SCPrompt - SC on Steroids (7, 8, 10, 2k8+) 26/3/20

[faba]

Thanks kmruss for the workarounds and of course JDaus for the great program.

But I got one major problem. If I activate service mode and restart the pc with Vista I got during shutdown an UltraVNC message that the password is not set. After restart I got an UltraVNC configuration dialog which is respawned all the time and many instances of winvnc.exe are started which make everything sluggish. This seems pretty hard to fix from remote so I can't risk it I think.

I am using Iexpress, UseSC_Prompt=0 (because of the black screen) and MAIN_DISABLE_UAC=0. I am running the VNC instance as admin through a manifest file.

Is there a workaround for that? I have tried to disable autoreconnect which seems to work but the ultravnc instance doesn't close after I disconnect so scprompt is not able to remove the temporary files. Is this a bug or is this for purpose? I would add -sc_exit to the ultravnc.ini but afaik this is only used if I disable UseSC_Server=1 .

Maybe as a workaround scprompt could add a command to remove the service on pc start or just remove the entry of the service after starting it if this works without killing the current running one.

[kmruss]

You're welcome - glad you've got it working for you!

What I do to have it disconnect me and remove files is BRING IT UP from bottom (where it's minimized, etc.) and click EXIT on it. Simple I know - and very effective. It threw me for a bit - because when it means auto-reconnect, it MEANS auto-reconnect. But I finally got it to kill out by simply doing this and it seems to work. Just don't close out using the 'X' in the upper-right of your VNC window as we're used to - although if you forget (and of course it does reconnect assuming you left auto-reconnect on which I suggest you do for this case), then just bring it up from bottom and click EXIT then.

As far as rebooting, I didn't have that problem about password being set - HOWEVER, I believe I know what this may be: Did your client already have Ultravnc installed before you ran your SC version? I believe if they did, it may be starting this instance (which they may have not had set to start) - and somehow bringing this up (Ultravnc doesn't set a password by default for security reasons). I will tell you that I believe if you have the person type a generic-type password and click OK to save and CONTINUE for the UAC prompt to confirm, that it SHOULD go away.

Let me know and maybe I can help you troubleshoot.

By the way JD, that was some of the 'other bugs' I was going to talk to you about - mainly that I had a LOT of trouble (strange things) when my father already had Ultravnc installed on his - and conflict-type issues. I told you I'd post them later - and probably should have wrote them down! If/when I come across them again I will post them this time.

Also, that's great news from Elroy on spotting how that 'bug' is coming about building with iExpress-mode through the build_scprompt.exe program - THANKS Elroy! JD, when you get time, can you do as he did (just add a last file like 'z.txt' and rebuild)? This should fix the iExpress version building correctly - except for maybe the required admin (UAC issue) - which I believe you said you thought you could fix as well without having to do my manual 'manifest editing'? Let me know and I can help test!

Let me know on the above faba!

Thanks.

[pecket]

Don't want to bother JDaus when I know how busy he is with his personal life together with this.

My issue is quite simple. I'm currently using the SCIII-executable to connect to an SSL repeater that the support agent connects to. The following events occur:

Customer runs help.exe which generates a random number, for example 1234, and executes the vncviewer with the following switches:
-id 1234 -sslproxy -kill -autoreconnect -connect 10.10.10.10:443
The number is meanwhile shown to the customer and the technician asks for this number.

The technician runs tech.exe which gives him the opportunity to fill in a textbox with the ID that the customer told him. This starts:
-quickoption 1 -kill -proxy 10.10.10.10::443 ID:1234

The scIII is perfect for this purpose since it dumps no files to disk and can be ran directly from memory without actually being created on the computer, leaving no trace behind itself. However it's not as compatible with vista/7 etc as the new SCPrompt-versions are.

Is there a way to do this with SCPrompt? I do still want my own executable running the server/viewer, and if possible it would be neat to hide the tray icon, but instead being able to detect when the technician is connected and showing it in my own interface. This gives more of a professional look from it, plus that it can be tailored for certain customers with certain levels of needs/knowledge. If I can avoid extra files/data and instead giving the software all the commands over the commandline it'd be way better.

