Main window
Copyright © 1999-2008 JH Software ApS
Main window |
Simple DNS Plus v. 5.1 Copyright © 1999-2008 JH Software ApS |
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The main window consists of a Menu, a Toolbar, a Status Bar, and different optional Views.
| • | File Menu |
| • | Pause / Start server Used to pause and re-start serving DNS requests. |
| • | Edit DNS Records Opens the DNS Records window. |
| • | Reload DNS Records Immediately reloads all DNS records. |
Use if manual changes have been made to any of the zone files.
| • | Clear DNS Cache Unloads all cached records. |
Use if you suspect that invalid cached data is causing problem.
Can also be useful, for example, if you want to see how a domain name is resolved from the root up.
| • | Shutdown Simple DNS Plus |
Shuts down Simple DNS Plus.
| • | View Menu |
| • | Toolbar |
Toggles the Toolbar on / off.
| • | Status Bar |
Toggles the Status Bar on / off.
| • | Performance Graph |
Shows the Performance Graph View.
| • | Active Log |
Shows the Active Log View.
| • | [Plug-In Views] |
Different plug-ins such as the DHCP Server plug-in have their own View
| • | Tools Menu |
| • | DNS Look Up... |
Opens the DNS Look Up tool window.
| • | DNS Cache Snapshot... |
Opens the Cache Snapshot Viewer window.
| • | Active Log Snapshot... |
Use this function if the Active Log View is scrolling to fast or you need to copy text from the log.
| • | IP Address Blocking... Opens the IP Address Blocking dialog. |
| • | Options |
Opens the Options dialog.
| • | Window Menu |
| • | New Horizontal / Vertical Tab Group Splits the display into two tab groups. Only available when other Views are grouped with the selected View. |
| • | Tile Horizontally / Vertically Quickly organize the currently open Views. |
| • | Reset Window Layout |
Move all open Views into a single tab group.
| • | Help Menu |
| • | Contents & Index |
Opens this help file
| • | Online Support |
Opens the JH Software support web page in your default browser.
| • | Check for Updates |
Checks if you are running the most recent version of Simple DNS Plus.
| • | Activate Product Select this function when you have purchased a Simple DNS Plus license (at http://www.simpledns.com/purchase.aspx) to enter your license key. This will remove the evaluation time restriction. |
| • | Support File |
Generates a file containing various information about your system and the state of Simple DNS Plus which can be helpful for trouble shooting by JH Software support staff.
| • | About Simple DNS Plus |
Displays the Simple DNS Plus version number and license status.
| • | Options button Opens the Options dialog. |
| • | Records button |
Opens the DNS Records dialog.
| • | Look Up button |
Opens the DNS Look Up tool.
| • | Cache button |
Opens the Cache Snapshot Viewer.
| • | Help button |
Opens this help file.
The Status Bar consists of three sections:
| • | Status |
Show current server status - and if running, the total up-time.
| • | Requests |
Total number of DNS requests received.
| • | Cache |
Number of DNS records currently in the cache.