(Aka FPIETTE's Components)
Revised: May 18, 2020
Release: V8.64
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Copyright (C) 1997-2020 by François PIETTE
Rue de Grady 24, 4053 Embourg, Belgium
<francois.piette@overbyte.be>
SSL implementation includes code written by Arno Garrels,
Berlin, Germany
ICS is freeware.
This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or
implied warranty. In no event will the author be held liable
for any damages arising from the use of this software.
Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any
purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it
and redistribute it freely, subject to the following
restrictions:
1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented,
you must not claim that you wrote the original software.
If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment
in the product documentation would be appreciated but is
not required.
2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and
must not be misrepresented as being the original software.
3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
distribution.
4. You must register this software by sending a picture postcard
to the author. Use a nice stamp and mention your name, street
address, EMail address and any comment you like to say.
5. As this code make use of OpenSSL, your rights are restricted
by OpenSSL license as soon as you use any SSL feature.
See http://www.openssl.org for details.
ICS is freeware. You can use it without paying anything except the registration postcard (see "register" below). But of course donations are welcome. You can send cash (Euro currency or US Dollars) in an envelop to my street address or buy a gift certificate at Amazon in the UK. I will then use it to buy books. Here is the direct URL at Amazon UK (nearest to my home, please don't use another): http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/gc-email-order1/ref=g_gc_email/202-6198323-6681414 For more generous amount, contact me by email.
ICS is freeware. If you use the components, you must register by sending a picture postcard showing the area you live in and some beautiful stamps for my kids who are stamp collectors. Do not use an envelop, I collect USED postcards sent to me. Write on the postcard that it is your ICS registration.
Address your card to: Francois PIETTE, rue de Grady 24, 4053 Embourg, Belgium. Don't forget to mention your name, street address, EMail and web site.
ICS has been designed by François PIETTE but many other peoples are working on the
components and sample programs. The history of changes in each source file list
all developers having contributed (When no name is given, the change is by F. Piette).
I can't list all contributors here but I want to specially thanks two specially active
contributors:
- Arno Garrels
- Angus Robertson angus@magsys.co.uk
A new web support forum was created for ICS in February 2019:
https://en.delphipraxis.net/forum/37-ics-internet-component-suite/
Once registered, it is possible to follow a forum with email messages for new posts, or a daily summary like the old mailing list.
The old twsocket mailing list ceased accepting new messages in late 2018, but 20 years of archived messages are still available at:
http://lists.elists.org/pipermail/twsocket/
The latest versions of ICS can be downloaded from the ICS Wiki web site:
http://wiki.overbyte.eu/wiki/index.php/ICS_Download
ICS V5 and V6 are archive releases no longer updated, last supported release was 2007.
ICS V7 is a stable release that may still be updated for major bugs, but not for new releases of Delphi, latest it supported was XE3.
ICS V8 is the current development release which is held in a public Version Control repository that is zipped each night for easy download. The download page above also includes the OpenSSL binaries needed to support SSL. ICS V8 supports Delphi 64-bit and Mac OS-X projects. Note that C++ Builder versions supported are up to XE3, 10.2 Tokyo and later. There are currently no C++ packages for XE4 to 10.1. but older or newer ones will often work.
The latest version is V8.64 which will be reported by the CopyRight constant in OverbyteIcsWSocket.pas and the integer WSocketVersion as 864.
ICS V9 is in early development and is planned to support Android and Linux Server. There are no current plans for ICS for iOS.
svn://svn.overbyte.be/ics/trunk or https://svn.overbyte.be/svn/ics/trunk
(Usercode = ics, password = ics)
ICS V8 has been designed for Embarcadero Delphi 2009 and up, and C++ Builder 2009 and up, but is fully compatible with Borland Delphi 7 and CodeGear 2006 and 2007. Embarcadero RAD Studio includes Delphi and C++ Builder.
With Delphi XE2 and later, VCL 64-bit Windows targets are supported for Delphi only. Currently FireMonkey is partly supported for Delphi only (there are still a few non-ported components). ICS for Mac OSX is currently experimental.
The zip file has sub-directories in it. You must use the WinZip "Use folder names" option to restore this directory tree or you will have problems because the files would not be in their proper subdirectories.
Please note most of these directories are differently named to ICS V7 and earlier, to ease support of multiple versions of Delphi and platforms, and to ease location of similar sample projects. Please don't install V8 over an existing V7 installation, it will be a mess of old and new.
This is the new V8 sub-directory layout:
.\ Info directory
.\Install Component packages project groups for all versions
.\Packages (was Delphi\Vc32) Delphi (7 and up) and C++Builder (2006 and up) packages projects
.\Source (was Delphi\Vc32) ICS Delphi source code built into packages
.\Source\Include (was Delphi\Vc32) .inc files (including OverbyteIcsDefs.inc)
.\Source\Extras (was Delphi\Vc32) Extra source code not built into packages
.\Source\zobj125 (was Delphi\Vc32) ZLIB C OBJ include files
.\Lib Unit output directories for all package builds, subdirectories
| for 2007+ will be created on building the packages
\$(Config) Release / Debug
|
\$(Platform) Win32 / Win64 / OSX32
|
\<delphi_version> D7..XE8, 10 Seattle includes .dcu and .dfm files for Delphi
and .obj and .hpp files for C++ Builder
.\Samples Delphi Win32/Win64 common source for all demos
.\Samples\delphi\BroswerDemo Delphi Win32/Win64 Web Browser sample application (all Delphi versions)
.\Samples\delphi\BroswerDemo\Resources Resource file, web pages and movie linked into browser demo
.\Samples\delphi\FtpDemos Delphi Win32/Win64 FTP sample applications (all Delphi versions)
.\Samples\delphi\MailNewsDemos Delphi Win32/Win64 SMTP, POP3, NNTP sample applications (all Delphi versions)
.\Samples\delphi\MiscDemos Delphi Win32/Win64 Miscellaneous applications (all Delphi versions)
.\Samples\delphi\OtherDemos Delphi Win32/Win64 DNS, Ping, SNMP, Syslog sample applications (all Delphi versions)
.\Samples\delphi\PlatformDemos Delphi FireMonkey and cross-platform samples (Delphi XE2+)
.\Samples\delphi\SocketDemos Delphi Win32/Win64 Socket sample applications (all Delphi versions)
.\Samples\delphi\sslinternet Delphi Win32/Win64 SSL-enabled sample applications (all Delphi versions)
.\Samples\delphi\WebDemos Delphi Win32/Win64 HTTP sample applications (all Delphi versions)
.\Samples\delphi\WebDemos\WebAppServerData Directory for WebAppServ demo data files
.\Samples\delphi\WebDemos\WebServData Directory for WebServ demo data files
.\Samples\cpp\internet C++Builder sample applications
.\Samples\cpp\internet\cb2006 C++Builder 2006 projects
.\Samples\cpp\internet\cb2007 C++Builder 2007 projects
.\Samples\cpp\internet\cb2009 C++Builder 2009 projects
.\Samples\cpp\internet\cb2010 C++Builder 2010 projects
.\Samples\cpp\internet\cbXE C++Builder XE projects
.\Samples\cpp\internet\cbXE2 C++Builder XE2 projects
UPGRADING and REINSTALLING
Uninstall an existing ICS package (Menu | Component | Install Packages, select the component package and click Remove).
Rename the old ICS directory and unzip to a new or empty directory, remove the old path from the library path and add either the new .\Source directory to the library path under Tools | Options |... or the appropriate .\Lib subdirectory according to version, ie .\Lib\Debug\Win32\D2007 for Delphi 2007.