Excuse me for babbling, but this is a project in the works and I've finished the one using the old scIII but without vista/7 and without being able to control it, I'm pretty much stuck right now.

Anything helpful is appreciated.

[kmruss]

Don't want to bother JDaus when I know how busy he is with his personal life together with this.

My issue is quite simple. I'm currently using the SCIII-executable to connect to an SSL repeater that the support agent connects to. The following events occur:

Don't want to de-rail this thread too much on this - however not much of a choice since it's all in one thread anyway right (?) - but I can immediately think of a couple ways to do this. But let me ask - when you say the client runs 'help.exe' - this is for generation of the random 'session id' - and THEN they run vncviewer.exe right? (as in they're running TWO different programs right now?) Forgive me - as I don't use the SCIII, just the standard UVNC current 1.0.8.2 server - and wondering if that's the main reason you are using it if it allows for session id generation?

I can think of some rudamentary ways to do this with a batch file with some 'find' commands and outputting this to a custom command-line to handle the job and/or via the Auto-IT script - but let me know the above before we go too far and we can go from there.

UPDATE: and actually after re-reading your post, SCprompt supports command-line usage - which I BELEIVE supports id - so if you have a custom created help.exe file (wrapper) running everything, you should be able to then call your custom-made scprompt exe with command-line and put the id at the appropriate spot. Let me know if that guides you in the right direction. And also to answer another part of your question, Scprompt does temporarily install the UVNC service to help get around Win7-Vista UAC issues - however does cleanly remove itself when done (especially using the iExpress building method) - and while this does take just slightly longer for the client to connect back to you (maybe 10+ seconds on average), it's well worth it since it supports Vista-7 - and much more of my new clients (especially any home clients) have Win7 it seems nowadays (versus Vista where most stayed with XP) - so having Vista-7 support is a must.

[faba]

You're welcome - glad you've got it working for you!

What I do to have it disconnect me and remove files is BRING IT UP from bottom (where it's minimized, etc.) and click EXIT on it. Simple I know - and very effective. It threw me for a bit - because when it means auto-reconnect, it MEANS auto-reconnect. But I finally got it to kill out by simply doing this and it seems to work. Just don't close out using the 'X' in the upper-right of your VNC window as we're used to - although if you forget (and of course it does reconnect assuming you left auto-reconnect on which I suggest you do for this case), then just bring it up from bottom and click EXIT then.

I know that clicking on exit in the scprompt systray menu removes the server and it works fine but if you forget it before you click on restart - for example after installing an app - you got a major problem. I am not sure if another vnc session could be initiated during the respawning UltraVNC app.

There is no systray icon after restart to close UltraVNC and it respawns all the time. The only thing that has worked for me was to remove the service from console "sc delete uvnc_service" and restart the system.

[kmruss]

You're welcome - glad you've got it working for you!

What I do to have it disconnect me and remove files is BRING IT UP from bottom (where it's minimized, etc.) and click EXIT on it. Simple I know - and very effective. It threw me for a bit - because when it means auto-reconnect, it MEANS auto-reconnect. But I finally got it to kill out by simply doing this and it seems to work. Just don't close out using the 'X' in the upper-right of your VNC window as we're used to - although if you forget (and of course it does reconnect assuming you left auto-reconnect on which I suggest you do for this case), then just bring it up from bottom and click EXIT then.

I know that clicking on exit in the scprompt systray menu removes the server and it works fine but if you forget it before you click on restart - for example after installing an app - you got a major problem. I am not sure if another vnc session could be initiated during the respawning UltraVNC app.

There is no systray icon after restart to close UltraVNC and it respawns all the time. The only thing that has worked for me was to remove the service from console "sc delete uvnc_service" and restart the system.

OH WOW - you just made me realize that major bug that I DID run into when an existing Ultravnc Server was installed! It clicked with me what you were saying after you further explained.

