The current version of SocketTools is 12.0.3024.1286, released on June 17, 2026. Technical support for SocketTools 11 will end on December 31, 2026. Earlier versions of SocketTools have reached their end of support. Upgrade pricing is available to developers who have purchased a SocketTools 11 or earlier license.
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The Visual Studio releases supported by SocketTools 12 depends on the edition and languages being used. The following table lists which editions are compatible with Visual Studio and whether the edition is supported with that version.
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SocketTools 12 Build 3024 (12.0.3024.1286) was released on June 17, 2026. This is a new major version release which adds support for native Windows on Arm (ARM64) platforms, a new Large Language Model (LLM) client for integrating artificial intelligence in your applications, a WebView library and control, support for HTTP/3 and many other improvements.
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SocketTools 12 components support all modern Windows desktop and server platforms. We recommend you install the latest security updates from Windows Update and the current network drivers available for your system. The following Windows desktop and server operating systems are supported by SocketTools 12: Windows 11 Windows 10 Windows 8.1 Windows 8 Windows 7 SP1
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When you create an application using the SocketTools 12 Library Edition DLLs and you're ready to deploy it, you must ensure the libraries you're using are initialized correctly. This is done by providing a runtime license key to the initialization function for each of the SocketTools APIs you are using. It is important to note
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When you create an application using the SocketTools 12 ActiveX Edition controls and you're ready to deploy it, you must ensure the controls you're using are initialized correctly. If you are developing with Visual Basic 6.0, and you've placed the controls on a form, it will automatically initialize the controls when the form is loaded.
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When you create an application using the SocketTools 12 .NET Edition components and you're ready to deploy it, you must ensure it is initialized correctly. This is done by either providing a runtime license key to the Initialize method or setting the RuntimeLicense attribute for the executable assembly. It is important to note your runtime
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MSCOMCTL.OCX Could Not Be Loaded in VB6 Examples If one of the SocketTools VB6 example projects fails to open because MSCOMCTL.OCX cannot be loaded, the system typically has an older version of the Microsoft Common Controls library installed. This article explains why the error occurs, which controls are affected, and how to resolve the problem
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SocketTools 11 Build 2250 (11.0.2250.1948) was released on April 8, 2026. This is a complete release which incorporates updates from previous releases, as well as all subsequent hotfixes. Release notes for this update are included with the installation package.
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OpenSSL is an open source toolkit that implements the SSL and TLS security protocols. We have made Windows installation packages available for OpenSSL 3.5.6 which was released on April 7, 2026. This is the long-term service (LTS) release for the OpenSSL SDK which is supported until April, 2030.
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