Tab Scripting

[byrned]

Is it currently possible to create a new tab/connection in a script?

Thanks,
David Byrne
TIAA-CREF

[Maureen]

Currently, there's not a way to do this. I'd be interested to hear more about what you'd like to be able to do.

Maureen

[byrned]

My main goal is to have a short script to create a new tab and establish a connection in it. Nothing too fancy; something like this:

Dim host
Dim TabHandle

host = crt.Dialog.Prompt("Hostname?", "Destination Host", "", False)
set TabHandle = crt.newtab
TabHandle.session.connect("/NOSAVE /SSH2 /L byrned " + host)


It would also be nice to have some kind of collection or array under the crt object that contains all of the open tabs. It could let you do something like this:

For Each TabHandle in crt.Tabs

TabHandle.DoSomething

If TabHandle.connected Then ...
If TabHandle.Hostname = "server" Then ...

Next

[okstorms]

I second this request... I haven't actually found a use for this kind of scripting, but I can see it somewhere in the future.

[Maureen]

Thanks for the requests and the description of what you would like to be able to do. This has been added to our development database for consideration in a future release.

Maureen

[Maureen]

Scripting support for tabs has been implemented and is available in a pre-beta version of SecureCRT 5.2. If you're interested in trying it, please send an e-mail to me at Maureen.Jett@vandyke.com.

Maureen