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EzShip Configuration

The component accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the component, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

EzShip Configuration Settings

RawRequest:   Contains the complete request sent to the Server.

This returns the complete request as sent to the server. Used for debugging purposes.

RawResponse:   Contains the complete response returned by the Server.

This returns the complete response as received from the server. Used for debugging purposes.

XPath:   Used to retrieve data at any place within the response.

XPath implements a subset of the XML XPath specification, allowing you to point to specific elements in the XML-formatted RawResponse.

The path is a series of one or more element accessors separated by '/'. The path can be absolute (starting with '/') or relative to the current XPath location.

The following are possible values for an element accessor:

'name'A particular element name.
[i]The i-th subelement of the current element.
..the parent of the current element.

When XPath is set to a valid path, the text contained at that element (if any) is returned. If there is no value present, or the xpath is invalid, and empty string ("") will be returned.

CSPUserKey:   CSP end user key.

This is applicable to CSP developers only. When registering a CSP user, FedEx provides a unique CSPUserKey and CSPUserPassword that identifies that user.

This end user key and password inherits the services enabled for the CSP credentials and must be passed in all subsequent requests sent to FedEx Web Services as the part of the user authentication along with the provider's (CSP) key and password (FedExDeveloperKey and FedExPassword respectively).

CSPUserPassword:   CSP end user password.

This is applicable to CSP developers only. When registering a CSP user, FedEx provides a unique CSPUserKey and CSPUserPassword that identifies that user.

This end user key and password inherits the services enabled for the CSP credentials and must be passed in all subsequent requests sent to FedEx Web Services as the part of the user authentication along with the provider's (CSP) key and password (FedExDeveloperKey and FedExPassword respectively).

CSPProductId:   Identifies the CSP product.

This is applicable to CSP developers only. This is provided by FedEx to the CSP developers and it is required to be present in all requests as part of the user details along with the FedExAccountNumber, FedExMeterNumber and CSPProductVersion.

CSPProductVersion:   Identifies the CSP product version.

This is applicable to CSP developers only. This is provided by FedEx to the CSP developers and it is required to be present in all requests as part of the user details along with the FedExAccountNumber, FedExMeterNumber and CSPProductId.

CustomerId:   User-assigned number for internal use when using Endicia.

For Endicia requests, this is a unique Id for the partner's end-user that is printing the label.

LabelOption:   Indicates type of label the USPS Server will return.

For Delivery and Signature confirmation, the USPS Server may return either an entire label with the 'To' and 'From' address and the confirmation barcode, or a label with only the barcode and tracking number may be returned. Label options 1 and 2 are available for both Delivery Confirmation labels and Signature Confirmation labels. Detailed descriptions of these label options are included below.

OptionDescription
1A graphic image is returned that will include a barcode, a delivery or signature confirmation number (PackageTrackingNumber) with return name and address and delivery name and address;
2A graphic image is returned that will include a barcode and a delivery confirmation number (PackageTrackingNumber) without the return and delivery name and address. This option is convenient for shippers who already have mailing labels and just want the Confirmation barcode.

EndiciaInsuranceType:   The Insurance type when using Endicia.

This will determine which type of insurance will be used when requesting a label through Endicia.

ValueMeaning
0 None (Default)
1 USPS Insurance
2 Endicia Insurance
3 USPS Online Insurance

Note that if this is set to None, and an insurance amount is provided, Endicia Insurance will be used.

EndiciaInsuredMail:   Used to request Endicia mailpiece insurance.

When set to False, Endicia mailpiece insurance will not be requested. This can be applicable when generating Endicia COD labels.

When PackageInsuredValue is set, the default value for this configuration setting is True.

PostageProvider:   The postage provider to use.

When set to 0 (None), the component will communicate with USPS servers to get rates and print labels. USPS web services do not provide postage.

If postage is necessary, set this property to 1 (Endicia) to use Endicia's web services which provides postage. In order to use this provider, an Endicia account must be set up through their website.

Once you have an Endicia USPSAccountNumber, you should also have obtained a USPSUserId and USPSPassword uniquely assigned to your account by Endicia. These values are all necessary to get rates and shipping labels through their web services.

When this is set to 1 (Endicia) you must also set CustomerId and TransactionId.

TransactionId:   The transaction Id when using Endicia.

This property is only used for Endicia labels, and is defined as a unique Id for the partner's end-user's transaction. This can be an invoice number or transaction number.

CODTotalAmount:   The total COD amount.

This indicates customer's input COD amount (prior to any accumulations: total collection amount minus transportation charges). The CODTotalAmount is required to be provided in a ship request only if the corresponding flag of COD is contained in the ShipmentSpecialServices property.

For FedEx this will only be used if COD is used on the shipment level with an Express shipment.

Format: Two explicit decimals (e.g.5.00).

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pCanadaPost or pFedEx

CODType:   The total COD amount.

This config identifies the type of funds should be collected upon delivery of the shipment. It is required to be provided in a ship request only if the COD is present (requested) in the ShipmentSpecialServices.

