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Why no put it near the quick connect is simple. It just does work with the third party we use. They have a focus bug and my solution was to create a fake floating panel which is possible in the taskbar but hard in the titlebar since it's not possible to move a panel in it.

Ah, OK. Understand now. It's not a big deal to me at all. Just thought it'd maybe make the layout a little more logical.

Hi Kent,

Take a look at this option in remotedesktopmanager.cfg

UseFilterInStatusbar

Make sure that it's set to false.

I knew that somebody will ask for the original v8 layout. By the way I will add those settings in in the UI. For the quick connect, I will eventually do the same thing.

Excellent! Thank you (and I should have known that you'd have thought of this possibility - which is why I have recently renewed my license and opted for the additional 2 years maintenance :))

I like having the search in the status bar however the data source should also stay at the bottom.I don't like the idea of have the Name sessions window being pushed down. For me personally it feels like we went backward on this one particular move in placing the data source back on top like the classic UI.

Hi,

For those who requested the search back in the status bar, this version is for you:

http://remotedesktopmanager.com/download/Devolutions.RemoteDesktopManager.Bin.8.0.7.0.zip

Let me know if you have any issues

Hi David,

I have an issue! Without wanting to start a "filter war", I hate having the the filter/search field back in the status bar (bottom left of the status bar is the worst place of all when you have an auto-hiding Windows taskbar!). I much prefer the 8.0.6 layout (and will be reverting back to) as I am constantly filtering my navigation pane to show the sessions I need to work with next (as opposed to getting a pop-up list of matching sessions). I rarely change the data sources so don't want it anywhere near my navigation tree. And why have it in the status bar either (it is a status bar)? There is a whole lot of space up there in the titlebar next to the Quick connect - why not have it there?

Even better, as I doubt you'll be able to please everyone :\:, is it possible make the placement of these optional? Something along the lines of:

Search/filter: navigation pane, title bar, status bar, hidden

Datasource selector: navigation pane, title bar, status bar, hidden

and, while we're at it,

Quick connect: navigation pane, title bar, status bar, hidden

Thanks! (and keep up the otherwise great work! :)).

Thanks - I was looking into one of your other suggestions (RDM install directory name) and spotted the Internet/no Internet difference luckily :)

I've tested in my Citrix environment (no Internet) and all looks good again. Thanks for the quick fix!

Hello David,

I've just found the cause of this problem. If the host you are running RDM cannot connect to the internet (no proxy/bad proxy, as is the case for my Citrix desktop) then the KeePass plugins can't be found when editing/loading a KeePass credential. I hope this behavior can be changed?

Cheers, Kent

Hi David,

Not sure if you were asking me or not, but I'm in Australia :)

I can see the same behaviour when switching to a datasource on a Citrix network share (especially when I'm working from home over a broadband link :-). As Brendan says, apart from the initial opening of the datasource, editing and saving sessions "locks up" RDM until the operation completes (roughly the same amount of time as it takes to load the DS in the first place for me).

Hi David,

Wow, RDM 7b is super-fast launching locally on my Windows 7 laptop. It hasn't made any noticeable difference from 7a though in our Citrix environment - both versions take around 15-20sec to display the connection tree. This is with a local Access datasource (and with offline mode disabled). Thanks for the improvement - even 15s in the Citrix environment is acceptable after the 2.5 min wait before!

Hi David,

FYI, with 7.0.0.0a installed I no longer get the unexpected error, but RDM still still does not recognise that the KeePass plugin is installed.

Hi David,

Oh yeah, much, much quicker! 15-20 seconds now to launch RDM (using either a local XML or Access datasource).

Thanks heaps for fixing this so fast!

Hi David,

OK, I removed the RemoteDesktopManager.PowerShell.dll and it did not seem to make any significant difference. I could not get consistent results for the startup time with or without it. Startup times are either approx. 1.5 or approx. 2.5 minutes with nothing in between! I've tried find a pattern (i.e. is the very first launch after after logging into my Citrix desktop longer?; are subsequent launches quicker?) but cannot see one yet. Memory use is only slightly higher (+ ~3MB) with the DLL in place.

Hi David,

This behaviour started with RDM 6.9.8.0 and still happens with 7.0.0.0. RDM is installed in a Citrix environment. KeePass 2.16 is also installed (on the same Citrix home drive) and has the 2.0.0.0 add-on set up. The KeePass Plug-ins manager reports the correct plugin version.

The RDM options path to the KeePass executable reports that the application is ready. However, whenever a session is started that uses credentials in the KeePass password safe, RDM cannot find the password safe (KeePass is open). Additionally, when I go to edit an existing credential or add a new one I get the following "unexpected error":

Unexpected error, contact us at remotedesktopmanager.com

OS: Windows XP Service Pack 2 32-bit

ArgumentException - Version string portion was too short or too long.