What I finally found from troubleshooting on my mother's laptop was that the reason this happens is that the setting is wrote to the Ultravnc.ini FILE itself (in the Ultravnc folder)! It writes a setting like '-connect youripaddress' etc in that file somewhere - just look and you'll see it. I found this because I was wondering what the HECK was going on and why it was doing this - and finally found that's where the setting was (searched the registry and noticed Scprompt wasn't leaving any leftover settings nor auto-reconnects that I could find there which led me to the Ultravnc.ini settings themselves).

I think this ONLY occurs like I thought when you have an EXISTING Ultravnc Server installation - as I've not seen it to my knowledge on other clients (and I've used it on several so far and done multiple reboots).

And like I said, the reason it's causing you SUCH a problem is because that person's Ultravnc server was installed and a password was never set - and Ultravnc will NOT allow a reverse connection without a password set (eh, I dunno why, maybe because of Realvnc's exploit that time on blank passwords) so therefore they are constantly getting that error popping up. As a temporary workaround, if you somehow know that they already have Ultravnc Server installed already, you might set their default password - or I suppose you could even copy the password hash from your own or from the included ultravnc.ini file from scprompt's install, etc.

Anyway, hope this helps - and JD, THAT was the 'largest' bug I found when working on a remote computer that ALREADY had a Ultravnc Server (service) installed.

[pecket]

kmruss: Yes, there will be two processes running. But it will be the same filename etc of the process. I simply start my own process again in SUSPENDED_MODE, replace the contents with the vncviewer, and then continue execution. This is just to prevent any need for dumping any files to disk.

I simply want the target computer to show an ID in my own interface, and make my own interface able to control the vnc software, just to prevent the users from shutting it down when it's not ment to happen. Glad that my question created a bit of a discussion that caused a bug to not be forgotten.

I can use ChunkVNC but I'd prefer to have an application that does not dump lots of files on the customers computer. And the solution I have this far is so small and nice. about 300kb for everything and that's sweet.

Regards

[B]

kmruss, a couple of people have worked on exactly the kind of autogenerating VNC web site you describe -- http://www.robplatt.com/index.php/2010/ ... omment-203

As to ChunkVNC, it just creates files in the %TMP directory as far as I can tell, unless you deploy it as a service. How is this different from SCPrompt? (Does SCPrompt not unpack itself into a temp directory?)

[kmruss]

kmruss, a couple of people have worked on exactly the kind of autogenerating VNC web site you describe -- http://www.robplatt.com/index.php/2010/ ... omment-203

As to ChunkVNC, it just creates files in the %TMP directory as far as I can tell, unless you deploy it as a service. How is this different from SCPrompt? (Does SCPrompt not unpack itself into a temp directory?)

Hey B - I briefly checked out the solution above - and while it looks like a decent solution, not sure having to also support running an Apache webserver just to generate a session ID is what he was looking for (this was for pecket, not myself). For me, that wouldn't be ideal - and pecket admits that Chunkvnc 'does' what he wants for the most part - but likes the looks/functionality of Scprompt and wondered if customizing was possible.

And check my post #264 above where I talk about that SCprompt does just as Chunkvnc and does temporarily install files in the temp folder - but cleanly removes them (this again was the comment/question from pecket). Not sure if you missed my post or had us confused - but no worries. Thanks for the link on the PHPrs - always like to know about other flavors - although in my opinion, Scprompt still functionally looks the best - and I hope to help squash some of these bugs even further to polish it up even more - which is the least I feel I can do to give back.

[B]

Yeah, sorry, I just re-read the last couple of pages and I'm not sure WHAT I was responding to there. I could have sworn you or somebody was describing an on-the-fly generated VNC packager, but now I don't see it.

[JDaus]

Customer runs help.exe which generates a random number, for example 1234, and executes the vncviewer with the following switches:
-id 1234 -sslproxy -kill -autoreconnect -connect 10.10.10.10:443
The number is meanwhile shown to the customer and the technician asks for this number.

why not just use uvnc instead of scIII ? You would need to modify commandline options a little, but nothing major ... this is (basically) what scprompt does in usermode ...