Possible values are as follows:

Value Description
0 Any form of payment (only valid for FedEx)
1 Cash (Only valid for CanadaPost)
2 Guaranteed funds
3 Company check (only valid for FedEx)
4 Personal check

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pCanadaPost or pFedEx

CODLabel:   The total COD amount.

If CODLabelFile is not set the image for the COD label this will be used to store the COD label.

For FedEx this will only be used if COD is used on the shipment level with an Express shipment.

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pCanadaPost or pFedEx

CODLabelFile:   The total COD amount.

The COD label will be written to the file specified. If no file is specified then the image will be stored in memory in CODLabel.

For FedEx this will only be used if COD is used on the shipment level with an Express shipment.

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pCanadaPost or pFedEx

HoldAtLocationPhone:   Phone number of the FedEx location.

When your Hold at Location shipment is received at the designated FedEx station, you will be notified that your shipment is ready to be picked up. It is required to be provided in a HoldAtLocation request.

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pFedEx

The following FedEx services allow the HAL option:

  • FedEx Priority Overnight (Saturday Service available)
  • FedEx Standard Overnight
  • FedEx 2Day (Saturday Service available)
  • FedEx Express Saver
  • FedEx Express Freight (U.S. only; Saturday Service is not available)
  • FedEx International Priority

HoldAtLocationAddress1:   Street Name of the FedEx location.

Valid physical address of the FedEx location. Combination of HoldAtLocationAddress1 and HoldAtLocationAddress2 should not exceed 35 characters.

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pFedEx

HoldAtLocationAddress2:   A specific detail of the FedEx location.

A specific detail on the address (such as building, suite, apartment, floor number etc.). This is optional. Combination of HoldAtLocationAddress1 and HoldAtLocationAddress2 should not exceed 35 characters.

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pFedEx

HoldAtLocationAddressFlags:   Flag that donates information about the address.

ValueMeaning
0x00000002 Residential - Whether or not the address is a residential address. This flag is only relevant for FedEx, and if this flag is not set, the address is assumed to be commercial.

HoldAtLocationCity:   Name of city, town, etc.

Name of city of FedEx location. This is required.

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pFedEx

HoldAtLocationCountryCode:   Country code of the FedEx location.

Here is a list of country names and their codes. Code is the value that has to be provided in all hold requests sent where country code is to be entered.

Country NameCountry Code
Afghanistan AF
Albania AL
American Samoa AS
Andorra AD
Angola AO
Anguilla AI
Antigua AG*
Argentina AR
Armenia AM
Aruba AW
Australia AU
Austria AT
Azerbaijan AZ
Bahamas BS
Bahrain BH
Bangladesh BD
Barbados BB
Barbuda AG*
Belarus BY
Belgium BE
Belize BZ
Benin BJ
Bermuda BM
Bhutan BT
Bolivia BO
Bonaire AN**
Bosnia-Herzegovina BA
Botswana BW
Brazil BR
British Virgin IslandsVG*
Brunei BN
Bulgaria BG
Burkina Faso BF
Burundi BI
Cambodia KH
Cameroon CM
Canada CA
Canary Islands ES**
Cape Verde CV
Cayman Islands KY**
Chad TD
Channel Islands GB**
Chile CL
China CN
Colombia CO
Congo CG
Congo Dem. Rep. Of CD
Cook Islands CK
Costa Rica CR
Croatia HR
Curacao AN**
Cyprus CY
Czech Republic CZ
Denmark DK
Djibouti DJ
Dominica DM
Dominican Republic DO
East Timor TL
Ecuador EC
Egypt EG
El Salvador SV
England GB**
Equatorial Guinea GQ
Eritrea ER
Estonia EE
Ethiopia ET
Faeroe Islands FO*
Fiji FJ
Finland FI
France FR
French Guiana GF
French Polynesia PF**
Gabon GA
Gambia GM
Georgia GE
Germany DE
Ghana GH
Gibraltar GI
Grand Cayman KY**
Great Britain GB**
Great Thatch Island VG*
Great Tobago IslandsVG*
Greece GR
Greenland GL
Grenada GD
Guadeloupe GP**
Guam GU
Guatemala GT
Guinea GN
Guyana GY
Haiti HT
Holland NL**
Honduras HN
Hong Kong HK
Hungary HU
Iceland IS
India IN
Indonesia ID
Iraq IQ
Ireland IE
Israel IL
Italy IT**
Ivory Coast CI
Jamaica JM
Japan JP
Jordan JO
Jost Van Dyke IslandsVG*
Kazakhstan KZ
Kenya KE
Kuwait KW
Kyrgyzstan KG
Laos LA
Latvia LV
Lebanon LB
Lesotho LS
Liberia LR
Liechtenstein LI
Lithuania LT
Luxembourg LU
Macau MO
Macedonia MK
Madagascar MG
Malawi MW
Malaysia MY
Maldives MV
Mali ML
Malta MT
Marshall Islands MH
Martinique MQ
Mauritania MR
Mauritius MU
Mexico MX
Micronesia FM
Moldova MD
Monaco MC
Mongolia MN
Montserrat MS
Morocco MA
Mozambique MZ
Namibia NA
Nepal NP
Netherlands NL**
Netherlands AntillesAN**
New Caledonia NC
New Zealand NZ
Nicaragua NI
Niger NE
Nigeria NG
Norman Island VG*
Northern Ireland GB**
Northern Mariana IslandsMP**
Norway NO
Oman OM
Pakistan PK
Palau PW
Palestine PS*
Panama PA
Papua New Guinea PG
Paraguay PY
Peru PE
Philippines PH
Poland PL
Portugal PT
Puerto Rico PR
Qatar QA
Reunion RE
Romania RO
Rota MP**
Russia RU
Rwanda RW
Saba AN**
Saipan MP**
Samoa WS
San Marino IT**
Saudi Arabia SA
Scotland GB**
Senegal SN
Serbia & Montenegro CS
Seychelles SC
Singapore SG
Slovak Republic SK
Slovenia SI
South Africa ZA
South Korea KR
Spain ES**
Sri Lanka LK
St. Barthelemy GP**
St. Christopher KN**
St. Croix Island VI**
St. Eustatius AN**
St. John VI**
St. Kitts and Nevis KN**
St. Lucia LC
St. Maarten AN**
St. Thomas VI**
St. Vincent VC**
Suriname SR
Swaziland SZ
Sweden SE
Switzerland CH
Tahiti PF**
Taiwan TW
Tanzania TZ
Thailand TH
Tinian MP**
Togo TG
Tonga TO
Tortola Island VG*
Trinidad & Tobago TT
Tunisia TN
Turkey TR
Turkmenistan TM
Turks & Caicos IslandsTC
U.S. Virgin Islands VI**
Uganda UG
Ukraine UA
Union Island VC**
United Arab EmiratesAE
United Kingdom GB**
United States US
Uruguay UY
Uzbekistan UZ
Vanuatu VU
Vatican City IT**
Venezuela VE
Vietnam VN
Wales GB**
Wallis & Futuna IslandsWF
Yemen YE
Zambia ZM
Zimbabwe ZW

