General settings

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General settings

The General Settings page contains options that apply to !MC5 in general.

 

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Minimize to system tray

If this option is activated, the !MC5 main window, when minimized, won't be displayed on the Windows task bar but as an icon in the Windows system tray instead.

 

Show connection chart

Show or hide the connection chart at the bottom of the main window.

 

Admin password

Specifying an admin password activates the admin view, which can be enabled or disabled using the first button in the main tool bar. If the password is left blank, the admin view is always enabled. Only when the admin view is enabled !MC5 settings and partner management are shown. At program start up admin view is disabled by default, thus not allowing a user to change any settings without entering the admin password.

 

Delete entries after x days

Defines the maximum age of status messages displayed on the status page of !MC5 in days. Messages are deleted only from the status page but still remain in the !MC5 protocol and are still accessible using the Protocol Analyzer.

 

Protocol settings

 

Debugging

 

Enable extended debugging

Extended debugging creates additional debug log files and more detailed protocol messages. This can be helpful for analyzing issues, but should be disabled if possible due to the larger amount of data written to the !MC5 protocol files.

 

View debug log

Opens the extended debug log file, if present, using the Windows' default text editor.

 

Archive protocol...

To keep the protocol a reasonably size, the main !MC5 protocol is archived up regularly. Here you can select if an archive is created each month, quarter or year. Select the appropriate interval depending on your traffic. After archiving a log file a new protocol is created. Archived protocols are still accessible using the Protocol Analyser.

 

 

Default paths for new partners

 

Here the default base paths for incoming and outgoing folders, which will be used when creating a new partner, can be adjusted. E.g. if incoming and outgoing folders aren't located on drive C: then by adjusting the default base paths accordingly the paths don't have do be edited each time a new user is created.