I concur completely with William's rant. BTW, on the question of running without VNCHooks.dll. Yes it is possible. In fact, WinVNC.exe already has full screen polling that can provide reasonable results (obviously YMMV) in the absence of that DLL. However, because the source tree from RealVNC and others accesses the DLL implicitly, the entire program will fail to run without it. We made some changes to TridiaVNC that convert access to those functions to be explicit (LoadLibrary()). So, using a later build of TridiaVNC, you can simply delete (or fail to install) the VNCHooks.dll and it will just force WinVNC into full screen polling.
Our goal was to allow unattended TridiaVNC and TridiaVNC Pro upgrades to be started from a live session with the server restarted at the completion of the installation and no reboot required. In order to have more robust results in these circumstances, we needed to have WinVNC start when the installer somehow failed to get the new VNCHooks.dll in place. I suppose there might be other reasons for running without WinVNC.dll that might make it worth the price. In our case, it is just a fallback until the next reboot brings the new VNCHooks.dll online. Brian > > From: "William Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: RelVNC bug 19 > Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:57:43 -0500 > [snip] > > > <rant mode> > I am constantly amazed by mails trying to get something fixed that go out of > their way to try to insult the developers. First, you don't answer the > question asked (Does your app work?), then you proceed on a rant about how > VNC will never make it with this bug. News flash, VNC has been working for > a large number of people for years. No one is holding a gun to your head > saying you have to use VNC, go pay for PCAnywhere or something if you don't > like it. > > Checking for the problem sounds easy.... Does it work when a VNC session > isn't connected? Does it stop when VNC is connected? If both answers are > yes then use the work around. Done. > > That said, the status of the bug is "Under consideration" which if I > understand it correctly means the developers are trying to gather info as to > why this happens so they can fix it. Either provide repeatable examples or > experience, or use the work around and quit complaining. > > Maybe my message is a little harsh, but I think it follows the tone you have > set with your e-mail. You are getting free software (Free as in speech and > free as in beer). Insulting people that are working to provide it does no > one any good. > </rant mode> > > BTW - Don't start flaming VNC for my opinions, because I am in no way > connected, other than a satisfied user. Keep up the good work, guys. > -- > William Hooper -- Brian ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TridiaVNC Pro: finally, affordable remote control! http://www.TridiaVNCPro.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tridia's Mission: To always exceed our customers' expectations by providing the absolute best software products backed by outstanding technical support and customer service. Please let us know how we are doing: brian . blevins @ tridia.com or ceo-hotline @ tridia.com. _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
