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The System Tray Icon

• The state of the icon as a status display
• Double clicking the icon
• Right clicking the icon
  • Smedge GUI
  • Version...
  • New Job
  • Show Last 20 Jobs
  • Disable 1 Processor
  • Disable This Machine
  • Time Restricted

The icon will display whether this client is allowed to render anything or not. If the icon is brightly colored, the client is enabled to render. If it is dull, one or more of the following conditions may apply:

• The Client is not Enabled to render
• The Client could not check out a license, or was asked not to check out a license
• The Client is in a Restricted time period

Double clicking the icon will restore the Smedge window on your screen. If it has been minimized, the window will be restored. If it has been hidden, the window will be shown. It will also be brought to the top of your window stack.

This is the same as selecting Smedge GUI from the right click menu.

Right clicking the icon brings up a menu with the most common functions in Smedge

This will restore the Smedge window on your screen. If it has been minimized, the window will be restored. If it has been hidden, the window will be shown. It will also be brought to the top of your window stack.

This is the same as double clicking the icon.

This brings up the Smedge About dialog box. This dialog box provides a lot of information about the Smedge application, including License, Client, and Server information.

This is the same as selecting About Smedge... from the Help Menu. For more information see that command.

This opens a new Submit Job dialog box. Note that the main Smedge window does not have to be visible to access this functionality. Also note that this dialog box is not modal, so you can have more than one of them open at the same time.

This is the same as selecting New Job from the Queue Menu. You can get more information about jobs in the sections on The Smedge Job and Products Available to Render.

This opens up a the window with the last 20 jobs that you have submitted from this system. This allows you to easily bring up a Submit Job dialog box with all the settings from a previous job. Note that the main Smedge window does not have to be visible to access this functionality. Also note that this dialog box is not modal, so you can still access other Smedge commands when it is open.

This is the same as selecting Show Last 20 Jobs from the Queue Menu.

Toggles the number of available processors on the local machine. This is the same as the Toggle 1 Local Processor command in the Host menu.

This toggles the availability of this client to render jobs. This is the same as checking or unchecking the Enabled to process jobs check box in the Client Settings dialog box, or as selecting the Toggle Local Client Availability command in the Host menu.

This toggles the time restrictions on this client's availability of this client to render jobs. This is the same as checking or unchecking the Restrict Rendering Times check box in the Client Settings dialog box, or selecting the Toggle Local Time Restricted command in the Host menu. Note that you need to have set up the time and day fields previously in this dialog box in order for the time restrictions to actually restrict anything.