External Tools

In addition to the four tools referred previous, users can customize to add other Windows applications and tools into Colasoft Capsa with the External Tools. You can not only invoke but also execute the added applications and tools via Colasoft Capsa.

The following figure is the tools menu in default. Click the External tools... command from the Tools menu to open the External Tools dialog page.

 For example, add the Tracert command of Windows into Colasoft Capsa.

  1. Click the New... button to enable the Property dialog box.
  2. Name the tool as Tracert.
  3. Enter the path of the program C:\WINDOWS\system32\tracert.exe or click the button to choose the path.
  4. Add the parameter $(IP) into Arguments.


  5. Click the button to open the Arguments dialog.

  6. Click the Macros >> button to view the details.

    Colasoft Capsa lists the parameters IP Address, Physical Address, Port and Protocol in the window. You can add a parameter by selecting it's name and clicking the Insert button. If the parameters did not listed, you can enter the parameters into the upper window manually, like as -d, -h, -j and -w in Tracert command. Every parameter should be separated with a blank space.

  7. Choose the IP Address and click Insert button. Click the OK button to save the settings and back to the External Tools dialog.
     
  8. Click the Tracert command in the Tools menu to execute the program.

In addition, you can execute to trace an IP with Colasoft Capsa conveniently. Select a packet in the Packets view and right click, choose the Tracert command. The source and destination IP address of the selected packet will be listed out, you can trace either one by its name or both by the All command.

Now let's trace 207.46.26.109 by click its name. System will trace the this IP address and display the details of the execution in the popup window. 

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