Latest Internet Extender News
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Dec 12, 2001 Rev 11153
The WINSOCK extender has been updated to a few format
to allow more descriptive function names and additional
parameters. This version of the extender requires
WinBatch 2001A or newer to run. This extender will
not work on WinBatch 2000C or older.
In addition, so as not to affect existing scripts using
a previous version of this extender, the extender DLL
has been renamed to include a 34I in the DLL name
instead of a 32I. Old and new versions of this
extender can *usually* co-exist side by side.
To use the new extender with old scripts and with
WinBatch 2001A or newer you will need to change the
AddExtender line in the script to reflect the new DLL
name. e.g.
AddExtender("WWWSK32i.DLL")
should become
AddExtender("WWWSK34i.DLL")
***NEW WINSOCK DLL***
Ver 11152 Mar 20, 1999
Modified ftpPut function to add ability to append to existing files and to store into unique filenames --
Basically the previous version would do a "STOR" of a file -- this new version adds the ability to do an
"APPE" and a "STOU".
New test version of the WinSock extender.
Version 11151 March 17, 1999
ftpPut function modified: Note new codes for "transfer type"
Syntax:
ftpPut(hSession, local-file, remote-file, transfer-type)
Parameters:
(i) hSession FTP session handle as returned by the ftpOpen function.
(s) local-file Filename on local system of file to send.
(s) remote-file Filename on remote system to write to.
(s) transfer-type "A" (ASCII)
"B" (Binary / Image).
"AN" (ASCII) Append Mode
"BN" (Binary / Image) Append Mode
Returns:
(s) a NULL string ("") if the file was copied;
an error message if the copy failed.
Wednesday, January 27, 1999 08:52 PM
*** WINSOCK EXTENDER UPDATE***
As many of you may know, there have been "issues" with the winsock internet extender. Some of these
"issues" resulted in a GPFault.
In particular the smtpSendText, the httpRecvText, the POP functions, the socket data transfer and related
functions seem to simply not like certain networks or computers, while running *perfectly* on others
(especially ours).
After lots of debugging, aided by many people on this BBS, and lots of experience in writing programs for
remote debugging we *think* we finally found the core problem.
The optimizer for our C compiler removed code crucial to the proper operation of the extender. In this
build, in addition to enhanced error checking, we've disabled all optimizations for the code. Its a bit larger,
but it seems to exhibit none of the "issues" seen in previous versions.
If you've been having problems with it, you may wish to give this version a try.
Wednesday, January 27, 1999 08:52 PM
New Internet Extender Ver 11145
A new version of the Internet extender - with bug fixes -- has been posted.
Friday, May 15, 1998 04:34 PM
New Internet Extender Ver 11136
A new version of the Internet extender - with many many bug fixes - especially dealing
with various timeout problems -- has been posted.
Wednesday, April 08, 1998 03:23 PM
RE: FtpOpen Hangs
FtpOpen still hangs. We're working on a complete new replacement Internet extender that
seems to run a lot better, but of course is completely incompatible with existing code
(although it should not be that difficult to change).
The best workaround it seems so far is simply to
wxPing the ftp site right before the ftpOpen, to see if it responds to the ping before
attempting the open. This greatly reduces the frequency of hanging.
Tuesday, March 17, 1998 11:26 AM
If the first wxAddr2Host gets a computer name from the IP address and the second IP
address is not functional, it reports back the same computer name as the first.
This is a bug which will be fixed in future versions of the Internet extender.
As a workaround, wxPing the suspect hosts first.
Monday, March 09, 1998 10:38 AM
The current version of the Internet Extender needs the host to be name-served
to work properly. We're working on a version of the internet extender that
will work with a pure ip network without named services.
When we release (maybe in mid-year 1998) the new Internet extender, then http
and ftp can work without a named server.
Tuesday, February 17, 1998 12:09 PM
SMTPSendText bug fixed and new Internet extender posted:
There was a problem with SOME mail servers in accepting names in the form
of:
Name mail@address
(with angle brackets on either side of the mail@address) instead of the old format:
mail@address
from the Internet extender.
It's fixed now to work with all mail servers.
Monday, February 09, 1998 01:44 PM
Fixed dunConnectEx and dunConnect functions. Fixed bug that occurred when you
called dunConnect() and passed it a name of a
connectoid that didn't exist, in which case the call returned 623,
623 ERROR_CANNOT_FIND_PHONEBOOK_ENTRY (dunConnect - becomes @sErrNotFound)
and wxGetLastError() returned 0.
The function should have returned @false, and wxGetLastError() should have returned 623.
Monday, February 09, 1998 09:47 AM
Bug Reported: p3open in Internet Extender locks up (hangs) the
host stops responding (the FTPOpen function does the same thing,
but less frequently).
It looks like a real bug. p3Open is not as as stable as we would like. We are *slowly*
trying to prod it into submission, but no fixes due out in any short reasonable amount of
time.
It was originally designed to check one person's email under normal conditions.
Monday, February 02, 1998
Fixed bug where sConnect always returned @TRUE even when a connection was not made.
If an sConnect was attempted to an invalid port (on a valid IP address), sConnect returned
@TRUE. Error functions returned code 0 (success).
On February 02, 1998, we posted a fixed copy that fixes both
the sConnect problem, and apparently there was a byte swap problem in
wxGetInfo 1 and 2. That's been fixed also.
Saturday, August 23, 1997 11:54 AM
RE: httpFirewall Passing Username and Password:
Posted a beta extender that *might* know how to get thru a firewall.
httpFirewall(1,"www.proxyserver.com",80,"userid","pswd")
The httpFireWall function was modified to accept userid and password.
Monday, May 12, 1997 04:32 PM
Reported nuisance in Internet Extender:
The failure of the FTPOpen functions to time-out properly after a specified period of time,
if an FTP site isn't being particularly communicative, which can hang a program indefinitely:
This doesn't seem to be causing a lot of problems except for a few people, but is obviously
something that should get fixed. It ought to timeout eventually.
We'll be looking at a fix for the timeout problem probably in the next month or so.
Wednesday, April 16, 1997 03:42 PM
SMTPSendFile Bug Fixed in the Internet Winsock Extender.
We posted a new copy of the Internet Extender in the WinBatch add-on area.
Fixes a bug that limits the smtpSendFile function to roundabout 15K bytes.
The new version that's posted in the download area will accept files up to 65500
bytes. Text only.
Mon, 31 Mar 1997 13:47:00
Our new Internet extender with more and better Dial-up, HTTP, FTP, SMTP,
POP3, and raw socket functions has just been posted.
Highlights are:
Firewall support for http and ftp firewalls
Better docs - every function has an *almost* running example
Now allows you to set up BOTH sides of a socket connection so that
you can use the Internet as a private network.
HTTP,POP3,SMTP to/from files instead of just variables.
Article ID: W12604
Filename: !!NEWS FLASH - BUGS - FIXES!!.txt