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pFedEx

HoldAtLocationState:   State or province code.

State or province code of the FedEx location. This is the identifying abbreviation for US state, Canada province, etc. This is required.

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pFedEx

HoldAtLocationZipCode:   Postal code of the FedEx location.

Postal code. This is identification of a region (usually small) for mail/package delivery. Format and presence of this configuration setting will vary, depending on country. This configuration setting is required if both HoldAtLocationCity and HoldAtLocationState are provided.

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pFedEx

HoldAtLocationContactCompany:   Identifies the contact company name.

When the shipment arrives at the FedEx location where the shipment will be held, FedEx will notify the company specified here.

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pFedEx

HoldAtLocationContactEmail:   Identifies the contact person's email address.

Identifies the contact person's email address. Maximum length: 120.

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pFedEx

HoldAtLocationContactFirstName:   Identifies the contact person's first name.

Identifies the contact person's first name. Maximum length: 45 characters for both HoldAtLocationContactFirstName and HoldAtLocationContactLastName or HoldAtLocationContactCompany

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pFedEx

HoldAtLocationContactLastName:   Identifies the contact person's last name.

Identifies the contact person's last name. Maximum length: 45 characters for both HoldAtLocationContactFirstName and HoldAtLocationContactLastName or HoldAtLocationContactCompany

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pFedEx

HoldAtLocationContactFax:   Identifies the contact person's fax number.

Identifies the contact person's fax number. The value of this configuration setting is optional. No format checking is done on international fax numbers.

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pFedEx

HoldAtLocationContactPhone:   Identifies the contact person's phone number.

Identifies the contact person's phone number. Maximum length: 45.

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pFedEx

HoldAtLocationContactMiddleInitial:   Identifies the contact person's middle initial.

Identifies the contact person's middle initial. The value of this configuration setting is optional..

Note: This value is only used when the Provider is set to pFedEx

OriginPostalCode:   The Postal Code of the client sending location when using the Canada Post provider.

This field is used to specify the postal code of the client sending location to determine the nearest Post Office (this information is used for pricing). To force selection of a particular Post Office, the postal code of the desired Post Office should be used.

Note: This value is only used when a CanadaContractId is specified. Also this is only valid when Provider is set to pCanadaPost

CanadaGroupId:   The Group ID number (or group name) to place the created shipment when using Canada Post.

This field is used to specify the Group ID number or name to place a created shipment when using Canada Post. If the specified group does not exist, it will be created automatically by the Canada Post service.

Note: This value is only used when a CanadaContractId is specified. Also this is only valid when Provider is set to pCanadaPost

CanadaPaymentMethod:   The intended payment method when using Canada Post.

This field is used to specify the intended method of payment when shipping via Canada Post.

