CapeSoft NetTalk

• Introduction
• ClarionLive
• Source Code
• Additional WebServer resources
• NetTalk Objects
• NetSimple Objects
• NetDUN Objects (Dial-Up Networking)
• NetAuto supports machines with multiple Network adapters.
• Upgrading to NetTalk 6
• What Users Say...
• Compatible With
• Documentation & Support
• Cost & Compatibility
• Refunds

• Do you need to expose access to your data via the web? Desktop or mobile?
• Need Email, FTP or Web Client in your application?
• Got to use Dial-Up connections?
• Looking to build network applications?
• Want to avoid using shared files on a file server?
• Need to write a nifty TCP/IP program?
• Want to write Internet applications?
• Need to dial up to an ISP or another computer?
• Want your application to detect someone has dialed onto the Internet?
• NetWebServer needs Clarion 6 or later.

There have been a number of NetTalk based sessions on ClarionLive. These are invaluable in introducing you to new NetTalk features as well as to ways of using NetTalk.

Number	Title
135	NetTalk 6 launch - What's New
133	Secwin 6 (including using Secwin in a NetTalk Web Server project)
97	How to apply CSS to a Net Web Server application
93	Using Calendars and Schedules in NetTalk Web Server
92	Using NetTalk & xFiles to do SOAP (by Ben Dell)
65	NetTalk 5 update (After CLDC 2010 announcment)
48	NetTalk Web Client (including SOAP)
35	NetTalk 5 Launch
2	NetTalk 4

ClarionLive Webinar number 2 introduced the Web Server approach used by NetTalk.  Webinar number 35 took this further showing the differences between NetTalk 4 and NetTalk 5. If you're unsure about NetTalk for creating web servers, then we recommend you download and watch the webinars. There is no charge for this. The ClarionLive downloads page is here.

The best approach to watching webinars is to download them, then play them in the free VLC media player. This allows you to pause, go back, jump forward and so on.

If you are new to using NetTalk to build Web server you will save a lot of time by taking advantage of the WebShop we ran in 2010. Recordings from this WebShop (including almost 200 pages of notes) are available or you can purchase the notes without the recordings here.
The WebShop followed a tutorial approach, and lasted for 2 days. It is an excellent introduction to building web servers if you've not made one before, and covers all the background knowledge, and practical approaches to building web servers.

The NetTalk objects support the NetTalk protocol. These objects provide you with the following functionality:

• The tools to add robust, automatic error-recovery, network communication (between two or more computers or processes) to your applications over a TCP/IP LAN (Local Area Network), WAN (Wide Area Network) and the Internet (including Dial-Up functionality)
• The ability to build network applications without having to use a shared file to communicate between separate applications. With NetTalk you can just pass your inter-application messages directly from one application to another. This is far more efficient and faster. No more file polling.
• The ability to let NetTalk take care of all the difficulties associated with socket programming. NetTalk presents you with easy to use objects that do all the hard work for you.
• Various useful utilities shipped in template form, which include:
  • Time Client & Server which allows time synchronization between PCs.
  • File Client & Server which allows you to send files from one PC to another without needing to share and map drives.
  • NetChat Control Template which enables two or more PCs to hold a live chat conversation. (see NetChat)
  • Close Apps Control Templates which enables you to remotely close down an application. This is a great feature which allows network administrators to close down all instances of your application (running over a network) from just one PC. Simply add it to your app and you won't ever have problems trying to get everyone to shut down their apps all at once again. 
  • Use Remote Machine Control Template which enables you to use the NetTalk protocol to communicate with a machine that is not on your LAN. This means you can connect to machines over the Internet or your Intranet. 
  • UseRefresh Template which enables you to command a refresh to all instances of the program so that all browses, forms, etc. are refreshed immediately after a user saves changes to a record.

The NetSimple objects support normal Winsock and socket communication. These objects provide you with the following functionality:

• The functionality to establish socket connections and listen on sockets so that you can interface with other programs and other Internet protocols. e.g. FTP, Web, Mail or C or Java applications etc. NetTalk makes building client/server network applications a piece of cake.
• Full Email (SMTP and POP) and NetNews objects for you to use in your code which support the sending and receiving messages and attachments.
• Web (HTTP & HTTPS (Secure HTTP using SSL)) client object which allows you to download web pages (in fact all file types) as well as allowing you to post form data to web servers.
• FTP (file transfer protocol) client object which allows you to download and upload files to FTP servers all over the world, right from inside your application.
• The ability to let NetTalk take care of all the difficulties associated with socket programming. NetTalk presents you with easy to use objects that do all the hard work for you.
• Support for machines that receive Dynamic IPs. The DIP (Dynamic IP) object allows other processes to know where you are. This allows you to behave as if you had a permanent IP address.

The NetDUN objects allow you to add Dial-Up functionality into your application.

• The ability to connect and disconnect dial-up connections
• The ability to create, edit or delete dial-up connection settings.
• The ability to detect when a dial-up connection has been made on the computer.
• NetTalk builds TCP/IP communication between two or more computers (or processes) into your application. These processes don't have to be on the same machine in order to perform the communication. If you already have a TCP/IP platform, then it is a simple matter of adding the templates to your applications, while if you don't, it's a straight-forward task to add the TCP/IP protocol to the network. NetTalk provides you with an easy-to-use method for adding network communication to your application.

