VNCHelper ini remodel to the new version

Hi guys, I still have the old version where the second unfolding didn't work. I would now like to update the old ini to the new version so that it is clearer. But I don't really know if all the functions will still be there and how it will work. Do you have an idea or a template where all the commands that can be used in the ini are listed and which icons there are, for example?

Code:

<X>246<Y>31<BROWSER>c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe<RDPX>1024<RPDY>768<END>
<ITEM>     Team<HOST><ICON>42<COL>16772292
  <NAME>RDP 34 Luca<RUN>mstsc<PARAMS>/v:34 /f<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>RDP 36 M1<RUN>C:\VncHelper\05_DateiBasis\RDP_SYS\36.rdp<PARAMS><IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>VNC 36 M1<RUN>C:\TightVNC\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-scale=auto -password=123 36<IICON>63<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>TeamViewer 36 all<RUN>C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\TeamViewer.lnk<PARAMS> --id 46 --Password 123<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>ping 36<RUN>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe<PARAMS>/K ping -n 50 36<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>RDP 33 Hans<RUN>mstsc<PARAMS>/v:33 /f<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>RDP 35 M1<RUN>C:\VncHelper\05_DateiBasis\RDP_SYS\35.rdp<PARAMS><IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>VNC 35 M1<RUN>C:\TightVNC\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-scale=auto -password=123 35<IICON>63<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>TeamViewer 35 all<RUN>C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\TeamViewer.lnk<PARAMS> --id 45 --Password
123<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>ping 35<RUN>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe<PARAMS>/K ping -n 50 35<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0

This is my old ini, but now I want it to be the case that when you click on Team you only see Luca and Hans and when you click on the respective name you get the individual functions that I have built in. Can it even work like this? Thanks in advance.

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking here - and that's extra confused by my not having used that app in many years.  Since I last used it, I re-wrote it completely for one place of work, and the since then have written yet another similar app when I changed jobs.  I've just run it to check that your ini looks OK (it does) and boy does it look horrible in 2024 

I think you want to have multiple-level menus, so that you only ever have one item at the top (Team) and then two menu items under that (Luca and Hans), and then for each of those to have commands.  That's only possible by setting them to be a basic "Windows" template.  if you want custom commands, then the menu needs to be two-level, not three level:

Code:

<X>1482<Y>378<BROWSER>c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe<RDPX>1024<RPDY>768<END>
<ITEM>Team<HOST><ICON>56<COL>-1
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>hans.company.com<P2>c,d<IICON>3
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>luca.company.com<P2>c,d,e,f<IICON>64

This sets the three level menus, but has little opportunity for adding custom command.

VNCHelper was never very capable - I'd love to help you move to use something better?

Tom

Thanks for the Reply Tom

What would be a better option to vnc Helper that would solve my problem?
The helper is great, but it is slowly becoming confusing.
But I still need all the helper's functions if I switch.

Luca

Hmm, well I'm not sure I know of many apps (I trialled RoyalTS for a while but it wasn't right for me) which will act as a replacement for VNCHelper.  What is it you want to do - what would the ideal app look like?  A small window, or a large one?  What would it show, and what would happen when you click things, or menus?

Tom

So it should only be a small window like the helper, only in the third menu there should be more command options. For example, when I am under Hans I want to start an RDP or a VNC but unfortunately that cannot be integrated into the helper. So the program should be able to start RDP, start TeamViewer sessions and be able to run links and programs. The helper does all of that perfectly, but it is slowly becoming too confusing due to too much information and team members.

Here are a few examples:

That's the old Version how it looks now

Code:

