How to use SSH in a Visual C++ 6.x project

ActiveSocket provides an easy-to-use development interface to a variety of IP protocols. By using ActiveSocket, you can very easily create or enhance applications with network features.

ActiveSocket features the following: ICMP, TCP, UDP, HTTP and HTTPs with support for proxy servers and secure web sites, DNS, Telnet, NTP time protocol, SSH Secure Shell, RSH remote shell script interface, SNMP (Simple Network Management Protcol), SNMP Traps, SNMP Mib Browser, Sockets, WOL (Wake-On-LAN), IP-to-Country, and more.

ActiveSocket can be well integrated in Visual C++ 6.x projects.
This document describes how ActiveSocket can be integrated in Visual C++ 6.x projects.

Step 1: Download and install the ActiveSocket Toolkit

Download the ActiveSocket Toolkit from the ActiveXperts Download Site and start the installation. The installation guides you through the installation process.

Step 2: Create a new Visual C++ project

Launch 'Microsoft Visual C++' from the Start menu, and choose 'New' from the 'File Menu'. The 'New' dialog appears.
Select the type of project (for instance: 'Win32 Console Application'), enter a 'Project name' and select the 'Location':

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Select the kind of project, for instance a 'Hello, world!' application and click 'Finish':

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Step 3: Refer to the ActiveSocket Library and declare the objects

A new Project is created now.

Before you can use ActiveSocket, you need to refer to the ActiveSocket library. The actually reference files are shipped with the product and are located in the following directory:

    C:\Program Files\ActiveXperts\ActiveSocket\Examples\Visual C++\Include

Copy all files in the above directory ('ASocket.h', 'ASocket_i.c' and 'ASocketConstants.h') to your project directory.

On top of your code, declare the following object:

    ISsh	*pSsh = NULL;

There are many working samples included with the product. You can also find them on the ActiveXperts FTP site: ftp.activexperts-labs.com/samples/asocket.

The ActiveSocket tool is a Network Communications ActiveX software component (SDK). This control supports SNMP, SMTP, POP3, Telnet, TCP, NTP, RSH, HTTP, HTTPs, FTP, DNS, ICMP and more, and can be used by any Windows development platform, including Visual Basic .NET, Visual CSharp .NET, ASP .NET (VB,CS), ASP, Visual Basic, Visual Studio/Visual C++, Delphi, PHP, ColdFusion, HTML, VBScript and any other ActiveX/COM compliant platform. The ActiveSocket Toolkit is an ActiveXperts Software B.V. Product.