The latter has the advantage that the ICS source code won't be recompiled whenever your project is build. Also under Tools | Options |... add the new .\Source directory to the Browsing path.
All DELPHI and C++ BUILDER VERSIONS/WIN32
Always upgrade your compiler with the latest update available from Embarcadero. Always update your system with http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
SSL or not SSL?
By default the SSL code is compiled into the run-time package and additional SSL- enabled components are installed. In order to not compile the SSL code into the run-time package and to not install the SSL-Enabled components you need to remove the conditional define USE_SSL from both the run-time and design-time package.
However if you do not build your applications with run-time packages it is recommended to build the packages with default settings. The SSL code will the be compiled into your applications depending on whether the conditional define USE_SSL is set in the project options or not (this requires having the .\Source directory in either in the library path or in projects Search path).
Actual use of SSL in your applications also requires the OpenSSL files libcrypto-1_1.dll (or libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll) and libssl-1_1.dll (or libssl-1_1-x64).dll being available somewhere in the path. The ICS distribution includes the latest Win32 OpenSSL files in the .\OpenSSL-Win32 directory and the four main DLLs duplicated in .\Samples\delphi\sslinternet for Win32 and Win64 samples.
Note OpenSSL 1.1.1 and later only support Windows Vista and later, and Windows Server 2008 and later, not Windows XP.
Other OpenSSL files, including older and Win64, may be downloaded from:
http://wiki.overbyte.eu/wiki/index.php/ICS_Download
Note that OpenSSL support for 1.0.2 and 1.1.0 has ceased with no more security fixes, but ICS will continue support them until the end of 2020. But please move to 1.1.1 for which support will continue by OpenSSL until late 2023 and by ICS for a year longer. ICS will no longer start with OpenSSL 0.9.8 or 1.0.0.
INSTALLATION USING THE INSTALL PROJECT GROUPS
For each Delphi and C++ Builder version one project group is provided in directory .\Install:
Delphi 7 : D7Install.bpg
Delphi 2006 : D2006Install.bdsgroup
Delphi 2007 : D2007Install.groupproj
Delphi 2009 : D2009Install.groupproj
Delphi 2010 : D2010Install.groupproj
Delphi XE : DXeInstall.groupproj
Delphi XE2 : DXe2Install.groupproj // VCL only, no FireMonkey components
Delphi XE2 : DXe2InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
Delphi XE3 : DXe3Install.groupproj // VCL only, no FireMonkey components
Delphi XE3 : DXe3InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
Delphi XE4 : DXe4Install.groupproj // VCL only, no FireMonkey components
Delphi XE4 : DXe4InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
Delphi XE5 : DXe5Install.groupproj // VCL only, no FireMonkey components
Delphi XE5 : DXe5InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
Delphi XE6 : DXe6Install.groupproj // VCL only, no FireMonkey components
Delphi XE6 : DXe6InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
Delphi XE7 : DXe7Install.groupproj // VCL only, no FireMonkey components
Delphi XE7 : DXe7InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
Delphi XE8 : DXe8Install.groupproj // VCL only, no FireMonkey components
Delphi XE8 : DXe8InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
Delphi 10 Seattle : D10SInstall.groupproj // VCL only, no FireMonkey components
Delphi 10 Seattle : D10SInstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
Delphi 10.1 Berlin : D101Install.groupproj // VCL only, no FireMonkey components
Delphi 10.1 Berlin : D101InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
Delphi 10.2 Tokyo : D102Install.groupproj // VCL only, no FireMonkey components
Delphi 10.2 Tokyo : D102InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
Delphi 10.3 Rio : D103Install.groupproj // VCL only, no FireMonkey components
Delphi 10.3 Rio : D103InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
Delphi 10.4 Sydney : D104Install.groupproj // VCL only, no FireMonkey components
Delphi 10.4 Sydney : D104InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
C++ Builder 2006 : CB2006Install.bdsgroup
C++ Builder 2007 : CB2007Install.groupproj
C++ Builder 2009 : CB2009Install.groupproj
C++ Builder 2010 : CB2010Install.groupproj
C++ Builder XE : CBXeInstall.groupproj
C++ Builder XE2 : CBXe2Install.groupproj // VCL only no FireMonkey components
C++ Builder XE2 : CBXe2InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
C++ Builder XE3 : CBXe3InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
C++ Builder 10.2 Tokyo : CB102InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
C++ Builder 10.3 Rio : CB103InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
C++ Builder 10.4 Sydney : CB104InstallVclFmx.groupproj // Both VCL and FireMonkey components
1 - Do a File/Open Project, navigate to the Install directory, select the correct file and open it. The project manager view should now display two package projects, one run-time and one design-time package. The run-time package name contains the "Run" suffix. The design-time package name contains the "Design" suffix.
2 - Select and Build the run-time package (do not install).
3 - Select and Install the design-time package.
After a few seconds, you should have a dialog box telling you the package has been installed with a bunch of new components registered in the Tool Palette under "Overbyte ICS" and "Overbyte ICS SSL". Then do a "Save All" and a "Close All".
4 - One package is installed, called 'Overbyte ICS Design-Time Package for Delphi xxx'.
5 - Various directories under .\Samples\delphi\ include samples that illustrate use of all the ICS components, see later.
6 - Alternatively, recent Delphi versions have a Build Groups pane in the Project Manager, opened by clicking a a button. This allows building multiple packages with multiple configurations and platforms with a single click. After building, the 32-bit design package still need to be installed manually.
7 - Note that some SSL projects may need these (or similar) files adding:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeGear\RAD Studio\6.0\lib\psdk\crypt32.lib"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CodeGear\RAD Studio\6.0\lib\psdk\cryptui.lib"
Also define SECURITY_WIN32 in the project which should allow OverbyteIcsSspi.hpp to build okay.
FIREMONKEY CROSS PLATFORM PACKAGES:
1 - For XE2 and later, DXe?Install (where ? is the version) installs VCL components only, while DXe?InstallVclFmx also installs FireMonkey cross platform components (three run time packages). In order to use this feature first uninstall the old design-time package.
2 - Build all three run-time packages for all available platforms (32-bit and 64-bit Windows and Mac OS X) in the order they are listed in project manager.
3 - Next build and install the three design-time packages in the order they are listed in project manager.
4 - Three packages are installed, called:
'Overbyte ICS Common Design-Time Package for Delphi xxx'
'Overbyte ICS FMX Design-Time Package for Delphi xxx'
'Overbyte ICS VCL Design-Time Package for Delphi xxx'
Note that the new packaging is still beta/alpha, both package names and included units might change in a future beta drop. The old VCL packages are still there however they do no longer support FireMonkey and of course only one set of packages can be installed in the IDE at the same time, if you want both VCL and FMX install DXe2InstallVclFmx.groupproj only. Currently the XE2 package cache is buggy and should be disabled by adding the -nocache parameter.
5 - Alternatively, recent Delphi versions have a Build Groups pane in the Project Manager, opened by clicking a a button. This allows building multiple packages with multiple configurations and platforms with a single click. After building, the 32-bit design packages still need to be installed one by one.
6 - The .\Samples\delphi\PlatformDemos\ folder contains FireMonkey sample projects that may all be built with FireMonkey for Mac OS X (and Windows).
ALTERNATE INSTALLATION USING THE PACKAGE PROJECT FILES:
For each Delphi and C++ Builder version two package project files exist in the .\Packages directory. One run-time and one design-time package project file. The run-time file name contains the "Run" suffix. The design-time file name contains the "Design" suffix.
