RO-Start (1.2) - Simple Launcher for Windows

Myzter · May 11, 2014

Hi,
I want to share this ultra mega basic launcher for Hercules (Windows platforms), it's a simple launcher that Start (and Restart if fails) the three executables in hidden mode and show the server logs inside the launcher, requires .NET Framework 4.0+ to work.

Screen-shot:

How it works:

Copy "Ro-Start.exe" in the root of your server
Start the program and select the right EXEs
Press Start All (if you use Auto Tray the launcher will be minimized to the tray)
If you want to save logs into files, select the desired exe, a new file will be generated with the defined console messages. (ie: "server-rootmap [yyyymmdd].log").
"Also in Screen" allow to apply filter in the launcher logs (useful if you need only errors or warnings in the screen).
The logs in the application will be pruned at 2000 lines
When you close the launcher, all server EXEs will stop automatically.
Colors were added to better distinguish the different types of messages
To start the EXEs automatically when the launcher start check the Auto Start checkbox.

RO-Start.rar
Alternate Mirror: http://myzter.com/downloads/RO-Start.rar

Changes:

2014-05-11: Way to detect exes in memory fixed, now recognize exes in the same directory, and ignore other exes running from other servers in the same machine.
2014-05-12: Added support for log files and filters (suggested by Litro)
2014-05-14: New mechanics to stop on fails, added colors and screen filters.
2015-01-13: Added Auto Tray and Auto Start, the launcher show the server name in the window title and in the tray.
2015-01-18: Fixed a bug in minimizing the window
2015-04-19: Fixed missing messages from the log window (errors & some warnings...), fixed the text colors when the console text is too large and fixed the flickers in the text
2015-05-15: Fixed encoding in logs. Added memory section and priority configuration for each exe.

Enjoy,
Myzter

malufett · May 11, 2014

does the console command of Herc also work with this launcher?

Angelmelody · May 11, 2014

It dosn't work for me show the erro msg 'Not a valid Win32 application'

Myzter · May 11, 2014

malufett said:
does the console command of Herc also work with this launcher?

Mmm, at this time the launcher only captures de output, all the Herc exes support input commands?

Angelmelody said:
It dosn't work for me show the erro msg 'Not a valid Win32 application'

Sorry, I'll compile a new version for 32 bits operating systems, the current one support 64 bits.

The compilation currently support both platforms... are you sure you installed .NET Framework 4?

Angelmelody · May 11, 2014

Myzter said:
malufett said:

does the console command of Herc also work with this launcher?

Click to expand...

Mmm, at this time the launcher only captures de output, all the Herc exes support input commands?

Angelmelody said:

>It dosn't work for me show the erro msg 'Not a valid Win32 application'

Click to expand...

Sorry, I'll compile a new version for 32 bits operating systems, the current one support 64 bits.

The compilation currently support both platforms... are you sure you installed .NET Framework 4?

win32 test ok , work for me now thx

jaBote · May 11, 2014

Love it!

BTW yes, Hercules does allow console input, but this feature has been a bit buried down by community: http://herc.ws/board/topic/548-hercules-console-input-update/

Myzter · May 11, 2014

jaBote said:
Love it!

BTW yes, Hercules does allow console input, but this feature has been a bit buried down by community: http://herc.ws/board/topic/548-hercules-console-input-update/

Thanks,

I'm looking how to enable the console commands in the launcher, but for now i make some small fixes to the detection of already running exes.

Regards,

Myzter

Litro · May 12, 2014

it would be nice ih its can record warning, debug, and other notice that can be configured, what to log

well the option is present in conf each exes but im never found that log.txt

Myzter · May 12, 2014

Litro said:
it would be nice ih its can record warning, debug, and other notice that can be configured, what to log

well the option is present in conf each exes but im never found that log.txt

The simple way is store all the output into files, other way is using RegEx to filter and store only the required messages, ie: Error, Warning, Debug, Common.

I'll give a look to this.

It's done, now you can choose what logs create and the filters.

Thanks.

Litro · May 13, 2014

Myzter said:
Litro said:

it would be nice ih its can record warning, debug, and other notice that can be configured, what to log

well the option is present in conf each exes but im never found that log.txt

Click to expand...

