I want to write a telnet client that can log into a unix box then by menu send preprogrammed text to automate common functions. I am new at writing code and started in Basic and was discourage by the author that it would be dificult. So I have started in Aurora, I have a window, with menus and have been able by looking at examples, I have made it open a filen close a file, print and close the program. But I am lost with the IP statements, and then how to get a text string to go out the IP port.
Is there any sample code or can someone give me some advice, Does Socket wrench work with this? and do I need to spend &100 dollars. I have been told I should just break down and buy Borland but the price is steep, and I have found other than the DOC's this is a nice language.
Hope some one can lend some advice
Mike
Aurora is in beta, if you feel more confortable with BASIC then by all means use Emergence BASIC, the docs are more complete.
Paul.
I would rather us Aurora but not sure if I need socketwrench or someother client, and I am not exactly sure where to go next.
There is a free library 'psftp lib' that could be converted to a dll.
I wanted to do this for some time - just not high on my round -2-it list.
If you do it I would like a copy :)
Quote from: mlbaker4 on February 25, 2008, 01:29:13 AM
I would rather us Aurora but not sure if I need socketwrench or someother client, and I am not exactly sure where to go next.
I emailed you the last build of the Aurora class libraries that were done for SocketTools, so hopefully that can help get you pointed in the right direction. If you decide to go with EBasic, I have a set of declarations and constants for it as well somewhere around here.
Are they free?
They require the SocketTools 5.0 Library Edition (or Secure Library Edition), which isn't free.
I will pay for either if I can get them to compile, otherwise it looks like several huundred dollars for powerbasic, or 800 for Borland, then the cost of the library which isn' bad when you look at the work that was involved.
Here is what I get Compiling Resources
Compiling...
Timer.src
Connect.src
LoadString.src
Telnet.src
MainWnd.src
Clipboard.src
cstools5.inc
csrtkey5.inc
cserror5.inc
Telnet.inc
Linking...
Aurora Linker v1.0 Copyright ÂÃ,©2005,2006 Ionic Wind Software
Unresolved external CTelnet@CTelnet
Error: Unresolved extern CTelnet@CTelnet
Error: Unresolved extern CTelnet@_CTelnet
Error: Unresolved extern CTelnet@OnConnect
Error: Unresolved extern CTelnet@OnDisconnect
Error: Unresolved extern CTelnet@OnRead
Error: Unresolved extern CTelnet@OnWrite
Error(s) in linking Terminal.exe
Make sure that you're also telling the linker to bring in cstacls5.lib (look for it in the Classes folder, where the source, include and makefiles are). I suspect that it's not finding that library, and that's causing your problem.
It is showing as included but I still get the same errors in linking any ideas?
Quote from: mlbaker4 on February 25, 2008, 06:03:29 PM
It is showing as included...
what exactlly do you mean?
that you included it with
#include "cstacls5.lib"or that you included it with
#use "cstacls5.lib"and are you #including an .inc file which declares all those functions?
Just basing questions on what I do in EBasic.
Larry
I imported the library into the compiler it is shown in the resource page
It's my understanding that a .lib is NOT added as a resource.
Look at the internet_explorer.src to see how a .lib file is used.
Also see
Aurora\examples\classmaker\classmaker.src(1): #use "advapi32.lib"
Aurora\examples\classmaker.src(1): #use "advapi32.lib"
Aurora\examples\shell_com_example.src(1): #use "ole32.lib"
Aurora\examples\shell_com_example.src(2): #use "uuid.lib"
Aurora\imgeditor\ibssim.src(12): $use "irun.lib"
Aurora\imgeditor\ibssim.src(13): $use "sbdll.lib"
Aurora\imgeditor\pic_class.src(5): #use "oleaut32.lib"
Larry
I am doing better I think this is the following compiler statements and error.Compiling... I am not sure what i am missing for the main, most of the original problems were having files in a different folder and even after I moved them, the project was still looking at the old location
cserror5.inc
csrtkey5.inc
cstools5.inc
Timer.src
Connect.src
MainWnd.src
Telnet.src
Clipboard.inc
Connect.inc
MainWnd.inc
Telnet.inc
Timer.inc
Clipboard.src
Resource.inc
LoadString.src
Linking...
