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.