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Windows Firewall Issue
Hello,
Many times my customers write me after they have purchased program. Common reason is that some computers can send and receive note and some computer(s) can only send or only receive note. I always reply to my customers and write them to make sure that Windows Firewall settings are correct, meaning that ShixxNOTE program have opened default port 2000 for communication. So you can open default port 2000 or gave permission to ShixxNOTE program in Windows Firewall settings. This is always happening because when customer install program on a computer and then start program for the first time, Windows Firewall dialog prompts and they doesn’t know what to click on it.
So now I will put Windows Firewall images and what customer or simple 30-days trial user must click when program is installed and started first time on the computer. If you install program on Windows XP then you will get this dialog where you must click on the Unblock button like on an image below.
If you are installing ShixxNOTE on Windows 7 or Windows 10 you will get again Windows Firewall dialog where you must click on Allow Access button like on an image below.
If you do this at the program first start up you will have no problems later with sending or receiving notes.
Kind regards,
Ozren Sirola
ShixxNOTE program author
Make ShixxNOTE icon to appear on the TaskBar
Hello folks,
If you have Windows 10 with latest update (I stopped counting how many times I had to update my OS) installed on your computer, than I would like to show you how to make ShixxNOTE icon visible in your taskbar.
Microsoft release update and than you have to uninstall VPN client just to get network That is my example. So now I am scared when I see that new Update is available 🙂 But lets just put ShixxNOTE icon always visible.
First you need to right mouse click on taskbar and select Taskbar settings i
tem from menu. That item has this image beside.
After that you will get this image where you have to click on “Select which icons appear on the taskbar”.
Then you only need to set ShixxNOTE icon to On. After that and after every next Windows 10 start up you will see ShixxNOTE icon in the corner 🙂
Kind regards,
Ozren Sirola
New Program Home Page
Before one month finally I decided to create and publish new ShixxNOTE Program Home Page site on same URL: www.shixxnote.com
New web site is ASP.NET web application but I don’t need to much of .NET Framework so I just used HTML5, CSS and some JavaScripts to make site cool and refreshing. I also left link to old site but I think soon I will remove it. I hope you like it 🙂
Here are some screen shots of it bellow.
Kind regards,
Ozren Sirola
ShixxNOTE Quick look video
Editors from FindMySoft site created short video for ShixxNOTE program. So now you can look video here or at the program home page site. Video is cool. Still I have plan to release more video material for ShixxNOTE especially about sending notes. Because in this video there is only just a quick look at the program. But I always say that ShixxNOTE is not just simple desktop sticky note program, it is also LAN messenger with many communication options.
Click play and enjoy this short video !
Ozren Sirola
ShixxNOTE Developer
Send note to a saved group of recipients
Let’s say you have company on three floors, and you have 5 managers in your company. And you decided to have a meeting at 11am. But you don’t want to go on the third floor just to say your sales manager about meeting. Instead of that you can use ShixxNOTE for that. First you create note and write on it when and where is meeting. When you get “Send note to” other dialog, you must click on every manager you want to be present, but let’s say you always have meeting with same managers. First time you click or enter IP address of every manager, but then you click on “Save Group” button on “Send note to” other dialog.
Send note to other dialog in ShixxNOTE
Then program will ask you to enter group name for saved recipients. That will be here “Managers Group”. See picture below.
Entering a saved group name for note recipients
Your group “Managers Group” will appear in the list box above the recipients list. So any time later when you want to call a meeting again with same persons you will just select “Managers Group” from list of saved group. You can have how many you want saved groups.
ShixxNOTE list box with saved groups
After that your group is saved as a “Managers Group”. So you can always select it from list in send note to other dialog and add some more recipients or one ideal solution is that all your saved groups will appear in note menu “Send note” and you will see your saved group “Managers Group”. And click on it and all recipients in saved group will receive note promptly. You can also see that Group with more than one recipient in it will have different icon (many small boxes).
ShixxNOTE Note menu item saved group
Kind regards,
Ozren Sirola
http://www.shixxnote.com
admin@shixxnote.com
ShixxNOTE Licensing policy and registering program
Maybe you know maybe you didn’t but ShixxNOTE program is a shareware program. After you download program from pogram download site or some other shareware download site(s) you get ShixxNOTE trial 30-days valid version with full functionality. When 30-days period is expired you can register ShixxNOTE and became program customer with full tech support. On program order page http://www.shixxnote.com/html/order_now.html you can select which license you want, which license suits your needs and then click on the button “Buy Now”. Then you will be transferred to my payment processor company SWREG which is part of Digital River, Inc. company and MyCommerce solution. There you can choose method of payment, currency, if you want they can save program to CD and send it to you. Anyway SWREG accept all types of payment so don’t worry.
After you buy ShixxNOTE 6.net 5-Users License you will receive email with download link for you registered version. Off course that link will be valid only for few days after that it expires. 5-Users License means that you can install ShixxNOTE registered version on 5 different computers (5 different IP addresses). If you have some small company with 5 computers and some extra one, than 5-Users License will be enough.
SWREG payment processor company owned by Digital River corporation.
After you install program on that 5 computers in your LAN, program will automatically at Windows start run network neighborhood search. Program is server and client in same time. It have one thread which is always listening on port 2000 (default, can be changed) for ShixxNOTE note data. When you send note to for example 4 recipients in your LAN they will promptly create desktop note and play sound when note data is received through port 2000. That is one way how program communicate. Also you can put in a recipient list email address, IP address or name of computer in your LAN which doesn’t have program installed. Then what ?
ShixxNOTE will first try to send note data to that entered computer name or IP address if port is not open (maybe some firewall is blocking port 2000) than it will try to use NET SEND command to deliver just a message text and sender name. So you do not need to have ShixxNOTE installed to receive text from someone who has installed program. That NET SEND command is part of Windows Messenger service but it works only Windows 9X/Me and XP/2K if you enable it in your services. I wrote before article about how to start that service on Windows XP/2K. I didn’t forget email recipient. For that program first create note picture in JPEG or BMP format, after that it create email with note picture in an attachment and all necessary note informations in email body, also email subject contains text “ShixxNOTE note from” computer. When email recipient receives note he will see it in his Inbox first but if he has ShixxNOTE installed on computer than right mouse click on ShixxNOTE tray icon and on main program menu select “Check for Email notes”. After you click on that menu item program will search through your Inbox and will find all emails created by ShixxNOTE program and if email contains all necessary data in body program will parse data from email and create note on computer desktop, after that it will clean Inbox and delete that mail.
Finally maybe now you are aware how program works. And I tried to describe all three was how ShixxNOTE program is sending note to recipient (directly through port, NET SEND command and via email). So I hope you will go to ShixxNOTE program homepage and buy program license which most suits your needs. Maybe in your company or ar home. But I will be glad to have one more customer.
To be sure you will not miss “Buy Now” button on program homepage. These are direct order links for ShixxNOTE program versions which will redirect you to secure payment processor site:
- 5-Users License………………..$25.00
- 10-Users License………………$50.00
- 25-Users License………………$100.00
- 50-Users License…………….$150.00
- 100-Users License…………..$250.00
- Unlimited License…………….$400.00
- Redistribution License……….$700.00
P.S. Check for special offer on ShixxNOTE program home page. Also for more info about license write directly to me. Because I also can make customized version or modified version to suit your need.
Kind regards,
Ozren Sirola
Program Developer
ozren.sirola@ri.t-com.hr
admin@shixxnote.com
ShixxNOTE program on Wikipedia
Check popular encyclopedia Wikipedia and you will find ShixxNOTE in it. There is a page with all info about ShixxNOTE program and some images. Also you can find program under many categories on Wikipedia. It is listed in categories Desktop notes, LAN messengers and instant messaging. That is great award for all effort I used as a programmer and developer.
Default and saved Themes in ShixxNOTE
By default in ShixxNOTE program you have 11 default themes. This notes can not be deleted. But you can always change note and title color, note font and after that if you like your new customized theme you can save it under your own name. That saved note will appear on every note. So you create new note and apply your saved Theme and voila colors and font is changed. I have about 20 Themes on my computer. But I am always playing with colors. Also there is option that every new created note have random Theme. Check that under main program settings. On this image you can see only 11 default notes which will be avaiable in version 7.net which will be released soon. If you have some cool note themes you can send me note by email and then I can save your note theme in my theme collection.
ShixxNOTE Default Themes
Main menu in Windows 7
ShixxNOTE main program menu
On this picture you will see how to find and get ShixxNOTE program main menu.
Kind regards,
Ozren Sirola,
admin@shixxnote.com
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