Aurora Linker v1.0 Copyright ÂÃ,©2005,2006 Ionic Wind Software
Unresolved external main
Error: Unresolved extern main
Error(s) in linking Terminal.exe
The main() function, which contains the starting code for your program, is in the MainWnd.src module. That same module is also what implements the CMainWnd class, which is used to host the terminal emulation view. Based on your list above, it looks like it's being compiled, so I'm not sure why the linker is complaining about not finding it.
I Think I fiund the problem, in csrtkey5.inc it doesn't like this statement string CSTOOLS5_LICENSE_KEY = ""; I had originally remarke out the line and everything seemed to compile, I had for got this and when I just went back to un remark it out, When I compiled I got a lot of errors:
It appears it does not like the word String:
Compiling...
Timer.src
File: csrtkey5.inc (18) STRING: Initializer not supported
Error(s) in compiling "C:\Program Files\Aurora\examples\Timer.src"
Connect.src
File: csrtkey5.inc (18) STRING: Initializer not supported
Error(s) in compiling "C:\Program Files\Aurora\examples\Connect.src"
LoadString.src
Telnet.src
File: csrtkey5.inc (18) STRING: Initializer not supported
Error(s) in compiling "C:\Program Files\Aurora\examples\Telnet.src"
MainWnd.src
File: csrtkey5.inc (18) STRING: Initializer not supported
Error(s) in compiling "C:\Program Files\Aurora\examples\MainWnd.src"
Clipboard.src
csrtkey5.inc
cserror5.inc
Telnet.inc
File: csrtkey5.inc (18) STRING: Initializer not supported
Error(s) in compiling "C:\Program Files\Aurora\include\Telnet.inc"
cstools5.inc
File: csrtkey5.inc (18) STRING: Initializer not supported
Error(s) in compiling "C:\Program Files\Aurora\include\cstools5.inc"
MainWnd.inc
File: csrtkey5.inc (18) STRING: Initializer not supported
Error(s) in compiling "C:\Program Files\Aurora\include\MainWnd.inc"
Timer.inc
Clipboard.inc
Connect.inc
Resource.inc
Something must have changed with the language then, the last time I had compiled those examples (which was quite a while ago, admittedly) there wasn't a problem. Kind of strange that the current version apparently doesn't like initializing string values.
In any case, it's easy to work around. Just comment it out, and wherever you see it in a source file, replace it with an empty string literal.
Mike
I recopied all the files and put them in the correct directories on Aurora, it compiled and worked the first time. The only problem I had is one of the systems I have needs local echo, and it wasn't an option. So as a new programmer I plan to trt to move my windows elements into your main and see what happens and if I can figure out how to automate many of the items, directories.
This is a great start, and is definatly heading me the right direction, as soon as I can make sure this combination will suite my needs I will purchase which ever of your products you feel I shoue buy.
I am very grateful to the help you and guidence you have given me and your products are wort every penny I will spend. I have started this project numerous times in variations of BASIC, C++ Builder ran into problems with th Microsoft Express studio, and Iran into problems with the telnet piece everytime. I could get the gui built, menus, and basic functions, but without the telnet piece it was all a waste of time.
Thank you very much\
Mike
Well I am still having a few problems,
if I put the statement g_pMainWnd->SetWindowColor (RGB (64,0,130)); after the config window statement the default window color does not change.
how is the IP address put in the statement if (g_pClient->Connect(192.168.1.14,23) = false) I keep getting an error on the .1 I habe tried usinig 001 and get the same error just with the .001. I am trying to define the connections to set IP and port numbers with no time out.
I also can't get the charachter to echo on systems that need that, and is some instances I need to send a Control Enter to get to the next line and a few others a Control J. Where are the emulations defined? I have specifications on some of what I need. I have tried all three built in emulations without much success. But I have added the Menus, and am farther than I have ever been.
I hope someone can shed some light on this, it really looks like this product with this compiler works very well, and the cost is minimual, if a few bugs are wworked out, and it is proabably all me as a Newbie. Maybe after all this I can become a Newbie Grade 2.
