DXSock Version 6.0
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June 2010
We are proud to inform you that DXSock 6.0 Early Release is officially shipping starting on the 15th. This release is being offered as an ongoing upgrade solution - this early release bundle contains low-level socket units for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Sparc and ARM CPUs. Our primary compiler is Free Pascal, however, we do periodic testing that it still works on Delphi and C++ Builder.
For more information June 2010 Release
March 2010
We are proud to announce version 6.0 is available for Delphi, C++ Builder and Free Pascal. This version has been in development for the past 4 years, a total rewrite and redesign. This allowed us to make the product cross platform -- easily develop applications for Windows 32bit and Windows 64bit, Linux 32bit and 64bit, Mac OS X Power PC, Intel 32bit and 64bit -- from a single source code.
DXSock v1.0 was initially released back in 1998 -- and had a huge welcome by the Windows development community. As the first robust socket suite developed to handle tasks people were struggling with. All threading is managed under the hood, you simply design your application, be it client or server. Over 12 years later, DXSock 6.0 takes you the developer further.
Our secure sockets are implemented using OpenSSL without hacks or bogus DLL calls. This allows our customers to rest assured, that the OpenSSL library you are using is true to the product used by all other developers. No naming conflicts, no missing functions. You simply hook to OpenSSL's libraries, be it Windows DLLs, Linux .so Shared Objects, or Mac Dylib files. Your product co-exists with authors who truly understand how to implement OpenSSL.
Supporting Delphi and FPC
We decided early on that we still wanted to support the Delphi and C++ Builder compilers. However, we wanted to support Object FPC speed and features at the same time. After a few experiments the DXSock 6.0 framework is almost identical for Delphi Classes and ObjFPC Objects. Our Simple Echo Server source code shows you how to implement a simple Echo Server using DXSock for either compiler. At first, you may not notice the difference(s) which was our design goal.