Quick Start Guide Overview

The Quick Start Guide is designed to help you get started quickly and easily using the SocketTools ActiveX controls. It is important to note that the topics will be general in nature, and more specific information about a particular component is available in the Technical Reference section. This guide is not meant to be a replacement for the either the Developer's Guide or the Technical Reference, and we encourage developers to review those sections thoroughly. Although this guide will cover the most common uses of the components, it is meant to serve as an overview; not every property, method and event will be discussed.

The examples provided in the Quick Start Guide presume some familiarity with the Visual Basic programming language. However, the basic concepts are the same regardless of what language is used. For information on using the controls in other languages, such as Visual C++, check the Language Support section of the Developer's Guide. For complete information on all of the properties, methods, events and constants used by the control, refer to the Technical Reference. Before performing any of the steps in this guide, you should have installed SocketTools on your development system.

To include any of the SocketTools controls in your project in Visual Basic, simply select the Project|Components...|Controls menu option and select the control that you wish to use. In other languages, follow the normal steps that are taken to include an ActiveX control in your development project.