PACKAGE PROJECT FILE NAMES - VCL:
Delphi 7 : OverbyteIcsD7Run.dpk, OverbyteIcsD7Design.dpk
Delphi 2006 : OverbyteIcsD2006Run.bdsproj, OverbyteIcsD2006Design.bdsproj
Delphi 2007 : OverbyteIcsD2007Run.dproj, OverbyteIcsD2007Design.dproj
Delphi 2009 : OverbyteIcsD2009Run.dproj, OverbyteIcsD2009Design.dproj
Delphi 2010 : OverbyteIcsD2010Run.dproj, OverbyteIcsD2010Design.dproj
Delphi XE : OverbyteIcsDXeRun.dproj, OverbyteIcsDXeDesign.dproj
Delphi XE2 : OverbyteIcsDXe2Run.dproj, OverbyteIcsDXe2Design.dproj
Delphi XE3 : OverbyteIcsDXe3Run.dproj, OverbyteIcsDXe3Design.dproj
Delphi XE4 : OverbyteIcsDXe4Run.dproj, OverbyteIcsDXe4Design.dproj
Delphi XE5 : OverbyteIcsDXe5Run.dproj, OverbyteIcsDXe5Design.dproj
Delphi XE6 : OverbyteIcsDXe6Run.dproj, OverbyteIcsDXe6Design.dproj
Delphi XE7 : OverbyteIcsDXe7Run.dproj, OverbyteIcsDXe7Design.dproj
Delphi XE8 : OverbyteIcsDXe8Run.dproj, OverbyteIcsDXe8Design.dproj
Delphi 10 Seattle : OverbyteIcsD10SRun.dproj, OverbyteIcsD10SDesign.dproj
Delphi 10.1 Berlin : OverbyteIcsD101Run.dproj, OverbyteIcsD101Design.dproj
Delphi 10.2 Tokyo : OverbyteIcsD102Run.dproj, OverbyteIcsD102Design.dproj
Delphi 10.3 Rio : OverbyteIcsD103Run.dproj, OverbyteIcsD103Design.dproj
Delphi 10.4 Sydney : OverbyteIcsD104Run.dproj, OverbyteIcsD103Design.dproj
C++ Builder 2006 : OverbyteIcsCB2006Run.bdsproj, OverbyteIcsCB2006Design.bdsproj
C++ Builder 2007 : OverbyteIcsCB2007Run.cbproj, OverbyteIcsCB2007Design.cbproj
C++ Builder 2009 : OverbyteIcsCB2009Run.cbproj, OverbyteIcsCB2009Design.cbproj
C++ Builder 2010 : OverbyteIcsCB2010Run.cbproj, OverbyteIcsCB2010Design.cbproj
C++ Builder XE : OverbyteIcsCBXeRun.cbproj, OverbyteIcsCBXeDesign.cbproj
C++ Builder XE2 : OverbyteIcsCBXe2Run.cbproj, OverbyteIcsCBXe2Design.cbproj
C++ Builder XE3 : OverbyteIcsCBXe3Run.cbproj, OverbyteIcsCBXe3Design.cbproj
PACKAGE PROJECT FILE NAMES - FireMonkey and VCL:
Delphi XE2 FMX/VCL : IcsCommonDXe2Run.dproj, IcsCommonDXe2Design.dproj
Delphi XE2 VCL : IcsVclDXe2Run.dproj, IcsVclDXe2Design.dproj
Delphi XE2 FMX : IcsFmxDXe2Run.dproj, IcsFmxDXe2Design.dproj
Delphi XE3 FMX/VCL : IcsCommonDXe3Run.dproj, IcsCommonDXe3Design.dproj
Delphi XE3 VCL : IcsVclDXe3Run.dproj, IcsVclDXe3Design.dproj
Delphi XE3 FMX : IcsFmxDXe3Run.dproj, IcsFmxDXe3Design.dproj
Delphi XE4 FMX/VCL : IcsCommonDXe4Run.dproj, IcsCommonDXe4Design.dproj
Delphi XE4 VCL : IcsVclDXe4Run.dproj, IcsVclDXe4Design.dproj
Delphi XE4 FMX : IcsFmxDXe4Run.dproj, IcsFmxDXe4Design.dproj
Delphi XE5 FMX/VCL : IcsCommonDXe5Run.dproj, IcsCommonDXe5Design.dproj
Delphi XE5 VCL : IcsVclDXe5Run.dproj, IcsVclDXe5Design.dproj
Delphi XE5 FMX : IcsFmxDXe5Run.dproj, IcsFmxDXe5Design.dproj
Delphi XE6 FMX/VCL : IcsCommonDXe6Run.dproj, IcsCommonDXe6Design.dproj
Delphi XE6 VCL : IcsVclDXe6Run.dproj, IcsVclDXe6Design.dproj
Delphi XE6 FMX : IcsFmxDXe6Run.dproj, IcsFmxDXe6Design.dproj
Delphi XE7 FMX/VCL : IcsCommonDXe7Run.dproj, IcsCommonDXe7Design.dproj
Delphi XE7 VCL : IcsVclDXe7Run.dproj, IcsVclDXe7Design.dproj
Delphi XE7 FMX : IcsFmxDXe7Run.dproj, IcsFmxDXe7Design.dproj
Delphi XE8 FMX/VCL : IcsCommonDXe8Run.dproj, IcsCommonDXe8Design.dproj
Delphi XE8 VCL : IcsVclDXe8Run.dproj, IcsVclDXe8Design.dproj
Delphi XE8 FMX : IcsFmxDXe8Run.dproj, IcsFmxDXe8Design.dproj
Delphi 10 Seattle FMX/VCL : IcsCommonD10SRun.dproj, IcsCommonD10SDesign.dproj
Delphi 10 Seattle VCL : IcsVclD10SRun.dproj, IcsVclD10SDesign.dproj
Delphi 10 Seattle FMX : IcsFmxD10SRun.dproj, IcsFmxD10SDesign.dproj
Delphi 10.1 Berlin FMX/VCL : IcsCommonD101Run.dproj, IcsCommonD101Design.dproj
Delphi 10.1 Berlin VCL : IcsVclD101Run.dproj, IcsVclD101Design.dproj
Delphi 10.1 Berlin FMX : IcsFmxD101Run.dproj, IcsFmxD101Design.dproj
Delphi 10.2 Tokyo FMX/VCL : IcsCommonD102Run.dproj, IcsCommonD102Design.dproj
Delphi 10.2 Tokyo VCL : IcsVclD102Run.dproj, IcsVclD102Design.dproj
Delphi 10.2 Tokyo FMX : IcsFmxD102Run.dproj, IcsFmxD102Design.dproj
Delphi 10.3 Rio FMX/VCL : IcsCommonD103Run.dproj, IcsCommonD103Design.dproj
Delphi 10.3 Rio VCL : IcsVclD103Run.dproj, IcsVclD103Design.dproj
Delphi 10.3 Rio FMX : IcsFmxD103Run.dproj, IcsFmxD103Design.dproj
Delphi 10.4 Sydney FMX/VCL : IcsCommonD104Run.dproj, IcsCommonD104Design.dproj
Delphi 10.4 Sydney VCL : IcsVclD104Run.dproj, IcsVclD104Design.dproj
Delphi 10.4 Sydney FMX : IcsFmxD104Run.dproj, IcsFmxD104Design.dproj
C++ Builder XE2 FMX/VCL : IcsCommonCBXe2Run.dproj, IcsCommonDXe2Design.dproj
C++ Builder XE2 VCL : IcsVclCBXe2Run.dproj, IcsVclCBXe2Design.dproj
C++ Builder XE2 FMX : IcsFmxCBXe2Run.dproj, IcsFmxCBXe2Design.dproj
C++ Builder XE3 FMX/VCL : IcsCommonCBXe3Run.dproj, IcsCommonDXe3Design.dproj
C++ Builder XE3 VCL : IcsVclCBXe3Run.dproj, IcsVclCBXe3Design.dproj
C++ Builder XE3 FMX : IcsFmxCBXe3Run.dproj, IcsFmxCBXe3Design.dproj
C++ Builder 10.2 Tokyo VCL : IcsVclCB102Run.dproj, IcsVclCB102Design.dproj
C++ Builder 10.2 Tokyo FMX : IcsFmxCB102Run.dproj, IcsFmxCB102Design.dproj
C++ Builder 10.3 Rio VCL : IcsVclCB103Run.dproj, IcsVclCB103Design.dproj
C++ Builder 10.3 Rio FMX : IcsFmxCB103Run.dproj, IcsFmxCB103Design.dproj
C++ Builder 10.4 Sydney VCL: IcsVclCB104Run.dproj, IcsVclCB104Design.dproj
C++ Builder 10.4 Sydney FMX: IcsFmxCB104Run.dproj, IcsFmxCB104Design.dproj
1 - Open and Build the run-time package project (do not install!).
