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tinplate:
I'm developing a new program called "StartWatch". I had planned on adding features to VirtualVP for coordinating startup of programs that hook up to VirtualVP. I decided to make this a separate program with a more general usefulness. There are two parts to it. One part coordinates the startup of multiple applications. It allows program startups to be dependant on a time delay, the startup of other programs or the availability of a defined TCP/IP port. This part of the program satisfies the functionality I was going to add to VirtualVP, plus some more.

The second part is ongoing monitoring of the programs StartWatch started. It monitors them for hangs, lockups, crashes, inadvertant closure or loss of the program or TCP/IP port on which it depends. You can setup StartWatch to automatically restart crashed or hung programs. You can also specify that it close a program when the program or port on which it depends goes down, and then restart it when that comes back up.

The program will be shareware, but registration is only required for the monitoring/restart features. The startup features will remain functional beyond the trial period. It's like there is a freeware version and a shareware version, but they are the same exe. The registration will only be $25 until the end of 2006. Like VirtualVP, registration gets you all future upgrades without any upgrade fee.

I have the startup part ready for testing, and have some of the monitoring features ready. This is a rough ALPHA version, but I'd like to get a few people to begin trying this out while I finish the remaining features for a general Beta release next week. If you're interested in alpha testing, let me know. I have to limit this to a few people, and I can't give a lot of hand holding. There is no manual yet, so you'll have to figure it most of it out for yourself, but it's pretty self explanatory if you know your way around a computer. If this seems ok to you and you're interested, let me know.

Steve

up10ad N9RJH:
Ok Steve, I'm game.  I can have it start WD and VWS, as well as my vwSQL and some others that are in the startup folder now.  Do you need any additional info or will you conact respondents via the forum profile information?

[edit] My email is public in my profile.

Dragonfly:
An e-mail might be quicker

SLOweather:
Steve,

Sent you a PM this morning PDT. I'll test it. I was going to register Startup Guru, but I'd rather help a member.

Chris
www.sloweather.com

W7DRM (old call was W3DRM):
Steve,

I also sent you a PM this  evening. Will be glad to help with testing.

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