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SocketWrench Custom Control
Version 1.0
Welcome
Please read this document carefully; it contains information about installing
and using the SocketWrench Windows Sockets custom control. Before you install
the control, please be sure that your system has the following products
installed (the version number indicates the earliest release that is supported;
a later release may also be used):
Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11
Visual Basic 3.0
Windows Sockets 1.1 Library
If you have any questions about which version of the above products are
installed, check the software documentation or contact your network or
systems administrator.
Catalyst NetTools
SocketWrench is part of a larger package currently under development called
Catalyst NetTools. In addition to the comprehensive, but fairly low-level,
access that SocketWrench provides, our NetTools package includes libraries
and custom controls for many of the popular Internet application protocols
such as FTP, TELNET, SMTP, POP3 and HTTP. Both dynamic link libraries (DLL's)
and custom controls for Visual Basic (VBX's) will be included, providing the
greatest flexibility to developers. And, of course, there are never any
royalties or other hidden costs with any of Catalyst's tools.
We feel that the most exciting component in the NetTools package is our World
Wide Web browser custom control. The control offers the best of both worlds:
a powerful browser that can be easily customized to meet the needs of your
application. Although NetTools Web control offers many options in the form of
properties, methods and events, you can create your own custom browser by
simply selecting the control, creating a text and button control and setting
the resource property. And when integrated with our other controls, you can
build a fully-featured, Internet-enabled application in just minutes!
Free Distribution
SocketWrench is freely re-distributable software. You may use the control in
your own applications and redistribute the package as needed. However,
SocketWrench has not been placed in the public domain. Catalyst Software
retains the copyright and may, without prior notice, release subsequent
versions of SocketWrench that are not freely re-distributable. As a developer,
you may include the control in your applications as per the license agreement
included with this software distribution.
If you have found SocketWrench to be useful, please consider registering the
software by completing the form in the register.txt file. There is no charge
or obligation when registering SocketWrench, and you'll receive a $50.00
discount towards the purchase of the complete NetTools package when it's
released. To contact Catalyst Software, write to:
Catalyst Software
638 Lindero Canyon Road
Suite 107
Oak Park, California 91301
Phone: 818.879.1144
Fax: 818.879.1211
Email: mstefan@catsoft.com
Please include your full name, address, daytime voice and fax number, and
your email address if available. Catalyst Software is committed to providing
tools, utilities and component software that truly solve developers problems.
You can help right now by simply letting us know who you are. Thank you for
your support.
Documentation
The documentation for this control is provided both as a Windows help file
and as a Microsoft Word 6.0 document. Although the document is copyrighted,
it may be freely copied and redistributed throughout your organization as
needed.
Installation
To install SocketWrench, run the installation utility that is included with
the package. If the package was downloaded from a bulletin board system, it
will be necessary to extract the files from an archive. To install the
software, select File..Run from the Program Manager menu. A dialog box will
prompt you for the name of the program to execute. If you are installing from
a diskette, enter a:\setup. Otherwise, specify the complete path where the
setup utility is located.
When the installation begins, you will be prompted to enter the name of a
directory where documents and sample programs can be installed. If the
directory does not exist, you can choose to have the setup utility create
it for you. This distribution contains the following files:
cswsock.vbx SocketWrench custom control
cswsock.hlp Help file for the custom control
cswsock.bas Visual Basic module to include in projects
cswsock.doc SocketWrench control documentation (Word 6.0 format)
tcpintro.doc Introduction to programming with SocketWrench
compat.wri Control compatibility notes
license.wri Software license agreement
generic.* Visual Basic project for a minimal client application
tcpecho.* Visual Basic project for a TCP echo server and test utility
udpecho.* Visual Basic project for a UDP test utility
ftpclnt.* Visual Basic project for a simple FTP client
The SocketWrench control and help file will be copied to the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directory along with the other Visual Basic controls. After all of the files
have been installed, you will be prompted if you wish to create a program
group for the help and documentation files.
Once the installation is completed, you can add the control to your project
from within Visual Basic by selecting File..Add File from the menu. Select
the cswsock.vbx file from the file list, and you should see the control added
to your toolbox. It is suggested that you also include the cswsock.bas module
in your project as well. It defines global constants that are commonly used
when programming the control.
Reporting Problems
If you encounter a problem, either with the control itself, or with the
documentation, please document the error and send an e-mail message to either
of these addresses:
CompuServe: 72202,1427
Internet: mstefan@catsoft.com
Please be as specific as you can about the problem that you're experiencing.
When reporting the problem, please be sure to include the following
information in your message:
Operating system and version
Physical connection (Ethernet, dialup SLIP/PPP, etc.)
TCP/IP vendor and version information
Known problems with a specific vendor's Windows Sockets implementation can
be found in the Compatibility Notes document distributed with this product.
Copyright 1995, Catalyst Software. All rights reserved.
SocketWrench is a trademark of Catalyst Software.
Windows and Visual Basic is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation