--------------------------------------------------------------------- IPPort (TM) Custom Control Version 1.0 Copyright (C) 1994, DevSoft - All rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The IPPort Custom Control enables a VB application to connect to TCP/IP services on the Internet and your LAN. A Winsock 1.1 compliant TCP/IP subsystem is required. IPPort was designed for ease of use. Download it, and the Internet will be only a few lines of code away from your VB application. The package includes four examples: the first illustrates World Wide Web access, the second access of a Webster server on the Internet (in case you need a dictionary!!), the third and the fourth are examples of simple 'ping' and 'finger' clients. The attached help file explains the functionality in detail. This is the second release of IPPort. It contains major improvements, has been widely tested, has a few more properties, and some minor changes in the functional interface as shown in the help file. The package can be downloaded from Library 17 (Third Party Tools), MSBASIC forum, or ftp.cica.indiana.edu, sunsite.unc.edu, and their mirrors. It contains a fully functional SHAREWARE version. You can use it for evaluation purposes for a period of 30 days. Further use requires a license. Registration fee is US $25, no royalties. REGISTRATION INFORMATION The registration fee for IPPort is $25. You can register by email, phone, or mail. Payments can be made by check, money order, or credit card. By registering, you will be able to distribute royalty-free executables that use IPPort. You will also receive prioritized online support, code samples and tips from our mailing list, free minor updates (1.x), discounts on major updates (2.x, 3.x, etc..), and our thanks. And if for any reason you find our registration fee unsuitable or unacceptable, please write to us. Give us a good reason why, and we would be happy to send you a free copy. MAIL ORDERS You can order IPPort by mail by sending a check or money order for US$ 25 to the following address: DevSoft P.O.Box 13821 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 U.S.A. INTERNET: devsoft@aol.com COMPUSERVE: 75244,2736 All funds must be in US dollars drawn on a US bank. For faster service, please specify an email address with your order. CREDIT CARD ORDERS You can order with Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover card from Public (software) Library by: Phone: (800) 2424-PSL or (713) 524-6394 Fax: (713) 524-6398 COMPUSERVE mail: 71355,470 Please mention product number 11682. The above numbers are for orders only. Any other inquiries, including inquiries about the status of the shipment of the order, refunds, registration options, product details, technical support, volume discounts, dealer pricing, site licenses, etc., must be directed to: DevSoft P.O.Box 13821 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 U.S.A. INTERNET: devsoft@aol.com COMPUSERVE: 75244,2736 Please specify your card number and expiration date with your order, as well as the name of the package you are ordering and product id (#11682). COMPUSERVE SWREG ORDERS You will be able to register through the SWREG forum on CompuServe. At the time this file is created, we have not yet acquired an SWREG ID number. This number will be supplied with future updates. For the moment, you can make a search using the keyword IPPort. We apologize for the inconvenience, but we thought it would be better to make the product available now, rather then wait until CompuServe assigns an ID. LICENSING i) shareware version You may use the shareware version of IPPort for up to 30 days in your design environment for evaluation purposes only. You may copy and distribute it freely as long as all the files in the package, including the demo programs and this help file are distributed with it and no changes or additions of any kind are made to the original package. There is no charge for any of the above, however, you are specifically prohibited from charging, or requesting donations for any copies, however made, and from distributing IPPort and/or it's accompanying files with other products (commercial or otherwise) without prior written permission from DevSoft. ii) registered version As a registered user, you can use IPPort in your design environment as well as distribute executables that use IPPort as a runtime component. DevSoft asks for no royalties or runtime fees for such distribution. The only requirement is that you distribute a license file (ipport.lic) which will bear your unique serial number. You will obtain that file upon registration. We also ask you as a courtesy to distribute this help file with your application, but you are not required to do so. Please note that the rights to ipport.lic are not transferable: users of your application cannot legally use ipport.lic in their own applications, or distribute their own code using the ipport.lic with your serial number on it. Only registered users can distribute executables using IPPort. You may install only one registered copy of IPPort in a single workstation at any time. Use of a registered copy in more than one workstation is against the terms of this licensing agreement. In particular, you are specifically prohibited from distributing a registered version of IPPort, except as a runtime component of one of your applications. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. THE EXTENT OF LIABILITY OF THE SELLER IS HEREBY LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE. IN PARTICULAR, IN NO EVENT SHALL DEVSOFT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE. **************************************************************************** * DevSoft *** Trying to make your life easier... * * P.O.Box 13821 * * Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 INTERNET: devsoft@aol.com * * U.S.A. COMPUSERVE: 75244,2736 * ****************************************************************************