I know that clicking on exit in the scprompt systray menu removes the server and it works fine but if you forget it before you click on restart - for example after installing an app - you got a major problem.

didn't think about this situation, perhaps installing scprompt into the common startup when servicemode starts. this would mean scprompt starts automatically after logon. then when scprompt exits, check if shortcut exists & remove if necessary.

as for modifying the installed ultravnc.ini file, it is necessary to use the existing uvnc_service, otherwise it would not work properly when uvnc_service already exists (would have to remove the existing service to install scprompt version. not nice thing to do. nicer to use existing, modify slightly, then restart service).

[JDaus]

call for help !!!

scprompt is now fairly stable (a few minor things to fix up), and we need some good documentation to help new users.

for those users that have the time, please consider this to help out others.

perhaps making a new thread in "vnc related products" would be the easiest way for the moment.

thanks in advance.

[ctusa]

I have planned to work on documentation but I cannot manage to make sc_prompt work.

If and when... I will document sc_prompt to show my gratitude to JDaus and community.

Kevin

[ProPeace]

Sorry, as I'm building my activity, I don't have any time left...

If I Had some, I would have quickly built a wiki.

[kmruss]

call for help !!!

scprompt is now fairly stable (a few minor things to fix up), and we need some good documentation to help new users.

for those users that have the time, please consider this to help out others.

perhaps making a new thread in "vnc related products" would be the easiest way for the moment.

thanks in advance.

Hey JD - not to backtrack here - but I believe there is still the fairly 'major' bug in users grabbing your latest Alpha from late April and not being able to get it to work without modifying the DEFAULT 'UseSC_Prompt=1' to 'UseSC_Prompt=0' (otherwise they get the BLACK screen when the client tries to connect back to the server) - and also the need for the iExpress version's built client to run as admin since server-mode is ALSO DEFAULT.

Those two things are the things that threw me when I first tried the app and that caused me such headache. I believe they're easily fixable and will be glad to help you - but I think they're critical to people (especially new) using SCprompt - or otherwise they probably get frustrated and move on. Let me know my friend.

Thanks,

Kevin

[B]

That build is using UVNC 1.0.8.2 which has broken multiple monitor support and broken repeater functionality. Can I just substitute 1.0.8.0 manually before running the creator?

[JDaus]

That build is using UVNC 1.0.8.2 which has broken multiple monitor support and broken repeater functionality. Can I just substitute 1.0.8.0 manually before running the creator?

When the sc_prompt feature was added to the UVNC server, rudi figured that it would only be used in usermode, therefore it only shows the screen of the user that has runs winvnc. in the case of the servicemode, this is a system account, which doesn't have a screen.

i can substitute the server that was updated by pgmoney, which allows for switching of the screen to the current active desktop, but the way i use existing services means that you would still have this problem if the client already has UVNC server installed.

i can create a work-around for that too, but i am stuck which way to go:

• 1) Check the version number of the current winvnc.exe that is running as a service, if it is one of the known versions to have trouble running sc_prompt in service mode, then "FORCE" deny the use of sc_prompt for that service.
  
  2)Add a INI setting to deny use of sc_prompt for use of ANY existing service, regardless of version number

There are advantages and disadvantages for both of the above, point #2 will be easier to maintain and program, but may be a problem after the sc_prompt has been fixed. Point #1 will be a better solution, but will mean a program update is needed for each additional version of UVNC server that is found to have problems. the creation of this code is going to take some time to create & troubleshoot, and i am not sure when i would find the time...

update is coming in the next day or two, which should fix most problems people are having with the current beta release.

[JDaus]

UPDATED SCPrompt RYO Package

New Alpha File released that should solve alot of your troubles ...

Download Latest Alpha

If I activate service mode and restart the pc with Vista I got during shutdown an UltraVNC message that the password is not set. After restart I got an UltraVNC configuration dialog which is respawned all the time and many instances of winvnc.exe are started which make everything sluggish.

