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**                    Apache Controller 3.0                        **
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**                          Jerry Baker                            **
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Apache Controller for Win32 is a GUI controller for the Apache Web
Server running under Windows 95/98. It now runs in the system tray. It
allows you to start, restart, and shutdown the Apache Web Server. What
makes this program nifty is that it starts Apache hidden - no more
living with an MS-DOS window on your taskbar while running Apache!


To use:

1. Place Apache Controller.exe in the same directory as your Apache
program and create a shortcut anywhere you like.


NOTES

This program is freeware and is freely distributable.

Apache Controller 3.0 is very basic. It does not check to see if 
Apache is already running before it attempts to launch an instance
of Apache, and it does not wait until Apache has successfully
closed before closing. 

There are some situations in which Apache Controller will not be
able to control Apache successfully. These include:

1)	If Apache's configuration files are changed while Apache is
	running, and the configuration file(s) has an error, the call
	to shut down Apache will fail with no error message.

2)	If Apache is already running when you start Apache Controller
	it will start another instance of Apache without notifying
	you.

3)	If Apache fails to start there will be no error given by Apache
	Controller.

4)	If apache.exe is not located in the same directory as the Apache
	Controller executable, or it's not in your path, then launching
	Apache Controller will fail. This is an unhandled situation
	currently.

In the future, I hope to have Apache Controller be able to relay error
messages given by Apache to a pop-up dialog box so that errors are not
completely invisible.

Please do your best to find bugs in this program. I am particularly
interested in any bug that results in system or application crashes.
If you are really bored, I would be interested in any memory or
resource leaks that you are able to find in this as well.

REQUIREMENTS

None. Apache Controller is now a C++ application and so does not
require any runtime libraries or other extra files.

Please report any bugs to jbaker6953@yahoo.com
