Way to pass Rev mouse coords over net?

Edwin Gore edgore at shinra.com
Thu Aug 21 00:57:00 EDT 2003


The "free one" is VNC (http://www.realvnc.com/), and i's certainly the way
to go. If you bother trying to do this in Rev you will not only cry, but
your application will be slower and less capable than using VNC.

I did mention that you would cry, right?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dar Scott" <dsc at swcp.com>
To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: Way to pass Rev mouse coords over net?


>
> On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 10:57 PM, rgould8 at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Anyone think this is possible, or know how to set up a server to pass
> > data like this?
>
> Yes, I think it is possible.  See screenMouseLoc and click.
>
> I am comfortable with sockets, but in this situation I used pcAnywhere.
>   I'd suggest Timbuktu or pcAnwhere or, uh, I forgot the name, that
> "free" one.  On a LAN, I'd say roll your own.  But, either way can work.
>
> If you tell the firewall admin you need pcAnywhere access to a
> particular machine, the admin will understand.  If you say you want to
> set up a special service, things might go slower.  The admin might
> understandably be concerned that your are giving up some control
> without any security.
>
> You might respond as I often do:  "But _I'm_ the admin!"  Just say and
> say whether you still want to roll your own.
>
> (Another approach is to have multiple panels for the same
> functionality.)
>
> Dar Scott
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