The simple way is store all the output into files, other way is using RegEx to filter and store only the required messages, ie: Error, Warning, Debug, Common.

I'll give a look to this.

It's done, now you can choose what logs create and the filters.

Thanks.

thanks Myzter, it will be great help since alll admin can't watch their server all time, it will be help to look if ther is a error or such is log-ed

sorry its not logged all error from time we start the program untill we close its ? mmh what im try to say is

if i have star turn on my server on 01.00 and im back to check my server on 21.00 if there is a log we chose it is will be like this ??

04.00.48 [Error] .....

04.07.23 [Warning] ....

and so on ??

Myzter · May 13, 2014

The logs are generated in the root of your server (files .log) but the interface is still showing all the logs. I will add a new option to reflect the filters in the screen,

Now the launcher allow to filter in screen and other stuff, like Colors.

ryuseikai · May 15, 2014

Hmm it would be much better if you could make it autostart. for example I like the native runserver.bat because I can simply put shortcut into startup and everytime I restart PC, the server will automatically start too. Also can you add sql backup function like the other old Server Launcher?

Myzter · May 15, 2014

To enable auto start create a shortcut to the launcher with this parameter: -start

"YourserverpathRo-Start.exe" -start

ryuseikai · May 18, 2014

Thanks!

Litro · Sep 5, 2014

the font in the console can you make it look a like a command promt on windows, start-ro.exe have a bit little smaller font

Myzter · Jan 13, 2015

New Version: Auto Start, Auto Tray, minimize to tray and small fixes.

Myzter · Jan 13, 2015

Litro said:
the font in the console can you make it look a like a command promt on windows, start-ro.exe have a bit little smaller font

Use CTRL + Mouse Wheel to enlarge the fonts in the launcher.

15peaces · Jan 18, 2015

Got an Unhandled exception error while minimizing:

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentException: Balloon tip text must have a non-empty value.
at System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon.ShowBalloonTip(Int32 timeout, String tipTitle, String tipText, ToolTipIcon tipIcon)
at System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon.ShowBalloonTip(Int32 timeout)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnResize(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnSizeChanged(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.UpdateBounds(Int32 x, Int32 y, Int32 width, Int32 height, Int32 clientWidth, Int32 clientHeight)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.UpdateBounds()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18444 built by: FX451RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
RO-Start
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/lastRO/15-3athena/RO-Start.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18408 built by: FX451RTMGREL
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18408 built by: FX451RTMGREL
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34238 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34234 built by: FX452RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Core
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18408 built by: FX451RTMGREL
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

Myzter · Jan 18, 2015

15peaces said:
Got an Unhandled exception error while minimizing:

See the end of this message for details on invoking

just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************

System.ArgumentException: Balloon tip text must have a non-empty value.

at System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon.ShowBalloonTip(Int32 timeout, String tipTitle, String tipText, ToolTipIcon tipIcon)

at System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon.ShowBalloonTip(Int32 timeout)

at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnResize(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnSizeChanged(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.UpdateBounds(Int32 x, Int32 y, Int32 width, Int32 height, Int32 clientWidth, Int32 clientHeight)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.UpdateBounds()

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

************** Loaded Assemblies **************

mscorlib

Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18444 built by: FX451RTMGDR

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll

----------------------------------------

RO-Start

Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0

CodeBase: file:///C:/lastRO/15-3athena/RO-Start.exe

----------------------------------------

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18408 built by: FX451RTMGREL

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll

----------------------------------------

System.Drawing

Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18408 built by: FX451RTMGREL

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll

----------------------------------------

System

Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34238 built by: FX452RTMGDR

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll

----------------------------------------

System.Xml

Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.34234 built by: FX452RTMGDR

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll

----------------------------------------

System.Core

Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0

Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.18408 built by: FX451RTMGREL

CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll

----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************

To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this

application or computer (machine.config) must have the

jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.

The application must also be compiled with debugging

enabled.

For example:

<configuration>

<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />

</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception

will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer

rather than be handled by this dialog box.

Fixed, thanks!

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