Mike
To change display colors, use the SetForeColor, SetBackColor methods (or call ChooseColor and let the user pick). If you look at the class implementation, you'll see that it ends up calling functions like NvtSetDisplayForeColor, which is what's needed to change emulation colors. Depending on what else you're doing, you may also need to redraw the window to update it.
If you want to enable local character echoing, then call the SetLocalEcho method such as: g_pMainWnd->SetLocalEcho(true) and that should do it. The source for all of this is in the csnvtcls.src file, so you can look in there and see how it's handled internally.
With the Connect method, the first argument is a string: g_pClient->Connect("192.168.1.14", 23) and if you want to send individual characters to the server, use the WriteChar method: g_pClient->WriteChar('A')
I can't get the local echo to work or a connect, I have tried to copy various statements but I guess I am just to stupid to figure it out. It is connecting bit I get the following error:
Invalid handle passed to function
Here is the connection statements
sub OnColuTelnet (CMainWnd *g_pMainWnd)
{
g_pMainWnd->SetLocalEcho(true);
g_pClient->Connect("192.168.1.14",23);
g_pClient->SetTerminalType("ansi");
g_pClient->ShowError();
return 0;
}
I knoe your probably tired of helping and I am truely sorry, I have been able to get the other parts working slowely and with your help.
Quote from: mlbaker4 on February 26, 2008, 04:59:33 PM
...I am just to stupid to figure it out...
...I knoe your probably tired of helping.....
We ALL feel "stupid" at times, no one moreso than me. So forget that!
As you spend more time here on the forum you'll find that people don't get tired of helping. That's the primary purpose of the forum.
But you also will find that certain members have expertice in certain areas. The more complicated the question the fewer the people with the necessary knowledge. Since those experts have lives other than the forum you have to just ask your questions and wait for a reply.
Now, there are a few people who seem to be experts in just about everything but they get spread thin because they are the ones that answer the most "hard" questions.
People like me answer questions that tend to be the much easier questions.
When we see questions in the area you are dealing with we know lest than you do.
Be patience, ask questions, have fun, and it will all come together.
Larry
The code that you're apparently trying to write is already in the Terminal example. Take a look at the OnMenuConnect method to see how it's implemented. That example is also one of the more complex ones, primarily because it involves two different libraries, so you've picked kind of a steep hill to climb right from the start; I'd recommend making small, incremental changes to the existing code rather than trying to write your own at the start.
One other thing that is important to keep in mind is that you should always check return values. For example, try:
if (g_pClient->Connect("192.168.1.14", 23) == false)
{
g_pClient->ShowError();
}
That will show a message box that describes the error that has occurred if the method fails. Never simply assume that a particular method will succeed.
Till not having much luck I thinl I will start a new project tonight and try to start wit just a basic connect with a simple window.
You can download the putty/psftp libs for free - you can get source and executable.
Could be another way to try it.
Just to point out, PuTTY and PsFTP aren't libraries. They're applications, and while there is source, it's written in C and is definitely not something that you could just compile and link into an application. For one, it uses globals all over the place and doesn't even have an internal API that is thread-safe. So calling it a library is incorrect, unless there's some version of PuTTY I'm not aware of that is implemented as a DLL with an exposed API. The best that you could probably do is shell out to PLink (the console version of PuTTY) and use pipes.
My whole point is to be able to provide a customized telnet client to do specific functions, for technicians in the filed that are using slow speed wireles air cards, who are not unix guru's so they can push abutton, and get done what they need, then to build off of this to do other functions. And yes I could buy a number of Telnet Clients and write scripts in Visual basic to ge the job done, but then to be able to legally distribute this I would need a copy for each technician. By compliling my own code I can buy they compilier, sockets for development, and distrubute it freely as long as the complied code is not disassembled or the programs and sockets given to others. I hope this is correct.
I have used Putty, and been a ProComm users for many years I have most of my scripts written for ProComm which include custom windows and buttons, I have looked at every client on the Market and none cone close to ProComm.
SO I decided to venture forward with a compiler buy the needed sockets and give it a shot on my own, learning to write code has been something I have wanted to do a tinkered with for years.
