ActiveSocket Toolkit Add network capabilities to any Windows or .NET application

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ColdFusion TCP Client Server Communications Sample Source Code

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: DNS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPs, ICMP Ping, IP-to-Country, MSN, NTP, RSH, SCP, SFTP, SNMP v1/v2c (Get, GetNext, Set), SNMP Traps, SNMP MIB, SSH, TCP, Telnet, TFTP, UDP, Telnet, Wake-On-LAN and more.

ActiveSocket can be well integrated into ColdFusion environments. This document describes how ActiveSocket can be integrated into ColdFusion projects.

Step 1: Download and install ActiveSocket

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

Step 2: Create a new ColdFusion document

Create a new blank webdocument with the ".cfm" extention. First of all we are going to build the form whitch commands and properties of the device can be filled in. Then we are going to make a source code that connects to the device.

Step 3: Implementation

Sending a telnet command to a server is quit simple. Setting up a telnet-connection can be done in four simple steps.

  • Make the ActiveSocket object
  • Fill in the properties
  • Connect to the host
  • Send the command

Once the object is created the rest is easy. To make the ActiveSocket object in ColdFusion you need the following code snippet:

 <cfobject class="ActiveXperts.Tcp" type="com" name="objTcp" Action="Create">

Full Sample Code

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