The available values are:

0 (default) Account
1 Credit Card

Note: This value is only used when a CanadaContractId is specified. Also this is only valid when Provider is set to pCanadaPost

HTTP Configuration Settings

AcceptEncoding:   Used to tell the server which types of content encodings the client supports.

When AllowHTTPCompression is true, the component adds an "Accept-Encoding: " header to the request being sent to the server. By default, this header's value is "gzip, deflate". This config allows you to change the value of the "Accept-Encoding" header. NOTE: The component only supports gzip and deflate decompression algorithms.

AllowHTTPCompression:   This property enables HTTP compression for receiving data.

This is the same as the AllowHTTPCompression property. This setting is exposed here for use by components that inherit from HTTP.

AllowIdenticalRedirectURL:   Allow redirects to the same URL.

By default the component does not allow redirects to the same URL to avoid redirect loops. In some cases the server may intentionally redirect the client back to the same URL. In that case this setting may be set to True to allow the redirect to be followed. The default value is False.

Append:   Whether to append data to LocalFile.

This setting determines whether data is appended when writing to LocalFile. When set to True downloaded data will be appended to LocalFile. This may be used in conjunction with Range to resume a failed download. This is only applicable when LocalFile is set. The default value is False.

Authorization:   The Authorization string to be sent to the server.

If the Authorization property contains a non-empty string, an Authorization HTTP request header is added to the request. This header conveys Authorization information to the server.

This property is provided so that the HTTP component can be extended with other security schemes in addition to the authorization schemes already implemented by the component.

The AuthScheme property defines the authentication scheme used. In the case of HTTP Basic Authentication (default), every time User and Password are set, they are Base64 encoded, and the result is put in the Authorization property in the form "Basic [encoded-user-password]".

BytesTransferred:   Contains the number of bytes transferred in the response data.

Returns the raw number of bytes from the HTTP response data, prior to the component processing the data, whether it is chunked and/or compressed. This returns the same value as the Transfer event, by BytesTransferred.

EncodeURL:   If set to true the URL will be encoded by the component.

The default value is false. If set to true the URL passed to the component will be URL encoded.

FollowRedirects:   Determines what happens when the server issues a redirect.

This option determines what happens when the server issues a redirect. Normally, the component returns an error if the server responds with an "Object Moved" message. If this property is set to 1 (always), the new URL for the object is retrieved automatically every time.

If this property is set to 2 (Same Scheme), the new URL is retrieved automatically only if the URL Scheme is the same, otherwise the component raises an exception.

Note that following the HTTP specification, unless this option is set to 1 (Always), automatic redirects will be performed only for 'GET' or 'HEAD' requests. Other methods could potentially change the conditions of the initial request and create security vulnerabilities.

Furthermore, if either the new URL server and port are different than the existing one, User and Password are also reset to empty, unless this property is set to 1 (Always), in which case the same credentials are used to connect to the new server.

A Redirect event is fired for every URL the product is redirected to. In the case of automatic redirections, the Redirect event is a good place to set properties related to the new connection (e.g. new authentication parameters).

The default value is 0 (Never). In this case, redirects are never followed, and the component raises an exception instead.

Valid options are:

  • 0 - Never
  • 1 - Always
  • 2 - Same Scheme

GetOn302Redirect:   If set to true the component will perform a GET on the new location.

The default value is false. If set to true the component will perform a GET on the new location. Otherwise it will use the same HTTP method again.

HTTPVersion:   The version of HTTP used by the component.

Possible values include "1.0", and "1.1". The default is "1.1".

IfModifiedSince:   A date determining the maximum age of the desired document.

This is the same as the IfModifiedSince property. This setting is exposed here for use by components that inherit from HTTP.

KeepAlive:   Determines whether the HTTP connection is closed after completion of the request.

If true, the component will not send the 'Connection: Close' header. The absence of the Connection header indicates to the server that HTTP persistent connections should be used if supported. Note that not all server support persistent connections. You may also explicitly add the Keep-Alive header to the request headers by setting OtherHeaders to 'Connection: Keep-Alive'. If false, the connection will be closed immediately after the server response is received.

The default value for KeepAlive is false.

MaxRedirectAttempts:   Limits the number of redirects that are followed in a request.

When FollowRedirects is set to any value besides frNever the component will follow redirects until this maximum number of redirect attempts are made. The default value is 20.

OtherHeaders:   Other headers as determined by the user (optional).

This configuration option can be set to a string of headers to be appended to the HTTP request headers.

The headers must be of the format "header: value" as described in the HTTP specifications. Header lines should be separated by CRLF ("\r\ n") .

Use this configuration option with caution. If this configuration option contains invalid headers, HTTP requests may fail.

This configuration option is useful for extending the functionality of the component beyond what is provided.

ProxyAuthorization:   The authorization string to be sent to the proxy server.

Similar to the Authorization config, but for proxy authorization. If this config contains a non-empty string, a Proxy-Authorization HTTP request header is added to the request. This header conveys proxy authorization information to the server. If ProxyUser and ProxyPassword are specified, this value is calculated using the algorithm specified by ProxyAuthScheme.

