yes, on windows, I have plugins that works without recompilation. i.e., plugin binary works for windows rdp server just work for freerdp.
--- On Mon, 7/23/12, Jay Sorg <jay.s...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Jay Sorg <jay.s...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Freerdp-devel] A ping app over FreeRDP Virtual Channels To: "salil kanitkar" <slashf...@gmail.com> Cc: freerdp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Monday, July 23, 2012, 5:00 PM FreeRDP uses the same API as does MSTSC. It's just an so instead of DLL. I pushed a sample plugin called "skel" a few weeks ago that demos how to create a simple channel plugin. I does exactly what you said, it sends the same data back. Take a look at channels/skel/ Jay > I am a Master's student and I am new to FreeRDP. > I just installed, compiled FreeRDP and am able to RDP to a Win7 Enterprise > edition machine from a Ubuntu machine. > I have a simple ping-like app written using WTSVirtualChannel API that > works fine over Win7-Win7 RDP. > > I wish to make it work over FreeRDP as well. > > Currently, on the client side (i.e. machine from which I am RDP-ing), I > register a DLL that does the handling via virtualChannelRead, Write etc. > calls. > The server side (i.e. the machine RDP-ed to) has an exe file that uses > WTSVirtualChannelOpen and other calls to send a sample string to client > side. Nothing fancy. > > I have a few questions - > 1) Since the server-side will still be windows, I can keep that part > unchaged right? > 2) I was thinking of making a .so file and linking it with xfreerdp - to > mimic the way DLL works. > Is this a good option? > 3) Are there any configuration options to tell FreeRDP that I have an app > that wants to use Virtual Channels? > > I apologize if my questions sound wrong, vague or irrelevent. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks! > -Salil > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Freerdp-devel mailing list > Freerdp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freerdp-devel mailing list Freerdp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freerdp-devel mailing list Freerdp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel
