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Published by alax on 02 Apr 2008

Be Informed: Event Log Notification

Alax.Info Be Informed update is available.

What’s new in this build?

  • New: System event log notification; event notification can be configured to be written to Windows Application event log (case study will follow)

Keywords: RegisterEventSource, ReportEvent

Application Name: Alax.Info Be Informed
License: Free for personal use, request commercial licenses via email or contact form
Latest Version: 1.0.4
Download Link: Alax.Info Be Informed 1.0.4 (730K)

Published by alax on 05 Feb 2007

Be informed on file system updates

Alax.Info Be Informed update is available.

What’s new in this build?

  • New: File system check activity; a check for file system changes in a specified directory and file name regular expression pattern with a notification on created, deteted file and file size changes according to configured granularity

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Keywords: FindFirstFile, FindNextFile, FindFirstChangeNotification, FindNextChangeNotification

Application Name: Alax.Info Be Informed
License: Free for personal use, request commercial licenses via email or contact form
Latest Version: 1.0.3
Download Link: Alax.Info Be Informed 1.0.3 (725K)

Published by alax on 04 Feb 2007

Be informed on exceeding pre-configured performance threshold

Alax.Info Be Informed update is available.

What’s new in this build?

  • New: System performance activity; a periodic poll for performance data and notification in case of exceeding pre-defined threshold

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Keywords: Performance, GetPerformanceInfo, PERFORMACE_INFORMATION, PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION, Memory, Commit Limit, Commited Bytes, Handle Count, Thread Count

Application Name: Alax.Info Be Informed
License: Free for personal use, request commercial licenses via email or contact form
Latest Version: 1.0.2
Download Link: Alax.Info Be Informed 1.0.2 (711K)

Published by alax on 04 Feb 2007

Be informed on remote host online availability using periodic ping

Alax.Info Be Informed update is available.

What’s new in this build?

  • New: Ping availability activity; periodic pings to remote host will send notifications on host going off and online
  • Minor fixes

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Keywords: Ping, ICMP, echo, notifications

Application Name: Alax.Info Be Informed
License: Free for personal use, request commercial licenses via email or contact form
Latest Version: 1.0.1
Download Link: Alax.Info Be Informed 1.0.1 (688K)

Published by alax on 02 Feb 2007

Be Informed Beta

Be Informed on remote unmaintained activity with Alax.Info Be Remoted software.

Be Informed is a framework for unmaintained activity such as observation or check and notification on certain events. The application manages configurable activities, which generate events, and notifications, that handle the events and deliver notifications as configured. The current distribution of Be Informed inlcudes:

  • Activity: Process Check - an activity that monitors running applications and once an application (process) matching defined patter is created or terminates, the activity issues an event
  • Notification: SMTP Email Notificaition - a notification using email via SMTP protocol
  • Sample C++/ATL Visual Studio .NET 2005 project which illustrates how to create additional activities and notification for Be Informed; the project contains activity object that checks Scroll Lock key state and issues events on state changes and notification object that delivers notifications through showing a message box.

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Each activity may be configured to have events issued delivered using one or more notifications methods. Thus, for example, Process Check activity may be configured to check for calc.exe process and notifications to be delivered through e-mails and the e-mail messages will be sent every time Windows Calculator application is started and closed.

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