[Feature request] Description column

[michellabbe]

Just a suggestion: it would be useful to add a column to add a name/description to each line.

You can't save/parse it directly with netsh command, but you could keep these in a separate file in %localappdata%\PortProxyGUI or something.

"If column values match this, then description = this."
When creating/editing a rule (or comment), update the file too.

The same file/code could even be used to add other features like disable/enable rule, export/import feature, etc.

It would probably not be perfect, but could definitely be useful when you end up with alot of rules.

[zmjack]

Good suggestion that we will consider adding in the next version.

[zmjack]

The new version (v1.3.0) has been released, see if the new features get along well.

[michellabbe]

Tried quickly (net 6 version). Seems to work fine.

I see that you create the config.db file in %userprofile%\Documents\PortProxyGUI folder.

Since netsh rules are system wide (and not per-user), you need to move the db file out of %userprofile% folder or it won't work on servers managed by multiple admins using their own user accounts.

My mistake for suggesting %localappdata%\PortProxyGUI (defaults to %userprofile%\AppData\Local\PortProxyGUI),
I meant %allusersprofile%\PortProxyGUI (defaults to C:\ProgramData\PortProxyGUI) which is a common appdata path for all users.

I also suggest making the comment column 2x or 3x wider by default on the next release. You rarely want to put only 1 word in there ;-)

Even better would be to remember window/columns size/positions between launches (make sure to check that it's not outside of visible screen), but I'll leave it up to you to create another feature request (or not) for this.

[YouveGotMeowxy]

The description and comment features are really nice; any way to automatically add 1 or both when doing a netsh interface portproxy command?

For example, I have a powershell script that auto deletes and creates new ports on bootup, with only the IP changing, and it would be really cool to persist those descriptions/comments.

[jscottelblein]

I see that you create the config.db file in %userprofile%\Documents\PortProxyGUI folder.

Since netsh rules are system wide (and not per-user), you need to move the db file out of %userprofile% folder or it won't work on servers managed by multiple admins using their own user accounts.

My mistake for suggesting %localappdata%\PortProxyGUI (defaults to %userprofile%\AppData\Local\PortProxyGUI), I meant %allusersprofile%\PortProxyGUI (defaults to C:\ProgramData\PortProxyGUI) which is a common appdata path for all users.

I created a fork and moved the .db to the %localappdata% folder. Give it a try if interested:

https://github.com/STaRDoGG/PortProxyGUI