2 - Open and Install the design-time package project. (Do a File/Open Project, browse to the .\Packages directory. Select the correct file and open it. Then in the project manager view, right-click on the package, then click on either the Build or Install button.)
3 - For Delphi XE2 and later, a 64-bit run-time package can be built by changing the package target platform to 64-bit Windows. This has the same name as the 32-bit package, so a different package output directory needs to be specified in Tools / Options / Delphi Options for 64-bit Windows.
After a few seconds, you should have a dialog box telling you the package has been installed with a bunch of new components registered in the Tool Palette under "Overbyte ICS" and "Overbyte ICS SSL". Then do a "Save All" and a "Close All".
DELPHI 2006/WIN32, 2007/WIN32, 2009/WIN32, 2010/WIN32, XE/WIN32:
Having installed the package, verify that the appropriate Win32 Library Path (Tools / Options / Delphi Options / Library - Win32 / Library Path) has been added, .\Lib subdirectory according to version, ie .\Lib\Debug\Win32\D2007 for Delphi 2007. If not, add it manually. It is not mandatory to add .\Lib to the global Delphi path, but it will be much easier for you because otherwise you'll have to add it to each project.
DELPHI XE2/WIN32, XE3/WIN32, XE4/WIN32, XE5/WIN32, XE6/WIN32, XE7/WIN32, XE8/WIN32, 10 Seattle/WIN32, 10.1 Berlin/WIN32, 10.2 Tokyo/WIN32, 10.3 Rio/WIN32, 10.4 Sydney/WIN32, XE2/WIN64, XE3/WIN64, XE4/WIN64,XE5/WIN64, XE6/WIN64, XE7/WIN64, XE8/WIN64, 10 Seattle/WIN64, 10.1 Berlin/WIN64, 10.2 Tokyo/WIN64, 10.3 Rio/WIN64, 10.4 Sydney/WIN64:
Similar to above, but now an extra level, so Tools / Options / Language / Delphi/ Library / select platform as Windows 32-bit or 64-bit, or MacOs 32-bit or 64-bit. Note the Library path is specified separately for 32-bit and 64-bit Platforms. Beware Delphi seems to default to 64-bit platform, and needs to be changed to 32-bit plaform before setting the Library path, .\Lib subdirectory according to version, ie .\Lib\Debug\Win64\D103 for Delphi 10.3 Rio 64-bit,
DELPHI 7: Add VC32 directory path to your library path (Tools menu / Environment Options / Library / Library Path. Add .\Lib\Debug\Win32\D7 path at the end of the existing path).
SAMPLE DELPHI PROJECTS
Once the package is installed, you may open the sample projects. There are about 95 samples are split into several directories according to protocols, with a project group that can be opened in all versions of Delphi.
.\Samples\delphi\AllDemosProject.bpg
.\Samples\delphi\BroswerDemo
.\Samples\delphi\FtpDemos\FtpDemos.bpg
.\Samples\delphi\MailNewsDemos\MailNewsDemos.bpg
.\Samples\delphi\MiscDemos\MiscDemos.bpg
.\Samples\delphi\OtherDemos\OtherDemos.bpg
.\Samples\delphi\PlatformDemos\XSamples.groupproj
.\Samples\delphi\SocketDemos\SocketDemos.bpg
.\Samples\delphi\sslinternet\SslDemos.bpg
.\Samples\delphi\WebDemos\WebDemos.bpg
Full details of the individual sample projects are shown later in this document.
AllDemosProject.bpg contains all 94 samples except BrowserDemo (which needs a third party component installed). But building all the samples at the same requires a lot of memory and was not possible until Delphi 10 Seattle and later which have improved memory management. Earlier versions of Delphi will compile each other project group.
You might get some dialog box telling you that resource files are missing (they may not have been included in the zip file to save space) and are recreated by Delphi. It is OK. Any other error message is a problem you should fix. After all resource files have been recreated, you should see in the project manager a group of projects.
To compile all samples in the group at once, do Project / Build all projects. This may take a few minutes.
Note Delphi has warnings which triggers a lot of messages for 100% OK code. You can turn those warnings off in the project/ options / Compiler messages and deselecting: "Deprecated symbol", "Platform symbol", "unsafe type", "unsafe code", "unsafe typecast". Those are intended for .NET and Linux portability. You can safely ignore them if you run windows. For you facility, I included a utility SetProjectOptions (source code, you must compile it) in the internet directory. This utility will update project options to disable the warnings.
Once the components are all installed, you may open the sample projects each one after the other and compile them. For each project, do file/open and select the dpr file in the internet directory. Then Project/Build All.
C++ BUILDER 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, XE, XE2, XE3, 10.2 Tokyo, 10.3 Rio, 10.4 Sydney:
Follow the installation procedure described for Delphi 2006. Just change the project group and package name: use CB2006, CBXe, etc, see above. You can't have Delphi 2006 and CBuilder 2006 packages installed at the same time in the IDE. So when switching from one to the other, be sure to remove the one you don't need.
The Embarcadero installation adds this to the system path:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\20.0\Bpl
This however does not allow Win32 packages to be installed, to do that you need to add this path to the system path (win10=Start, Edit the system environment variables, Environment variables, System variables, Path, Edit, New:)
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\20.0\Bpl\Win32
New projects that need to use ICS:
include path:
- add {THE DIR YOU EXTRACTED ICS To}\source\include\103\win32
library path
- add C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\20.0\BPL\Win32
Building the FireMonkey CBXE2InstallVclFmx C++ packages for OSX may trigger an ILINK32 error, this is a bug in C++ Builder reported as QC #103668 the Win32 packages should build without errors.
Once the components are all installed, you may open the sample projects each one after the other and compile them. For each project, do file/open and select the dpr file in the internet directory. Then Project/Build All. Projects are located in SAMPLES\CPP\INTERNET\CB2006\ (or CB2006, CBXE, etc) with a project group in each directory, OverbyteIcsCB2006Sam.bdsgroup, OverbyteIcsCBXe2Sam.groupproj, etc. It is likely that for each project, C++ Builder complains about a missing .res file. This is not a problem, C++ Builder will recreate it as needed. They have not been included to save space in the zip file.
Once the components are all installed, you may open the sample projects each one after the other and compile them. For each project, do file/open and select the dpr file in the internet directory. Then Project/Build All.
