IP*Works! C++ Builder Edition - Summary

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Summary

IP*Works! C++ Builder Edition by /n software

Write powerful connected applications with native Borland C++ Builder VCLs, written in C++ and compiled with the C++ Builder compiler. IP*Works! is a collection of components optimized for Internet communication. Functionality includes email, network management, FTP , telnet, and HTTP, and more. IP*Works! includes new higher level components such as Web Upload, WebForm, FileMailer, TraceRoute, and more. Includes sample ASP pages demonstrating how to access web services such as Yahoo Stock Quotes and UPS Address Verification.

Here is a little about each control:

FTP - Transfer files to and from FTP servers. Very easy to use with a 'plug and play', extensible interface

IPPort - Generic TCP client control. Easy, powerful, asynchronous interface to Winsock stream sockets

IPDaemon - The easiest way to build TCP/IP server applications. Asynchronous, event driven interface

UDPPort - Easy interface to UDP packet communications. Can be used to build both clients and servers

Mcast - Internet Multicast control. Similar to UDPPort, but with further reaching capabilities

ICMPPort - Access to the IP control layer. Build network control applications such as 'ping', or 'traceroute'

IMAP - Implementation of a generic IMAP4 client, used, to access corporate mail servers

SMTP - Used to send Internet Mail. Standards based and extensible, with support for protocol extensions

POP - Internet Post Office control. Used to retrieve Internet Mail. Easy, intuitive interface

LDAP - Search, manage, and maintain Internet Directory (LDAP) servers, the new trend in directories

NNTP - USENET news control. Used to read, search, and post articles in Internet News Groups (USENET)

SNPP - Send messages to alphanumeric pagers through standard Internet Paging gateways

SNMP - The easy way to create custom Network Management applications based on SNMP standards

IPInfo - A collection of DNS and other database functions. Used to resolve direct and reverse DNS queries

MX - Directly search Internet Domain Servers for email servers accepting email for the specified address

NetDial - Allow access to Windows RAS API for management of Internet and RAS dialup connections

HTTP - Access the World Wide Web from your applications. Automate web solutions with ease

Rexec - Allows execution of commands remotely on a UNIX machine using the rexec protocol

Rshell - Allows execution of commands remotely on a UNIX machine using the remote shell mechanism

Telnet - A programmer's interface to building a Telnet client. Facilitates handling of Telnet commands

NetCode - UUencode, Base64, Quoted Printable, and URL encoding and decoding used to transfer binary data

MIME - Easy encoding and decoding of MIME structures. Special support for Internet Mail messages

New Components in V6.0

DNS - Full featured DNS component supporting every major DNS record format, including: AAAA (IPv6), Mailbox (MB), Mailbox Rename (MR), Name Server (NS), Text (TXT), Service (SRV), and many more

RSS - Really Simple Syndication (RSS) component. Used for creating, retrieving, and editing RSS feeds. Supports RSS 0.91, 0.92, and 2.0

IPMonitor - Network Monitor packet capturing and protocol analysis component. Easy to use event based interface for monitoring local networks. (supports Windows 2000 and later Operating Systems)

SMPP - Short Message Peer-to-Peer client component. Used to send SMS cellular text messages

SNMPAgent - SNMP Agent component with support for SNMP V3 and secure network management

SNMPMgr - SNMP Manager component for querying SNMP capable devices. SNMP V3 support

Syslog - Client and Server component capable of sending or receiving system log messages

WebDav - WebDAV Client component for distributed web authoring, versioning, and collaboration

XMPP - Lightweight Jabber Client for communicating with XML based Jabber Servers

New Features For Existing Components

IPInfo - Query interface info, similar to the windows IPCONFIG command. Retrieve network adapter information such as Mac addresses, Default Gateway, Default DNS Server, DHCP Server, Host information etc., as well as the ability to Release and/or Renew network interface bindings

Email sending components (SMTP, HTMLMailer, FileMailer, etc.) create spam-filter friendly emails, support digest authentication, message queuing, and more

SNMP V3 Support- The SNMP component has been split into SNMPAgent and SNMPMgr components and now has SNMP V3 support

