*********************************************************
Messages

BugOff has the ability to send messages to other people on your network also running BugOff. To enable the receive function, simply select the Messages check box in the preference settings dialog.  Only the Administrator will be allowed to see the incoming messages.  The messages will be queued while the screen saver is running.  You must dismiss the screen saver with the Admin password in order to view messages.  Set Program Linking On in Sharing Setup in order for this to work.  Under the "Users & Groups" control panel, open <Guest> and select "Allow guests to link to programs on this Macintosh".  When you send messages, simply click on Guest rather than entering a username and password.  The maximum size of a message record is currently 32K.

Remote Options

Located in the upper right of the message dialog is a popup menu containing remote functions.

Shutdown: If you know the Owner password of the remote Macintosh, you can shut it down.  

Restart: Same as ShutDown command but performs a system reboot.

Send Beeps: Will command the remote system to play a specified number of beeps.

Command Sound: If you happened to know the names of the sounds on the remote system, you can specify the other computer to play one.

To prevent access to any of these functions from a remote system - uncheck the Remote Access box in the preferences dialog.

Auto Open Msg

Checking this box will instruct BugOff to display a blank message dialog when it's brought to the front.  It will display the dialog only if messaging is enabled and no messages are currently displayed.  This is handy if you find yourself constantly selecting Send Message... under the Network menu whenever you select BugOff from the finder's application menu.

Msg To Front

When checked, BugOff will attempt to make itself the frontmost application whenever there is an incoming message from a network user.  If unchecked, the messages will remain in the background.  The incoming message sound is played in both cases.

*********************************************************