My first attempt at this was with Liberty Basic, got a great window, all the menues I needed, all the common commands like save, copy and paste working, but couldn't figure out the Telnet at all, and I bought that program, I then Downladed Microsoft visual studios, and with little experience it was cumbersome to use, I then downloaded a Borland C++ it has some new name, and it was very cumbersome to do little things in.
I then stumbled onto Aurora and with in a day I had coded the window, all the buttons, menuse and got the common items to work, but still the lack ofa complete manual means a lot of trial and error, and then I couldn't seem to find anyway to make the CTelnet functions work, Once I got the Socket wrench products I was able to get the demo working with a little trial and error, but as soone as I try to copy and play with the code on my own I could get connected, get an error message, and never get a return back from the host.
Even with the sample program I haven't been able to get the local echo to work and I am not sure how to handle the problem where I have to hit a control enter to move to the next line, I was going to remap the key when I got more of the project working,
SO so day I am going to try to just get the bare code working to telnet. I am not sure what each of the libraries or files I need but I am going to dig around in the samples and try to come up with it.
Look on Socket wrenches web site, and learn as I hack away at the code. For an old man of 52 I enjoy this and if I get it to work I will feel a sense of acomplishement, will I make any money the answer is no, but it will make my day to day life easier, and it will give me a new skill set something of value you as the corporate world only cares about you while you can do what they need and they can't get it done cheaper.
Who knows maybe I can write a diet program, and get on the diet bandwagon, and have the program offer encouragement, and with a few sensors make the decision if the portions are to much, then I could make a little money. And make insulting remarks as the person walks buy the computer ot if they play an online game telling them to go aoutside and run around the block before it lets you play.
Do not know if this would work but you can check it out - http://www.dart.com/cpp_trial.aspx
Quote from: Rock Ridge Farm (Larry) on February 27, 2008, 11:57:46 AM
Do not know if this would work but you can check it out - http://www.dart.com/cpp_trial.aspx
They wouldn't because they're C++ classes, and you can't link C++ and Auroa objects together. He'd need a standard Windows DLL that exports unmangled functions. I don't recall if Aurora can directly link to COFF or OMF object files generated by Visual C++ or C++ Builder, but I do remember that Paul commented that because of how C++ libraries are mangled (and each compiler does it differently), you couldn't just link them in.
I think socket wrench is going to work but it is probably my lack of knowledge, I may try a different laguage socket wrench supports if I can find a demo to try before I buy , I really enjoy Aurora.
Actually, the SocketTools Telnet DLL would be easier for you; SocketWrench is lower-level, and you'd basically have to implement the Telnet protocol yourself in code (something which our Telnet API will do for you). It would be helpful to understand more about what you actually need done. Do you actually want a terminal emulation interface, for example?
I downloaded the latest build of Aurora and did some poking around. The problem that you saw in csrtkey5.inc can be easily fixed by changing:
string CSTOOLS5_LICENSE_KEY = "";
to:
#define CSTOOLS5_LICENSE_KEY ""
Apparently at some point, Paul modified Aurora to allow you to define string values and the initialization of strings was removed or modified in some fashion. In any case, that small change takes care of that.
In the Terminal example, if you wanted to implement local echo, there's a few small changes to the example in MainWnd.src. First, modify the OnChar handler so that it looks like this:
CMainWnd::OnChar(unsigned int nChar, int nRepCnt), int
{
if (!g_pClient->IsConnected())
{
MessageBeep(-1);
return 0;
}
g_pClient->WriteChar(nChar, nRepCnt);
return CTerminal!!OnChar(nChar, nRepCnt);
}
When I had told you to use SetLocalEcho, the problem was that OnChar wasn't calling the base class implementation in CTerminal (which is what handles the local echoing of characters). Then, add a call to SetLocalEcho in main():
global sub main()
{
g_pMainWnd = new(CMainWnd, 1);
g_pClient = new(CTelnet, 1);
g_pMainWnd->Create(100, 100, 500, 300,
AWS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | AWS_HSCROLL | AWS_VSCROLL | AWS_VISIBLE,
0,
"Terminal",
null);
// Resize the window to the appropriate width and height for
// the current (default) font; this will make sure that all
// rows and columns can be displayed without requiring scrollbars
//
// Note that if you want to force the display to always be
// this size, call the SetAutoSize method
g_pMainWnd->Resize();
g_pMainWnd->SetLocalEcho(true);
do
{
Wait();
}
until (g_pMainWnd->m_hwnd = 0);
delete g_pMainWnd;
delete g_pClient;
return 0;
}
I just added it right after the call to Resize(), which adjusts the window size to match the virtual display used by the emulator. Whatever is entered is echoed locally. I can send you the modified sample, if you'd prefer.
