File Handling / Software Components & Controls / Visual Basic (Controls & Components, Tools & Add-ins)

Integrate file property management into your applications. The Desaware File Property Component allows you to read and write file properties that are part of Microsoft Office and other structured storage files, and files located on Windows 2000 NTFS drives. Use it to add properties to your own documents or for searching through files on a drive for certain attributes. Features the ability to read/write properties for MS Office files, other structured storage files, or any file on an NTFS partition.

A Front-end and Back-end solution suite with many advanced UI controls and data manipulation libraries. Xceed Ultimate Suite offers both UI tools for application front-ends and data handling libraries for application back-ends providing high quality extensible controls including grids, charts, UI, Zip, FTP, and encryption as well as networking libraries. All Xceed Ultimate Suite .NET / Silverlight controls written in managed code, all ActiveX/COM controls (except SmartUI ActiveX) written in ATL 3.0 and supporting both the STA and MTA multi-threaded apartment models. No external dependencies. Xceed Ultimate Suite Blueprint Edition includes the fully commented C# source code to all the .NET and Silverlight components included in the Xceed Ultimate Suite.

Use server and client-side controls for optimal file upload and download performance. SoftArtisans FileUp Professional Edition is an HTTP file transfer bundle that adds flexible file management and an ActiveX control to the dependability of FileUp Standard Edition. FileUp Professional will enhance your applications and help overcome inefficiencies with browsers that aren't fully compliant with RFC1867 (Form-based File Upload in HTML). It includes server-side and client-side components for performing uploads and downloads. The server-side component is a COM object that will run in IIS.

Upload files to an IIS Web server. SoftArtisans FileUp Standard Edition allows users with a Web browser to transfer files of any format from their local hard drive via HTTP to a Web server. Use SoftArtisans FileUp to receive and process user input while staying within the context of your Active Server Pages application. FileUp supports files up to 4 GB in size within ASP or ASP.NET with minimal server resources. FileUp also includes a download component which allows you to download files from the Web server to the user's browser with better security, but without complicated registry settings.

Copy files between your client and any FTP server. PowerTCP FTP for ActiveX can be used on either the client or the server to perform file transfers with only a single line of code. Options are set using simple properties and data files will even spool to memory. Directory lists are captured as objects, so parsing is eliminated. The PowerTCP FTP for ActiveX even includes an MGET method, to download multiple files - even an entire directory tree - with only a single line of code. Includes a .NET wrapper DLL, 9 VB.NET samples and .NET documentation.

Enable rapid construction of custom server applications such as FTP servers, unique TCP servers, proxy servers, DNS servers, SMTP servers, and Flash servers. PowerTCP Server for ActiveX utilizes an NT service control to enable you to build server-side applications that will run as a service. Use it to establish Inter-Process Communications (IPC) between applications or applications that provide real-time monitoring. Includes sample projects for FTP server, Flash server, SMTP server, character generator, Discard server, and Echo server.

Automatically authenticate and encrypt/decrypt data over the Internet. PowerTCP SSL for ActiveX integrates the Microsoft CryptoAPI, Security Support Provider Interface, and Winsock API to secure TCP/IP data using SSL2, SSL3, PCT, and TLS security protocols. Includes functionality for secure web access, FTP client and server, email (POP), TCP client and server, and more. Use it to build a secure eCommerce site or simply to securely transmit application data, such as files, over the Internet.

Upload files to an IIS web server. SoftArtisans FileUp Enterprise Edition allows you to transfer multi-gigabyte files. SoftArtisans have tested transfers of over 100 gigabytes. Now you can back-up entire systems in a single, worry-free step. Keep sensitive files off the Web server and in the appropriate hands. Securely transfer data from your Web server across a firewall onto a locked-down file server. SoftArtisans FileUp allows users with a web browser to transmit files of any format from their local hard drive to your web server.

Add strong encryption and decryption capability to your Windows desktop and web applications. Xceed Encryption Library is an ActiveX component that supports the latest industry-standard strong encryption algorithms and offers both symmetrical and public-key cryptography. It allows you to encrypt or decrypt memory buffers, strings, blobs, streaming data or files. Does not depend on the Microsoft CryptoAPI.

Add FTP capability to your Windows or web applications. Xceed FTP Library provides access to the complete functionality of the FTP protocol, giving your applications the ability to send and receive files, even across firewalls. This component supports long filenames, UNC paths, and unicode filenames, and also allows you to specify files using wildcards. Supports a variety of development languages including Visual Basic, Visual C++, Delphi, C++Builder and more.