NOTES:
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You may have an error message, using Delphi or C++ Builder complaining about Font.Charset, OldCreateOrder and other properties. Those are new properties in newer Delphi or C++ Builder versions, newer than the version you use. You can safely ignore those errors because those properties are not used by the components nor sample programs. You may encounter this error at run time. To avoid it, you must open each form at design time and ignore the error. Then recompile. If you don't ignore the error at design time, you'll have it at runtime !
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If you have Delphi or C++ Builder complaining about a file not found, add .\source directory to your library path.
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If you are using C++ Builder you may encounter an error at link time such as "Unable to open file MWBCB30.LIB" (or other libs). This is a bug in C++ Builder. To solve it, you can edit project option file (right click in project manager) and remove any reference to the missing libraries.
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Don't forget that the C++Builder components are located in .\delphi\vc32 which is object pascal source code (not a problem for C++Builder, just indicate that the *.pas files are displayed when installing). C++Builder will create the *.hpp files. There are some on-line help files in the VC32 directory.
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The following is a list of the files that should be installed in order to properly add all of the available components in this collection:
> OverbyteIcsCharsetComboBox.pas Provides easy MIME charset selection > OverbyteIcsDnsQuery DNS lookup component - useful for getting MX records > OverbyteIcsDprUpdFix.pas IDE plugin for Delphi 2009 and 2010 to update old projects > OverbyteIcsEmulVT.pas ANSI terminal emulation in a control > OverbyteIcsFileCopy.pas Indexing, copying and deleting of multiple file directories > OverbyteIcsFileCopyW.pas Same as OverbyteIcsFileCopy but Unicode for Delphi 2007. > OverbyteIcsFingCli.pas FINGER client protocol - Find information about user > OverbyteIcsFtpCli.pas FTP client protocol - file transfer > OverbyteIcsFtpCliW.pas Same as OverbyteIcsFtpCli but Unicode for Delphi 2007. > OverbyteIcsFtpMulti.pas FTP client that indexes, uploads or downloads multiple files > OverbyteIcsFtpMultiW.pas Same as OverbyteIcsFtpMulti but Unicode for Delphi 2007. > OverbyteIcsFtpSrv.pas FTP server protocol - file transfer > OverbyteIcsFtpSrvT.pas FTP server protocol - helpers > OverbyteIcsFtpSrvW.pas Same as OverbyteIcsFtpSrvW but Unicode for Delphi 2007. > OverbyteIcsHttpAppServer.pas HTTP server protocol - used to build advanced web servers > OverbyteIcsHttpMulti.pas HTTP client that downloads multiple files from a list or by parsing web links > OverbyteIcsHttpMultiW.pas Same as OverbyteIcsHttpMulti but Unicode for Delphi 2007. > OverbyteIcsHttpProt.pas HTTP client protocol - used by the web > OverbyteIcsHttpSrv.pas HTTP server protocol - used to build web servers > OverbyteIcsIpStreamLog.pas IP stream logging, using TCP Client or Server, UDP Client or Server, sends simple text > OverbyteIcsLogger.pas A component to log information > OverbyteIcsMailQueue.pas SMTP Mail Queue with extended retries, multiple SMTP servers or MX look up > OverbyteIcsMimeDec.pas MIME component - decode file attach, use with POP3 > OverbyteIcsMultiProgressBar.pas A segmented progress bar > OverbyteIcsMultipartFtpDownloader.pas FTP client protocol - download one file using simultaneous connections to speedup download > OverbyteIcsMultipartHttpDownloader.pas HTTP client protocol - download one file using simultaneous connections to speedup download > OverbyteIcsNntpCli.pas NNTP client protocol - send and receive newsgroups messages > OverbyteIcsPing.pas ICMP echo protocol - ping a host > OverbyteIcsPop3Prot.pas POP3 client protocol - get mail from mail server > OverbyteIcsProxy.pas Proxy server protocol - HTTP forward and reverse proxy, and others > OverbyteIcsReg.pas Register design components > OverbyteIcsSmtpProt.pas SMTP client protocol - send mail to server > OverbyteIcsSmtpSrv.pas SMTP server protocol - receive mail from client > OverbyteIcsSnmpCli.pas SNMP client protocol - network management > OverbyteIcsSnmpMsgs.pas SNMP client protocol - message helper > OverbyteIcsSntp.pas Time server and client supporting SNTP time protocol > OverbyteIcsSslHttpRest.pas HTTPS REST functions, descends from THttpCli, includes OAuth2, Send SMS and DNS over HTTPS > OverbyteIcsSysLogClient.pas Syslog Client Protocol - receive syslog messages > OverbyteIcsSysLogDefs.pas Syslog Protocol - helpers > OverbyteIcsSysLogServer.pas Syslog Server Protocol - send syslog messages > OverbyteIcsTnCnx.pas TELNET client protocol - terminal emulation protocol > OverbyteIcsTnEmulVT.pas TELNET and ANSI terminal emulation combined > OverbyteIcsTnOptFrm.pas TELNET Client configuration form > OverbyteIcsTnScript.pas TELNET client protocol - with automation > OverbyteIcsWebSockets.pas WebSockets Server protocol > OverbyteIcsWSocket.pas Winsock component - TCP, UDP, DNS,... > OverbyteIcsWSocketE.pas Register procedure and property editor for TWSocket > OverbyteIcsWSocketS.pas Winsock component for building servers > OverbyteIcsWSocketTS.pas Winsock component for building multithreaded servers > OverbyteIcsWhoisCli.pas Whois protocol client -
The following list support and utilities units:
> OverbyteIcsAsn1Utils.pas ASN1 utilities (for TSnmpClient component) > OverbyteIcsAvlTrees.pas Implements a fast cache-like data storage > OverbyteIcsBlacklist.pas Blacklisting of malicious IP addresses, logging functions > OverbyteIcsCRC.pas 32 bit CRC computation > OverbyteIcsCharsetUtils.pas MIME-charset functions > OverbyteIcsCookies.pas Client Cookie Handling > OverbyteIcsCsc.pas character set routines > OverbyteIcsDES.pas Implementation of the Data Encryption Standard (DES) > OverbyteIcsDigestAuth.pas HTTP Digest Access Authentication > OverbyteIcsFormDataDecoder.pas Decode a MIME data block as generated by a HTML form > OverbyteIcsFtpSrvWT.pas Same as OverbyteIcsFtpSrvWT but Unicode for Delphi 2007. > OverbyteIcsHtmlPars.pas HTML web page parser > OverbyteIcsHttpCCodZLib.pas Supports GZIP coding for HttpContCod > OverbyteIcsHttpContCod.pas HTTP Content Coding support, uses extra units > OverbyteIcsIcmp.pas ICMP protocol support, used by the PING component > OverbyteIcsIconv.pas Headers for iconv library (LGPL) > OverbyteIcsLIBEAY.pas Delphi encapsulation for libeay32.dll and libcrypto-1_1.dll (OpenSSL) > OverbyteIcsMD4.pas Implementation of the MD4 Message-Digest Algorithm > OverbyteIcsMD5.pas Implementation of the MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm > OverbyteIcsMLang.pas A few header translations from MS mlang.h > OverbyteIcsMimeUtil.pas Support routines for MIME standard > OverbyteIcsNtlmMsgs.pas Client NTLM authentification messages used within HTTP protocol > OverbyteIcsNtlmSsp.pas Server NTLM authentification of user credentials using Windows SSPI > OverbyteIcsOneTimePw.pas One Time Password support functions, used by FTP > OverbyteIcsSHA1.pas Implementation of US Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1) > OverbyteIcsSSLEAY.pas Delphi encapsulation for ssleay32.dll and libssl-1_1.dll (OpenSSL) > OverbyteIcsSocketUtils.pas Cross platform socket utilities for ICS > OverbyteIcsSslJose.pas JOSE - Json Object Signing and Encryption > OverbyteIcsSslSessionCache.pas A very fast external SSL-session-cache component > OverbyteIcsSslThrdLock.pas Implementation of OpenSsl thread locking (Windows); > OverbyteIcsSslX509Certs.pas Automatically download SSL X509 certificates from Let's Encrypt and CertCentre AG > OverbyteIcsSslX509Utils.pas SSL key and X509 certification creation > OverbyteIcsSspi.pas A few header translations from MS sspi.h and security.h > OverbyteIcsStreams.pas Fast streams for ICS > OverbyteIcsThreadTimer.pas A custom timer class using custom timer messages from one or more threads > OverbyteIcsTicks64.pas GetTickCount64 support for all versions of Windows > OverbyteIcsTimeList.pas List of items with expiry times, used for WebSessions > OverbyteIcsTypes.pas Common types, mainly for backward compiler compatibility > OverbyteIcsURL.pas Support routines for URL handling > OverbyteIcsUtils.pas Vast number of common utilities, many supporting Unicode for D7/2007 > OverbyteIcsWSockBuf.pas FIFO buffers for TWSocket > OverbyteIcsWebSession.pas Web session support for THttpAppSrv and MidWare > OverbyteIcsWinnls.pas A few header translations for Unicode Normalization in winnls.h > OverbyteIcsWinsock.pas Some Winsock initialisations > OverbyteIcsWMI.pas WMI support functions, setting IP addresses, controlling DNS server. > OverbyteIcsWndControl.pas A class that encapsulates a windows message queue and a message map > OverbyteIcsZLibDll.pas Zlib support, interface to external zlib.dll functions > OverbyteIcsZLibObj.pas Zlib support, interface to zlib linked C OBJ functions > OverbyteIcsZlibHigh.pas Zlib support, high level interface for compression and decompression > WbemScripting_TLB.pas WMI API headers.
