VNC Control - Manager with slightly different approach.

[jsatan]

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[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.

[dv8]

ATTENTION!!! VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Since 30.01.2007 this program is no longer free.
The price is now 25$. (USD)
You can however download and use it for personal or commercial evaluation purposes for infinite period of time, without any restrictions. The source code is still open.
If you decide to buy it, you will receive (if you wish) e-mail notifications of any new versions available and I'll answer your e-mail questions and suggestions with topmost priority. Also (again if you wish), your name or alias will be included in the list of the Honored owners of VNC Control.
Another thing: You can buy as many copies of the program as you like.

These changes are made, because I'm going through a difficult financial times and I plan to increase my family members soon.

[jsatan]

I'll have to bug my boss and send you some cash,

Jon.

[dv8]

That would be nice.

[dv8]

VNC Control now has its own forum:
http://bul-source.com/vnccontrol/forum/

Everyone who is interested is welcome to register.

[w-sky]

Hi dv8 and everybody,

I discovered and tried VNCControl just today first time and I too think it's a great and really useful tool. The only thing I can't set up properly is using the Tabbed Viewer, it always opens a new window instead of new tab - but that has been mentioned here before and as I understand, it's some kind of misdesign in Tabbed Viewer.
But strange, if I try to close just the one tab, it always re-appears immediately. The viewer can be closed though, and the tab can be closed if I open another tab first.

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.

I'm hot for number 3. Actually I guess I will continue using Tabbed Viewer to watch the pupils - even if Windows groups the (up to) 15 normal Viewer windows in the task bar, the tabbed is more clear to me.
But "3" would be great for the second task VNC is scheduled here, which is presentation to all screens. Easiest way I could think of, would be to select "Clients" control and then click on the group name.

Hey, I hope you are getting some income! From other projects I know, they are often really disappointed when comparing the numbers of downloads by happy users with the number of payments.

[dv8]

Hello w-sky.
Nice to hear some more good words for my program.
When I first started to developed the VNC Control I wanted to use Tabbed viewer too, but it turned out that it didn't have the appropriate command line options (My program uses the command line options of UltraVNC viewer and server). That's why I get stuck with the normal viewer.

About the income - as you can see there is only one Honored owner in the list so do the math.

The ToDo list will have to wait a bit longer, since there are some projects I'm working on now, that actually bring some money.

[dv8]

VNC Control (http://vnccontrol.hit.bg) - Version 1.5.3 - available for download.

* Added functionality to connect at once to all the computers in a group by selecting the group and then choosing "Connect with VNC" from the right-click menu. And also the "Groups and Computers" window is now bigger so it can properly display the texts in all available languages.

[JamCamCo]

Network Scanner error on source

use Network Scanner on download (works fine)
use Network Scanner on source (error)


WHY?

[dv8]

Network Scanner error on source

use Network Scanner on download (works fine)
use Network Scanner on source (error)


WHY?

Hello JamCamCo,
this error has something to do with the latest versions of AutoIt.
The EXE is compiled using version 3.2.1.11.
I tried to run the source with this version and it runs fine.
When I tried to run it with the latest version of AutoIt (3.2.4.9) it crashes at the "Network Scanner" without any error message.
I'll try to further investigate this issue. Thanks for pointing it out.

[Snow123]

But unfortunately this will not be done any time sooner, because I have plenty of other work to do.