I put together the simplest Telnet program I could for you. It's console based, and with no emulation it effectively acts just like a dumb terminal. As you'll see, the IP address and so on are hard-coded, but I didn't want to add a lot extraneous code that dealt with things like parsing command line arguments.
// SocketTools 5.0 Telnet example for Aurora
#autodefine "off"
// Include the SocketTools header file
#include "cstools5.inc"
// Default buffer size used for reading data sent by the
// server; this could be any reasonably sized value
#define BUFFERSIZE 4096
// The libraries that should be linked into the program
#use "cstntav5.lib"
#use "cstacls5.lib"
global sub main()
{
CTelnetClient *pClient;
int bLocalEcho = false;
// Make sure that a console window is open
OpenConsole();
// Create an instance of the CTelnetClient class
pClient = new(CTelnetClient, 1);
//
// Establish a connection with the server. The first argument
// is the IP address or hostname of the server. The second
// argument is the port number (23 is the default port number
// used for Telnet). The third argument is the timeout period
// in seconds.
//
if (!pClient->Connect("192.168.0.2", 23, 10))
{
ShowError(pClient);
return;
}
//
// Set the terminal type to "dumb" which is what most UNIX
// based Telnet servers will recognize as a terminal with
// no character positioning or graphics capability
//
pClient->SetTerminalType("dumb");
//
// The main loop where were check for data to be read and
// displayed, as well as keypresses
//
while (pClient->IsConnected())
{
//
// If the IsReadable method returns true, this means
// that there is data available to read from the server
//
while (pClient->IsReadable())
{
dstring strBuffer[BUFFERSIZE+1];
int nBytesRead;
//
// The Read method reads the data from the server and
// copies it into the buffer that we provide. If it is
// successful, it will return the number of bytes read;
// otherwise if it fails, it will return TELNET_ERROR
//
nBytesRead = pClient->Read(strBuffer, BUFFERSIZE);
if (nBytesRead > 0)
{
// Write the data to the console
writeln(StrLeft(strBuffer, nBytesRead));
}
else if (nBytesRead == TELNET_ERROR)
{
// An error has occurred, display an error message
// to the user and disconnect from the server
ShowError(pClient);
pClient->Disconnect();
break;
}
}
//
// If we are no longer connected to the server, then an
// error must have occurred, so break out of the loop
//
if (!pClient->IsConnected())
break;
//
// Check if the user has pressed a key; if they have,
// then send that keypress to the server using the Write
// method
//
do
{
string strKeyPress = GetKey();
if (len(strKeyPress) > 0)
{
// Send the keypress to the server as input
pClient->Write(strKeyPress, 1);
// If local echo is enabled, then also write
// the character to the console
if (bLocalEcho)
writeln(strKeyPress);
}
}
until len(strKeyPress) == 0;
}
// Destroy this instance of the CTelnetClient object
delete pClient;
}
//
// If an error has occurred, then write it out to the console.
// Note that if the error indicates that the connection has
// been closed, we simply return since this is normal when the
// user logs out from the server.
//
global sub ShowError(CTelnetClient *pClient)
{
unsigned int nError;
string strError;
nError = pClient->GetLastError();
if (nError == ST_ERROR_CONNECTION_CLOSED)
return;
if (nError > 0)
{
pClient->GetErrorString(nError, strError);
print("\nError 0x" + NumToHex(nError) + ": " + strError);
}
}
With the comments, it should be fairly self-explanatory in terms of how things work. Internally, the library handles all of the protocol related stuff like option negotiation, so all your program "sees" is the standard output and error channels from the server.