FTP - Firewall friendly port management for active FTP connections, configurable performance optimization properties, etc. HTMLMailer & FileMailer - Send HTML emails with file attachments, SMTP authorization, and increased throughput for bulk mailings

HTTP - More complete HTTP 1.1 support including methods for chunking, range, and persistent connections

IMAP - CRAM MD5 authentication, built in attachment decoding, and server side message sorting

ACL extensions for IMAP account management and user permissions modification

Ping - Send multiple asynchronous Ping requests, WakeOnLan support for turning on WOL capable machines and devices remotely

NetCode - New encoding and hashing formats : Y-encoding, SHA, MD5, etc

LDAP - Ldap v3 paging support, server side sorting of search results, synchronous or asynchronous operation

POP - Digest authentication and additional component interface enhancements

IPDaemon - Increased incoming connection limit and new functionality that simplifies the building of robust server applications

A new config method in every component encapsulates cross-component features or infrequently used functionality, greatly simplifying component interfaces across the board

New timeout features - timeout due to transfer inactivity or total method execution time

What's new in V5.0?

In addition to the existing 22 IP*Works! components such as HTTP, FTP, NNTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, Telnet, SNMP, LDAP, Multicast, etc. the new version includes the following new components, bringing the total number to 35 components:

SOAP - generic SOAP client supporting SOAP 1.1. Built on top of the new IP*Works! XML parser (see below)

XMLp - SAX2 compliant XML parser with support for XPath DOM traversal and XML structure validation. Optimized for read applications, with a super-fast engine that builds internal DOM structures with close to zero heap allocations. An additional "relaxed" mode allows for parsing of "traditional" HTML (non-XML) documents

WebForm - the easy way to post HTML form data to HTTP servers, with full support for Cookie-based sessions and redirection

WebUpload - upload files to web servers with support for standard HTTP/MIME uploading (the ASP edition of the component, allows you to easily retrieve files on the server side - as would any other standard server upload component)

Ping and TraceRoute: two new components built on top of the ICMPPort component, with an extensive feature list (see the help file for details)

T FTP client component (available across all editions)

NetClock component to get/set time from network time servers

RCP for copying files to/from UNIX systems

Whois - complete Whois component, with support for distributed WHOIS servers that allows the component to automatically find the registrar for a particular domain

FileMailer - built on top of SMTP and MIME: easy way to send messages with file attachments

HTMLMailer - allows you to send HTML mail messages, including embedded images

The existing IP*Works! components have been upgraded with new features and capabilities such as support for SOCKS4/5 firewalls and tunneling proxies accross the board, Quality Of Service (QOS) control options (a must for real-time communications), redesigned help files, expanded sample applications, etc.The C++ Builder Edition contains 32 bit native Borland VCLs, written in C++ and compiled with the Borland C++ Builder compiler for blazing performance. The natural choice for visual C++ Builder programming. The components are true C++ Builder VCLs, with minimal footprint, and no dependencies on external libraries.

The new Version 4.0 contains six new controls bringing the total to 22 components: FTP, HTTP, ICMPPort, IMAP, IPDaemon, IPInfo, IPPort, LDAP, Multicast, MIME, MX, NNTP, NetCode, NetDial, POP, Rexec, Rshell, SMTP, SNMP, SNPP, Telnet, UDPPort. They are provided as ActiveX controls, Visual C++ Classes, Native C++ Builder VCLs, C Libraries, and even 16 bit Visual Basic eXtensions (VBX) for legacy platforms.

PartNumbers: PC-504772-40918 504772-40918 PC-504772-40919 504772-40919 PC-504772-40920 504772-40920 PC-504772-49696 504772-49696 PC-504772-49697 504772-49697

Publisher PartNumbers: IPB6-A IPB6-AU ISUB-R ISUB-RE

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Resources: Read the IP*Works! C++ Builder Edition help file, Download the IP*Works! C++ Builder Edition V6.0 evaluation on to your computer - Expires After 30 Days

Operating System for Deployment: Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95

Architecture of Product: 32Bit

Product Type: Component

Component Type: VCL

Built Using: ActiveX Template Library (ATL)

Compatible Containers: Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Microsoft Visual Studio 97, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0, Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0, Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0, C++Builder 6, C++Builder 5, C++Builder 4, C++Builder 3

Product Class: Business Components

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