Technical Articles
File Transfer Verification
SocketTools provides methods that allow an application to verify that the contents of a file on the local system are the same as a file on the server. This can be used to either ensure that a file was uploaded correctly, or to check whether or not a file should be downloaded. For example, an application could check to see if the contents of a local file were the same as a remote ...
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SocketTools NewsFeed Control
SocketTools includes a component that makes it simple to access news feeds that use RSS. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a collection of standardized formats that are used to publish information about content that is frequently changed. A news feed is published in XML format, which contains one or more items that includes summary text, hyperlinks to source content and additional metadata that is used to describe the item. News feeds can ...
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Prioritizing File Transfers
One typical requirement for many applications today is the ability to transfer files between the local system and a remote server, and the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and Hyptertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) are the two most commonly used Internet protocols for this purpose. SocketTools has components that support both of these protocols, making it a simple task to integrate this functionality into your own software.
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Remote Command Execution
When people think of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol, interactive terminal sessions and secure file transfers using SFTP are typically what to come to mind. In addition to these common functions, SSH also supports securely executing a command on a remote host and returning the output of that command back to the local system. The SSH component that is included with SocketTools enables you to take advantage of this functionality ...
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Visual Basic 6.0 Technical Support
For developers who are still using Visual Basic 6.0, the product transitioned into the non-supported phase of its lifecycle on April 8, 2008. This includes the Standard, Professional and Enterprise editions of Visual Basic 6.0, as well as those versions that were included as part of Visual Studio 6.0. Microsoft will no longer release service packs, hotfixes, security updates or provide incident support. However, Microsoft will continue to support the Visual ...
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The SocketTools API and Other Languages
One of the questions that we often get about the SocketTools Library Edition is about support for C/C++ compilers and languages aside from Visual C++ and Visual Basic. As a collection of standard dynamic link libraries (DLLs), SocketTools can be used by virtually any programming language available for the Windows platform. The documentation is primarily focused around C++ development because that’s what the majority of developers who use the Library Edition ...
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SocketTools and Catalyst Development have by far surpassed my expectations
I’ve been very impressed with all aspects of this project, and both SocketTools and Catalyst Development have by far surpassed my expectations. We ran into a number of roadblocks on this endeavor, and I appreciate your persistence and patience, particularly with the inconsistent test environment our client provided. I am also very impressed with the functionality of our new custom control. Very slick! Once again, thanks very much for all your hard work!
Kevin Taylor, Tailored Software, Inc. (Canada)
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The documentation is amongst the best I’ve seen and used
Great product! I recently purchased the SocketWrench library and I’m pleasantly surprised by the ease of use and exceptionally intuitive API.
I wanted to replace some home-grown code with the new component and it just dropped into place and worked on the first compilation! The documentation is amongst the best I’ve seen and used, with lots of clear and concise tips and helpful information. I am very impressed with the price-quality level.
I look forward to many years of mutual benefits for both our companies.
Martin Hart, Memory Soft (Spain)
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The best and most productive controls I have ever come across
Thanks for the amazing controls, the best and most productive I have ever come across. They work every time as per the detailed documentation with no gotchas. Great work.
Martin G Nagle, InfoMining PL (Australia)
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I'm impressed with how you maintain backwards compatibility
I wanted to let you know how impressed I am with maintaining backwards compatibility. I had a VB6 program with 6 different implementations of the SocketWrenchCtl.SocketWrench class v4.5 (which was from 2006). I dropped the new in the updated .ocx file expecting to suddenly invoke 11 years worth of renamed properties, added dependencies and breaking changes. I have not yet changed a single line of code and so far (fingers crossed) it appears to be stable.
I just thought I'd point that out because most devs can't go 3 months without introducing a breaking change (myself included)
Russell Phillips, Echotech (Australia)