For Delphi and C++ Builder XE2 and later, FireMonkey Desktop applications are an alternate to VCL Forms applications, supporting cross platforms of Windows 32-bit and 64-bit and Mac OS X (and perhaps other platforms in future). FireMonkey uses different visual components to VCL, while some non-visual components can be used for both VCL and FMX projects, while other components need special versions, such as ICS.
Earlier betas of V8 used the conditional define "FMX" which is *no longer required in project options. Instead in your existing ICS FireMonkey app. add either "Ics.Fmx" to the unit scope names in project options or apply the following changes in the uses clause, rename:
OverbyteIcsBlacklist -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsBlacklist.pas
OverbyteIcsCharsetComboBox -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsCharsetComboBox.pas
OverbyteIcsDnsQuery -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsDnsQuery.pas
OverbyteIcsFileCopy -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsFileCopy.pas
OverbyteIcsFingCli -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsFingCli.pas
OverbyteIcsFtpCli -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsFtpCli
OverbyteIcsFtpMulti -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsFtpMulti.pas
OverbyteIcsFtpSrv -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsFtpSrv
OverbyteIcsHttpAppServer -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsHttpAppServer.pas
OverbyteIcsHttpMulti -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsHttpMulti.pas
OverbyteIcsHttpProt -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsHttpProt
OverbyteIcsHttpSrv -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsHttpSrv.pas
OverbyteIcsIcmp -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsIcmp.pas
OverbyteIcsIpStreamLog -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsIpStreamLog.pas
OverbyteIcsMailQueue -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsMailQueue.pas
OverbyteIcsMsSslUtils -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsMsSslUtils.pas
OverbyteIcsMultipartFtpDownloader -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsMultipartFtpDownloader.pas
OverbyteIcsMultipartHttpDownloader -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsMultipartHttpDownloader.pas
OverbyteIcsNntpCli -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsNntpCli.pas
OverbyteIcsPing -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsPing.pas
OverbyteIcsPop3Prot -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsPop3Prot.pas
OverbyteIcsProxy -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsProxy.pas
OverbyteIcsSmtpProt -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsSmtpProt.pas
OverbyteIcsSntp -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsSntp.pas
OverbyteIcsSocketUtils -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsSocketUtils.pas
OverbyteIcsSslHttpRest -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsSslHttpRest.pas
OverbyteIcsSslJose -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsSslJose.pas
OverbyteIcsSslSessionCache -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsSslSessionCache.pas
OverbyteIcsSslThrdLock -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsSslThrdLock.pas
OverbyteIcsSslX509Certs -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsSslX509Certs.pas
OverbyteIcsSslX509Utils -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsSslX509Utils.pas
OverbyteIcsThreadTimer -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsThreadTimer.pas
OverbyteIcsWSocket -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsWSocket
OverbyteIcsWSocketS -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsWSocketS
OverbyteIcsWhoisCli -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsWhoisCli.pas
OverbyteIcsWndControl -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsWndControl
{ Demo units }
OverbyteIcsWebAppServerCounter -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsWebAppServerCounter
OverbyteIcsWebAppServerMailer -> Ics.Fmx.OverbyteIcsWebAppServerMailer
The list above is also the list of units that now have different names in the FireMonkey framework however most of them share the same source file.
Dropping a ICS component on the form will add the correct unit name for each framework automatically (don't forget to disable the package cache as described above).
Unit OverbyteIcsLibrary.pas has been deprecated and ICS IPv8 doesn't use it anymore. If you used it in your own code read the comment in OverbyteIcsLibrary.pas, search for "deprecated".
With V8, the 96 sample applications are now grouped into directories according to general functionality, to make it easier to compare related samples.
Many samples are similar. When searching for something, always look at the date the demos where created. The most recent is always the best code! In the lists below, ACTIVE!! indicates applications that are actively maintained to test and support new functionality in the ICS components. These may not be simplest samples, but are usually the first to try when learning about a component.
.\Samples\delphi\BroswerDemo
> FrameBrowserIcs.dpr Web Browser using HtmlViewer component - ACTIVE!!
Note this sample needs HtmlViewer component installed
.\Samples\delphi\FtpDemos\FtpDemos.bpg - Project group
> OverbyteIcsBasFtp.dpr Basic FTP client program
> OverbyteIcsConFtp.dpr Basic console mode FTP client
> OverbyteIcsFtpAsy.dpr Example of asynchronous FTP client
> OverbyteIcsFtpMulti.dpr Demo to do several FTP downloads in parallel to get a list of files
> OverbyteIcsFtpMultipartDownload.dpr Demo to FTP download a single large file in several parts in parallel
> OverbyteIcsFtpServ.dpr General purpose FTP server, uses TSocketServer - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsFtpThrd.dpr Demo of multithreaded FTP client, see also FTPASY
> OverbyteIcsFtpTst.dpr Basic graphical FTP client - ACTIVE!!
Note better samples under sslinternet with SSL enabled.
.\Samples\delphi\MailNewsDemos\MailNewsDemos.bpg - Project group
> OverbyteIcsBasNntp.dpr Basic NNTP client program
> OverbyteIcsConPop3.dpr Basic console mode demo for POP3 (mail receive)
> OverbyteIcsConSmtp.dpr Basic console mode demo for SMTP (mail send)
> OverbyteIcsMailHtml.dpr Example of HTML formatted EMail sending, including embedded images - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsMailRcv.dpr Internet EMail access using POP3 protocol - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsMailSnd.dpr Example of EMail sending using SMTP, including file attach - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsMailSndAsync.dpr Example of parallel EMail sending with multiple connections
> OverbyteIcsMimeDemo.dpr Example of EMail decoding (attached files are extracted) - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsNewsReader.dpr Example of TNntpCli component (Send/receive newsgroups) - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsSmtpServer.dpr Internet EMail server using SMTP protocol - ACTIVE!!
