The protocol is used to return information about a user on a
remote server, as well as general information about the server
itself. The class provides an interface for connecting to a server,
requesting information about a user and returning that information
to the program. The protocol is sometimes used in conjunction with
internal e-mail applications, as well as a general information tool
for corporate intranets. servers are most commonly found on UNIX
based servers, but implementations are available for the Windows
platform as well.
This library is supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows
Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. If you are
using Windows 2000, it is required that you have Service Pack (SP4)
installed. If you are using Windows XP, it is required that you
have at least Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed and it is recommended
that you install Internet Explorer 7.0. It is also recommended that
all critical updates to the Windows operating system be
installed.
The SocketTools Library Edition libraries are compatible with
any development environment that supports calling functions
exported from a standard dynamic link library (DLL). This includes
Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2003, Visual Studio 2005 and
Visual Studio 2008. If you are using Visual Basic 6.0 or Visual C++
6.0, it is required that you have Service Pack 6 (SP6) installed.
If you are using Visual Studio .NET 2003, it is recommended that
you install Service Pack 1 (SP1). In all cases, it is recommended
that you have the current updates for your development tools
installed.