ProxyAuthScheme:   The authorization scheme to be used for the proxy.

This is the same as ProxyAuthScheme. This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Proxy properties.

ProxyPassword:   A password if authentication is to be used for the proxy.

This is the same as ProxyPassword. This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Proxy properties.

ProxyPort:   Port for the proxy server (default 80).

This is the same as ProxyPort. This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Proxy properties.

ProxyServer:   Name or IP address of a proxy server (optional).

This is the same as ProxyServer. This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Proxy properties.

ProxyUser:   A user name if authentication is to be used for the proxy.

This is the same as ProxyUser. This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Proxy properties.

TransferredDataLimit:   The maximum number of incoming bytes to be stored by the component.

If TransferredDataLimit is set to 0 (default), no limits are imposed. Otherwise this reflects the maximum number of incoming bytes that can be stored by the component.

TransferredHeaders:   The full set of headers as received from the server.

This configuration setting returns the complete set of raw headers as received from the server.

UseChunkedEncoding:   Enables or Disables HTTP chunked encoding for transfers.

If UseChunkedEncoding is set to true, the component will use HTTP chunked encoding when posting if possible. HTTP chunked encoding allows large files to be sent in chunks instead of all at once. If set to false, the component will not use HTTP chunked encoding. The default value is false.

Note: Some servers (such as the ASP.NET Development Server) may not support chunked encoding.

ChunkSize:   Specifies the chunk size in bytes when using chunked encoding.

This is only applicable when UseChunkedEncoding is true. This setting specifies the chunk size in bytes to be used when posting data. The default value is 16384.

UserAgent:   Information about the user agent (browser).

This is the value supplied in the HTTP User-Agent header. The default setting is "/n software IPWorks HTTP/S Component - www.nsoftware.com".

Override the default with the name and version of your software.

KerberosSPN:   The Service Principal Name for the Kerberos Domain Controller.

If the Service Principal Name on the Kerberos Domain Controller is not the same as the URL that you are authenticating to, the Service Principal Name should be set here.

IPPort Configuration Settings

ConnectionTimeout:   Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection.

When set, this configuration setting allows you to specify a different timeout value for establishing a connection. Otherwise, the component will use Timeout for establishing a connection and transmitting/receiving data.

FirewallAutoDetect:   Tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.

This is the same as FirewallAutoDetect. This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallHost:   Name or IP address of firewall (optional).

If a FirewallHost is given, requested connections will be authenticated through the specified firewall when connecting.

If the FirewallHost setting is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, the FirewallHost setting is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.

NOTE: This is the same as FirewallHost. This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallPassword:   Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.

If FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword settings are used to connect and authenticate to the given firewall. If the authentication fails, the component raises an exception.

NOTE: This is the same as FirewallPassword. This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallPort:   The TCP port for the FirewallHost;.

Note that the FirewallPort is set automatically when FirewallType is set to a valid value.

NOTE: This is the same as FirewallPort. This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallType:   Determines the type of firewall to connect through.

The appropriate values are as follows:

0No firewall (default setting).
1Connect through a tunneling proxy. FirewallPort is set to 80.
2Connect through a SOCKS4 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.
3Connect through a SOCKS5 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.

NOTE: This is the same as FirewallType. This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallUser:   A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.

If the FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword settings are used to connect and authenticate to the Firewall. If the authentication fails, the component raises an exception.

NOTE: This is the same as FirewallUser. This setting is provided for use by components that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

KeepAliveTime:   The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent.

When set, TCPKeepAlive will automatically be set to true. By default the operating system will determine the time a connection is idle before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent. This system default if this value is not specified here is 2 hours. In many cases a shorter interval is more useful. Set this value to the desired interval in milliseconds.

Note: This value is not applicable in Java.

KeepAliveInterval:   The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received.

When set, TCPKeepAlive will automatically be set to true. A TCP keep-alive packet will be sent after a period of inactivity as defined by KeepAliveTime. If no acknowledgement is received from the remote host the keep-alive packet will be re-sent. This setting specifies the interval at which the successive keep-alive packets are sent in milliseconds. This system default if this value is not specified here is 1 second.

Note: This value is not applicable in Java or MAC.

Linger:   When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully.

This property controls how a connection is closed. The default is True.

In the case that Linger is True (default), there are two scenarios for determining how long the connection will linger. The first, if LingerTime is 0 (default), the system will attempt to send pending data for a connection until the default IP protocol timeout expires.

In the second scenario, LingerTime is a positive value, the system will attempt to send pending data until the specified LingerTime is reached. If this attempt fails, then the system will reset the connection.

The default behavior (which is also the default mode for stream sockets) might result in a long delay in closing the connection. Although the component returns control immediately, the system could hold system resources until all pending data is sent (even after your application closes).

Setting this property to False forces an immediate disconnection. If you know that the other side has received all the data you sent (by a client acknowledgment, for example), setting this property to False might be the appropriate course of action.