I am using Iexpress, UseSC_Prompt=0 (because of the black screen) and MAIN_DISABLE_UAC=0. I am running the VNC instance as admin through a manifest file.

If an existing UVNC_SERVICE is found in the registry, SCPrompt will attempt to use this service to create the remote connection (rather then removing existing service). this requires the following:
1) adding the "-connect 123.123..... " to the ultravnc.ini file in the service directory
2) (re)starting uvnc_service to create the connection

so if you have not set a password after installing the ultravnc server, then it will ask for it on startup. simply get client to input a password into the password field, and click ok.

There is no systray icon after restart to close UltraVNC and it respawns all the time. The only thing that has worked for me was to remove the service from console "sc delete uvnc_service" and restart the system.

There is now a "Tools" tray menu which contains the "Force Remove" which will force removal of ultravnc service, and remove "service_commandline" options from the ultravnc.ini file from the same directory as the service was found.

I believe there is still the fairly 'major' bug in users grabbing your latest Alpha from late April and not being able to get it to work without modifying the DEFAULT 'UseSC_Prompt=1' to 'UseSC_Prompt=0' (otherwise they get the BLACK screen when the client tries to connect back to the server) - and also the need for the iExpress version's built client to run as admin since server-mode is ALSO DEFAULT.

1) The builder has been updated, which should solve the problem with not including all the files in the IExpress file
2) The winvnc.exe app has been changed with a fixed version from pgmoney that should solve the "black screen" issues found with "service mode".

NOTE:
if someone can list any bugs, and maintain that list it will make it easier for me to update the scprompt app, as i will not have to trawl through massive posts looking for the bugs.

i spent half of my time today, making sure i had all the bugs discussed, rather then squashing them.

Enjoy

[kmruss]

if someone can list any bugs, and maintain that list it will make it easier for me to update the scprompt app, as i will not have to trawl through massive posts looking for the bugs.

i spent half of my time today, making sure i had all the bugs discussed, rather then squashing them.

Enjoy

AWESOME JD - thanks! We're leaving for vacation at the end of this week - so I'll be majorly pressed for time - but I'll try to test this and see what my initial results are trying to build from scratch, etc. - and if I find anything.

I'll be glad to maintain a BUG LIST for us. Would best place to do that be though for me to make a post at your vnc2me.org site? (since I can create a DEDICATED thread for that?) Just give me your thoughts and I'll make it happen.

Great to also see the extra 'removal feature' - as I had a client recently where I thought it should have removed itself (the Scprompt client) - and they rebooted their server some time later and I got a connection all of a sudden. I then just went into services and put it to MANUAL startup and then kicked myself off - and so far, no extra connects - although not sure if I'll have any trouble getting the scprompt client to 'work' again (haven't had them ask me to connect/fix anything for them again yet).

Thanks again - let me know on the above.

P.S. Lastly, I got the notification for both this forum and your own vnc2me believe it or not - hopefully that is fixed now!

Kevin

[JDaus]

I'll be glad to maintain a BUG LIST for us. Would best place to do that be though for me to make a post at your vnc2me.org site?

I think a new post on the vnc2me forums is a great idea.

I will look again at getting flyspray incorporated into a site. I think moving the scprompt project to its own site is a good idea, and will look into this when time, as this would save confusion in the future.

Great to also see the extra 'removal feature' - as I had a client recently where I thought it should have removed itself (the Scprompt client) - and they rebooted their server some time later and I got a connection all of a sudden.

I thought this may be a nice addition considering the troubles some people have had, btw note: it doesn't remove any files, only deletes settings from ultravnc.ini & service.

additionally, several measures have been put in place to try to insure all settings are changed back to original, wherever possible.

P.S. Lastly, I got the notification for both this forum and your own vnc2me believe it or not - hopefully that is fixed now!

sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't ... think it depends on the mood of the forum at the time ...

[JDaus]

BUG #1
-sc_prompt no longer working at all (appears I completely broke it when trying to fix for existing service ...

think I know where fault lies, will test & upload when time

[forumator]

Writing my first post to say big thanks to JDaus for continuing to work on such an awesome app...perfect for what I need, works good + clean simple interface. I have a few newbie questions as well, maybe somebody can help clarify for me...

