Re: Remote Desktop, File Transfer and Chat for Delphi 4,5,6,7 and C++Builder 6

From: Danijel Tkalcec (dtkalcec_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/17/03 

Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:25:33 +0100

Hi,

> > But it's not difficult to port his code to ActiveX and make Remote
Control
> > also web-accessiable.
> Not is the same to access to the ActiveX component or a program by web
> than do a remote control web-accesible the computer. ( Maybe with .NET is
> possible the think you say, but not in ActiveX)

There's no need writing an ActiveX component or a HTTP or Java client for
Remote Control. You can control any server PC (if you know its Address,
Port, username and password) using a standard Remote Client, available as a
free download from my Remote Office forum (or, if you buy the source, as a
download from your site).

Since you don't need to install my client, you can just go and open the exe
directly from IE. And because it's a small file, you don't have to bother
about saving the exe for next use (download time is minimal). Then you enter
the Port, Address, Username and Password, choose what you want to do (File
Transfer, Desktop Control or Chat) and you're connected to your Remote
Server.

It's up to you to decide if you really need a slow Client running from
inside Internet Explorer, or you can live with a fast client running as a
standalone EXE.

> > About remote processes and stuff like that, do you think it is difficult
> to
> > get
> > the process list in the local machine and send it to the remote machine
> via
> > the existing winsock library? It's about 10 minutes programming.
>
> I agree with you, a program not is other thing than many things that each
> thing have about 10 minutes

Although most of my customers use the code as it is (with minor design
changes), using the RPC Library on top of which complete Remote Admin Tools
are built, you are able to easilly add any remote functionality you want,
without thinking about data transfer, sockets or compression. For example,
one customer advanced the Remote Tools to a fully quallified Helpdesk
system. His customers just have to click on a button inside his application
to initiate a service call, on which a small window pops up, notifying the
service person that a service request is waiting. One click on this message
and the Service person is in direct contact with customer, seeing what he
sees and helping the customer as if he were there. Imagine how much time you
save by this if you have a lot of customers to care about.

Best Regards,
Danijel Tkalcec