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| SmartWhois Help Documentation |
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The program main window consists of the input area where you can enter your query, the menu and toolbar for performing standard operations, and the output window where query results are displayed. The output window consists of the IP address tree (the left panel), which lists all queried IP addresses and domains, and the text area (the right panel), where the current query information is displayed. 
To obtain information about an IP address, hostname, or domain just enter it in the input box and hit the Enter key (Ctrl+Enter in case of domain queries), or click on the Query button. Alternatively you can choose a recent query from the drop-down list. If you would like to learn more about the difference between IP addresses, hostnames, and domains, please see the Types of Queries chapter. SmartWhois displays information obtained from the whois servers as a set of items represented by icons. A query result does not necessarily contain all of the items because the amount of data returned by whois servers depends on the specific IP address. Click here to see the meaning of the right panel icons. The left panel displays all the IP addresses and domain names you have queried during the session represented by icons. Every IP address in the tree is represented by a thread that consists of several branches. The parent branch is the IP address that you entered. The child branches are the net blocks in which this IP address was found. You can browse through the branches by clicking on them. When a new query is sent all the old threads are collapsed and a new thread is created. Click here to see the meaning of theresults tree icons. Main Menu File Clear - clears the output window, both the IP address tree and the text area. Open – opens a SmartWhois archive or batch file. If a SmartWhois archive is opened its contents are displayed. If some results are already present in the IP address tree and text area, they will be merged with the archived data. If a batch file is opened, all IP addresses or domain names contained in it are processed. Save Current Result - saves the current result from the text area into a SmartWhois archive, HTML, XML, XLS, or text file. Save All Results As - saves all the results from the IP address tree and text area into a SmartWhois archive, XML, XLS, or text file. Print Current Result - prints the current text area. Exit - closes the program. Query As IP / Hostname – performs an IP address / Hostname query. As Domain – performs a domain query. Clipboard – performs queries for the text on the clipboard. Stop – terminates the query in progress. This item is grayed when no query is being performed. Refresh – updates the record by contacting the whois server again. Edit Copy - copies selected text from the text area to the clipboard. Paste - pastes the clipboard contents into the input area. Select All - selects all text in the text area. View Toolbar - shows or hides the toolbar. Results Tree – shows or hides the left panel. Status Bar - shows or hides the status bar. Source - opens a window that shows raw information as it was received from the whois server. Whois Console – opens a window for making a custom query. You can specify the whois server you want to query and make a specific type of query. My Notes – opens a window where you can enter your notes about IP addresses, hostnames, or domain names. Country codes - opens a window with the list of countries and two letter codes assigned to them. Settings Fonts – opens the Font dialog. The Application font is used for the menus, tool bar, status bar, as well as other parts of the program. The Left Panel font is for the IP address tree, and the Right Panel font is for the text area. Restore default fonts option resets the user settings. Colors – opens the Background colors dialog for the Left Panel or Right Panel. Restore default colors resets the user settings. Resolve IP address to hostname – check this item if you want SmartWhois to perform a reverse DNS lookup. See the Configuring SmartWhois chapter for more information. Ping hosts – check this item if you want SmartWhois to ping hosts. See the Configuring SmartWhois chapter for more information. Language – allows you to select the SmartWhois interface language. Options – opens the configuration dialog. Help Contents – opens the help file. Search For Help On – opens the SmartWhois help index. Getting Started – displays the SmartWhois usage hints in the text area. Check for an Update on the Web – opens the update downloading dialog window. Please follow the instructions on the screen to download and install the latest upgrade for SmartWhois from the TamoSoft web site. About – shows the About window. Right-clicking on a parent branch of the IP address tree pops up the following menu: Save - saves the information about the selected IP address and its default net block into a SmartWhois archive, XML, XLS, text, or HTML file. Refresh - refreshes the information about the selected IP address. Delete - deletes the information about the selected IP address and all the child branches. View Source - opens a window and shows raw information as it was received from the whois server. View Source window has a context menu that allows you to copy the output to the clipboard, select and save the output, change the font for the window, or toggle word wrap. Whois Console – opens whois console; the selected IP address or domain is filled into the query field. My Notes – opens a window where you can put your notes about IP addresses, hostnames or domain names. Right-clicking on the right panel pops up a context menu with the following commands: Copy - copies selected text to the clipboard. Copy URL – copies the URL under the mouse pointer to the clipboard. Select All - selects all text in the text area. Search for - allows you to search for the selected text using one of the major Web search engines or Usenet. You can modify the list of the search engines by clicking Search for => Configure. Send Abuse/Spam Report – use this command to pass the information about the owner of an IP address or domain to your e-mail application. When you use this command, SmartWhois will create a new message in your e-mail application and put some basic information into the body message. Be sure to customize this message before sending it, i.e. include all the details about the network attack or spam message headers. The message body is based on the templates. If you want to edit the templates, open the SmartWhois application folder and locate the files named "template_dom.txt" (used when you want to contact the domain owner) and "template_ip.txt" (used when you want to contact the owner of an IP network block). You can edit these files in your favorite text editor. Be sure not to delete the "%s" sign, because it will be substituted by the actual domain name or IP address. |