1) Is it possible to hide the "service mode" option from the GUI, but still retain the functionality under the hood? I read a post about this on the VNC2ME forums but the proposed solution did not work for me, it just unchecked the box

2) I only have one Logo.jpg I need for the GUI, but whenever I try to build the exe it says I need Logo0.jpg, Logo1.jpg, and Logo2.jpg. I may be doing something wrong here or it may be a bug, since I read in some older patch notes that it should be possible to use only Logo.jpg /shrug

3) Probably most important of these little issues, for my purposes, is whether it's possible to have a query window popup on the viewer, that way the request can be denied/ignored. I know how to do this for a normal VNC connection, in the server settings, but is it possible in a reverse VNC connection such as SC? EDIT>>>So it seems that there is a sc_prompt command that would do just this...but where do I enter the command when building the executable, one of the .ini files perhaps?

4) I want to use encryption of some sort, so if there's any easy to read links comparing SSH vs DSM and how to implement either of them, would be most grateful EDIT>>>After some more reading, looks like secureVNCplugin will do the trick...anybody have issues with this and SCprompt2009?

That's all I got, even if none of these questions are answered I am glad this program is being worked on, love it.

Oh and big props to kmruss for his feedback, his posts have been very enlightening!

[JDaus]

Writing my first post to say big thanks to JDaus for continuing to work on such an awesome app...perfect for what I need, works good + clean simple interface.

your welcome ... i like to hear it is useful to some

1) Is it possible to hide the "service mode" option from the GUI, but still retain the functionality under the hood? I read a post about this on the VNC2ME forums but the proposed solution did not work for me, it just unchecked the box

The thought never crossed my mind that this may even be wanted by some people ... thats something that i will add to my NEW FEATURE REQUEST SYSTEM

2) I only have one Logo.jpg I need for the GUI, but whenever I try to build the exe it says I need Logo0.jpg, Logo1.jpg, and Logo2.jpg. I may be doing something wrong here or it may be a bug, since I read in some older patch notes that it should be possible to use only Logo.jpg /shrug

if your using the batch files, then manual editing is required when creating the IExpress version ... the builder should work fine for IExpress & 7zip, and the 7zip batch version should be fine also ...

3) Probably most important of these little issues, for my purposes, is whether it's possible to have a query window popup on the viewer, that way the request can be denied/ignored. I know how to do this for a normal VNC connection, in the server settings, but is it possible in a reverse VNC connection such as SC? EDIT>>>So it seems that there is a sc_prompt command that would do just this...but where do I enter the command when building the executable, one of the .ini files perhaps?

it is meant to be working ... but it is a BUG IN SCPROMPT 0.10.6.40 and should be fixed on the next release ... watch this space over the coming days (i hope) ...

4) I want to use encryption of some sort, so if there's any easy to read links comparing SSH vs DSM and how to implement either of them, would be most grateful EDIT>>>After some more reading, looks like secureVNCplugin will do the trick...anybody have issues with this and SCprompt2009?

if it works fine with UVNC server 1.0.8.2 (and by all accounts it does) then should be fine with scprompt, as thats all it uses for connection ...

Oh and big props to kmruss for his feedback, his posts have been very enlightening!

Thanks for noticing him also, as he is doing a great job at getting some sort of sense into my ranbling thoughts & updates ... he deserves big props

[JDaus]

FlySpray has been added to the VNC2Me Website, this should assist in squashing any bugs, and addressing which features get priority into the future (all tasks can be voted on, to assist the dev team to address which features are required by more people (and hence should get a higher priority for inclusion)

I will look at Adding a dedicated section for SCPrompt to the vnc2me website, or simply move it to its own domain / sub-domain ... just to save (possible) confusion in the future.

any thoughts / comments would be good

[B]

That build is using UVNC 1.0.8.2 which has broken multiple monitor support and broken repeater functionality. Can I just substitute 1.0.8.0 manually before running the creator?

