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[SuperCharlie]

First off.. I appreciate the site and resources guys.. thank you thank you thank you.

My whiney gripe is about some of the file download stuff.. Being a poor programmer (kinda redundant huh?) I dug around in the freebie dll's and stuff and grabbed a few.. and when I got them a few would work in dsc mode but required a fee for compiling..

I dont mind someone charging for software, but it woulda been nice to know it wasnt really free up front.. I prolly wouldnt have spent the time d/l, unzipping, opening and loading it to begin with..

<end rant>

SC

[Tommy]

Hi SuperCharlie,

Thank you for checking out some of the files out at our site. All shareware
DLLs are mentioned as being so in the listing (although of course there's
no mention with the small DLL listings on the front page), including their
price. DLLs mentioned as freeware are definitely free of charge.

Remember though that some of the S.A.D.E. s.a.r.l. DLLs are mentioned
as freeware, but will still require a registration key. This registration
would be provided for free to you if you would be a registered user of
VDS.

Best regards,

Tommy

[SuperCharlie]

I hit this one off the freeware extensions link..

[ vdsipp.dll ] - 655 downloads

Author: PGWARE
Version: 2.9.11.2001
Date: September 11, 2001
Size: 349 kB
Requirements: vds 2.03 or higher

This extension adds direct internet support into Visual DialogScript. Download files and pages from the internet with HTTP protocol. Upload and download with FTP, retrieve and send email with POP3 and SMTP protocols. PING machines, use WHOIS to find domain records. This extension supports numerous CLIENT and SERVER protocols for the internet by using easy commands and functions that are native to VDS.


In the help files after it kept bombing on compile I found:
Q: How come I cannot compile my exe to test these protocols?
A. When you register the extension you can compile your scripts to exe's and test them. This is a security feature we added in to prevent users from distributing an illegal copy of our extension.

So then I went to see how much it was at regnet and the product was a 404.. This is prolly something to bring up with pgware I guess.. I was just excited to find this as freeware and kinda bummed when I got bait and switched..and also made me wonder how many of the freeware stuff was like this.. so I decided to just come in here and whine instead..


SC
ps.. I appreciate the site and files, free or otherwise.

[Mac]

Hey Charlie,

The VDSIPP.DLL is freeware, and works excellent
for me in VDS 3. Be sure to use the following line
to load it:

EXTERNAL VDSIPP.DLL, "DEMO"

Even thought it's freeware, it requires the "DEMO"
parameter.

Cheers, Mac

[PGWARE]

Hi,
The VDSIPP was originally shareware but was later released as open source freeware. Infact the source code to the extension is included and it is encouraged people that have Delphi experience to extend the dll. I was unaware that the 'demo' parameter was still needed, must have been one of those little bugs I overlooked.

[SuperCharlie]

Thanks for the feedback guys.. btw.. nice site there PGWare

Anyways.. I decided to buy 3.51 from my co-worker for 20 bucks (like I said he hasnt used it in a year or so) and give this a try and viola it worked just fine. I guess its time to move up from 2.21. Maybe my wife will get me 4.x for my birthday

Im not sure what the prob with 2.21 compilin is, but it errors for sure. At least mine does..

Thanks again all.

SC

[Mac]

OOPS...

OK, the "DEMO" parameter is NOT necessary.
Apparently I copied/pasted from one of the
examples and just assumed it was needed.

I just recompiled one program and it works
fine without any parameters. Sorry for the
misinformation.

Cheers, Mac

[SuperCharlie]

Man this opens up a lotta programming possibilities.. Im a web-monkey by trade, mostly web pages (asp, database, etc..) with programming on the side. Thanks PG!

SC