Well I am doing pretty good but I am having a few problems that aren't about Telnet, If I use the options section and paste my telnet programming it works, but when I add on to the existing menu for options it works well.
here is part of the Menu text
m.MenuItem( "&Options",0,IDM_TOOLS_OPTIONS);
m.MenuTitle( "Help");
m.MenuItem( "About...",0,IDM_HELP_ABOUT);
m.MenuTitle( "&Telnet BTS");
m.MenuItem( "COLU Telnet",0,IDM_COLU_TELNET);
case IDM_COLU_TELNET:
OnMenuColu();
I added IDM_COLU_TELNET
I Then added the below line to resources.inc
#define IDM_COLU_TELNET 15
I then added declare OnMenuColu(), int; to MainWnd.inc
But the menu option doesn't work.
What am I missing.
The only other thing is I can't get is the default window color to change, I think this might have to do with the menu options for color are defaulting it to white.
any idea?
Honestly, I don't know what your menu related issues would be. I just tried adding it to the example and didn't have a problem. As far as the foreground and background colors are concerned, you just need to make sure that you call the Redraw() method after you're done setting them. I've attached the updated Terminal example with the changes made. Hopefully that gets you pointed in the right direction.
Mike
Got the menu problem resolved I found an extra } at the end of the first line way out from the text itself off the screen resolution I was using. After finding that it worked great, I took the Tools section and added a popup set of of buttons to turn local echo on and off and I am well on my way. I haven't fixed the color but that is minor and I will work on it now. I want to thank you for all the help, and am I using the Library or the Standard Socket wrench. I plan to keep churning out customized terminal program so I want to purchase what will work better. Sofar the few changes you have made have it working very well with Aurora.
I know you showed me how to send a character in text, What if it is a full long line of text, can I send a full line, or several lines, then a return at the end?
Any way thank you very much.
Also I have one stsem I log into the handles the normal return fine, and another that requires me to use control return, Is there an iption in the tools to send what I think amounts to a linefeed return, or what ever the control return is. I guess I could remap the key.
But now it is becoming fun, I found I had three compiliers installed all different brands and they fought over certain files, once I removed all But Aurora and put all the files needed for the Terminal program in one folder, I had a lot better success than having files all over.
I tried putting the color statement in various places and the rebuild and never could get the screen color to change, I put it down in the resize section and got a blue and white striped scrolling color, interesteng but not very useful.
I am starting to think the default color is either coming from p_gclient, or one of the CTerminal statements. I messed around with it in the these areas and got an undefined statement error each time. I am digging through the C5TOOLS and each of the source and include code pages but havent figure it out yet. I may remark out a few lines and see what happens.
There's already code (in the menu handler) to set the foreground and background color of the emulation window, so I'm not really clear on what you're asking for here. If you wanted to set it to a specific color instead of using ChooseColor, then use SetForeColor and/or SetBackColor as appropriate, then call the Redraw method. The CTerminal class is what manages the colors; if you're attempting to use lower level Windows API code to change the colors, then that's not going to work. You need to use the methods in that class, following the code that's already in the example.
Mike
You have my thoughts correct I wan the terminal to start up in DarkBlue background and white type.
I was using g_pMainWnd->SetWindowColor (RGB (64,0,130)) butas you described it didn't work. I am sorry I am using so much of your time, since the help files don't show any examples, is there book I can get that would get me close so I don't have to ask so much since I am beginner. I look at this code and I am lost I have tried to play with different paramaters and nothing works. declare SetBackColor(unsigned int clrref), int;
I would assume I would add the statements to telnet.src? If you have a moment can you look at my post before the color question, and head me the right direction?
I'm afraid there isn't a book about Windows programming in Aurora (at least, not that one that I'm aware of). The documentation that we provide for the SocketTools Library Edition is geared primarily towards C/C++ programmers. The information generally applies, but the class implementation is different. In any case, if you wanted to tell the emulator to use a purple background with white text, you'd add:
g_pMainWnd->SetForeColor(RGB(255,255,255));
g_pMainWnd->SetBackColor(RGB(64,0,130));
Put that right before the call to the Resize method, in main(). It'll change the colors, and then when Resize is called, it'll adjust the display and redraw it, which will cause the background and foreground to be drawn using those colors.
