What is the SocketWrench Freeware Edition?
The SocketWrench 6.0 Freeware Edition is a version of our commercial SocketWrench product that has been made freely available to software developers. It can be used to create both client and server applications, and supports both the TCP and UDP protocols. The first version of SocketWrench was released in 1995 as a Visual Basic control. The current version includes an ATL based ActiveX control which can be used to create applications in a wide variety of programming languages such as Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual FoxPro, Delphi and PowerBuilder. The Freeware Edition is ideal for students, hobbyists and programmers who are new to Internet software development. Although the Freeware Edition is based on the same commercial component that is part of our SocketWrench and SocketTools products, it does not include support for secure, encrypted connections and does not include all of the other components that are part of those packages. For example, the Freeware Edition doesn’t include the