Note better samples under sslinternet with SSL enabled.
.\Samples\delphi\MiscDemos\MiscDemos.bpg - Project group
> OverbyteIcsBufStrmTst.dpr Test of buffered stream classes
> OverbyteIcsCacheTest.dpr Test of TCacheTree class used in TSslAvlSessionCache
> OverbyteIcsMD4Test.dpr Test program for MD4 unit
> OverbyteIcsMD5File.dpr Example of MD5 unit: computer MD5 checksum for files
> OverbyteIcsMD5Test.dpr Test program for MD5 unit
> OverbyteIcsOneTimePassword.dpr One Time Password test routines for OverByteIcsOneTimePw unit
> OverbyteIcsSHA1Test.dpr Test program for SHA unit
> OverbyteIcsThreadTimerDemo.dpr Demo for TIcsThreadTimer
> OverbyteIcsTicks64Demo.dpr GetTickCount64 test routines for OverbyteIcsTicks64 unit
> OverbyteIcsTimerDemo.dpr Very simple demo for TIcsTimer
> OverByteIcsWndControlTest.dpr Test program for windows and threads
.\Samples\delphi\OtherDemos\OtherDemos.bpg - Project group
> OverbyteIcsBatchDnsLookup.dpr Batch async DNS lookup using DnsLookup (IPv6 and IPv4)
> OverbyteIcsConPing.dpr Basic console mode demo for ping component
> OverbyteIcsDll1.dpr Demo showing how to use a TWSocket component in a DLL
> OverbyteIcsDll2.dpr Demo showing how to use a THttpCli component in a DLL
> OverbyteIcsDllTst.dpr Test program calling ICSDLL1 and ICSDLL2
> OverbyteIcsDnsLook.dpr Example of name resolution (IPv6 and IPv4)
> OverbyteIcsDnsResolver.dpr Batch async DNS lookup event driven using DnsQuery
> OverbyteIcsFinger.dpr Example of TFingerCli component
> OverbyteIcsNsLookup.dpr Demo for the DnsQuery component - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsPingTst.dpr Demo for the ping component, includes trace route - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsSnmpCliTst.dpr Demo for SNMP (simple network management protocol) component
> OverbyteIcsSysLogClientDemo.dpr Demo for SysLog client component
> OverbyteIcsSysLogServerDemo.dpr Demo for SysLog server component
> OverbyteIcsTimeTst.dpr Test SNTP time protocol as client or server - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsWhoisCliTst.dpr Test Whois protocol, looks up servers automatically - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsWmiTst.dpr Test WMI functions, general purpose, IP addressses and DNS Server - ACTIVE!!
All these samples may be built for Mac OS X (and Windows).
.\Samples\delphi\PlatformDemos\XSamples.groupproj
> IcsCliDemo.dproj Example of client for SRVDEMO, IPV4 only
> IcsTcpSrvIPv6.dproj Basic server without client forms, event-driven, IPv4/IPV6
> IcsConSmtp.dproj Basic console mode demo for SMTP (mail send)
> IcsMailSnd.dproj Example of EMail sending using SMTP, including file attach
> IcsMailRcv.dproj Internet EMail access using POP3 protocol
> IcsHttpsTst.dproj Example of THttpCli component (GET), show many features
> IcsWebServ.dproj Demo of HTTP server, uses TSocketServer
> IcsWebAppServ.dproj Advanced HTTP server demo, uses WebServ, adds sessions
> IcsFtpTst.dproj Basic graphical FTP client
> IcsFtpServ.dproj General purpose FTP server, uses TSocketServer
> IcsUdpLstn.dproj UDP listen demo
> IcsUdpSend.dproj UDP send demo
> IcsBatchDnsLookup.dproj Batch async DNS lookup using DnsLookup (IPv6 and IPv4)
> IcsDll1.dproj Demo showing how to use a TWSocket component in a DLL
> IcsDll2.dproj Demo showing how to use a THttpCli component in a DLL
> IcsDllTst.dproj Test program calling ICSDLL1 and ICSDLL2
> IcsThreadTimerDemo.dproj Very simple demo for TIcsTimer
.\Samples\delphi\SocketDemos\SocketDemos.bpg - Project group
> OverbyteIcsBinCliDemo.dpr Client program to receive binary and delimited text data. Works with OverbyteIcsTcpSrv demo.
> OverbyteIcsCliDemo.dpr Example of client for SRVDEMO, IPV4 only - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsClient5.dpr Basic client GUI applications
> OverbyteIcsClient7.dpr Simple client application demonstrating TWSocket
> OverbyteIcsConCli1.dpr Basic client/server console applications
> OverbyteIcsConCli2.dpr Basic client/server console applications with thread
> OverbyteIcsConSrv1.dpr Basic server application in console mode
> OverbyteIcsConUdpLstn.dpr Console application to listen for UDP messages
> OverbyteIcsDynCli.dpr Demo of dynamically created TWSocket components
> OverbyteIcsMtSrv.dpr Basic server, multi-threaded, see THRDSRV for better code
> OverbyteIcsRecv.dpr Simple file receive (server), use with SENDER demo (client)
> OverbyteIcsSender.dpr Simple file send (client), use with RECV demo (server)
> OverbyteIcsServer5.dpr Basic server GUI applications
> OverbyteIcsSocksTst.dpr How to use TWSocket with SOCKS protocol (firewall traversing)
> OverbyteIcsSrvDemo.dpr Example of server using a TTable - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsSrvTcp.dpr Basic server without client forms, event-driven
> OverbyteIcsSvcTcp.dpr Same as SRVTCP but as an NT/2K/XP service
> OverbyteIcsTWSChat.dpr Chat program (both client and server in a single program)
> OverbyteIcsTcpSrv.dpr Basic server without client forms, event-driven, IPv4 only - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsTcpSrvIPv6.dpr Basic server without client forms, event-driven, IPv4/IPV6 - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsTelnetClient.dpr Telnet client using a TnEmulVT
> OverbyteIcsThrdSrv.dpr Basic multithreaded TCP server, banner sent in main thread
> OverbyteIcsThrdSrvV2.dpr Basic multithreaded TCP server, banner sent in worker thread
> OverbyteIcsThrdSrvV3.dpr Basic TCP server showing how to use TWSocketThrdServer
> OverbyteIcsTnDemo.dpr Telnet client using a TMemo
> OverbyteIcsTnSrv.dpr Basic TCP server with client forms, event-driven
> OverbyteIcsUdpLstn.dpr UDP listen demo
> OverbyteIcsUdpSend.dpr UDP send demo
Note better samples under sslinternet with SSL enabled.
.\Samples\delphi\sslinternet\SslDemos.bpg - Project group
> OverbyteIcsHttpRestTst.dpr ICS HTTPS REST and OAuth, Send SMS and DNS over HTTPS functions demo - ACTIVE!!.