As far as sending lines of text and so on is concerned, you'd just use something like g_pClient->Write(strBuffer, len(strBuffer)), where strBuffer is a string that contains what you want to send. The second argument is the number of bytes that you want to send. For example:
if (g_pClient->IsConnected())
{
string strBuffer = "/bin/ls -l /usr/bin\n";
g_pClient->Write(strBuffer, len(strBuffer));
}
else
{
MessageBox(this, "You are not connected to a server", "Error");
}
The "\n" in the string is how you embed a newline in a string literal. Depending on the server/device that you're connected to, you may need to send something like "\x0d\x0a" (which is a carriage-return/linefeed pair) instead. It depends on what end-of-line conventions it uses.
Mike
Thanks for the help I had just figured out the color and was coming back here to tell you I got it, I am grateful for the line text information with that I will start the hard stuff, the text sending and receiving even in a simple script language like program was intense, I have one script to all technicians to turn on and off a piece of equipment that took 2000 lines, do to the different unix prompts that our various computer uses.
Mike
I am able to send the text with your help with no problem, but how do I make a simple waitfor name: send "name" waitfor password: send "Password"
then after waitng for other strings of text a waitfor ">" some other text.
I see the login function in C5TOOLS but havent; figured out the string, and search refrences for C++ for most of these did not pan out. Once connected I can send text all day but with the line you gave me even if I rem out the id connected statement I can't get it to send a name and password.
Hope you ahve a little more time in you for help.
Mike
You would use the Search method to look for specific text in the data stream returned by the server; everything read up to (and including) that text is then returned to you in a buffer, which you can either examine or discard. Here's an example with a modified version of the OnMenuConnect implementation that looks for login and password prompts. The thing that makes it somewhat more complicated is that you're mixing blocking functions (Search, in this case) with an asynchronous session. The way that I did it here is that I only enable asynchronous events after the "autologin" code has been executed (look down where the "bAutoLogin" variable is declared). Keep in mind that, of course, the username and password will need to changed, as probably will the prompt string and so forth. Your specific requirements would dictate what you would specifically need to do.
// Create an instance of the CConnectDlg dialog class which will
// allow the user to specify the host name, port, etc. for the
// connection
CMainWnd::OnMenuConnect(), int
{
CConnectDlg dlg;
dlg.Create(0,0,300,140,0x80C00080,0,"Connect",this);
dlg.AddControl(CTSTATIC,"Server:",14,17,41,18,0x5000010B,0x0,IDC_LABEL_HOSTNAME);
dlg.AddControl(CTEDIT,"",71,14,121,20,0x50810000,0x200,IDC_EDIT_HOSTNAME);
dlg.AddControl(CTSTATIC,"Port:",201,17,31,18,0x5000010B,0x0,IDC_LABEL_HOSTPORT);
dlg.AddControl(CTEDIT,"",247,14,34,20,0x50810000,0x200,IDC_EDIT_HOSTPORT);
dlg.AddControl(CTSTATIC,"Emulation:",14,46,54,18,0x5000010B,0x0,IDC_LABEL_EMULATION);
dlg.AddControl(CTCOMBOBOX,"ComboBox1",71,43,121,41,0x50A10603,0x0,IDC_COMBO_EMULATION);
dlg.AddControl(CTSTATIC,"Timeout:",201,46,47,18,0x5000010B,0x0,IDC_LABEL_TIMEOUT);
dlg.AddControl(CTEDIT,"",247,43,34,20,0x50810000,0x200,IDC_EDIT_TIMEOUT);
dlg.AddControl(CTDEFBUTTON,"Connect",70,97,70,28,0x50010001,0x0,IDC_BUTTON_CONNECT);
dlg.AddControl(CTBUTTON,"Cancel",161,97,70,28,0x50010000,0x0,IDC_BUTTON_CANCEL);
dlg.SetConnectInfo(&m_conInfo);
dlg.DoModal();
// Check if the user pressed the Cancel button
if (dlg.IsCanceled())
return 0;
// Get the connection info specified by the user
dlg.GetConnectInfo(&m_conInfo);
// Set the emulation based on what the user selected
