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NEWS YOU CAN USE FROM VANDYKE SOFTWARE® In this new year we want to help all our customers take advantage of key features in the SecureCRT® and SecureFX® applications. As the first in a series on essential skills, we unfold the power of the Connect dialog. Then we look at a relatively new set of SecureCRT logon options. For our scripting customers, there is a summary of useful books and websites to learn Python programming. A new set of features under development has been added to the call for SecureCRT testers. And our forum members post their experiences using Dropbox to store SecureCRT config files. ------------- 1. Essential Skills: Using the Connect Dialog
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------------------------------------------------------------- Over the next several issues, we will develop a basic skill set to help you take full advantage of SecureCRT and SecureFX. These ideas are valuable whether you are new to the software or just short of time to keep up with recent changes. The tip "Maximizing the Value of the Connect Dialog" covers the key elements of organizing your sessions so you can quickly store, customize, find, and launch them. Here are just a few things you can do with the Connect dialog:
To read the complete tip on the Connect dialog, visit the VanDyke Software website support pages today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SecureCRT for Windows version 6.1 and later offer several options for system logon to give you more control over the logging on process and initial session window state. These options include logging on through the terminal window, running scripts at logon, and new expect-send capabilities. Possible applications of scripts and expect-send sequences are configuring a remote session, quickly initiating server "hops", and providing an alternative to a UNIX/Linux dot file, as for logging onto a router. To learn more about recent logon options, visit this Support web page. ----------------------------------------------------------- With cross-platform Python scripting new in SecureCRT, you may be interested in ways to learn more about this highly adaptable language. We've compiled a list of websites and books to consider. Dates in parentheses represent the date of publication or last revision. Python.org is the official website for the language. It has many resources for programming, such as the "Beginner's Guide to Python" and "Python for non-programmers", as well as a list of Python interpreters in non-English languages from Afrikaans to Zulu." Dive Into Python by Mark Pilgrim (2004) Dive Into Python is an online Python compendium for experienced programmers, available in book form as well as online. It has been translated to Italian, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Russian. Of course a horde of Python-related titles are published by a variety of technical presses. Among the copious listings from O'Reilly Press are the following: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In addition to the new capabilities announced in December, there are several features in SecureCRT for users interested in testing pre-beta releases. New scripting-related SecureCRT features:
Pre-beta capabilities announced in December:
Please contact SecureCRT Product Director Maureen Jett at if you are interested in participating in pre-beta testing. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Customers who are comfortable using web-based or "cloud
computing" services to store their information have found that SecureCRT can be synchronized with the Dropbox online file
storage site as a convenient way to access session settings.
Forum member travisll relates his success in storing and
accessing SecureCRT files in this post: Maintenance releases of the SecureCRT 6.6 and SecureFX 6.6 applications, along with the ClientPack 6.6 utilities, were made available November 4. The SecureCRT 6.6 release offers cross-platform scripting with Python and a "Send Binary" file transfer option. The first version for Mac OS X systems delivers a full complement of advanced session management, security, terminal emulation, and automation capabilities. SecureFX 6.6 adds the ability to limit bandwidth available to transfers and an option to set the number of parallel transfers allowed. ClientPack 6.6 improves the VRALib interface for COM and .NET applications. Here is a list of the latest
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