When the sc_prompt feature was added to the UVNC server, rudi figured that it would only be used in usermode, therefore it only shows the screen of the user that has runs winvnc. in the case of the servicemode, this is a system account, which doesn't have a screen.

i can substitute the server that was updated by pgmoney, which allows for switching of the screen to the current active desktop, but the way i use existing services means that you would still have this problem if the client already has UVNC server installed.

I'm not sure I follow you here. The big bug in 1.0.8.2, for me, is the broken repeater functionality. The monitor support issue runs a distant second. (On a side note, SCPrompt can't simply quiesce an existing service instead of trying to use it?)

More to the point for me, will the latest editions of SCPrompt still use UltraVNC 1.0.8.2, meaning they effectively can't be used with a repeater? (And I can't fix it by just putting the Winvnc.exe from 1.0.8.0 in the scprompt subfolder prior to a build?)

[forumator]

The thought never crossed my mind that this may even be wanted by some people ... thats something that i will add to my NEW FEATURE REQUEST SYSTEM

Yeah it seems to confuse a few of my home users (but then most things do) so just wondering if it was an easy fix, not worth a lot of effort...but just to be clear, I'm just asking about removing the gui button, not removing the functionality, I still want it to run in service mode by default of course.

if your using the batch files, then manual editing is required when creating the IExpress version ... the builder should work fine for IExpress & 7zip, and the 7zip batch version should be fine also ...

Ah should have tried that with newest release, I had been using the batch iexpress since the builder was giving errors before.

it is meant to be working ... but it is a BUG IN SCPROMPT 0.10.6.40 and should be fixed on the next release ... watch this space over the coming days (i hope) ...

I see, but I must be doing something wrong because in previous versions I never got the prompt either, the viewer would always just automatically open the connection.

Thanks for the responses, and your time of course

Oh and having a page dedicated to this app would help it get some more exposure I think, since as it is now it's kind of hidden away. More people should know about this app

[marcgistel]

hi JD, hi others

as I wrote JD some days ago I am able to help this project in the next few months. With this post I want to offer my time and knowledge for this project. If someone has something to do or where I can help or to find the reason of a bug or something please tell it to me. I will finish tomorrow my education as programmer. So I think I can help the project.
Let me know where to help!

best regards
marc

[brukernavn32]

Hi

Thanks for keeping this project alive.

Here are my findings with the SCPrompt2010_roll-your-own_0.10.6.40 package:

Language support - Missing variables for language file in this code:
TrayTip("SCPrompt", "Downloading Configuration File", 30)
Might scare end user if program is renamed.
For the same reason the About dialog would be nice to be able to translate.

Logo: In Radio mode click Manual and then click any of the radio buttons.
If the associated Logo(x) file is bigger than 196x181 it will no
longer scale down and the object order will put the image over
the radio buttons so they stop responding to mouse click.
Workaround is easy. Just scale images properly to 196x181.[/img]

[brukernavn32]

Ok, so I ended up working my way though the source code extracted from the resource file added to the scprompt.exe. Although all comment are removed and complete project is in one file it is a great way to distribute the source - thanks.

Here is a few lines of code that are added to my version. They will disable controls in the window when user click Connect. Also I've comment out code that access the file system unnecessary. ie the search for vhook driver that is not implemented. Makes the exe file more acceptable to the Anubis scanner.

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		Case $subitem
			$V2M_EventDisplay = V2M_EventLog("GUI - Connecting", $V2M_EventDisplay, "1")
			$V2M_Status[11] = 1
			GUICtrlSetState($tcpipitem, $GUI_DISABLE)
			GUICtrlSetState($portitem, $GUI_DISABLE)
			GUICtrlSetState($subitem, $GUI_DISABLE)			
			GUICtrlSetState($YTS_AdminCheckbox, $GUI_DISABLE)	
			GUISetState(@SW_MINIMIZE, $LLF_GUI)  

[forumator]

Anyone know if JDaus ever put up a new version? He mentioned a fix to the scprompt bug but looks like it hasn't been updated for a month or so