LingerTime:   Time in seconds to have the connection linger.

LingerTime is the time, in seconds, to leave the socket connection linger. This value is 0 by default, which means it will use the default IP protocol timeout.

LocalHost:   The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted.

The LocalHost setting contains the name of the local host as obtained by the gethostname() system call, or if the user has assigned an IP address, the value of that address.

In multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface) setting LocalHost to the value of an interface will make the component initiate connections (or accept in the case of server components) only through that interface.

If the component is connected, the LocalHost setting shows the IP address of the interface through which the connection is made in internet dotted format (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In most cases, this is the address of the local host, except for multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface).

LocalPort:   The TCP port in the local host where the component binds.

This must be set before a connection is attempted. It instructs the component to bind to a specific port (or communication endpoint) in the local machine.

Setting this to 0 (default) enables the system to choose a port at random. The chosen port will be shown by LocalPort after the connection is established.

LocalPort cannot be changed once a connection is made. Any attempt to set this when a connection is active will generate an error.

This; setting is useful when trying to connect to services that require a trusted port in the client side. An example is the remote shell (rsh) service in UNIX systems.

MaxLineLength:   The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found.

MaxLineLength is the size of an internal buffer, which holds received data while waiting for an EOL string.

If an EOL string is found in the input stream before MaxLineLength bytes are received, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to True, and the buffer is reset.

If no EOL is found, and MaxLineLength bytes are accumulated in the buffer, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to False, and the buffer is reset.

The minimum value for MaxLineLength is 256 bytes. The default value is 2048 bytes. The maximum value is 65536 bytes.

MaxTransferRate:   The transfer rate limit in bytes per second.

This setting can be used to throttle outbound TCP traffic. Set this to the number of bytes to be sent per second. By default this is not set and there is no limit.

RecordLength:   The length of received data records.

If set to a positive value, this setting defines the length of data records to be received. The component will accumulate data until RecordLength is reached and only then fire the DataIn event with data of length RecordLength. This allows data to be received as records of known length. This value can be changed at any time, including within the DataIn event.

The default value is 0, meaning this setting is not used.

TCPKeepAlive:   Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled.

If set to true, the socket's keep-alive option is enabled and keep-alive packets will be sent periodically to maintain the connection. Set KeepAliveTime and KeepAliveInterval to configure the timing of the keep-alive packets.

Note: This value is not applicable in Java.

UseIPv6:   Whether to use IPv6.

When set to 0 (default), the component will use IPv4 exclusively. When set to 1, the component will use IPv6 exclusively. To instruct the component to prefer IPv6 addresses, but use IPv4 if IPv6 is not supported on the system, this setting should be set to 2. The default value is 0. Possible values are:

0 IPv4 Only
1 IPv6 Only
2 IPv6 with IPv4 fallback

TcpNoDelay:   Whether or not to delay when sending packets.

When true, the socket will send all data that is ready to send at once. When false, the socket will send smaller buffered packets of data at small intervals. This is known as the Nagle algorithm.

By default, this config is set to false.

SSL Configuration Settings

ReuseSSLSession:   Determines if the SSL session is reused.

If set to true, the component will reuse the context if and only if the following criteria are met:

  • The target host name is the same.
  • The system cache entry has not expired (default timeout is 10 hours).
  • The application process that calls the function is the same.
  • The logon session is the same.
  • The instance of the component is the same.

SSLCipherStrength:   The minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption.

This minimum cipher strength largely dependent on the security modules installed on the system. If the cipher strength specified is not supported, an error will be returned when connections are initiated.

Please note that this setting contains the minimum cipher strength requested from the security library. The actual cipher strength used for the connection is shown by the SSLStatus event.

Use this setting with caution. Requesting a lower cipher strength than necessary could potentially cause serious security vulnerabilities in your application.

When the provider is OpenSSL, SSLCipherStrength is currently not supported. This functionality is instead made available through the OpenSSLCipherList config setting.

SSLEnabledProtocols:   Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols.

Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols.

Not all supported protocols are enabled by default (the value of this setting is 4032). If you want more granular control over the enabled protocols, you can set this property to the binary 'OR' of one or more of the following values:

TLS1.23072 (Hex C00) (Default)
TLS1.1768 (Hex 300) (Default)
TLS1 192 (Hex C0) (Default)
SSL3 48 (Hex 30)
SSL2 12 (Hex 0C)

When the provider is OpenSSL, SSLCipherStrength is currently not supported. This functionality is instead made available through the OpenSSLCipherList config setting.

TLS 1.1 and TLS1.2 support are only available starting with Windows 7.

SSLProvider:   The name of the security provider to use.

Change this setting to use security providers other than the system default.

Use this setting with caution. Disabling SSL security or pointing to the wrong provider could potentially cause serious security vulnerabilities in your application.

The special value "*" (default) picks the default SSL provider defined in the system.

Note: On Windows systems, the default SSL Provider is "Microsoft Unified Security Protocol Provider" and cannot be changed.

