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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on October 21, 2012, 01:01 PM »

OK, thanks for the clarification :}

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on October 21, 2012, 06:11 AM »

Thanks guys :}

I will try to play around with both of these

About point the option of emptying the target field to run a local command, I think it would be preferable if the user doesn't need to do that (and then perhaps reload the last used name in that field), in particular since that command never works on distant machines anyway. That would feel kinda "cleaner" to me

Edit : looks like I can't get the \n trick to work in the latest version of CRAP ? =(

Edit 2 : Huh, I ran WinButtons by dragging and dropping the ConstanceJill.wbuc file on the EXE and it looks like it's working OK, except the "close" button isn't responsive (?)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on October 19, 2012, 06:01 AM »

OK :]

Well then, would it be possible to use <appdir> in the command prefix, just like in the image path ?
That would allow for the user to get his custom scripts in a sub-folder of the program, thus improving portability — this way I could share the whole thing with my colleagues by sending them an archive.

Also, would it be possible to :
- have a visual "thing" to let the user know whether or not a button asks for confirmation without going in editor mode ? (For now I'm "cheating" by manually adding a "*" to the end of the button caption)
- have an option for a button not to use the Variable/target parameter (so the same interface can be used to run a command on the local machine which does not need or accept a target parameter, such as "ipconfig /flushdns")
- let the user place "separations" (such as a forced "carriage return" or even a horizontal line) between some groups of buttons ?
- let the user define a constant size that would apply to all buttons (so they get kinda aligned in the interface as if it were a table) ?

Edit : I almost forgot : an button or menu item to clear history ?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on October 18, 2012, 10:21 AM »

Hey hamradio I tested your implementation today and it really pleases me :}

So far I think I only found one small bug if the command suffix contains a "&", the & is not displayed in the status bar when previewing the final command

Edit : thought I had found 2 but one of them is almost not worth mentioning : if the path to an image is specified as "<appdir>\icons\..." instead of "<appdir>icons\..." then the image for that button is displayed only after opening and closing the button editor.

Do you mind if I have a few requests for small modifications ? :]

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on October 18, 2012, 04:11 AM »

Care to share your findings?

-Ath (October 16, 2012, 03:31 PM)

Sorry, I didn't take the time to look at it yet ^^'

Heres my take on it going by the posted gui layout a little and still in its early stages...[…]

-hamradio (October 17, 2012, 02:25 AM)

Nice, I'll have to try it out too ^_^

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on October 11, 2012, 09:26 AM »

Thanks, I'll look into this :]

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on October 11, 2012, 06:09 AM »

Wow, lots of answers since last time ^^'

what happens when you run the command from the run command (WIN+R)?

-Target (October 10, 2012, 09:31 PM)

Then it runs the command just fine.

well I did say I'd only done limited testing  

-Target (October 10, 2012, 09:31 PM)

Yes you did

can you give me a bit more detail on what happens with the offending commands, eg what command you requested, and what you got

-Target (October 10, 2012, 09:31 PM)

Hmm well this problem doesn't seem to happen anymore with the new version, for now ^^'

next iteration

now includes an editor  - I'm not totally happy with the editor gui, but I suppose it gets the job done

-Target (October 11, 2012, 03:54 AM)

Nice :]

Telnet is only installed in a x64 incarnation on Windows x64, AFAICS, and it's only available in the \Windows\System32 directory for 64 bit processes, but not in the 32 bit \Windows\SysWOW64 redirection directory for 32 bit processes.
I haven't seen any easy solutions, other than copying telnet.exe over from System32 to the SysWOW64 directory.

-Ath (October 11, 2012, 05:36 AM)

Hey, that works \o/
Thanks a lot
I don't use telnet a lot, so I didn't look for alternatives yet
Also, I'll need to take some time to see how exactly WinButtons work.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on October 10, 2012, 05:49 AM »

OK, I've been trying the latest version of Target's SUR and it works fine enough, however I have one problem, when running it under Windows 7 x64 —could not reproduce it under XP mode— when trying to run a telnet command, it fails with the following error message, even though I did install telnet in Windows 7 components, and can run the command manually.
Note : I have removed the ":" in the command line, which I should not have given as the correct syntax is "telnet target port", my bad.



