When existing server applications don't provide the security or
functionality you need, use these controls to quickly create a
custom server for any application. It is a secure TCP or FTP server.
- FTP Server ActiveX control is a fully-functional FTP server
(that you can monitor and control).
- TCP Server ActiveX control dynamically accepts connections and
raises asynchronous events as connection status changes and data
is received/sent.
- Mail Server application written in VB 6.0 can be easily used
to customize any mail handling system.
- DNS Server ActiveX control allows you to dynamically respond
to DNS queries using custom logic.
- NT Service ActiveX control allows you to create and install
your application as a service.
- FTP Server lets you control what happens when an FTP client
command is received and when it completes.
- Supports COM+ Component Services.
- Can be used in a multi-threaded environment.
- Includes a royalty-free license.
- Wrapper classes included for convenient integration into
Visual C++.
- 100% .NET compatible using .NET COM interop, samples
available.
Supported
Environments
Operating Systems: Windows 95/98, NT4, NT 2000, 2003, XP, Vista.
PowerTCP Server for ActiveX can be used in the following development
environments:
- .NET Framework
- Visual Basic
- Visual C++
- FoxPro
- PowerBuilder
- Delphi
- C++ Builder
- ASP
- VBScript (wscript, cscript,
etc)
- Office 97/2000
.NET Framework
All PowerTCP Server for ActiveX components are completely
interoperable with the .NET Framework. Full interoperability
instructions are provided in the product documentation.
Visual Basic
Looking to create a server application using Visual Basic? PowerTCP
Server for ActiveX contains 8 full sample projects for Visual Basic,
demonstrating several different types of server applications.
Visual C++
PowerTCP Server for ActiveX includes C++ wrapper classes to make
creating server applications in C++ even easier. In addition, an
echo server sample project is included.
Some uses of Server for ActiveX
include:
- Establish Inter-Process Communications (IPC) between local
and remote applications.
- Build a chat server.
- Create any upper-layer protocol server (SMTP, POP3, FTP, MUD, etc.)
- Create a
proxy server for any custom application.
- Develop NT Server monitoring applications.
- Enable streaming content
- Use the Server
Control with Flash for realtime information monitoring
- Create a complete
DNS Proxy Server
- Create an Internet filter/URL request tracker for outbound
data