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jrlopezp has updated his popular semaphore file generator.  So what’s new?

The old version of MDSemgen was developed in VB6. This new version has been completely re-designed from scratch on the .NET platform.

• Custom List of Semaphore Files
  MDSemgen 2.0 allows you to define your own list of semaphore files to generate by adding or removing them from the application’s configuration file (MDSemgen.exe.config).
• Custom List of Semaphore Files
  MDSemgen 2.0 allows you to define your own list of semaphore files to generate by adding or removing them from the application’s configuration file (MDSemgen.exe.config).
• Time-Cycle Scheduling of Semaphore Files
  A new and exciting feature has been added to this version of the program that allows you to specify a time interval and a comma-delimited list of Semaphore Files you want the program to generate.
• Specify Your Custom Destination Path
  You can specify the destination folder where you want the semaphore files to be created.
• Turn On/Off notifications and warnings
  Notifications apply only when you generate a semaphore file by right-clicking on the system tray icon and selecting the semaphore file you of your choice.
• Warnings are useful for debugging. They will warn you about problems like: the specified destination folder not being found or errors with the definitions of the semaphore files you specify in the application’s configuration file.
• New System Tray Icon (Semaphore)
• Link to Alt-N’s Web Site
  Double-Click on the system tray icon and click on the link to Alt-N’s web site from the dialog box.

Download the update!

jrlopezp has created two tools to assist with the creation of semaphore files, a system tray tool and a command line tool.

The system tray version now supports command lines options, so this is likely the best solution.

Release Notes:
[July/02/2005 – 1.3.0.0]
the program now accepts command switches for the creation of the semaphore files so now you can create schedule batch files and take advantage of thie new feature.

example: “c:\mdsemgen /a” (assuming MDsemgen.exe is located in C:\) will create an ALIAS.SEM in the APP folder.

For a list of available switches you can type “mdsemgen /?” or “mdsemgen /help”

UPDATE (2008/06/03): Version 2.0 has been released, see the update.