SocketTools Library Edition Releases

Released: Aug 30, 2023

Updates in 11.0.2148.1565

Fixes

  • Corrected an issue which could cause file transfers to fail when automatic file type detection was used.
  • Corrected an issue which could cause the FTP TYPE command to be repeated before a file transfer started.

Released: Aug 21, 2023

Updates in 11.0.2148.1554

Features

  • Updated and added several missing interface definitions in the native DLL type libraries.
  • Added 'HttpSetRequestHeaders' function and 'HttpClient.AddHeaders' method which can be used to set multiple request headers.
  • Added 'HttpGetTextEx' function which provides additional options when returning text content in a string buffer.
  • Added 'InetGetUrlHostName' and 'InetConnectUrl' functions to simplify establishing TCP connections using a URL.
  • Additional parameter checks are performed when...

Released: Jul 26, 2023

Updates in 11.0.2142.1518

Features

  • Updated the C++ headers to eliminate strict warnings with the latest language standards.
  • Updated C++ class implementations to remove ambiguity with certain Unicode API calls.
  • Added additional parameter checking with networking I/O functions and normalized the error codes returned when an invalid buffer address or content length is specified.
  • Minor updates and improvements to the HTML Help documentation.

Fixes

  • Corrected a critical issue with secure connections which could cause the TLS...

Released: Jul 12, 2023

Updates in 11.0.2140.1494

Features

  • Improved the handling of malformed MIME messages which contained invalid quoted-printable encoding.
  • Expanded support for several additional Asian and eastern European character sets in the MIME components.
  • Minor updates and improvements to the HTML Help and PDF documentation.

Fixes

  • Corrected an issue with the IMAP components which prevented encoded UTF-7 folder names from being converted to Unicode.
  • Corrected an issue with the MIME components which mapped certain Asian character sets to...

Released: Jun 14, 2023

Updates in 11.0.2136.1480

Features

  • Modified the FTP and HTTP server components to permit usernames and passwords using Unicode characters.
  • Modified the FTP server components to allow an at sign (@) in a username.
  • The SocketTools installer packages and components have been digitally signed with an extended validation (EV) Authenticode certificate which uses SHA-256 signatures.
  • This build of SocketTools does not include support for Microsoft Windows XP/Vista and their corresponding server platforms.

Fixes

  • Corrected an...

Released: May 15, 2023

Updates in 11.0.2130.1468

Features

  • Added support for the HTTP/2.0 protocol in all HTTP client components.
  • Updated security options for TLS 1.2 (and later versions) and SSH 2.0 to use cipher suites available in Microsoft Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022. Older, less secure cipher suites have been deprecated and will not be used when establishing a connection. A fallback option is available to connect to legacy servers using TLS 1.0.
  • The default security protocol and cipher suite selection for all secure connections have...

Released: Sep 7, 2022

Updates in 10.0.1430.2348

Features

  • Improved handling of certain MIME character sets for non-European languages, particularly messages which use Chinese and Korean character sets.
  • Included the current Microsoft .NET 7.0 Preview 7 release assemblies with the default installation packages.
  • New updates for the current Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 17.3.3 release and the Microsoft .NET 7.0 Preview 7 release.
  • Minor updates and improvements to the HTML Help and PDF documentation.

Fixes

  • Corrected an issue with the FTP client...

Released: May 12, 2022

Updates in 10.0.1416.2256

Features

  • Improved processing of HTTP resource redirection.
  • Updates for the current Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 release and preview release of the Microsoft .NET 7.0 Framework.
  • Minor updates and improvements to the HTML Help and PDF documentation.

Fixes

  • Corrected an issue which could cause the client to reissue the same GET request.
  • Corrected an issue which caused the POP3 components and library to fail authentication using an OAuth2 bearer token.
  • Corrected an issue which could prevent a log...

Released: Mar 30, 2022

Updates in 10.0.1402.2218

Features

  • Updated the internal table of recognized content types used by the MIME and HTTP components.
  • Updated the current Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 17.1 and Visual Studio 2019 16.11 release with the latest Microsoft .NET 5.0 and 6.0 Framework SDKs.
  • Minor updates and improvements to the HTML Help and PDF documentation.

Fixes

  • Corrected an issue with the HTTP components where the PostXml and PostJson methods may not return an error if the server returns a status code in the 500 range.
  • Corrected...

Released: Jan 18, 2022

Updates in 10.0.1318.2132

Features

  • Updated the current Visual Studio 2022 17.0.5 and Visual Studio 2019 16.11.9 release with the latest .NET 5.0 and 6.0 Framework SDKs.
  • Minor updates and improvements to the HTML Help and PDF documentation.

Fixes

  • Corrected an issue with the ActiveX controls which could cause memory corruption when the control was dynamically created CreateObject. This would cause the host application to throw an unhandled exception or terminate abnormally.
  • Corrected an issue where arguments passed to the...