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- Release Notes For TJPing
- TJPing by Jim Dunne. Copyright ⌐ 1996-1998. All Rights Reserved.
- topjimmy@topjimmysoftware.com
-
- INSTALLING:
-
- Files included: TJPING.EXE
- TJPING.TXT
-
- Win 95/NT 4.0: UnZip the contents of TJPING.ZIP to a temporary directory. Double-click
- on "Setup.exe" to start the setup program. The default installation
- directory is C:\Program Files\TJPing. Setup will create a folder with a user
- specified name that contains the TJPing files.
-
- NT 3.51: Open TJPING.EXE. Click on "UnZip" to extract the TJPING.EXE and
- TJPING.TXT files to the "C:\Program Files\TJPing" directory, or
- specify a different directory in the "UnZip to Folder" box.
- Go to the folder you specified and open the extracted TJPING.EXE to
- run the program.
-
- UNINSTALLING:
-
- Win 95/NT 4.0: Go to the Control Panel, then open Add/Remove Programs. Select TJPing
- and then click on the Add/Remove button.
-
- NT 3.51: Manually remove the directory where the TJPing files are located.
-
- VERSION HISTORY:
-
- v. 2.0 - February 16, 1998
- - The "Host:" drop-down list can now be sorted.
- - The "Set Options" dialog box now shows correct font for non-English
- versions of Windows.
- - The host and time/date are shown for each operation so that
- log results will reflect this information.
- - Host deletion and log functions added to popup menu.
- - Updated email address and website URL.
-
- v. 1.9 - September 3, 1997
- - Updated interface- remembers all sizing
- and configuration options.
- - Right mouse button support added for main status window.
- - Now shuts down smoothly in the middle of a ping, trace, or lookup.
-
- v. 1.8 build 2 - July 29, 1997
- - Fixes a bug in the main status window
-
- v. 1.8 - July 23, 1997
- - Accelerator keys added for most of the menu functions
- - Now has "sticky" window - remembers its size and position
- from session to session.
- - Now displays all IP addresses for the local machine.
-
- v. 1.7 - June 18, 1997
- - Allows packet sizes up to 5000 bytes.
- - NT and Win 95 now look and function identically.
- - Replaced status window with a Rich Edit box - now allows color and unlimited
- text entry, vs. black and white and 32k text limit on old box. Right mouse
- button doesn't function yet in new status window (I'm working on it!), but all accelerator
- keys (i.e. Ctrl + C for copy, etc.) function.
- - Allows user to specify the Don't Fragment Packets option - this keeps packets
- together, provided the packet is equal to or smaller than the Maximum
- Transmission Units (MTU) specified for your machine. This is usually 1500 bytes.
- If the packet is bigger than this, you will get an error message.
- - Allows up to 99 packets to be sent at a time.
- - Log is now time/date-stamped every time the log is enabled - not
- just at startup.
-
- v. 1.6 - June 3, 1997
- - User can manually set packet data - the data size edit box automatically
- adjusts to reflect the packet data size.
- - Allows logging. User can set the log file name.
- - Allows user to look at the data returned by the host, if desired.
- - User can now delete the current host only, if desired.
- - Can warn user before deleting any or all entries - user sets
- this option.
- - Modifies pre 1.5 Registry entries to current format on startup.
- - Opened # of Packets and Timeout edit boxes for direct user entry.
- - # of Packets limit increased to 50. # of Hops increased to 255.
-
- v. 1.51 - May 21, 1997
- - Packet size restricted to 285 bytes - temporary fix for memory
- problem when size exceeds 286 bytes.
- - Timeout increased to up to 99 seconds
-
- v. 1.5 - May 12, 1997
- - Now displays all IP addresses on Lookup (for example, www.microsoft.com
- has 13 IP addresses).
- - Finds DNS aliases (for example, www1.sausage.com has alias name www.sausage.com)
- - Reworked all Registry access code - now remembers unlimited number of hosts.
- - Changed "Clear All Hosts" to "Delete All Hosts".
-
- v. 1.4 - May 9, 1997
- - Program now installs using WinZip Self-Extractor
- - Enters the last Host used from the previous session to the "Host:"
- box in the new session.
- - Remembers last 30 hosts from session to session, up from 10.
- - "Clear All Hosts" button added - deletes all entries from "Hosts:" box
- and from the registry
- - Fixed a problem where short IP addresses would cause the RTT and DNS
- Name columns to not line up when doing a Trace.
- - Explicit "Ctrl" accelerator key coding disabled for NT, which
- doesn't need it.
- - Fixed a memory leak when using the "Exit" pushbutton on the main
- dialog screen.
-
- v. 1.3 - May 4, 1997
- - Now allows keyboard Cut/Copy/Paste/Undo operations on the Host and
- results boxes by using the Ctrl key (i.e. "Ctrl+C" for Copy).
- - When performing a traceroute, the "Contacting host..." line now
- displays the IP address (and the DNS name, if a DNS name is entered
- by the user originally).
-
- v. 1.21 - April 27, 1997
- - Fixed a bug with the status box where new text was being entered at
- the site of the last edit instead of at the end of the box.
-
- v. 1.2 - April 26, 1997
- - The results text in the status box is now editable.
-
- v. 1.1 - Jan 23, 1997:
- - Program now opens maximized on startup
-
- Jan 13, 1997:
- - Fixed scrolling problem in status list box under NT 3.51
-
- Jan 7, 1997:
- - Function buttons are disabled until a successful local lookup is done on startup
- - OS Version is no longer displayed on the status screen at startup
- - Under NT, the main menu is without the "Set Options" item
-
- Dec 20, 1996:
- - Main title changed to reflect the version number
- - Now detects the operating system and makes adjustments for NT
- - Corrected button tab order
- - Now allows tracing when a host can't be reached
-
- DISCLAIMER: This program is freeware and is distributed "as is".
- No guarantee is made about the program - use at your own risk.
- The author will not be liable for any actual or claimed damages
- arising from its use.
-
- RESTRICTIONS: Anybody can use TJPing - it's freeware. All I ask is
- that you don't decompile, disassemble, reverse-engineer, or sell it.
-
- COMPATIBILITY AND REQUIREMENTS: TJPing has been tested on:
-
- Win 95 - Winsocks v. 1.1 and WSock32 v. 2.2
- NT 3.51 - Winsock v. 1.1
- NT 4.0 - Winsock v. 2.0
-
- TJPing requires that the file ICMP.DLL be installed in the
- c:\windows\system or c:\winnt\system32 directory, depending on whether
- you're running Win 95 or NT. This file is automatically installed by
- Win 95 and NT 3.5x and 4.0.
-
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