Force global refresh on datasource
We have situation where passwords or session changes are made by one user but the changes are not seen by other RDM users until they hit F5 to refresh their data source and they might lock out a session from trying to use old information in the session. Is there a way to send out a forced global refresh so everyone has the latest information after a edit was made on a session.
Note: we are running the RDM on a terminal server so all RDM users are working on the same server. So is there a command line maybe that could force a refresh. Or maybe a checkbox in settings to turn on a automatic refresh at a certain interval like every minute or five minute.
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Hi,
Could you give me more details like what type of session could be locked and what type of data source you use? I'm asking that because it the application option. you have a setting to force a refresh before edit perhaps I could add a setting to force a refresh before open. If you use a SQL Server data source and there is no change, RDM will do nothing since it will detect that the cache is up to date.
David Hervieux
When i said lock out a session i mean the RDP session from too many failed logon attempts because the password is old because the user did not hit F5 to get the new RDM session credential updates.
We are using the MSSQL data source. I do have the force refresh before edit but that only refreshes for the person making the edits. All other users do not refresh their data sources until they hit F5. Basically it does a personal refresh and not a global refresh. Each individual on the team has to hit F5 to refresh.
I am looking for a way that when a RDM session edit is made it forces a F5 refresh for all the users not just the user making the edits.
If the above was difficult I was suggesting an option that could force data source refreshes in a certain interval. So that users are always getting any recent changes in their list.
Hi,
The auto refresh interval already exists in the SQL Server data source. It's disable by default (0)
David Hervieux
Are there steps i can take to turn it on?
Edit your data source: File->Data Sources
and enter 60 in the Auto refresh numeric textbox
David Hervieux
I found it in the data source settings. How could I propagate this change out to all the users? Like I said this is a terminal server so can I change a file in their appdata folders to include the change. I have the data source locked on all the user accounts and I do not want to distribute instructions with having to divulge the password to the session lock.
Hi,
I think that you could overwrite the file remotedesktopmanager.cfg directly. It contains the the data source configuration. it's located in %AppData%\Devolutions\RemoteDesktopManager
David Hervieux
Thank you again David that is working for me. I can not say it enough you make using RDM a pleasure knowing your are so attentive and helpful. Long live RDM. Cya in other forum threads.