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    [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    https://github.com/wqweto/VbVncServer

    A single-class VNC server for embedding in LOB applications for built-in client support.

    Very much work in progress but first cut seems to work.

    Based on RFC 6143 and can be used with any VNC viewer like RealVNC or any other you prefer best.

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    getting errors about missing methods

    m_oZipArchive.DeflateEnd

    m_oZipArchive.DeflateInit

    where can i get the latest cZipArchive?

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    I missed updating the submodules on last commit, incl. the newest ZipArchive support for chunked deflate used for the zlib streams in VNC.

    Fixed and force pushed, sorry about that. You might need git reset origin/master --hard to sync changes.

    Quote Originally Posted by DllHell View Post
    where can i get the latest cZipArchive?
    In project's lib directory on github the submodules are linked to their original repos.

    Btw, latest version supports TightVNC compressed encoding too.

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    Very good project.
    In Local "VNC-Viewer" works pretty well.
    But connected to the mobile "VNC Viewer - Remote Desktop", the connection is lost many times, that is normal.
    It would be possible to control mouse and keyboard.

    regards good job

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    Quote Originally Posted by yokesee View Post
    It would be possible to control mouse and keyboard.
    I just finished implementing pointer events in commit fed6ff8 so now you can control the server with the mouse. This also fixed cursor pseudo-encoding so that server's mouse pointer shape in transferred to the client for better mouse pointing experience/responsiveness.

    Is this failing mobile "VNC Viewer - Remote Desktop" an Android or iPhone app?

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    great job, is there a possibility of creating the client in the future? I wanted to implement an "alternative teamvier", because I have a server with a valid IP

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    I was recently thinking about implementing a DirectX based one because RealVNC and TightVNC viewers are GDI based and are mightily lagging on weak video cards.

    I'm comparing VNC implementations directly with AnyDesk which is using the same Desktop Duplication for the video capture but in addition its secret souce is some kind of custom DirectX video codec both on the server to encode and on the client to decode *and* display using DirectX. The viewer happens to be so much smoother and refresh rate synchronized experience.

    Anyway, I'll try to complete this VNC server with keyboard, clipboard and file transfer support first which is my immediate plan as I need this for our LOB product support needs and just use TightVNC for the viewer in the meantime.

    Edit: Just released version 0.0.2 of the VNC server in VB6 for download and test.

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    this project is really cool, thanks for posting it.

    you probably know this already but libvpx is mentioned a lot. I think Chrome Remote Desktop uses it and there is some chatter online about anydesk using it too. teamviewer may be the "unnamed startup" in this x264 post
    https://web.archive.org/web/20150306...x/archives/249

    > I need this for our LOB product support needs and just use TightVNC for the viewer in the meantime.

    how are you handling firewalls and port forwards? We have a bunch of different clients and dealing with their routers and firewalls was a nightmare. teamviewer was nice because the connections always seem to work

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    Quote Originally Posted by strangeprob View Post
    how are you handling firewalls and port forwards? We have a bunch of different clients and dealing with their routers and firewalls was a nightmare.
    The client's VNC server is listening on 127.0.0.1:5900 so it's not accessible even from their own LAN and then using plink.exe to "phone home" to an sshd server of ours and open a *reverse* TCP tunnel with something like -R 7033:127.0.0.1:5900. This way each client has an assigned port on the sshd server (e.g. 7033 in this case is for CompanyA) where it's VNC traffic is tunneled to.

    We might have to automate the (dynamic) port assignment at some point with some kind of client active/inactive status tracking service (or just use XMPP) but we are not there yet.

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    Quote Originally Posted by wqweto View Post
    I was recently thinking about implementing a DirectX based one because RealVNC and TightVNC viewers are GDI based and are mightily lagging on weak video cards.
    UltraVNC viewer is using DirectX for the renderer and this viewer is what I'm currently aiming/testing with the VNC server.

    Just implemented JPEG Compression (for Tight Encoding) in commit 6148a09 using h/w accelerated and/or SIMD optimized WIC and the difference is noticable. Watching a real-time youtube video over VNC peaks at 1-2% CPU usage while the server is running being debugged in the VB6 IDE.

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    just thinking about it, would it be possible to restrict the capture to a window?

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    Quote Originally Posted by germano.barbosa View Post
    just thinking about it, would it be possible to restrict the capture to a window?
    This actually makes a lot of sense to monitor our target LOB application windows only.

    There are enough encodings in the VNC protocol for dynamic desktop sizing (targeted at when server is switching screen resolutions) and multi-monitor support which can be used to dynamicly size capture on a specific window or several ones in a target LOB application.

    Unfortunately there are other priorities first and this research will have to wait until everything planned is complete I suppose.

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    very good job
    What little proven, works great

    regards

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    Quote Originally Posted by wqweto View Post
    https://github.com/wqweto/VbVncServer/releases

    All features complete!

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    how to show remote desktop ,only show one exe? like abc.exe? remote app?

    for use only one exe on remote pc from client pc

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    Would you like to make a proxy server, to make a reverse connection with a central server that is listening, and on that same server connect a vncview by ID? I wanted to do an "alternative teamvier"

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    Quote Originally Posted by germano.barbosa View Post
    Would you like to make a proxy server, to make a reverse connection with a central server that is listening, and on that same server connect a vncview by ID? I wanted to do an "alternative teamvier"
    Something like this?

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    exactly

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    Quote Originally Posted by wqweto View Post
    Something like this?

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    I would have to connect to this repeater, I tried here anyway and it doesn't connect, I suspect that I also have to put an ID

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    Have you undergone long-term testing, usage, and stability? Do you have a very small vnc client software?
    Last edited by xiaoyao; Apr 17th, 2023 at 07:07 AM.

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    Re: [VB6] Simple VNC Server using DXGI Desktop Duplication

    Quote Originally Posted by xiaoyao View Post
    Have you undergone long-term testing, usage, and stability? Do you have a very small client?
    This and everything open-source under MIT comes with absolutely no warranties. This server might crash and/or leak passwords and files from client PCs. Use at your own risk, you are warned!

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