at System.Version..ctor(String version)

at Devolutions.RemoteDesktopManager.Managers.KeePassManager.KeePassPluginState()

at Devolutions.RemoteDesktopManager.Frames.CredentialSettings.FreCredentialResolverKeePassSettings.SetControlState()

at Devolutions.RemoteDesktopManager.Frames.CredentialSettings.FreCredentialResolverKeePassSettings.LoadConnectionInControls(Connection connectionToLoad, FrmConnectionCredentials parent)

at Devolutions.RemoteDesktopManager.Forms.FrmConnectionCredentials.CreateEditorFrame(CredentialResolverConnectionType connectionType, String connectionSubType, FreTypeDescriptorSelection selection)

at Devolutions.RemoteDesktopManager.Forms.FrmConnectionCredentials.OnFreTypeDescriptorSelectionOnSelectedChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at Devolutions.RemoteDesktopManager.Frames.FreTypeDescriptorSelection.OnSelectedChanged()

at Devolutions.RemoteDesktopManager.Frames.FreTypeDescriptorSelection.set_Selected(Boolean value)

at Devolutions.RemoteDesktopManager.Frames.FreTypeDescriptorSelection.rbSelected_CheckedChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton.OnCheckedChanged(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton.set_Checked(Boolean value)

at Devolutions.RemoteDesktopManager.Frames.FreTypeDescriptorSelection.lblText_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Label.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Clicking on from this error the credential window states that the plugin is not installed (which of course it is).

Please note that 6.9.7.0 did not have this problem in this Citrix environment. Also note that I tried the same setup on my Windows 7 laptop and it works fine (same application versions, datasource, KeePass safe, etc) so it would seem to be something in the Citrix environment.

Hope you can help?!

Cheers, Kent

Hi David,

RDM 7.0 is extremely slow to launch on a Citrix server. I've timed at 2.5 minutes from clicking the shortcut to it finally opening. This using either a local XML or a local Access datasource. Once launched RDM responds "normally". This behaviour has been around for a while but seems to have got worse from 6.9.8.0 on. (RDM is installed from the binary package as I don't have admin rights to the Citrix server.)

Any ideas?

Cheers, Kent

Could you try to install it in a folder like c:\RDM? What error do you get?

Hi David, I haven't been able to get any of the 6.5.x versions working when running on a Citrix desktop either. It crashes silently after a few seconds. (This is a portable install as I don't have install access rights.)

Good news is that 6.6 appears to have fixed it! :)

Cheers!

Hi,

When you do the Check, Keepass must be running and the database must be opened. This is for security reason. I never implemented the add-on for the version 1. I will try to look at it during the holiday.

Yes, KeePass was running with the database open is all my tests. OK, I'll concentrate on trying to get KeePass v2 working (I still use v1 for its compatibility with KeePassX, the OS X port).

Have a good break!

Thanks jhd, I tried that and other combinations with both KP 2.13 and 1.18 and either got the RDM exception or nothing at all. If I do have it set up as you state with KP 1.18 and I try and connect the session (not worrying about the failure to "Check" when specifying the KeePass UUID) RDM pops up a message saying it can't find the KeePass executable. (It is installed in D:\Program Files, not C:\Program Files so I wonder if that has something to do with it...?)

I cannot get this to work at all on Windows XP with KeePass 1.18 and RDM 5.9.0.7. KeePass does not appear to recognise the RemoteDesktopManagerPlugin.dll v1.0.0.1 plugin - it doesn't appear in the Tools/Plugins list at least. When I copy the plugin to a KeePass 2.13 installation I also get RDM exception mentioned by oki above when clicking "Check".

Also the zip file listed on the web page http://remotedesktopmanager.com/remotedesktopmanager/Support.aspx/Keepass has two files - the aforementioned RemoteDesktopManagerPlugin.dll v1.0.0.1 and a RemoteDesktopManager.Connector.dll v5.9.0.5. The RemoteDesktopManagerPlugin.dll is installed in the KeePass directory and I presume the RemoteDesktopManager.Connector.dll goes in the RDM directory.

I've tried various combinations including the older(?) RemoteDesktopManager.AddOn.dll and RemoteDesktopManagerPlugin.dll v1.0.0.0 but cannot establish a connection between RDM and KeePass.

I second that! This is cool stuff!!

Ah yes, that would probably explain it - I'm using RDM in a Citrix environment (where my desktop is pretty well "locked down" - I can't add RDM to my Startup menu, for example). I'm not across how user accounts are maintained our environment but apart from the initial "loss" my settings have survived across logout/login to my Citrix desktop, thank goodness!

Thanks, Kent

Hi David,

Yes, keyword filters work now! Just so as you know installing this version blew away all my options (data source location, etc, etc) including my license details - I guess it wasn't supposed to?

Back on the subject of filters - it'd be really, really nice to have a pop-up "filter history" (a maybe a configurable number of entries) so that you could quickly recall a particular filter :). I find myself having to type the same filter strings over and over again as I open/close sessions during the course of the day...

Cheers, Kent

Thanks David!

Cheers, Kent

Ah OK! Tricky! :)

Thanks David, but double-click opens the session :) It's not a big deal, more a convenience item (which is what I like about the other Dashboard items!).

Cheers, Kent

Hi David,

This doesn't seem to work for me. I have "Include Keywords" checked via the "More" button. Is there some specific format needed for keywords (comma separated or whatever?)?

Thanks again, Kent

Hi David,

Should it is possible to add a sub-connection as a (local) favourite? If not can it be added to the wishlist? :)

(Running v5.9.0)

Thanks, Kent