SocketWrench Freeware Edition

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Last updated: Mar 12, 2011 Freeware

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SocketWrench Freeware Edition is a general purpose control that simplifies Windows Sockets programming. SocketWrench will reduce the learning curve associated with socket programming and TCP/IP.

The SocketWrench component is a 32-bit ActiveX control (OCX) and can be used in a wide variety of development languages. SocketWrench can be used to create both client and server applications, and supports both synchronous (blocking) and asynchronous (non-blocking) modes of operation.

You can build virtually any type of application with SocketWrench using either the TCP or UDP protocols. Also included with the SocketWrench Freeware Edition is a Remote Access Services (RAS) dialer control. This component allows you to easily manage dial-up networking sessions directly from within your application.

Instead of depending on the autodial feature, you can take direct control of the session (including determining if a dial-up networking session is already active and monitor the connection status).

Note: The Freeware Edition does not include the API and class wrappers for C/C++ programmers and does not support secure connections.

System requirements

Visual Basic 6.0
Windows Sockets 2.0 support
TCP/IP software

What's new in SocketWrench Freeware Edition 6.0:

There have been a significant number of internal changes to the control in this release of SocketWrench. We've made improvements to overall performance, and made some structural changes to the code to eliminate compatibility issues with Windows Vista. Along with these changes, it's important to note that SocketTools 6.0 is only compatible with Windows 2000 and later versions. The core networking code was rewritten to use the latest version of the Windows Sockets API and some Microsoft extensions that aren't available in earlier versions of the operating system.
One of the significant changes in SocketWrench 6.0 is support for the new Windows Vista platform. Vista contains a lot of changes to the base operating system, enhanced security and a completely new TCP/IP stack. Some of those “under the hood” changes include changes specifically to support Vista, as well as some new features. For example, AES encryption is supported on Vista for secure connections using SSL and TLS. However, it’s important to note that you won’t have a problem deploying your applications to earlier versions of Windows. You don’t need write any platform-specific code to use our controls; we handle all of the differences internally, whether you’re running on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 or Windows Vista.

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