Edit : There also seems to be weird issues with running commands which require confirmation — it doesn't run the right command when confirmation is given ?_?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on October 10, 2012, 01:33 AM »

Thanks guys, I'll give both of these a try :}

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on October 09, 2012, 01:45 AM »

Alright, I'll be waiting for this eagerly too :}

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on October 08, 2012, 03:05 PM »

First choice, please

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on October 08, 2012, 01:21 AM »

Thank you, that's becoming closer to what I had in mind :]
Though I really wish the buttons could have custom captions, as that would make it much easier for the user to reach the intended function.

[…] automagically […]

-Target (October 07, 2012, 09:50 PM)

Huh ? I see what you did there

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on October 06, 2012, 07:16 AM »

To Target : Hey, not bad

A few things though :
 - Would it be possible to have options to prevent it from "auto-hiding" and to be able to move it without it sticking to the top edge of the desktop ?
 - Though I don't have an example yet, I fear there might be issues should any command line require the text "target" (instead of the target's name) to be written within one of its commands. Or is there any syntax trick to prevent it ?
 - If possible, I'd prefer to enter the target name in a field on the same window as where the buttons are, so I don't need to click "OK" in a second window to actually run the command — though that can act as a "confirmation" dialog
 - I guess the window should be manually resizable, for with these default commands, the status bar is too short to display the contents of the B3 and B6 command
 - should we keep the dialog box asking for the target's name, I guess it would be nice if that window also reminded somewhere of which command it will run

To Ath : No problem, I can wait :]

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on September 30, 2012, 06:43 AM »

Hello there :}

how picky are you about graphical buttons, and where do you anticipate you would get the icons?

-Target (September 30, 2012, 05:15 AM)

Hmm I'm not sure I completely understand the first part.
If that means "does it absolutely have to be buttons", then well, I'd really prefer ìt to
If that means "is that mandatory that you could put icons on the buttons", then my answer is : no, though I'd prefer if it was possible — as stated in the first message, it's part of the "optional" features
About where I would get the icons : from within some .exe, .dll, .cur or .ani files. Possibly some .bmp renamed to .ico, since that seems to work fine enough under XP / 7

and if you could provide a sample of some of the commands you use (and the parameters) that would be helpful

-Target (September 30, 2012, 05:15 AM)

Sure, here are a few examples.

ping -t target
sc \\target start remoteregistry
reg add "\\target\HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server" /v fDenyTSConnections /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
mstsc /v:target
shutdown -r -t 0 -m \\target
"c:\program files (x86)\mozilla firefox\firefox.exe" http://target
telnet target:9000
wmic /node:"target" /namespace:\\root\ccm path sms_client CALL TriggerSchedule "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002}” /NOINTERACTIVE

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on September 29, 2012, 10:50 AM »

Thanks a lot, looking forward to it

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on September 29, 2012, 06:32 AM »

Hmm I suppose I could use it if it had the mandatory text field for the user to input the target('s hostname or IP) and the second field for the second part of the command, since some administrative commands can't have the target to be specified at the very end — though I probably could create .bat files to get around that part.

Though, I think I'd prefer if possible a more "standard looking" resizable window, with less options in the editor xD

Here are some rough sketches of what I have in mind.

Main window :


- Right clicking on a button would open a context menu to edit or remove it
- Right clicking in the empty space of the "buttons zone" would allow to add a new button.
- The buttons don't absolutely need to be as large as on my sketch, as long as they're large enough for an icon and a short caption — we probably won't need anything longer than "Telnet, port 9000" or "Trigger CCM Soft. inventory"

Add / Edit dialog :


That's about all I need for the user interface

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on September 28, 2012, 05:52 PM »

Hello there

This does seem like something that might be doable with my Find and Run Robot program (or with a plugin for it?).

-mouser (September 28, 2012, 03:58 PM)

Hmm I'll need to take a closer look at it before I can answer this ^^

Hi, ConstanceJill, and welcome to the site.  I had meant to reply to your original post but it slipped my mind.  Apologies.

-skwire (September 28, 2012, 05:09 PM)

No problem :}

In regards to your request, does it have to be physical buttons on the GUI?  Interfaces like that can get really messy if you plan on adding a large number of these commands.  What about using a listview where you can double-click a row to run a command.  Or, highlight a row and click a single button to run a command?

