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IP*Works! .NET Edition by /n software

Internet-enable your applications. IP*Works! is a comprehensive framework for Internet development. IP*Works! eliminates the complexity of Internet development providing easy-to-use, programmable components that facilitate tasks such as sending email, transferring files, managing networks, browsing the web, consuming web services, etc. IP*Works! includes components for - FTP, HTTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, LDAP, DNS, RSS, SMS, Jabber, SOAP, WebDav, RAS, XML, and more. Uniform & extensible design: IP*Works! uses common component interfaces across platforms & technologies and is based on an optimized asynchronous socket architecture that has been actively refined for more than a decade. Other features include detailed documentation, hundreds of sample applications, fully-indexed help files, Royalty free licensing, and more. IP*Works! V8 .NET Edition includes fully-managed .NET components based on a 100% C# codebase, with no dependencies on outside native code. Includes individual .NET libraries optimized for .NET, ASP.NET and .NET CF Development.

IPWorks .NET Components Included

ATOM - ATOM client component supporting supporting both feed retreival and publishing. (V8+)

REST - Standard REST client, facilitating access to REST style web services such as those from Amazon and eBay. (V8+)

MX - Find email servers for a particular domain/address. Often used to verify email address input

DNS - Full featured DNS component supporting every major DNS record format, including: AAAA (IPv6), Mailbox (MB), Mailbox Rename (MR), etc.

NetCode - A collection of popular encoding and decoding functions: Base64, UUencode, URL, etc.

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

NNTP - Read, search, and post articles on Internet Newsgroups (USENET)

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

POP - Easy retrieval of Internet Mail. Implements the standard POP3 protocol

Rexec - Executes commands remotely on rexec-capable hosts: UNIX, mainframes, etc.

Rshell - Executes commands remotely on rexec-capable hosts: UNIX, mainframes, etc.

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

SMTP - Used to send Internet (SMTP) Mail. Standards-based and extensible

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

SOAP - Generic SOAP client supporting SOAP 1.1. Built on top of the IP*Works! XML parser

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

Telnet - Telnet client component. Easy to use, standards-based

Ping - The Ping control encapsulates ICMP ECHO functionality

TFTP - The TFTPClient control is used to exchange files with TFTP servers via the TFTP protocol

FileMailer - The FileMailer control provides an easy way to send emails with file attachments

UDPPort - Easy interface to UDP packet communications. Use to build clients or servers

HTMLMailer - An easy way to send HTML Mail including embedded images

WebForm - The WebForm control is used to POST data to interactive web pages or scripts

NetClock - The NetClock control provides the current (GMT) time from an Internet Time Server

WebUpload - The WebUpload control is used to upload files to web servers

RCP - The RCP control implements Remote Copy Protocol, used to transfer files between systems

Whois - The Whois control allows you to query a WHOIS Server for Domain registration information

FTP - Transfer files to and from FTP servers. Easy, plug and play, extensible interface

XMLp - SAX2 compliant XML parser with support for XPath DOM traversal and XML structure validation

HTTP - Access the World Wide Web from your applications, including HTML forms

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

IMAP - Easy access to corporate mail servers such as Microsoft Exchange

MIME - Easily encode and decode MIME structures such as message attachments, file uploads, etc.

IPInfo - A collection of DNS and other database functions. Both direct and reverse DNS queries. (not available for Pocket PC)

IPDaemon - Generic TCP server component. Asynchronous, event-driven architecture

IPPort - Generic TCP stream client component. Asynchronous architecture

NetDial - Easy access to the Windows RAS layer. Manages dialup connections

LDAP - Search, manage, and maintain Internet Directory (LDAP) servers

ICMPPort - Easy access to the IP control layer. Base for utilities such as ping; traceroute; etc.

MCast - Internet Multicast component. Asynchronous architecture. Use to build clients or servers

TraceRoute - The TraceRoute control allows you to trace the path IP packets take on the Internet

What’s new in IP*Works! V8.0? - IP*Works! V8 represents a substantial leap forward in design, performance, and new functionality. Design features like native streams and object collections sit on top of a highly-evolved code base, updated and optimized for each individual supported development technology. In addition, enterprise features like IPv6 addressing and support for 64-bit architectures have been enabled to make your connectivity application compatible with current and future technologies.

This is a short list of some of the new component updates available in IP*Works! V8:

ATOM - New ATOM client component supporting ATOM feed retrieval and publishing

REST - New component implements a standard REST client, facilitating access to REST style web services such as those from Amazon and eBay

DNS - Naming Authority Pointer (NAPTR) support and support for Reverse DNS lookups

FTP/TFTP - Upload/Download Files to/from memory without writing to disk. FTP clear data channel support (PROT C)

HTTP/WebUpload - Upload/Download Files to/from memory without writing to disk

IPPort/IPDaemon - Facilitated file and data transfer through easy to use methods like 'SendFile' etc.

LDAP - Support for search result references. Easily move and copy DN's. Support for LDAP referrals.

Mime - Parse mime headers without decoding entire mime entities

NetClock - Support for Simple Network Time Protocol providing greater time precision

Ping - Send custom ping packet and change max datagram size

RSS - RSS 2.0 extensions and OPML support. HTTP cookie handling and automatic HTTP redirect following. Load RSS from memory. Support for in memory RSS XML manipulation. If-modified-since handling

SMPP - SMPP receive capabilities enable the component to poll SMPP servers for messages

XMPP - Support for Jabber extensions, additional contact parameters, and SASL authentication

XMLp - Expanded Xpath navigation and support for easily retrieving xml sub-trees

HTTP Based Components - HTTP Compression & NTLM Authentication Support

In addition to new components and new features, streams are an addition to the new IP*Works! V8 release. Native input and output streams have been added to those IP*Works! components that would benefit from them. As a developer this gives you flexibility and ease of use when integrating Internet communications features into your applications.

Collections have also been enabled across the entire suite of Version 8.0 components. Collections can be used to populate the IP*Works! components before calling methods, or more commonly, will be populated with results after calling a method or performing some action. While in many situations collections provide an easier way to access component features, the IP*Works! event model has been maintained and is still an integral part of the overall product architecture enabling better responsiveness and fine grained control when required.

In addition to the new features and performance enhancements, the new IP*Works! product packages have been simplified, packing more value into each edition than ever before. The new .NET Edition not only extends the previous version of IP*Works! .NET, but also includes support for ASP.NET and the .NET Compact Framework.

PartNumbers: PC-504772-142077 504772-142077 PC-504772-142081 504772-142081

Publisher PartNumbers: IPN8-A IPN8-AU

PurchaseOptions: /n software IP*Works! .NET Edition V8.0 1 Development Workstation , /n software IP*Works! .NET Edition V8.0 1 Development Workstation upgrade from IP*Works! V6 .NET Edition

Resources: Read the IPWorks! .NET Edition help file, Download the IPWorks .NET Edition V8.0 evaluation - Expires After 30 Days

Operating System for Deployment: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0

Architecture of Product: 32Bit

Product Type: Component

Component Type: ASP.NET WebForms, .NET WinForms, .NET Class, .NET Compact Framework, 100% Managed Code

General: Internet Enhanced, Includes Digital Signature, Marked as Safe for Scripting, Supports Apartment Model Threading, Supports Free Threading

Compatible Containers: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Microsoft Visual Basic 2008, Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual C++ .NET, Microsoft Visual C# 2008, Microsoft Visual C# 2005, Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual C# .NET, .NET Framework 3.5, .NET Framework 3.0, .NET Framework 2.0, .NET Framework 1.1, .NET Framework 1.0

Product Class: Business Components

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