I would also consider a code contribution, however, if you want to get your hands dirty and figure out how to make our file transfer feature compatible again. I always fall back on the "funding needed" line because, historically, very few people have contributed code to TurboVNC. The Windows viewer code in particular is a bit difficult to work with.
On 8/1/17 9:32 PM, DRC wrote: > Sorry for the delay on this. Your message got lost in my inbox because > I was apparently traveling when it was received. > > The file transfer feature in our Windows native viewer is a relic of its > TightVNC heritage. That feature has remained in the code only because I > was able to maintain it without any significant changes, but it doesn't > work with our server (which is Unix/Linux-only), and it doesn't exist in > our Java-based viewer (which is the only TurboVNC Viewer available on > non-Windows platforms.) I can verify that the feature still works with > the legacy TightVNC v1.3 server but not with the latest TightVNC v2.8 > server, so apparently something has changed in the RFB file transfer > protocol that makes our implementation no longer compatible. > > TurboVNC, as a product, is driven by the needs of serving on-demand > Unix/Linux professional 3D applications. Mainly as a service to the > community, and so I can additional testing resource for our viewer, I > support UltraVNC as a server. However, none of my paying customers is > actually using the UltraVNC Server, so my support for that platform is > going to be more limited and low-priority. In all likelihood, unless an > organization steps up to financially sponsor the development of an > updated file transfer feature, the chances of it happening are slim to none. > > On 4/30/17 9:22 AM, David Dai wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm a new user of turbovnc, i use turbovnc client with ultravnc server >> as suggested, >> the client profermence is so amazing, but the file transfer function is >> diabled. I am >> using turbovnc 2.1.1 and ultravnc 1.2.1.2. >> >> Is the FBP version turbovnc used not compatible with ultravnc? will it >> be supported? >> >> Best regards, >> >> David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ TurboVNC-Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/turbovnc-users
