Remote Desktop Connection from c#

[trullock]

Hi,

Is there a way to launch an remote desktop connection to a specified
server/username from c#?

If there's a way to send the password too that would be useful, but i'm
not so interested in that if its a problem.

Thanks!
Andrew

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

you could probably run process.start against the mstsc.exe program (remote
connection manager) to shell an instance of Remote Conenction Manager to
create your connection using a .rdp file as your command line argument.
You'll need to dig about for the correct argument syntax but can start here:

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[trullock]

John Timney (MVP) wrote:

you could probably run process.start against the mstsc.exe program (remote
connection manager) to shell an instance of Remote Conenction Manager to
create your connection using a .rdp file as your command line argument.

Cool, thanks alot thats exactly what I needed.
Having tried this however a problem has emerged;

When i run the application from a networked location i get a
SecurityExcepti on :(

What can i do about this?

Thanks!

Andrew

Below is the top of the stack trace
System.Security .SecurityExcept ion: Request failed.
at
System.Security .CodeAccessSecu rityEngine.Thro wSecurityExcept ion(Assembly
asm, PermissionSet granted, PermissionSet refused, RuntimeMethodHa ndle
rmh, SecurityAction action, Object demand, IPermission permThatFailed)
at
System.Security .CodeAccessSecu rityEngine.Thro wSecurityExcept ion(Object
assemblyOrStrin g, PermissionSet granted, PermissionSet refused,
RuntimeMethodHa ndle rmh, SecurityAction action, Object demand,
IPermission permThatFailed)
at
System.Security .CodeAccessSecu rityEngine.Chec kSetHelper(Perm issionSet
grants, PermissionSet refused, PermissionSet demands,
RuntimeMethodHa ndle rmh, Object assemblyOrStrin g, SecurityAction
action, Boolean throwException)
at
System.Security .CodeAccessSecu rityEngine.Chec kSetHelper(Comp ressedStack
cs, PermissionSet grants, PermissionSet refused, PermissionSet demands,
RuntimeMethodHa ndle rmh, Assembly asm, SecurityAction action)
at Form1.menuItemC licked_RDC(Obje ct sender, EventArgs e)

The action that failed was: LinkDemand
The type of the first permission that failed was:
System.Security .PermissionSet
The Zone of the assembly that failed was: Intranet

[Marc Gravell]

Code executed from remote locations is run (by default) at a different trust
level. You need to tell your PC(s) to trust the code enough to run the
Process.Start command; in 1.1 you can assign trust using caspol.exe, or the
..net configuration utility (start menu), and you can assign trust via e.g.
the network path, the SNK, etc... alternatively, in 2.0 you can use a
ClickOnce manifest signed with a code-signing cetificate that is in the
user's certificate trust chain - you can then assign the trust in the
deployment package.

Marc

[Laura T]

If you like, there is RDP ActiveX control that you can use in C# project.
It has good functionality, lots of events, it supports virtual channels and
you can personalize it almost as you like.
There is not a lot of documentation but the component is quite self
documenting.
Some documentation is here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...interfaces.asp

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Hi,

Is there a way to launch an remote desktop connection to a specified
server/username from c#?

If there's a way to send the password too that would be useful, but i'm
not so interested in that if its a problem.

Thanks!
Andrew

[Marc Gravell]

(clarification; the 1.1 options also apply in 2.0 - but the ClickOnce route
is simpler as you don't need to make policy changes on each client)

Marc

[trullock]

Marc Gravell wrote:

Code executed from remote locations is run (by default) at a different trust
level. You need to tell your PC(s) to trust the code enough to run the
Process.Start command; in 1.1 you can assign trust using caspol.exe, or the
.net configuration utility (start menu), and you can assign trust via e.g.
the network path, the SNK, etc... alternatively, in 2.0 you can use a
ClickOnce manifest signed with a code-signing cetificate that is in the
user's certificate trust chain - you can then assign the trust in the
deployment package.

Marc

Cool, Thanks!

I've been reading up about this ClickOnce business but I'm a bit
confused by some of it.

Do I have to use an installer to setup all this trust business?

I just want to be able to distribute the app as an exe. Nice and simple
:)
Andrew

[Marc Gravell]

Do I have to use an installer...

Nope; with both online-only and installed ClickOnce deployments, your app
(when published) gets wrapped in a ".applicati on" file; users execute the
".applicati on", which deals with all the fun of "is it already installed?
does it need to be? is it the current version? do I trust it? has someone
tampered with the files?" questions... all the user sees (the first time) is
"wanna run this?" [paraphrased] (subsequent executes are silent). More
importantly, because it is system-managed, even a non-administrator on a
locke-down PC can install (if offline mode is enabled) the app into their
start menu. Handy.

In VS2005, look at the project properties, on the "Publish" and "Security"
tabs; the latter allows you to determine the trust settings, the former
allows you to generate the manifest (and supporting files); note that you
can publish directly to a UNC to support your network usage.

Marc

[haire hiare]

Hello All,

Let me know if there is any way that I connect to remote desktop from
command line or any other utility. I would need the command to log off
the session as wel..
Though mstsc.exe /v: is available i should hav manual intervention to
enter the credentials..

Also let me know how we can do it through any of c# classes.
Sample code will be of great help!!!

Thanks

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