<X>380<Y>494<BROWSER>c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe<RDPX>1024<RPDY>768<END>
<ITEM>    Team<HOST><ICON>42<COL>16772292
  <NAME>RDP DE34 Luca<RUN>mstsc<PARAMS>/v:DE34 /f<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>RDP To DE36 M1<RUN>C:\DE36.rdp<PARAMS><IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>To DE36 M1<RUN>C:\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-scale=auto -password=1234 DE36::59000<IICON>63<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>To TeamViewer DE36 all<RUN>C:\Programs\TeamViewer.lnk<PARAMS> --id 75 --Password 2000<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>ping DE36<RUN>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe<PARAMS>/K ping -n 50 DE36<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>RDP DE37 Hans<RUN>mstsc<PARAMS>/v:DE37 /f<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>RDP To DE38 M1<RUN>C:\DE38.rdp<PARAMS><IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>To DE38 M1<RUN>C:\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-scale=auto -password=1234 DE38::59000<IICON>63<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>To TeamViewer DE38 all<RUN>C:\Programs\TeamViewer.lnk<PARAMS> --id 75 --Password 2000<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>ping DE38<RUN>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe<PARAMS>/K ping -n 50 DE38<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>RDP DE39 Tom<RUN>mstsc<PARAMS>/v:DE39 /f<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>RDP To DE40 M1<RUN>C:\DE40.rdp<PARAMS><IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>To DE40 M1<RUN>C:\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-scale=auto -password=1234 DE40::59000<IICON>63<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>To TeamViewer DE40 all<RUN>C:\Programs\TeamViewer.lnk<PARAMS> --id 75 --Password 2000<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>ping DE40<RUN>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe<PARAMS>/K ping -n 50 DE40<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>RDP DE41 Tim<RUN>mstsc<PARAMS>/v:DE41 /f<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>RDP To DE42 M1<RUN>C:\DE42.rdp<PARAMS><IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>RDP To DE42 M1 M2<RUN>C:\DE42_twoscreens.rdp<PARAMS><IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>RDP To DE42 M1 M2 HO<RUN>C:\DE42_twoscreens_Home.rdp<PARAMS><IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>To DE42 M1<RUN>C:\TightVNC\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-scale=auto -password=1234 DE42::59001<IICON>63<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>To DE42 M1M3<RUN>C:\VncHelper\VNC.vbs <PARAMS>C:\TightVNC\tvnviewer.exe -scale=auto -password=1234 DE42 ::59001 ::59002<IICON>17<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>To TeamViewer DE42 all<RUN>C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\TeamViewer.lnk<PARAMS> --id 81 --Password 1234<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>ping DE42<RUN>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe<PARAMS>/K ping -n 50 DE42<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>RDP DE43 Lukas<RUN>mstsc<PARAMS>/v:DE43 /f<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>RDP To DE45 M1<RUN>C:\DE45.rdp<PARAMS><IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>To DE45 M1<RUN>C:\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-scale=auto -password=1234 DE45::59000<IICON>63<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>To TeamViewer DE45 all<RUN>C:\Programs\TeamViewer.lnk<PARAMS> --id 75 --Password 2000<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>ping DE45<RUN>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe<PARAMS>/K ping -n 50 DE45IICON>39<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>RDP DE46 Peter<RUN>mstsc<PARAMS>/v:DE46 /f<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>RDP To DE47 M1<RUN>C:\DE47.rdp<PARAMS><IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>To DE47 M1<RUN>C:\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-scale=auto -password=1234 DE47::59000<IICON>63<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>To TeamViewer DE47 all<RUN>C:\Programs\TeamViewer.lnk<PARAMS> --id 75 --Password 2000<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>ping DE47<RUN>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe<PARAMS>/K ping -n 50 DE47<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>RDP DE48 Leo<RUN>mstsc<PARAMS>/v:DE48 /f<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>RDP To DE49 M1<RUN>C:\DE49.rdp<PARAMS><IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>To DE49 M1<RUN>C:\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-scale=auto -password=1234 DE49::59000<IICON>63<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>To TeamViewer DE49 all<RUN>C:\Programs\TeamViewer.lnk<PARAMS> --id 75 --Password 2000<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>ping DE49<RUN>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe<PARAMS>/K ping -n 50 DE49<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>RDP DE50 Flo<RUN>mstsc<PARAMS>/v:DE50 /f<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>RDP To DE51 M1<RUN>C:\DE51.rdp<PARAMS><IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>To DE51 M1<RUN>C:\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-scale=auto -password=1234 DE51::59000<IICON>63<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>To TeamViewer DE51 all<RUN>C:\Programs\TeamViewer.lnk<PARAMS> --id 75 --Password 2000<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>ping DE51<RUN>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe<PARAMS>/K ping -n 50 DE51<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