-skwire (September 28, 2012, 05:09 PM)

Well I had chosen buttons because these where the first user interface objects that came to my mind in order to minimize the number of mouse clicks required to trigger an action, so it would probably be the fastest way of triggering (several) pre-defined actions, but I suppose double clicking a listview line could do the trick too. Though I guess then I might not be able to choose an icon for each action (?)
Also, buttons don't need to be huge, as long as they have a tooltip on mouseover that describes what they do and/or an icon, so I guess one could get a few dozens to fit even in a rather small window — while there is no particular restriction on the program's window size.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on September 28, 2012, 01:37 PM »

Well, not even a single reply after a whole month has passed… did I do anything wrong in the way I asked ? :/

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Post New Requests Here / IDEA: sort of launcher for command lines with parameter in a pre-defined place

« Last post by ConstanceJill on August 23, 2012, 02:27 PM »

Hello there :}

I work in some sort of help desk and have been "dreaming" lately of some GUI program which I (and maybe my co-workers) could use as a customizable remote administration console.
I looked for various types of launchers or other "parameterizers", but couldn't find what I need.

Selector first seemed close to that, but still, somehow lacks some things for my needs.

So, without further ado, I guess I should explain how I see the thing…


Main features / requirements :

* A GUI driven program, to be run under Windows (32/64 bits), which would have :
 - a text field where the user would type or paste a "target" : for the usage I have in mind, we would enter there either a networked machine's hostname or IP address
 - a zone with user-definable action triggering buttons (from now on, let's call them "button")

* For each of those buttons, the user should be able to define :
 - a caption (displayed either on the button or near it, up to you and depending on whether or not some of the optional features —see further below— are implemented)
 - a command with optional prefix parameters string (let's call that whole string "prefixcmd" from here on)
 - additional parameter "suffixes" : the user would not be required to enter some, but it is necessary that he would be able to
 - it must be possible for the command to be a .bat/.cmd file, it must NOT be restricted to .exe files (like Selector seems to be, from what I've seen)

* The user should be able to create more, modify or remove individual "buttons", if possible from within the GUI itself (for example by clicking a dedicated button, or by means of a right click/context menu from the empty space in the window) ; if not, by editing a human readable config file

* The buttons list should be saved in a portable config file anyway (please, not in the registry)

* When the user clicks the action button, the program concatenates prefixcmd+target+suffix (without "+" or anything) and starts the resulting command line


Optional Features that would be pretty nice if you have enough time for it :

* let the user chose an optional custom icon for each button

* while the mouse cursor is over a button, display the concatenation of the command that clicking that button would send, either as a tooltip or in a status bar

* ability for the user, when editing an action trigger button, to add some flag for the program to ask confirmation before running that command (useful for "shutdown-like" commands ^^'

* a most recent targets list

* a "favorites" list ; the user should be able to easily add the "current target" to his favorites or load a target from his favorites list


In case you'd need a name for the program, well I've been thinking about it… though I could not settle on something definitive, I suppose something around the lines of "Customizable Remote Administration Panel" (or in short "CRAP") would do ? xD

Of course, don't hesitate to ask if you need me to rephrase something, give more precisions, if you have suggestions etc.

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Activation/License/Language Help / Re: Use in work environment ?

« Last post by ConstanceJill on August 23, 2012, 11:31 AM »

OK, thanks a lot :]

I wonder how I missed the "Help" link… probably was too focused on looking for a "FAQ" one

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Activation/License/Language Help / Use in work environment ?

« Last post by ConstanceJill on August 23, 2012, 10:49 AM »

Hello there .o/

I've seen on the Keys page that the programs (or is it only some of them ?) are declared to be "free for personal use".
While the "free" word is written in bold, I am more concerned about the "for personal use" part. So my question is : can we use (some of) them in a company ? (Which ones ?)

More specifically, I was thinking of requesting for a specific program which, I think, would be pretty useful for my job… but if, when it's made, it is only free "for personal use", I wouldn't know for sure whether or not I'm allowed to use it at my workplace and share it with my co-workers — while I probably would have no use for it at home.

Can someone please clarify this for me ?

Have a nice day :]