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New MessageVNC Viewer port to QNX (modified 0 times) agstemen
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I'm not really happy with the existing vncviewer port to QNX, and it doesn't look like there's really going to be any improvements made to the port, so I'm working on porting it myself.

The two biggest things that I'm looking for with my port to QNX are a scrollable window, and the ability to send the ctrl-alt-del key combination. I refuse to set my PC desktop to be 640x480, and even if I do, I still can't really get to the bottom of the screen because the viewer won't run fullscreen. I'm actually not concerned about the ability to send ctrl-alt-del as much as I am the scorllable window.

It's going to take me a while to do because even though I know C/C++, I don't know them very well. On top of that, the Unix source available at RealVNC.com is written for X11, whereas the Audrey needs to reference the Photon libraries, neither of which are familiar to me as I'm a Windows developer.

Right now, I'm just working on getting the source code to compile, which is a much more difficult task than what I originally assumed it would be. I don't have as much time to work on it as I would like either, which is going to make the project take longer.

If anybody else is interested in the port when I have a "usable" version, post a message here. Otherwise, I might assume that I'm only doing this for myself and will probably lose interest in the project after a week or two.

12-20-2002 10:17:37

New MessageRE:VNC Viewer port to QNX (modified 0 times) Sketchy
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Hi agstemen. I'd be interested in it, but I've learned to live with the limitations. For one thing, I only access my fileserver via VNC, not my desktop PC. I have the fileserver set up at 800x600, and I dragged the taskbar to the top of the screen, and all the icons are in the upper left, so I can access them through VNC on the audrey. The ability to scroll would be great, but like I said, I'm tolerating it without. I guess I'm trying to say I'd definitely install it if you re-ported it, but don't expend a lot of effort on it unless you're really into it!
-- Jim
ACID and other Audrey apps
12-22-2002 11:18:27

New MessageRE:VNC Viewer port to QNX (modified 0 times) daven
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Sounds good. I gave up on VNC in favor of pcAnywhere. But, I would consider going back if I had decent functionality through VNC.

I program in VB, but some of our DLLs are C/C++, and I end up debugging them too. A couple of years ago I programmed an RPC solution (sort of a command line exchange). I've used X (extensively) on UNIX/UNIX and UNIX/Windows, but never needed to programmed something around it. Anyhow, I'm familiar with some of the issues and I may be able to help out some on the programming.

Tell me about your QNX configuration and how you set it up. I was planning on installing QNX, and this would give me a good excuse.

You can reach me at my hotmail account. My id is gis_planner.

Dave

12-28-2002 09:58:32

New MessageRE:VNC Viewer port to QNX (modified 0 times) r_green
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Agstemen,
I would also be interested as well. Some VNC servers support server-side scaling. It would be great if your viewer could handle that. 800x600 can be fairly legible scaled 640x480. At least it's good enough to get around the screen...
01-03-2003 12:35:54

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