winvnc4 commandline sequence/syntax

[James Weatherall]

Hi Dave,

Please submit support requests for VNC Enterprise Edition via
http://www.realvnc.com/support.html.

Cheers,

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Wez @ RealVNC Ltd
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com 
> [mailto:vnc-list-admin "at" realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Dave Stoft
> Sent: 01 December 2007 02:54
> To: vnc-list "at" realvnc.com
> Subject: winvnc4 commandline sequence/syntax
> 
> I've been unable to find a clear reference for programatic 
> start, config and stop of a vnc4.3.2 server. My guess at the 
> syntax and sequence does not control the server settings that 
> were created via the windows interface.
> 
> - On Win2k or XP
> - The VNC4.3.2 package installed correctly
> - The server/viewer work when run as a background server that 
> always starts on boot and where the config is setup via the 
> windows interface
> - Assume all files are in the same working directory.
> - My objective is to start and config the vnc server via a 
> script so the settings are dynamic.
> 
> > winvnc4.exe -register -vncconfigfile configfilename.vnc winvnc4.exe 
> > -start
> 
> or...
> 
> > winvnc4.exe -register Hosts=<ip addr> PortName=5900 <etc.> 
> winvnc4.exe 
> > -start
> 
> In either case, the server is registered as a service and the 
> -start gets it running (and a >winvnc4.exe -stat shows this) 
> but the config settings (as found by Tray : RtClk : 
> Options... show no effect to the config settings either 
> listing them in the command line or in a command file. VNC 
> gives no error. Deliberately messing with the syntax will 
> produce an error so the command-line options and switches are 
> being recognized.
> 
> > winvnc4.exe -stop
> > winvnc4.exe -unregister
> 
> Both of these work w/o error.
> 
> > vncconfig.exe
> This only runs the windows interface. It appears to ignore 
> all command line parms and switches.
> 
> What did I miss in understanding the syntax or usage?
> If I had to re-set the config after starting the server, 
> that's ok, but I've not found a way to do that.
> 
> According to the VNC docs (though they do not show command line
> examples) is that a command-line interface for config is available.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Dave
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