AxNetwork

ActiveXperts Network Component is a Network Communication component for Windows developers.

• Easy to use API
• Supporting IPv4 and IPv6
• Supporting all common TCP and UDP protocols
• Single DLL, 64-bit and 32-bit
• Samples available in C#, VB, ASP.NET, HTML, PHP, Javascript, Delphi and more

How to use

Find a stand-alone windows installer here

Or download the full package which includes a number of working examples for C#, VB.Net, ASP.NET, C++, etc.. here: ActiveXperts Download Area

Simple C# code snippet opens an SSH session to a remote SSH host and executes a command

using System; using System.IO; using AxNetwork;

namespace SshDemo { class SshDemo { [STAThread] static void Main(string[] args) { AxNetwork.Ssh objSsh = new AxNetwork.Ssh(); // Create instance of COM Object string strDemoHost = "ssh.activexperts-labs.com", strDemoUser = "axnetwork", strDemoPassword = "topsecret";

  // A license key is required to unlock this component after the trial period has expired.
  // Call 'Activate' with a valid license key as its first parameter. Second parameter determines whether to save the license key permanently 
  // to the registry (True, so you need to call Activate only once), or not to store the key permanently (False, so you need to call Activate
  // every time the component is created). For details, see manual, chapter "Product Activation".
  /*
  objSsh.Activate( "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX", false );
  */

  // Display component information
  Console.WriteLine("ActiveXperts Network Component {0}\nBuild: {1}\nModule: {2}\nLicense Status: {3}\nLicense Key: {4}\n", objSsh.Version, objSsh.Build, objSsh.Module, objSsh.LicenseStatus, objSsh.LicenseKey);

  // Set Logfile (optional, for debugging purposes)
  objSsh.LogFile = Path.GetTempPath() + "Ssh.log";
  Console.WriteLine("Log file used: {0}\n", objSsh.LogFile);

  objSsh.Host = ReadInput("Enter host/IP address", strDemoHost, false);
  Console.WriteLine("Host: {0}", objSsh.Host);
  if (objSsh.Host == strDemoHost)
  {
    objSsh.UserName = strDemoUser;
    objSsh.Password = strDemoPassword;
    objSsh.PrivateKeyFile = "";
  }
  else
  {
    objSsh.UserName = ReadInput("Enter Login", strDemoUser, false);
    objSsh.Password = ReadInput("Enter Password (Optional)", strDemoPassword, true);
    objSsh.PrivateKeyFile = ReadInput("Enter private key file (Optional)", "", true);
  }

  Console.WriteLine("UserName: {0}", objSsh.UserName);
  Console.WriteLine("Password: {0}", objSsh.Password);

  // objSsh.Port = 22;	// Default port: 22
  objSsh.AcceptHostKey = true;        // Automatically accept and store the host key if it is changed or unknown

  objSsh.ConnectTimeout = 30000;

  Console.WriteLine("OpenSession...");
  objSsh.OpenSession();
  Console.WriteLine("OpenSession, result: {0}: ({1})", objSsh.LastError.ToString(), objSsh.GetErrorDescription(objSsh.LastError));
  if (objSsh.ProtocolError != "")
    Console.WriteLine("ProtocolError: {0}", objSsh.ProtocolError);

  while (objSsh.IsSessionOpened())
  {
    objSsh.Command = ReadInput("Enter command (type 'QUIT!' to quit)", @"ls", true);
    if (objSsh.Command == "QUIT!")
      break;

    Console.WriteLine("Command: {0}", objSsh.Command);
    Console.WriteLine("ExecuteCommand...");
    objSsh.ExecuteCommand();
    Console.WriteLine("ExecuteCommand, result: {0}: ({1})", objSsh.LastError.ToString(), objSsh.GetErrorDescription(objSsh.LastError));
    if (objSsh.ProtocolError != "")
      Console.WriteLine("ProtocolError: {0}", objSsh.ProtocolError);
    if (objSsh.LastError == 0)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("STDERR: ");
      Console.WriteLine(objSsh.StdErr);
      Console.WriteLine("STDOUT: ");
      Console.WriteLine(objSsh.StdOut);
    }
  }

  objSsh.CloseSession();
  Console.WriteLine("CloseSession, result: {0}: ({1})", objSsh.LastError.ToString(), objSsh.GetErrorDescription(objSsh.LastError));

  Console.WriteLine("Ready.");		
  System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(3000); // Sleep for 3 second before exit
}

static private string ReadInput(string strTitle, string strDefaultValue, bool bAllowEmpty)
{
  String strInput, strReturn = "";

  if (strDefaultValue == "") Console.WriteLine("{0}:", strTitle);
  else Console.WriteLine("{0}, leave blank to use: {1}", strTitle, strDefaultValue);

  do
  {
    Console.Write("  > ");
    strInput = Console.ReadLine();
    if (strInput.Length > 0)
      strReturn = strInput;
  } while (strReturn == "" && !bAllowEmpty && strDefaultValue == "");

  if (strReturn == "") return strDefaultValue;
  else return strReturn;
}
}

}

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Pricing and purchasing

This product is a fully functional 30 day trail.

Find more information about pricing and how to purchase or our sales page: ActiveXperts Customer Services