Knowledge Base

When you create an application using the SocketTools 10 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 […]

When you create an application using the SocketTools 10 .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

When you create an application using the SocketTools 10 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.

SocketTools 10 includes Windows Installer (MSI) packages which enable you to easily redistribute the components used in your projects. They are included with the developer installation package for each edition and available for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications.

When connecting to a Gmail mail server, an error is returned which indicates the username or password is invalid. The account and password are valid, and mail can be sent and received using a different application or through the website. Applications previously created using SocketTools components were able to access the same Gmail account without

Compiling an application using Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 with the SocketTools Library Edition APIs can result in error C2501 "missing storage-class or type specifiers" during compilation. This error occurs because earlier versions of Visual C++ and the Windows SDK did not define the DWORD_PTR data type, which is used throughout the SocketTools header file. This error can also

When building a SocketTools project using Visual C++ 6.0 on Windows XP or later, make sure that you have installed Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 6 (SP6) and the Windows Platform SDK February 2003 Edition.

An error is returned when attempting to create a secure SSL or TLS connection indicating that the SocketTools component cannot establish a security context. This error can occur for several reasons, depending on the server configuration and the version of Windows the application is running on.

Applications on unsupported versions of Windows may be unable to establish a secure connection to an Apache HTTP server after the server was upgraded to version 2.4. The same application was able to establish a secure connection with previous versions of the Apache server.

When adding a new reference to your Visual Studio project by selecting Project | Add Reference, or right-clicking on the project in the Solution Explorer, the Reference Manager will show multiple versions of the same SocketTools assemblies in the list.