                        SocketWrench/VB Custom Control
                                 Version 2.0

Welcome

Please read this document carefully; it contains information about installing
and using the SocketWrench/VB Windows Sockets custom control. Before you
install the control, please be sure that your system has the following products
installed (the version number indicates the earliest release that is supported;
a later release may also be used):

	Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11
	Visual Basic 3.0
	Windows Sockets 1.1 Library

If you have any questions about which version of the above products are
installed, check the software documentation or contact your network or 
systems administrator.

SocketWrench Version 2.0

This release of SocketWrench incorporates a number of enhancements and
corrections to previous versions. Please refer to CSWSOCK.HLP help file
for all of the information regarding upgrading your application to the
current version.

Catalyst SocketTools

SocketWrench/VB is part of a package developed by Catalyst called
SocketTools. In addition to the comprehensive, but fairly low-level, access
that SocketWrench/VB provides, the package includes custom controls for
many of the popular Internet application protocols. The package includes
controls for DNS, FTP, TELNET, SMTP, POP3, NNTP, HTTP and others.

SocketTools includes all custom controls in the form of a VBX, 16-bit
OCX and 32-bit OCX for use with Visual Basic 3.0, Visual Basic 4.0
(16-bit edition) and Visual Basic 4.0 (32-bit edition). Each custom control
hosts a large number of properties and events that, when using defaults,
provide simplicity and efficiency, and yet, offers great flexibility and
power.  This important component of a useful developer's tool is evidenced
in SocketWrench/VB and is carried over into the SocketTools suite.

One of the most exciting components in SocketTools is our World Wide Web
browser control. It offers the best of both worlds: a powerful browser
with complete rendering capabilities that can be easily customized to meet
the needs of your application. Although the Web control offers many options
in the form of properties, methods and events, you can create your own custom
browser by simply selecting the control, creating a text and button control
and setting the resource property. And when integrated with our other
controls, you can build a fully-featured, Internet-enabled application in
just minutes! More details regarding SocketTools is outlined in the help
files distributed with SocketWrench.

Catalyst is committed to providing the tools and component software that
help developers meet the increasingly complex needs of their customers.
Please read on to obtain information about a special offer when you register
SocketWrench/VB.  For more information, please contact our business and sales
office listed below.

Free Distribution

SocketWrench/VB is freely re-distributable software. You may use the control
in your own applications and redistribute the package as needed. However,
SocketWrench/VB has not been placed in the public domain. Catalyst Development
Corporation retains the copyright and may, without prior notice, release
subsequent versions of SocketWrench/VB that are not freely re-distributable.
As a developer, you may include the control in your applications as per the
license agreement included with this software distribution.

To reach the Catalyst Business and Sales office, contact us at:

        Catalyst Development Corporation
        56925 Yucca Trail, Suite 254
        Yucca Valley, California 92284

        Phone:  (800) 776-3818 or (619) 228-9653
        Fax:    (619) 369-1185
        Email:  sales@catalyst.com

You can receive all of the up-to-the-minute information about Catalyst
and our products by visiting our Web site at:

	http://www.catalyst.com/


Documentation

The documentation for this control is provided both as a Windows help file
and as a Microsoft Word 6.0 document. Although the document is copyrighted,
it may be freely copied and redistributed throughout your organization as
needed.

Installation

To install SocketWrench, run the installation utility that is included with
the package. If the package was downloaded from a bulletin board system, it
will be necessary to extract the files from an archive. To install the
software, select File|Run from the Program Manager menu (or Start|Run if
using Windows 95). A dialog box will prompt you for the name of the program
to execute. If you are installing from a diskette, enter a:\setup. Otherwise,
specify the complete path where the setup utility is located.

When the installation begins, you will be prompted to enter the name of a
directory where documents and sample programs can be installed. If the
directory does not exist, you can choose to have the setup utility create
it for you.

The SocketWrench control and help file will be copied to the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM
directory along with the other Visual Basic controls. After all of the files
have been installed, you will be prompted if you wish to create a program
group for the help and documentation files.

Reporting Problems

If you encounter a problem, either with the control itself, or with the
documentation, please document the error and send an e-mail message to either
of these addresses:

	CompuServe:	72202,1427
	Internet:	support@catalyst.com

Please be as specific as you can about the problem that you're experiencing.
When reporting the problem, please be sure to include the following
information in your message:

	Operating system and version
	Physical connection (Ethernet, dialup SLIP/PPP, etc.)
	TCP/IP vendor and version information

Known problems with a specific vendor's Windows Sockets implementation can
be found in the CSWSOCK.HLP help file distributed with SocketWrench.

Copyright 1995-1996, Catalyst Development Corporation. All rights reserved.
SocketWrench/VB is a trademark of Catalyst Corporation
Windows and Visual Basic is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation
