Script 2 Create RDP sessions

[niveknornev]

Anyone ever used a script to create RDP session files?
You can edit an RDP file using any text editor, however if you try to use simple batch, or vbscript to append text to that file, it doesn't retain it normal properties.

Hopefully this example will make sense.
I have 300 servers.
I have a file with all their names/or/IPs in it.
I wanted to create a batch file or vbscript that would run through that list and create files named HOSTNAME.RDP.
That part was easy and they work on my lapotop/desktop HOWEVER:

My ultimate goal was to store these connection files on SharePoint so you can simply click on the host and connect via RDP.

When I uploaded the files I created with my batch file, SharePoint opens them and shows me the TEXT content, and doesn't let me open the file via RDP - EVEN though it has an RDP extension.

After banging my head against the wall for a while I noticed the following:
If I used these files on my system - no problem they will open in RDP like normal but the DON'T work from SharePoint!!

If I manually edit an RDP file that was saved through the RDP gui, no problem AND it works on SharePoint.

So there must be something in the file that NotePad/WordPad can't see that I am missing and that I can not re-create by writing to a "text" file in batch or VBScript.

I can use VBScript and the ADODB.Stream object to read the "GOOD" default RDP file, but then I can't figure out how to add the next line which would be the "HOST" part and would be unique over the 300 files.

Does that make sense to anyone? and can you help?
I have some code pieces that I have been trying but they don't write the host line correctly if you want to see what I was using.

Thanks!
niveknonrev

[Banfa]

Sorry about the lag in reply.

If you are still having problems then

1. It sounds to me as if RDP files are not entirely text and you are not creating them correctly. Try loading on into a hex editor (Google for one) and looking at the binary values stored in the file.

2. For a VBS question you best bet is to ask in the ASP forum