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Starting Jump Desktop from other applications
Jump Desktop Support
posted this on December 29, 2010 06:08
This article describes how to invoke Jump Desktop from other applications on Android and iOS 3.x and above.
Jump Desktop can be launched from other applications using the jump:// url scheme. Arguments describing connection parameters are passed via POST parameters in the URL. For example:
jump://?param1=value1¶m2=value2
Each value must be properly escaped to make sure the URL is valid.
The following table lists each parameter and how Jump uses the value. Only the host parameter is necessary - all other parameters are optional.
Parameter Meaning
| host | IP address or hostname of the host to connect to (192.168.1.1 or server.company.com) |
| protocol |
Optional. Either rdp or vnc (if omitted this defaults to rdp) |
| port | Optional. The port to connect to (if omitted defaults to 3389 for rdp or 5900 for vnc) |
| password | Optional. The password to use for automatic login |
| depth | Optional. 8 for 8-bit color (256 colors), 16 for 16 bit color (if omitted defaults to 16bit for rdp and 8bit for vnc) |
The following parameters apply to RDP connections only:
| username | Optional. User name to use for automatic login |
| domain | Optional. Domain name to use for automatic login |
| width |
Optional. Width of the display (if omitted defaults to 1024) |
| height | Optional. Height of the display (if omitted defaults to 768) |
| console |
Optional. If set to yes , connects to the console session on Windows server machines |
Example URL usage:
1) Connect to host 192.168.1.100 using RDP:
jump://?host=192.168.1.100
2) Connect to host server.mydomain.com using RDP with user name 'testuser' and password 'pass':
jump://?host=server.mydomain.com&username=testuser&password=pass
Comments
In version including 3.6 the protocol variable in the url breaks the url and it doesn't attempt to make a connection
@Kevin - thanks for letting us know. We'll take a look into fixing this for 3.6.1.
Correction - the fix for this did _not_ make it into 3.6.1.
The VNC fix will be available in 4.0
hi, how can i hide the jump desktop icon from the taskbar??
can i still view mt computer( still use jump application on idevice) if i exit the application on my computer but still stay "online and connected"?
@Mbykers sorry about the delay in getting back to you: You can't hide the Jump Desktop icon from the taskbar. Yes, you'll still be connected if you exit the tray app though.