To All, Just to let you know that I am currently in talks with one of the developers Mrinal Desai at Crossloop talking about the possibility of providing an API into the Crossloop software so that we can hook into it from VFP.
For those of you who didn't catch the thread earlier this month regadring Crossloop: www.Crossloop.com Crossloop is a hybrid of VNC with a pretty front end that allows you to remote control any PC through firewalls, routers etc., as long as the remote PC has Internet access they can run either Firefox or IE through. Installation is a breeze and the remote site (Host) loads the program which prompts them a unique security key. You as the client then key this security key in at your end and the connection is made through a secure encrypted server, and best of all it is all free. Once the connection is made the remote end confirms the ability for the client (by Name) to connect and you are off Back to the crux of the matter though! I see that being able to add this into a VFP app as an installable option to aid in remote diagnostics would be a great addition/selling point for those of you who do small bespoke development. My thoughts go as follows: 1. Ability to distribute the Crossloop software with VFP application. This it seems wouldn't be a problem to Crossloop but I need to confirm their licensing conditions. 2. Ability to either leave the remote "host" on standby via VFP and accept the client call automatically in the background or pop up the acceptance screen through VFP for operator confirmation. 3. Added ability to transfer files under VFP control to the "host" site from the client - this would allow easy version upgrades and bug fixes. This is not available at present but is scheduled for development. 4. Getting a VFP "Branded" version of Crossloop to help the exposure of VFP. Mrinal seems to be very enthusiastic about helping develop such an interface and we, as a group, could help in this. Have any of you any ideas or thoughts - good or negative as I said I'd get some feedback from the group. To say the least he seems to be very enthusiastic about us helping to get exposure for the product - which thay have said will ALLWAYS be free, as this in turn will get exposure for his company as a whole. Apart from that we could show the .Net crew we aren't quite dead yet! As the discussion unrolls I'm going to blog about it and keep the group posted. Comments appreciated. Dave Crozier _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