<ITEM>    SysTeam Toolbox<HOST><ICON>5<COL>16773847
  <NAME>KeePass<RUN>L:\KeePass.exe<PARAMS>"L:\TM.kdbx"<IICON>104<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>plan<RUN>c:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe<PARAMS>L:\plan_To.xlsx<IICON>19<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <URL>https://de36:5001/#/signin<NAME>Syno<ALT>0<IICON>13
  <NAME>IP-Adressen<RUN>c:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe<PARAMS>L:\IP-Adressen.xlsm<IICON>3<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>KiTTY<RUN>C:\KiTTYPortable\kitty_portable.exe<PARAMS><IICON>40<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <SEP>
  <NAME>hotline<RUN>microsoft-edge:https://de28.com/Config/<PARAMS><IICON>102<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>Azure<RUN>microsoft-edge:http://Azure/0bdf887/ <PARAMS><IICON>74<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>Ordner_Team<RUN>microsoft-edge:http://org.net/<PARAMS><IICON>101<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>RDP To Host<RUN>mstsc<PARAMS>/v: de98<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
<ITEM>  2000<HOST><ICON>72<COL>-1
  <NAME>To DE91 M1M3<RUN>C:\VncHelper\VNC.vbs <PARAMS>C:\TightVNC\tvnviewer.exe -scale=auto -password=1234 DE91 ::59001 ::59003<IICON>17<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>To DE91 all<RUN>C:\TightVNC\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-scale=auto -password=1234 DE91::59000<IICON>17<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>To TeamViewer DE91 all<RUN>C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\TeamViewer.lnk<PARAMS> --id 79 --Password 2000<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>C_2000:<RUN>C:\VncHelper\2000.vbs <PARAMS>\\DE91.com\2000<IICON>72<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>D_2000:<RUN>C:\VncHelper\2000.vbs <PARAMS>\\DE91.com\2000<IICON>72<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>ping DE91<RUN>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe<PARAMS>/K ping -n 50 DE91<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>EO DE81 all<RUN>C:\TightVNC\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-scale=auto DE81::59000<IICON>63<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>ping DE81<RUN>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe<PARAMS>/K ping -n 50 DE81<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>SO DE28 all Template<RUN>C:\TightVNC\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-scale=auto -password=1234 DE28::59000<IICON>63<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>SO TeamViewer DE28 all<RUN>C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\TeamViewer.lnk<PARAMS> --id 1508 --Password 123<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>ping DE28<RUN>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe<PARAMS>/K ping -n 50 DE28<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>To DE36 all <RUN>C:\TightVNC\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-scale=auto -password=1234 DE36::59000<IICON>63<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>To TeamViewer DE36 all<RUN>C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\TeamViewer.lnk<PARAMS> --id 7516 --Password 2000<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>ping DE36<RUN>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe<PARAMS>/K ping -n 50 DE36<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>MP DE47 all<RUN>C:\KiTTYPortable\kitty_portable.exe<PARAMS>-load DE47_MP_Telnet<IICON>40<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <SEP>
  <NAME>Panel<RUN>C:\Client.exe<PARAMS>182.14.6.5::59000 /password 1234<IICON>63<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>Teams<RUN>C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe<PARAMS>/C start msteams://teams.microsoft.com/l/call/0/0?users=2000<IICON>48<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>Parameter<RUN>x<PARAMS>x<IICON>51<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>Java_Viewer<RUN>C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe<PARAMS>http://DE42:58000<IICON>0<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>RealVNC<RUN>C:\RealVNC_Viewer\vncviewer.exe<PARAMS> -passwd 1234 DE42:59000<IICON>0<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>UltraVNC<RUN>C:\VNC\vncviewer.exe<PARAMS>-host DE42:59000 -password 1234<IICON>0<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <SEP>
  <NAME>ViewOnly_Parameter<RUN>x<PARAMS>x<IICON>103<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>all_VIEW_ONLY_scale<RUN>C:\TightVNC\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-scale=auto -viewOnly=1 -password=1234 DE19::59000<IICON>0<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>all_VIEW_ONLY<RUN>C:\TightVNC\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-viewOnly=1 -password=1234 DE19::59000<IICON>0<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>TightVNC_2M_viewOnly-param<RUN>C:\TightVNC\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-viewonly DE42::59000<IICON>0<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>TightVNC_2M_viewOnly<RUN>C:\TightVNC\tvnviewer.exe<PARAMS>-password=1234 DE42::59000<IICON>0<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>UltraVNC_view_only<RUN>C:\VNC\vncviewer.exe<PARAMS>-host DE42:59000 -password 1234 -viewonly<IICON>0<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
<ITEM>  Wake On Lan<HOST><ICON>7<COL>-1
  <NAME>2000 To DE91<RUN>C:\VNCHelper\Wake_on_Lan.bat<PARAMS>0A-79-6F-4A-FF-0F DE91<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>To Time <RUN>C:\VNCHelper\Wake_on_Lan.bat<PARAMS>6F-A4-5B-AF-4D-2E DE36<IICON>39<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0


and this is what it should look like

Code:

<X>592<Y>264<BROWSER>c:\program files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe<RDPX>1024<RPDY>768<END>
<ITEM>    SysTeam<HOST><ICON>42<COL>16772292
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>Luca<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>Hans<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>Tom<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>Tim<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>Lukas<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>Peter<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>Leo<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>Flo<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
<ITEM>    SysTeam Toolbox<HOST><ICON>5<COL>16773847
  <NAME>KeePass<RUN>L:\KeePass.exe<PARAMS>"L:\TM.kdbx"<IICON>104<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <NAME>plan<RUN>c:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe<PARAMS>L:\plan_To.xlsx<IICON>19<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <URL>https://de36:5001/#/signin<NAME>Syno<ALT>0<IICON>13
  <NAME>IP-Adressen<RUN>c:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe<PARAMS>L:\IP-Adressen.xlsm<IICON>3<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <NAME>KiTTY<RUN>C:\KiTTYPortable\kitty_portable.exe<PARAMS><IICON>40<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>1
  <SEP>
  <NAME>hotline<RUN>microsoft-edge:https://de28.com/Config/<PARAMS><IICON>102<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>Azure<RUN>microsoft-edge:http://Azure/0bdf887/ <PARAMS><IICON>74<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>Ordner_Team<RUN>microsoft-edge:http://org.net/<PARAMS><IICON>101<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
  <NAME>RDP To Host<RUN>mstsc<PARAMS>/v: de98<IICON>120<CONFIRM>0<BOLD>0
  <SEP>
<ITEM>    2000<HOST><ICON>2<COL>16773847
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>TO DE91<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>EO DE81<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>SO DE28<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>TO DE36<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>MP DE47<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>Panel<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>Teams<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>Parameter<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>ViewOnly_Parameter<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17
<ITEM>  Wake On Lan<HOST><ICON>7<COL>-1
  <WINDOWS>1<P1>2000<P2>c$,d$<IICON>17


In the code you can also see what the program has to do.




Luca

Hi there,

Like I said I'd really like to help get you off that old code - it's ancient now and it's much faster and easier to develop in C#.

I've created this: https://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/ll01.zip

It's very basic, and is meant more as a way for you to look and see whether this approach will work.  The data is in the .db file, and is roughly copied from your settings above - type to search, and then click an item in the list which appears.  The buttons don't do anything, but could be used to add a host or configure the data.

I know for sure it's not what you're looking for, but it's a first step towards writing you something which works just how you'd like.

You might be better off sending me an email to carry on this work if you'd like me to write you an app, than posting on the forum though?!

Tom

Hold on, I had a better idea for how it should work, which will better mirror what you do at the moment.  Give me a bit to finish a second try and I'll post again...

Tom

I've reworked the app as I was thinking - it's the same download, but I've included ll02.exe in it as well.

This has a completely hierarchical menu system - you can have as many sub menus as you like.

This build doesn't actually execute anything, just shows message boxes, and although you can fully edit the data in the SQLITE database (use the DB Browser app you can download to do that), the UI in the app is only partially done.  The UI is always time consuming, so I wanted to check you'd find this approach useful before I went any further.

Let me know..

Tom

Hi Tom,
I'll try it out and then get back to you.
Thanks for your effort and happy new year

Regards
Luca