VNC Control - Manager with slightly different approach.

[dv8]

brilliant
i think now its working with fastpush, its a godsend for techies like me
what would be good to make it more user freindly for new comers would be to have the fastpush cmds as radio buttons such as

/pwd
/uninstall
etc
a password box would be needed for the password, i was showing someone the program and they could see my password on the screen
this is fast becoming one of the best free programs i have used
thanks again DV8

ps you might want to mention in your docs that fastpush needs no setup if we use the above methods, ie using /pwd password etc

Thank you for your kind words and for your suggestions!
I'll see what I can do about the FastPush options...

[montag]

Check out the latest version 1.4 on the website: http://vnccontrol.hit.bg/index.html


I hope you are now happy montag

i'll try it as soon as possible!

thanks you!

[jsatan]

This Control has come at the right time.
I like the changes you have made over the last week, (dns rev etc).

BUT there is one thing I would love to see here:

MS auth II

The main reason I ask this is I'm setting up a two level access,
1 for us the admins and 1 for the the teachers (in a school btw).

I only want the teachers view only via javascript http access.

But I dont want to type my user name and password in everytime I view a computer!

Would this be a hard thing to do?


Jon.
Hope that makes sence, lol

[montag]

With version 1.4, when i try to scan the network, it give me this error:

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Line 0 (File "C:\documents and settings\user\desktop\download\vnccontrol\vnccontrol.exe"):
$MAC=$NameMAC[2]
$MAC=^Error
Error: array variable has incorrect number of subscripts or subscript dimension range exceeded.

What's this? anyone has this problem?

[bluebird]

same problem here with version 1.4.

A scan of my network gives this error at first occurence of a VNC server.

By the way, this piece of software is a nice sample of what can be done with AutoIt3.

Nice Job !

[dv8]

Thank you for your report!
Problem fixed.
I have forgotten to change 2 lines in the code after the last changes.
Now it should be OK.

Version 1.4.1 available for download.

PS: Feel free to click on some adds while there...

[dv8]

This Control has come at the right time.
I like the changes you have made over the last week, (dns rev etc).

BUT there is one thing I would love to see here:

MS auth II

The main reason I ask this is I'm setting up a two level access,
1 for us the admins and 1 for the the teachers (in a school btw).

I only want the teachers view only via javascript http access.

But I dont want to type my user name and password in everytime I view a computer!

Would this be a hard thing to do?


Jon.
Hope that makes sence, lol

I'm not sure I understand exactly what you need.
As far as I can see, you need to configure your UltraVNC servers to support MS auth II and if you want the teachers to use my program, set it up, but leave the user name and password fields empty. This way the authentification should be made using their users data. Or at least I think so...

[jsatan]

lol. yeah this could be a problem with this network.

[jsatan]

I've just re-read you reply DV8.

What I'm saying is as follows:

When ms auth is on rather than getting just a password request on the viewer side you get a username and password.

Now I dont want to put this in every time I connect to a PC.

The teacher will not be using this program, they will be using the java viewer built in to Uvnc, via a web link on the intranet.

This is why I require the 2 leveled access.

[jsatan]

Another one for you, when you connect to a computer it doesnt start off in view mode.
I ask about this because I dont want the kids knowing I'm watching them.

[jsatan]

ignore last message

[montag]

Another feature request:

it would be great if i can drag and drop a pc from a group to another, instead of insert pc manually in the new group and delete it from old group.

I love this program and i want it to be perfect!

EDIT: Found another bug. Creating a group without adding a pc cause the group not to be saved.

[dv8]

Another feature request:

it would be great if i can drag and drop a pc from a group to another, instead of insert pc manually in the new group and delete it from old group.

I love this program and i want it to be perfect!

EDIT: Found another bug. Creating a group without adding a pc cause the group not to be saved.

Dragging and dropping in a tree is quite difficult to do in AutoIt, so I don't think this will be done soon (if at all). I'm sorry.
I can tell you another (easier) way to move a PC.
1. Select the PC and call Edit from the context menu.
2. After the PC Settings dialog appears, with the PC data filled in, click on the group you want it in. Notice that all the data stays, only the "In group:" field changes.
3. Press the Add / Edit button and the computer will appear in the new group.
4. Delete the computer from the old group.
5. Save the changes.
This procedure is quite fast.

