Xb2.NET is an object-oriented Internet library for Xbase++. It includes classes for TCP/IP socket communications
that can be used for developing virtually any kind of communications software. The library also includes native
(server and client side) classes for Telnet, FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS and secure SOAP protocols. Using Xb2.NET, it
is now possible to develop native Xbase++ web server applications that do not use CGI and do not require any
external HTTP server.
In addition, the built-in SOAP support makes it possible to build truly distributed Xbase++ applications. SOAP
(Simple Object Access Protocol) is an open industry standard that can be used in a distributed environment to
execute platform and application independent remote procedure calls (RPC). An Xbase++ application using Xb2.NET
can execute procedures and functions on remote servers. Similarly, client applications developed in any language
supporting SOAP can execute functions residing in an Xbase++ application.
This is certainly an exciting time to be an Xbase++ programmer. The tremendous number of opportunities provided
by the Internet, are now made available to Xbase++ application developers by Xb2.NET.