> OverbyteIcsHttpsTst.dpr Example of TSslHttpCli component (GET) - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsIpStmLogTst.dpr Test IP stream logging, sending streams as client or server using SSL - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsJoseTst.dpr ICS SSL Json Object Signing (Jose) Demos - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsMailQuTst.dpr Simple mailing list tool using Mail Queue using SSL - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsMsVerify.dpr Verify and show an OpenSSL certificate or certificate chain using
class TMsCertChainEngine which uses MS crypto API - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsPemTool.dpr ICS Pem Certificate Tool - Create and import certificates in many formats - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsProxySslServer.dpr ICS Proxy server - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsSimpleSslCli.dpr Example of simple SSL client using TSslWSocket - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsSimpleSslServer.dpr Example of SSL server using TSslWSocket - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsSslFtpServ.dpr General purpose FTP SSL server, uses TSocketServer - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsSslFtpTst.dpr Basic graphical FTP SSL client - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsSslMailRcv.dpr Internet EMail access using POP3 protocol and SSL - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsSslMailSnd.dpr Example of EMail sending using SMTP and SSL - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsSslMultiWebServ.dpr Advanced multi host web server demo - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsSslNewsRdr.dpr Example of TSslNntpCli component (Send/receive newsgroups) - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsSslSmtpServer.dpr Internet EMail server using SMTP protocol and SSL - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsSslSniSrv.dpr Test of Server Name Indication (SNI) in server mode - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsSslWebAppServer.dpr Advanced HTTPS server demo, uses WebServ, adds sessions - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsSslWebServ.dpr Demo of HTTPS server, uses TSocketServer - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsWebSocketSrv.dpr Demo of WebSockets server, used with websocketclient.html - ACTIVE!!
> websocketclient.html Web page for WebSockets demo
> OverbyteIcsX509CertsTst.dpr Automatically download SSL X509 certificates from Let's Encrypt and CertCentre AG - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsXferTst.dpr File transfer testing, file copying, FTP up and download, HTTP download, with SSL - ACTIVE!!
Note following sample is not in the project group since it only builds with Delphi 2007. > OverbyteIcsXferTstW.dpr Same as OverbyteIcsXferTst but Unicode for Delphi 2007 - ACTIVE!!
.\Samples\delphi\WebDemos\WebDemos.bpg - Project group
> OverbyteIcsConHttp.dpr Basic console mode HTTP client
> OverbyteIcsHttpAsp.dpr Example of THttpCli component with cookie (POST to an ASP page)
> OverbyteIcsHttpAsy.dpr Example of THttpCli component with multiple async requests (GET)
> OverbyteIcsHttpChk.dpr Example of THttpCli to check for valid URL using HEAD request
> OverbyteIcsHttpDmo.dpr Simple HTTP client demo with proxy
> OverbyteIcsHttpGet.dpr Example of THttpCli component (GET into a file)
> OverbyteIcsHttpMultipartDownload.dpr Demo application for TMultipartHttpDownloader to download files using simultaneous connections
> OverbyteIcsHttpPg.dpr Example of THttpCli component (POST to CGI script)
> OverbyteIcsHttpPost.dpr Example of THttpCli component (POST), work with WebServ sample - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsHttpThrd.dpr Example of THttpCli component (multi-threaded GET)
> OverbyteIcsHttpTst.dpr Example of THttpCli component (GET), show many features - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsIsapi.dll Example of FTP client component within an ISAPI extension
> OverbyteIcsWebAppServer.dpr Advanced HTTP server demo, uses WebServ, adds sessions - ACTIVE!!
> OverbyteIcsWebServ.dpr Demo of HTTP server, uses TSocketServer - ACTIVE!!
Note better samples under sslinternet with SSL enabled.
Note 1: Not all samples have been rewritten in C++ for C++ Builder. And those rewritten are frequently much simpler. So C++ Builder user: have a look at the Delphi sample too !
Note 2: Follow "UserMade" link on ICS web site to find more sample programs written by ICS users, although these are mostly for older versions of ICS.
As explained in the component installation, you may encounter an error loading a sample application or running it. This may be because the last time I loaded the form, I was using another Delphi or C++ Builder version which has new properties. You can safely ignore messages related to those new properties. They are not used in the samples. (The properties are CharSet, OldCreateOrder and others). You can also encounter error about duplicate resources. You can ignore them safely. If you have those errors, open each form in the IDE, ignore the error then recompile. If you don't open the form in the IDE, you'll get the errors at runtime and your program will abort.
When installing a new version, always delete old dcu, obj, dcpil and always recompile everything ! Close everything before recompiling the library or packages. When installing a new version, be sure to unzip it in the same directory tree as the old one or you'll mess both versions.
TSslWSocket and TSslWSocketServer component are derived from the standard TWSocket and TWSocketServer component. The SSL code is compiled into the component only if you define USE_SSL symbol to your packages and projects. Just add USE_SSL to the defines in the project or package options and recompile everything.
The components make use of libcrypto-1_1.dll (or libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll) and libssl-1_1.dll (or libssl-1_1-x64).dll to handle SSL protocol stuff. The DLLs are dynamically loaded at runtime. It means that the DLLs will only be required at runtime when you first make use of a SSL function. Your applications will run on systems without OpenSSL DLLs as long as you don't call any SSL function. The ICS distribution includes the latest OpenSSL files or they may be downloaded from:
http://wiki.overbyte.eu/wiki/index.php/ICS_Download
Most ICS components have their SSL enabled counter part. They work exactly the same way as the regular component except when SSL specific stuff is needed, for example certificates. To support SSL stuff, the SSL-enabled version use some new properties, events and methods. Many sample programs have their SSL-enabled counter part in a separate sources located in SslInternet folder.
SSL certificates: To make use of SSL, you frequently need certificates. I provide some demo certificates I built using command line OpenSSL tool. PEM certificates can be opened by a text editor, LF as well as CRLF are allowed as line breaks.
CACERT.PEM : A demo certificate for "Example CA"
01CERT.PEM : A demo certificate which is signed by CACERT.PEM
01KEY.PEM : A demo private key for 01CERT.PEM
Passphrase is "password".
CLIENT.PEM : A demo certificate and private key.
Passphrase is "password".
SERVER.PEM : A demo certificate and private key.
Passphrase is "password".
ROOT.PEM : A demo CA certificate.
Passphrase is "password".
TRUSTEDCABUNDLE.PEM :
A demo CA file in PEM format containing about 52
well known root CA certificates to be specified in
property CA Path of the demo applications. Read
the comments included in this file.
ROOTCABUNDLE.PEM :
A demo CA file in PEM format containing about 280
well known root CA certificates to be specified in
property CA Path of the demo applications. Read
the comments included in this file.
6F6359FC.0 : Located in sub directory SslInternet\TrustedCaStore,
it's the file CACERT.PEM stored with a hashed file
name. Directory TrustedCaStore can be specified in
property CA Path of the demo applications.
For details about certificate, see the excellent book: "Network security with OpenSSL", O'Reilly, ISBN 10: 0-596-00270-X
The SSL demo project OverbyteIcsPemTool may be used to create self signed PEM certificates, certificate requests for commercial use, to convert existing certificates in the Windows Certificate Store to PEM format understood by OpenSSL and to examine PEM certificates.
You will find more information in IcsSslHowTo.txt file.
There is no global release notes. Each component and sample has his own history. You can find those histories in the comment in the beginning of each source file. There are also a bunch of useful comments in the source code. You should at least browse the source for the components you are interested in.
If you wants to build client/server applications using TCP/IP protocol, you can do it easily with ICS. But you can do it much more easily using another freeware product from François Piette: MidWare. Available from the same web site http://www.overbyte.be.
Emails: francois.piette@overbyte.be, francois.piette@swing.be
Sites: http://www.overbyte.be, http://wiki.overbyte.eu
Blog: http://francois-piette.blogspot.com