Release date: November 27 2012
Index
Introduction
What has changed ActiveXperts Network Component
What's new in ActiveSocket 4.4
Installation and Upgrade
Introduction
'ActiveXperts Network Component' is the new name for ActiveXperts' network communication toolkit formerly known as 'ActiveSocket Network Communication Toolkit'. It allows you to seamlessly integrate network functionality in your applications or scripts.
The product runs on Windows 2012/2008 R2/2008/2003/8/7/Vista/XP platforms and has native support for both 32bit and 64bit architecture. It can be used with various development tools, including Visual Basic .NET, Visual C# .NET, Visual Basic, Visual C++, ASP .NET, ASP, PHP, VBScript, Delphi and JavaScript.
What has changed ActiveXperts Network Component
- ActiveXperts has changed its naming convention for all its objects. The name for the namespace has changed from 'ASocketLib' into 'AxNetwork'.
The Program ID has changed from 'ActiveXperts' into 'AxNetwork'. The name for the Program Elements remain the same.
For instance, to create an Tcp object in C#, call 'new AxNetwork.Tcp()'. In ActiveSocket, it was 'new ASocketLib.Tcp()';
To create the same object in VBScript, call 'CreateObject( "AxNetwork.Tcp" )'. In ActiveSocket, you had to call 'CreateObject( "ActiveXperts.Tcp" )'.
What is new in ActiveXperts Network Component 4.4
- ActiveXperts Network Component has full support for IPv6.
- ActiveXperts Network Component has a new object called 'VMware' to query VMware hosts. It allows you to query counters on the host, list virtual machines on a host, and query counters for virtual machines.
- ActiveXperts Network Component has a new object called 'Xen' to query Citrix Xen hosts. It allows you to query counters on the host, list virtual machines on a host, and query counters for virtual machines.
- ActiveXperts Network Component supports SNMP v3 (secure SNMP, based on SSL).
- There are new samples included; existing samples are improved.
Installation and Upgrade
- Installation -
To learn more about installing the product for the first time, please read our manual.
- Upgrade from ActiveSocket -
Upgrade from ActiveSocket to ActiveXperts Network Component in the following way:
- Uninstall the ActiveSocket product. Use the 'Add/Remove Programs' applet in the Control Panel to start the Uninstall procedure;
- Download the ActiveXperts Network Component 4.4 Installation file from the ActiveXperts Software download site and start the ActiveXperts SMS Component Installation. The InstallShield wizard will guide you through the steps of the installation.
- Change the namespaces and Program ID's as described above.