
- Other: Removed BiQubic.Suite.Core.dll dependency.
v2.07; 21st January, 2010.
- Added: Actions and Custom Actions in address book context menu. Using this
menu will apply actions to selected entries as opposed to checkmarked
entries like how the Send Action menu works.
- Added: Screen out-of-bounds checking and repositioning at startup, along wit
h
DoNotRepositionWindow option to the Settings window.
- Fixed: Multiple exceptions upon startup if Columns.xml couldn't be saved in
AppData.
- Other: PingAddressBookEntriesThreads is now set to 3 by default in Windows X
P.
- Other: Address book is saved immediately upon an entry being edited.
v2.06; 4th December, 2009.
- Added: OnOnline, OnOffline, and OnError events to the edit entry window.
- Added: Confirmation when deleting address book entries.
- Added: More keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+N: add entry, Enter: edit, Del: delete)
.
- Added: Silver and Chrome toolbar styles to the Settings window.
- Added: Open Data Directory and Donation links to the About window.
- Other: Improved Portable mode.
- Other: The System toolbar style is now the default on Windows XP.
v2.05; 2nd November, 2009.
- Fixed: Crash upon startup if there are no address book entries and pinging i
s enabled.
v2.04; 9th October, 2009.
- Added: Portable Mode. See the Readme or click on the harddrive toolbar icon.
- Other: Reduced executable size by 153KB (removed 256x256 application icons).
v2.03; 4th September, 2009.
- Fixed: Parameter codes now work with custom actions.
v2.02; 4th September, 2009.
- Added: Custom Actions.
- Fixed: Crash when using Send Message on devices with no IP specified.
- Fixed: PingAddressBookEntriesAtStartup was hidden within Settings.
- Other: Much faster pinging of address book entries.
- Other: Only one copy of WoLEX can now be running at a time.
v2.01; 20th August, 2009.
- Added: Minimise to System Tray to the main window.
- Added: Column sorting.
 - Added: "Select ..." item to the address book context menu.
- Added: Keyboard shortcuts (see menus). Escape now minimises WoLEX.
- Added: DefautAction and MessageType to the Settings window.
- Added: StartWithWindows and StartMinimised to the Settings window.
- Added: "-minimise" / "-minimize" commandline parameter support.
- Fixed: Potential crash with invalid MAC IDs.
- Other: Improved interface; replaced buttons with a toolbar; etc.
- Other: PingAddressBookEntriesTimeOut is now expressed in milli-seconds.
- Other: Various minor changes.
v2.00 - Final; 31st May, 2008.
- Added: Included pad_file.xml with distribution.
- Other: Updated all graphics and some interface elements.
- Other: Improved update checker.
- Other: Minor changes and additions.
v2.00 - Beta 1; 14th April, 2008.
- Initial public release.