SAML Login Support for FortiSSLVPNclient

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G'Day,

I've been using FortiSSLVPNclient for years now to facilitate my Remote Desktop Manager controlling my VPN for me via CLI to ensure I'm connected to the correct VPN for the desktop I'm connecting to.

The external vendor in charge of the VPNs is switching to use SAML logins for the VPNs though, and while I can configure and test that method in the GUI version of FortiClient successfully, I haven't found a way to use it with FortiSSLVPNclient.

Is it possible to trigger a SAML based login via FortiSSLVPNclient?
Or if not, is there another tool/exe that can be invoked via CLI that can use SAML to establish a VPN connection?

I'm using FortiSSLVPNclient 7.2.1.0779, but it's bafflingly difficult to obtain the tool exes so I'm hoping the problem is that there's a flag I'm missing and not that I need to update/replace it.

Also as a less critical but still relevant aside, is it possible to configure the SAML popup window on the VPN side to behave in a password-manager-compatible way, and:

a) Not change every second (eg: countdown) so the manager knows it's the same one as a second ago and can keep typing

b) Have a consistent title and not randomly switch to something else so the manager can recognise it as a FortiClient SAML popup

c) Have the window title be specific to the VPN connection so the manager can recognise which VPN account it should use

Or is this behaviour baked into the client?
(I ask to determine whether I can request these changes of my VPN vendor)

I appreciate your consideration.