Sage Client Window and minimization

[srothwell]

Like many others I am running Server on my HTPC, which is in the living room. With the advent of MVP Client, I have now installed Sage Client as well on the same machine.

One anomaly I've noticed..... Sage Client loads faster than Sage Server. The client will try to load, then give the message that it can't talk to the server and it will wait. I have Server set to run full-screen and Client's properties set (via windows Start Menu) to run minimized.

All is well until Server finally boots. Server will come full screen, as expected. However, when Client finally connects to Server, it restores it's window to proudly say it found the server (actually, just shows the menu).

Catch is, upon a re-boot, you now have to dig the mouse out from behind the TV set in the living room and minimize Client again to be able to use Server as always in the living room.

Is there a trick to making this not happen, or can the Frey folks add something before the final release that makes sure that Client will stay minimized?

Thanks,

Stacy

[mls]

Since I don't run things that way, I'm not sure if this will help or not. You could try changing "startup_delay=0" in the SageClient.properties file so that there is a long delay before the Client starts. That should give the server more time to get started before the client tries to access it. Don't know if that will cause client to stay minimized though or not.

[nielm]

IIRC the MVP client can work when sleeping, so set Load on Startup to System Tray, and it should stay there even when not connected

[Matt]

Originally Posted by nielm

IIRC the MVP client can work when sleeping, so set Load on Startup to System Tray, and it should stay there even when not connected

That's true. Just have to Client go to sleep and the window will minimize to the Tray, without affecting the fuctionallity of the MVP Client.

-Matt