Installation
DownloadLM LAN Messaging and proceed with setup by following the instructions of the setup wizard. Then launch LM LAN Messaging, you'll find his shortcut in the "Startup" folder of your "Start" menu.
When LM LAN Messaging is launched his notification icon is displayed in the notification area of your task bar (near the clock).
Double-click on this icon to open the main window. Note : don't close this window, if you close it you'll not be able to receive messages, if you want to make it disappear, minimize it!
To set up LM LAN Messagin, click on the "Options" button, the options window is displayed:
You can then choose if you want that the new messages be displayed:
- in a balloon (Windows XP style)
- in a transparent window (with scrolling text)
You can also choose the name that will be used as the sender of the messages and the delay before closing the balloon or the transparent window.
To choose the size, position, transparency level of the transparent notification window, click on the "Notification Window" tab, and ajust the sliders.
Sending a message
To send a message, open the main window (double-click on the tray icon) and type your message in the first text field then click on the "Send" button. Your message is the broadcasted (mutlicasting) to all your computers in your local network.
As your are the sender of the message, the notification is not displayed on your computers, however your message is displayed in the main window (history of received messages).
You can also send messages by using the command line with parameters. This is where LM LAN Messaging is the most useful as other software can use it to send messages.
For instance:
"C:\Program Files\LM Gestion\LM LAN Messaging\LMLANMessaging.exe" /send:"Your message" /from:"Sender Name"
Then /send: parameter is used for the message to send (surround it with double quotes if the message contains space).
The /from: parameter is used for the sender name of the message (surround it with double quotes if the sender name contains space), otherwis the sender name is the one specified in the options of LM LAN Messaging.
Note : When LM LAN Messaging is launched from the command line, it search a previous instance and use it for sending messages (LM LAN Messaging connect to itself by using .Net Remoting).