About the empty group - it's not a bug. Since it's empty I decided not to save it. And the data structure in the PC.INI file doesn't allow to save group entries. It saves the PC entries and extracts the group data from them.
When I first thought about the design of the program, I couldn't thought of a reason to keep an empty group in the tree (and I still can't ). And in the previous versions of the program the way to delete a group was to delete all the PCs in it and after restarting the program it was gone for good.
So no empty groups are saved.

[dv8]

Version 1.4.2 is available for download.
It is now possible to authenticate using MS Logon.

[montag]

Version 1.4.2 is available for download.
It is now possible to authenticate using MS Logon.

Could you add this feature to group properties?

Thank you

[dv8]

Version 1.4.2 is available for download.
It is now possible to authenticate using MS Logon.

Could you add this feature to group properties?

Thank you

OK, here you go. Check the latest version (1.4.3) (http://vnccontrol.hit.bg/index.html)
You are welcome.
Feel free to click on some adds while there.

[dv8]

So, how is the new version?
Any comments or suggestions?
Montag?

[columbo1979]

Hello,
i have a problem with fastpush:



I idea ?

You programm is perfect

which folder?

[dv8]

I'm sorry, but I've never used FastPush and I can't help you there.
But from the image you've attached, it seams that you don't have "SHARE ACCESS".
Check this thread: [topic=6667][/topic] and the links there.
Thank you.
Good luck.

[columbo1979]

ok, shame...
ideafor your program : online/offline status for every a pc...

[dv8]

ok, shame...
ideafor your program : online/offline status for every a pc...

I'm sorry to disappoint you again columbo1979, but this is not a network monitoring application. For your idea to be implemented, the program should periodically PING all the computers to see if they are online. This will generate unnecessary network traffic.
That's why I've put the PING command in the context menu. If you want to see if the PC is online, just ping it using the context menu.
Anyway, thank you for the idea. If you have any other - let me know.

Bye.

[TechFan]

For this to be useful for me, it would have to support using the encryption plugins.

[dv8]

For this to be useful for me, it would have to support using the encryption plugins.

Look closely the "Connection options"

[columbo1979]

another idea:

save die window-size and tree open/close by quit and start

[dv8]

another idea:

save die window-size and tree open/close by quit and start

Thank you for the idea Columbo1979!
I've just uploaded a new version, that remembers its size.
The tree opened/closed items are not remembered though.

[dv8]

A new version (1.4.6) is available.
You can now set the port for the HTTP connection.

[scorp]

Nice program. I did find that if I start say "Server1" then while its open I go back and try to connect to "Server2" I notice that it says in the connecting box "Server1" still? Possible variable that isn't getting reset maybe?

Awesome work.. I almost started to create a similar program because I was frustrated that I could find one like this.. Funny thing is I was looking at AutoIt also.

Keep up the great work
scorp

[dv8]

Thank you scorp. I'm glad you liked the program.
Could you be more specific about this issue you wrote. I can't reproduce it here. What exactly are you doing to get this error?

[jsatan]

Hi DV8
I've been using your prog and I've not come across any problems yet.

But I think there is one thing that would be nice.

An auto button, I.E goes through the list opening each vnc connection then closing then opening the next.

The reason I ask for this is we watch what the pupils are doing and this would save us having to click each computer, EG setup a cctv thing for a pc, lol..

If this was coded you could add a check button so you can have some on the auto but not tohers,

I know I'm cheeky,

[dv8]

Hello, jsatan.
This is not a bad idea.
I'm thinking of adding an extra menu that will let you create and save named lists with computers from the tree. Then you will be able to autostart the VNC connections to all the PCs in the selected list, by clicking on just 1 button.
But unfortunately this will not be done any time sooner, because I have plenty of other work to do.

Here is a short list of ToDo items I have in mind for VNCControl:

1. setting up some HotKeys.
2. Logging the connections times (for people who use the program for remote support and need this info for billing)
3. Lists for auto connect to multiple PCs by ONE click.

That's it for now.
Thank you for keeping in touch and delivering these nice ideas.