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Top 6 Communications Tools and Component

By Zarko Gajic, About.com

The list of the best Communications Tools and Components available for Delphi. If you need to work with TAPI, SMS, COM, etc you've come to the right place.

1. Async Professional

Written in highly optimized Delphi code, Async Professional VCL is the only native communications solution for computing beyond the desktop. APRO VCL projects are easy to distribute because there are no DLL installation hassles. APRO components link directly to your program so there's nothing extra to distribute or install. Some features: adds the power of TAPI to your Delphi programs.

2. FocusFocus.com SDK

As the first free Internet browser-based private video telephony service, FocusFocus.com provides multi-point video/audio connectivity and chat services to both e-business web sites and individual end users worldwide. With FocusFocus, professionals now have the ability to: Demonstrate products in real time; Give online real-time, face to face, customer support in the browser; etc.

3. IP*Works! Delphi Edition

The toolkit provides native Internet and Intranet development components. All the components use asynchronous sockets. This allows you to create very efficient and highly responsive applications. The components offer easy to use implementation of almost all the popular Internet protocols, means that you can build professional Net applications with little or no effort.

4. ISGMapi

"Have you noticed that "simple" mapi isn't that simple? Those API calls that they expect you to make are a little involved! We've been through the details and built a nice friendly Delphi component to take the sting out of your E-Mail development plans. Like our other Delphi components, ISGMapi is native Delphi code (therefore small and fast) and comes with online help"

5. PowerTCP Internet Toolkit

Advanced ActiveX controls and simple COM objects that can be used in any COM-based development environment. Tools are available for most Internet applications and protocols including authentication, daemon, DNS, ESMTP, FTP, FTP Server, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP4, Mget, MIB, MIME, Mput, Multicast, NT Service, PCT, PING, POP3, RAS, rexec, rlogin, rsh, Server, SMTP, SNMP, SSL2, SSL3, TCP, and more.

6. Xceed Winsock Library

The Xceed Winsock Library is a COM / ActiveX library designed to offer effortless access to the complete Winsock 2 networking API. It allows you to write efficient, scalable networking code without spending weeks or months developing the low-level code and expertise needed to properly use Winsock 2's powerful API.

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