The new NetWebServer class, and templates, could be a whole product in itself. In short this part of NetTalk now allows you to build Web interfaces into your program in a remarkably easy way. Key features include;

• Full Support for creating Secure Servers via SSL
• New Browse, Form, Page, Menu, Frame templates.
• Web 2.0 / Ajax / DHTML / CSS support all built-in
• Lots of examples and documentation
• Full SSL support
  SSL support for Servers as well as Clients is included. Apart from the support built in to the NetWebServer, you can also
  • Create NetSimple SSL Servers.
  • The WebClient class has been updated to include certificate verification.
  • Email classes now support GMail SSL accounts.
  • Example of using SSL connections with LinkPoint

When should one use the NetWeb Server templates? http://www.capesoft.com/docs/NetTalk/NetTalkWebTool.htm

Find more detail on WebServer concepts at:
http://www.capesoft.com/docs/NetTalk/NetTalkWebBasic.htm

For more detail on how to develop a Clarion app to serve pates to a browser: http://www.capesoft.com/docs/NetTalk/NetTalkWebFunctionality.htm

This isn't a "bridge" in other words it doesn't bridge 2 cards, but it does allow NetAuto classes to connect to other machines if multiple network cards, or multiple virtual devices are installed. This is especially important when virtual network adapters are used to create VPN connections. (for example a VPN such as Hamachi.)

The upgrade to NetTalk 6 is a paid-for upgrade.

Here are some of the features included in NetTalk 6:

• Support for IMAP client protocol added (** requires StringTheoryfor this class ***)
• Support for SMPP SMS protocol added
• Support for FTP-over-SSL added
• Application Wizard for Web Server apps added
  Support for Mobile Web Apps
• Enhanced Checkbox and Radio form controls
• Progress bar added for long server-side processes
• Performance Monitoring Control template
• Theme support (easy to change themes at runtime.)

• "Just want you to know I am now the proud owner of the feMail bundle. Netalk really just plain blows me away. Still wondering why I did not purchase this before. Want to thank you for all the support and the great FE discount. Probably the best money I have ever spent on a third party product" - Joe Ryan



• It's powerful and easy to use. - Francisco J. Acedo M.



• I am very happy with this product! - Marco Antonio



• I bought NetTalk yesterday. From within 30 minutes my email works excellent even in HTML form => you are gods => NetTalk is 99% best thing ever happened to Clarion. Thank you. - Zdravc Balantic



• I've got a production app that is NetTalk and so far no problems. I appreciate the work being done on this product, and despite the steep learning curve for a programming hack like myself, it is an incredible product, and one that will inspire all kinds of new software by the imaginative developer / entrepreneur. - Mike Grigsby



• BTW - the NetTalk product is VERY good and I really like it a lot (as I do all of your products). First class software from a company that cares about its customers, treats them with respect AND they have excellent documentation. Plus you can get a wealth of support (if needed) in the SV newsgroups since so many people use NetTalk. However it is worth noting that the support from CapeSoft is absolutely first class! - Charles Edmonds



• Thanks for the FTP code. Nice, very nice. - George Bamber



• And double W.W.W.O.O.O.O.O.W.W.W!!! I decided to try NetTalk (www.capesoft.com) to improve the e-mail freezes, not even thinking about the other issue(s). I've had NetTalk in my toolbox for months, but had never even read the help. So I opened the help, read a few minutes, and in less than a half-hour, I had the inter-session browses updating (didn't even know NetTalk did that!) and a shutdown template added, and it works like a champ!! Made me look like a hero, and the VB guys' jaws drop to the floor!! I just want to thank you for a fantastic product!!! And anyone writing programs for network use, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THIS. - Rocky Phelps



• Very useful product. Love it! - Antonio Miranda



• Just a brief note of appreciation for your concerted efforts in helping Hwa and I run this communications issue to ground. - Everett Harpole



• Much thanks for another great product. I'm finding uses for it in almost every project I've started in the last 4 months. - John Farmer



• Excellent software firm that work with its customers, pampers them with respect AND their documentation is almost second to none. If you are ever served by any of their staff or even by Bruce Johnson himself, you will regret.... for not purchasing earlier...<grin> - Kelvin Chua



• I am very happy with the support you guys are giving. - Ludwig Myburgh



• PS. Excellent Support.... I'll be passing the word around. - Richard Beresford



• What, there are people out there without NetTalk??? -Lee Goolsby



• The Gold is Gold!!! - Glenn Hardin



• A truly great addition to Clarion! - Robert Linders



• Nettalk is a real piece of work. The sky is the limit in what can be done with it. - Benjamin Krajmalnik



• An exceptional product! - Bill Roe



• Couldn't agree more. But it's not just Nettalk...they offer exceptional support on ALL their products. - Jim Albrech



• Just want to say what a pleasure it is to use the Nettalk Email templates. - Geoff Bomford



• Excellent job CapeSoft!!!! - Tony Tetley



• CapeSoft rocks! NetTalk - the neatest thing since sliced bread. - Scott Riple

Clarion 5.5	Yes
Clarion 6	Yes
Clarion 7	Yes
Clarion 8	Yes
Clarion Templates	Yes
ABC Templates	Yes
Local Mode	Yes
DLL Mode	Yes
Multi DLL	Yes

Documentation for the product is available here.

Go here for further support.

The price of NetTalk is $699. It is available for purchase from ClarionShop.

Upgrade to NetTalk 6 for current NetTalk users for $399 from ClarionShop.

For other payment options please contact us here

CapeSoft believes that if you aren't satisfied with our products, we would like them back - and we will refund you the money. This allows you to purchase our products with confidence. You can read our full refund policy here.