From:	"Aiden O' Connor" <oconnora AT esatclear DOT ie>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	console application
Date:	Tue, 5 Oct 1999 19:27:25 +0100
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Hi there,
I am trying to find out information relating to a project that I have to do.
The project I want to do involves tcp/ip. I have to be able to run a win32
console(dos) application from a client. Basically it is a tcp/ip sockets
application. The application will actually run on an NT Server but the
interface to the application will be displayed on the client. No console
will appear on the server. So in effect what I want to do is run an
application from the client on the server and echo the response back to the
client over sockets. All the processing will be done on the server. If a
client make a mouse move, this information will be sent to the server and an
appropriate response sent back. So the application has to cater for mouse
movements and keyboard input. I have searched the internet high and low and
to my knowledge there is no information on this area. What I am not certain
about is how to implement it over sockets and cater for mouse movements on a
client console application. I was thinking of building some sort of a daemen
server which would run as a service on the NT machine. Implement sockets on
the client and Server and start communication. But the mouse movements and
sending and receiving the screen data, I am not sure exactly how to do that.
So if anybody out there has any clue how to do this I would appreciate it if
you send me a mail with any  reference internet site or pointer on how to go
about doing this.
sincerely,
Aiden O' Connor

mailto: oconnora AT esatclear DOT ie

overview:
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I am going to build a client and server. The client will communicate with
the server over sockets. When the client connects, an application will run
on the server. The output of this application would normally be send to the
monitor on the NT machine in a console window. I want to redirect this
output to the client screen which could be located anywhere. Similarly any
more movements or keyboard input has to be sent to the server and responses
sent back. It is kind of like console emulation.

I cannot use anything like PC anywhere or VNC.

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