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Sunday, March 28, 2010 7:28:02 PM 

Here another Version 2.0 progress report, this time I will blog about the computer browser and the bulk-add feature in Royal TS Version 2.

The wizard dialog for new remote desktop connection items allows you to add multiple connections at once. This screenshot shows the wizard for a new RDP item (click the screenshots for the original size image):

Since this is the first time I reveal a central UI part of the new version, let me comment on some of the things you see:

• Royal TS 2 will have a huge load of more options!
• Red borders indicate required fields
• Lots of very detailed tool tips
• You can finish the wizard without going through all pages
• The screenshots were made using the Black Office 2007 theme - many other themes are available. Right now, I personally like the black theme.

Notice the little browse button on the right edge of the computer textbox. Clicking on that button opens the standard computer browser dialog:

The screenshot shows the “Advanced” dialog which opens when you click on the “Advanced…” button of the “Select Computers” dialog. Because my dev machine is not member of a domain it will show you all machines in a workgroup. If your machine is member of a domain, you can change the location using the “Locations…” button to search for machines in your active directory.

After selecting one or more machines you return back to the wizard form:

When you selected more than one machine, the computer textbox will show each machine separated by a semicolon. It’s still allowed to edit the computer textbox to add or remove machines. So basically you can also do a bulk-add without invoking the computer browser by just entering multiple entries separated with a semicolon.

The display name textbox will be disabled (and ignored) when you use the bulk-add function. Royal TS will then use the computer name as display name for those items.

When you edit an existing item, you can still use the computer browser but it will only allow you to select one machine from the browser.

Again, same procedure as usual: If you have any feedback, leave a comment or contact me directly.

cheers,
Stefan

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