TCP/IP Sockets Example Application - (2026 R3) Released!

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Updated Socket Application Example for PowerBuilder 2025 R2!

        Software Tool & Die Inc. today are very pleased to announce a brand new MS-Windowsc TCP/IP Socket (2026 R3) example application built with the latest STD Integrated Framework (version 2026 R3). This latest release of the Socket application is also built using the latest Appeon PowerBuilder 2025 R2 build 6430 of the PB IDE.

  

New GUI Look & Feel for PB 2025!

  

   The updated Socket example application now utilizes the latest STD Integrated Framework (version 2026.3.0.481)!

 

Improvements in this release include:

• Migrated App code from PB 2025 GA build 3683 to PB 2025 R2 build6430
• Migration of the STD Framework from 2025 R1 to 2026 R3
• Now supports HighDPI themes now included in the PB 2025 R2 release!
• Improved support for the new DisplayMenuAsRibbonBar feature of PB 2025
• Can toggle the RibbonBar feature ON or OFF via the App's "Tools" menu.
• Can toggle the TabbedView feature ON or OFF via the App's "Tools" menu.
•  Can toggle the Ribbon / Menu feature ON or OFF via the App's "Tools" menu.
• Tested the Multi-threading code on W11 version 25H2 build 26200.9278
• Tested both M-Code, P-Code, Native EXE's!
• Both PowerClient and PowerServer deployment ready 

Note: The STD Framework is the only PB framework in existence that is TCP/IP Socket ready! 

         The STD Socket example application demonstrates a significant enhancement to the the PB developer's toolbox! The Socket example showcases the TCP/IP features in the STD Integrated Framework and more importantly returns the power of Distributed PowerBuilder back to the application developer. The TCP/IP socket support in the STD Frameworks is based on the work by Tom Cervenka's Sockets objects (written in pure PB, dating back to the PowerSoft days) that utilizes MS-Windows socket API's for FTP'ing text, binary data, files etc. between Apps and/or peer-to-peer communications between PB Apps (clients / servers).

PB Server Application - Receiving DWO and buffers from sender

 

     In addition, the updated STD Socket example will also now work when deployed as either a PowerClient or PowerServer App as well!

 

Socket App talking to counter-part exchanging DataWindow data!

   

Socket App talking to counter-part exchanging Textual data!

Watch the video!

    You can download the updated STD Socket example application from the STD Framework's website by clicking here to get more productive in peer-to-peer communications with PowerBuilder! Note that an "Archive" sub-folder has also been added to this location as well. This folder contains previous versions of the socket example application for older PB releases!

 
Enjoy!

Regards ... Chris