if (SetEmulation(m_conInfo.m_nEmulation))
{
string strTermType;
if (GetTerminalType(strTermType))
{
g_pClient->SetTerminalType(strTermType);
}
}
else
{
MessageBox(this, LoadString(IDS_BADEMULATION), "Error");
return 0;
}
// Automatic login information for this session
int bAutoLogin = true;
string strUserName = "user";
string strPassword = "secret";
// Put the Telnet client into asynchronous (non-blocking)
// mode where events will be generated; this should only
// be done if we're not automatically logging in
if (!bAutoLogin)
{
g_pClient->EnableEvents(m_hWnd, WM_CLIENT_EVENT);
}
// Establish a connection with the remote host
if (g_pClient->Connect(m_conInfo.m_strHostName,
m_conInfo.m_nHostPort,
m_conInfo.m_nTimeout) = false)
{
g_pClient->ShowError();
return 0;
}
if (bAutoLogin)
{
dstring strBuffer[1024];
unsigned int dwLength = 1024;
int bLoggedIn = false;
// Set the timeout to a low value so that we don't wait a long
// time if the wrong prompts are returned
g_pClient->SetTimeout(5);
// Search for the login prompt in the data returned by the server
if (g_pClient->Search("ogin: ", strBuffer, dwLength))
{
// Send the username, terminated with a carriage-return/linefeed pair
g_pClient->Write(strUserName + "\x0d\x0a", len(strUserName) + 2);
// Search for the password prompt
dwLength = 1024;
if (g_pClient->Search("word: ", strBuffer, dwLength))
{
// Send the password, terminated with a carriage-return/linefeed pair
g_pClient->Write(strPassword + "\x0d\x0a", len(strPassword) + 2);
bLoggedIn = true;
}
}
if (bLoggedIn)
{
// If we are logged in, then search for a command prompt (in this case,
// it's the "$" sign on a UNIX system) and then send a command
dwLength = 1024;
if (g_pClient->Search("$ ", strBuffer, dwLength))
{
strBuffer = "/bin/date\x0d\x0a";
g_pClient->Write(strBuffer, len(strBuffer));
}
else
{
MessageBox(this, "Unable to send command, prompt not found", "Error");
}
}
else
{
MessageBox(this, "Login failed, no username or password prompt found", "Error");
}
// Restore the timeout period specified by the user
g_pClient->SetTimeout(m_conInfo.m_nTimeout);
// Enable event handling for the remainder of the session, now that
// we have logged in successfully
g_pClient->EnableEvents(m_hWnd, WM_CLIENT_EVENT);
}
else
{
// If we are not automatically logged in, start a timer; if the the
// timeout period elapses, then the connection will be terminated
// and the user will be warned
m_pTimer = new(CConnectTimer, 1);
m_pTimer->StartTimer((m_conInfo.m_nTimeout * 1000), this);
}
return 0;
}
Mike Or any one else who can guide me,
I want to create the following and use them global in the program:
string strUserName;
string Password;
strUserName = "Mike"
strPassword = "password"
If I put these in global sub main ()
It compiles past this but lower in the programs where I actually use the strings I get an undefined variable error when I try to write the string.
My goal is to add text boxes that will allow the user to change these strings as passwords have to change on a regular basis.
If I use the same string in every connect section I get duplicate string errors. I just can't figure out the syntax to be able to call the strings globally
If you want to create a global variable, make sure you define it outside of any functions or methods. Look at how the g_pMainWnd and g_pClient variables are declared (the coding style that I use, I prefix globals with g_ just to make it clear in the source). With Aurora, it would look like:
global g_strUserName;
string g_strUserName;
If you want to use that global in another source module, you'd declare it as:
extern g_strUserName as string;
Personally I wish Aurora would combine the global syntax so you could write something like "global string g_strUserName", but right now I believe that you have to use two different statements (if I'm wrong on this, and something's changed, I'm sure Paul will correct me there).