SSLSecurityFlags:   Flags that control certificate verification.

The following flags are defined (specified in hexadecimal notation). They can be or-ed together to exclude multiple conditions:

0x00000001Ignore time validity status of certificate.
0x00000002Ignore time validity status of CTL.
0x00000004Ignore non-nested certificate times.
0x00000010Allow unknown Certificate Authority.
0x00000020Ignore wrong certificate usage.
0x00000100Ignore unknown certificate revocation status.
0x00000200Ignore unknown CTL signer revocation status.
0x00000400Ignore unknown Certificate Authority revocation status.
0x00000800Ignore unknown Root revocation status.
0x00008000Allow test Root certificate.
0x00004000Trust test Root certificate.
0x80000000Ignore non-matching CN (certificate CN not-matching server name).

This functionality is currently not available when the provider is OpenSSL.

OpenSSLCADir:   The path to a directory containing CA certificates.

This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.

The path set by this property should point to a directory containing CA certificates in PEM format. The files each contain one CA certificate. The files are looked up by the CA subject name hash value, which must hence be available. If more than one CA certificate with the same name hash value exist, the extension must be different (e.g. 9d66eef0.0, 9d66eef0.1 etc). OpenSSL recommends to use the c_rehash utility to create the necessary links. Please refer to the OpenSSL man page SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3) for details.

OpenSSLCAFile:   Name of the file containing the list of CA's trusted by your application.

This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.

The file set by this property should contain a list of CA certificates in PEM format. The file can contain several CA certificates identified by

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----

... (CA certificate in base64 encoding) ...

-----END CERTIFICATE-----

sequences. Before, between, and after the certificates text is allowed which can be used e.g. for descriptions of the certificates. Please refer to the OpenSSL man page SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3) for details.

OpenSSLCipherList:   A string that controls the ciphers to be used by SSL.

This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.

The format of this string is described in the OpenSSL man page ciphers(1) section "CIPHER LIST FORMAT". Please refer to it for details. The default string "DEFAULT" is determined at compile time and is normally equivalent to "ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+SSLv2:@STRENGTH".

OpenSSLPrngSeedData:   The data to seed the pseudo random number generator (PRNG).

This functionality is available only when the provider is OpenSSL.

By default OpenSSL uses the device file "/dev/urandom" to seed the PRNG and setting OpenSSLPrngSeedData is not required. If set, the string specified is used to seed the PRNG.

Socket Configuration Settings

AbsoluteTimeout:   Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.

If AbsoluteTimeout is set to True, any method which does not complete within Timeout seconds will be aborted. By default, AbsoluteTimeout is False, and the timeout is an inactivity timeout.

Note: This option is not valid for UDP ports.

FirewallData:   Used to send extra data to the firewall.

When the firewall is a tunneling proxy, use this property to send custom (additional) headers to the firewall (e.g. headers for custom authentication schemes).

InBufferSize:   The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket.

This is the size of an internal queue in the TCP/IP stack. You can increase or decrease its size depending on the amount of data that you will be receiving. Increasing the value of the InBufferSize setting can provide significant improvements in performance in some cases.

Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the component is activated the InBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.

OutBufferSize:   The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket.

This is the size of an internal queue in the TCP/IP stack. You can increase or decrease its size depending on the amount of data that you will be sending. Increasing the value of the OutBufferSize setting can provide significant improvements in performance in some cases.

Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the component is activated the OutBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.

Base Configuration Settings

CodePage:   The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations.

The default code page is the Active Code Page (0).

The following is a list of valid code page identifiers:

IdentifierName
037IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada
437OEM - United States
500IBM EBCDIC - International
708Arabic - ASMO 708
709Arabic - ASMO 449+, BCON V4
710Arabic - Transparent Arabic
720Arabic - Transparent ASMO
737OEM - Greek (formerly 437G)
775OEM - Baltic
850OEM - Multilingual Latin I
852OEM - Latin II
855OEM - Cyrillic (primarily Russian)
857OEM - Turkish
858OEM - Multlingual Latin I + Euro symbol
860OEM - Portuguese
861OEM - Icelandic
862OEM - Hebrew
863OEM - Canadian-French
864OEM - Arabic
865OEM - Nordic
866OEM - Russian
869OEM - Modern Greek
870IBM EBCDIC - Multilingual/ROECE (Latin-2)
874ANSI/OEM - Thai (same as 28605, ISO 8859-15)
875IBM EBCDIC - Modern Greek
932ANSI/OEM - Japanese, Shift-JIS
936ANSI/OEM - Simplified Chinese (PRC, Singapore)
949ANSI/OEM - Korean (Unified Hangeul Code)
950ANSI/OEM - Traditional Chinese (Taiwan; Hong Kong SAR, PRC)
1026IBM EBCDIC - Turkish (Latin-5)
1047IBM EBCDIC - Latin 1/Open System
1140IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada (037 + Euro symbol)
1141IBM EBCDIC - Germany (20273 + Euro symbol)
1142IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway (20277 + Euro symbol)
1143IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden (20278 + Euro symbol)
1144IBM EBCDIC - Italy (20280 + Euro symbol)
1145IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain (20284 + Euro symbol)
1146IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom (20285 + Euro symbol)
1147IBM EBCDIC - France (20297 + Euro symbol)
1148IBM EBCDIC - International (500 + Euro symbol)
1149IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic (20871 + Euro symbol)
1200Unicode UCS-2 Little-Endian (BMP of ISO 10646)
1201Unicode UCS-2 Big-Endian
1250ANSI - Central European
1251ANSI - Cyrillic
1252ANSI - Latin I
1253ANSI - Greek
1254ANSI - Turkish
1255ANSI - Hebrew
1256ANSI - Arabic
1257ANSI - Baltic
1258ANSI/OEM - Vietnamese
1361Korean (Johab)
10000MAC - Roman
10001MAC - Japanese
10002MAC - Traditional Chinese (Big5)
10003MAC - Korean
10004MAC - Arabic
10005MAC - Hebrew
10006MAC - Greek I
10007MAC - Cyrillic
10008MAC - Simplified Chinese (GB 2312)
10010MAC - Romania
10017MAC - Ukraine
10021MAC - Thai
10029MAC - Latin II
10079MAC - Icelandic
10081MAC - Turkish
10082MAC - Croatia
12000Unicode UCS-4 Little-Endian
12001Unicode UCS-4 Big-Endian
20000CNS - Taiwan
20001TCA - Taiwan
20002Eten - Taiwan
20003IBM5550 - Taiwan
20004TeleText - Taiwan
20005Wang - Taiwan
20105IA5 IRV International Alphabet No. 5 (7-bit)
20106IA5 German (7-bit)
20107IA5 Swedish (7-bit)
20108IA5 Norwegian (7-bit)
20127US-ASCII (7-bit)
20261T.61
20269ISO 6937 Non-Spacing Accent
20273IBM EBCDIC - Germany
20277IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway
20278IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden
20280IBM EBCDIC - Italy
20284IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain
20285IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom
20290IBM EBCDIC - Japanese Katakana Extended
20297IBM EBCDIC - France
20420IBM EBCDIC - Arabic
20423IBM EBCDIC - Greek
20424IBM EBCDIC - Hebrew
20833IBM EBCDIC - Korean Extended
20838IBM EBCDIC - Thai
20866Russian - KOI8-R
20871IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic
20880IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Russian)
20905IBM EBCDIC - Turkish
20924IBM EBCDIC - Latin-1/Open System (1047 + Euro symbol)
20932JIS X 0208-1990 & 0121-1990
20936Simplified Chinese (GB2312)
21025IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Serbian, Bulgarian)
21027Extended Alpha Lowercase
21866Ukrainian (KOI8-U)
28591ISO 8859-1 Latin I
28592ISO 8859-2 Central Europe
28593ISO 8859-3 Latin 3
28594ISO 8859-4 Baltic
28595ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic
28596ISO 8859-6 Arabic
28597ISO 8859-7 Greek
28598ISO 8859-8 Hebrew
28599ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
28605ISO 8859-15 Latin 9
29001Europa 3
38598ISO 8859-8 Hebrew
50220ISO 2022 Japanese with no halfwidth Katakana
50221ISO 2022 Japanese with halfwidth Katakana
50222ISO 2022 Japanese JIS X 0201-1989
50225ISO 2022 Korean
50227ISO 2022 Simplified Chinese
50229ISO 2022 Traditional Chinese
50930Japanese (Katakana) Extended
50931US/Canada and Japanese
50933Korean Extended and Korean
50935Simplified Chinese Extended and Simplified Chinese
50936Simplified Chinese
50937US/Canada and Traditional Chinese
50939Japanese (Latin) Extended and Japanese
51932EUC - Japanese
51936EUC - Simplified Chinese
51949EUC - Korean
51950EUC - Traditional Chinese
52936HZ-GB2312 Simplified Chinese
54936Windows XP: GB18030 Simplified Chinese (4 Byte)
57002ISCII Devanagari
57003ISCII Bengali
57004ISCII Tamil
57005ISCII Telugu
57006ISCII Assamese
57007ISCII Oriya
57008ISCII Kannada
57009ISCII Malayalam
57010ISCII Gujarati
57011ISCII Punjabi
65000Unicode UTF-7
65001Unicode UTF-8

The following is a list of valid code page identifiers for Mac OS only:

IdentifierName
1ASCII
2NEXTSTEP
3JapaneseEUC
4UTF8
5ISOLatin1
6Symbol
7NonLossyASCII
8ShiftJIS
9ISOLatin2
10Unicode
11WindowsCP1251
12WindowsCP1252
13WindowsCP1253
14WindowsCP1254
15WindowsCP1250
21ISO2022JP
30MacOSRoman
10UTF16String
0x90000100UTF16BigEndian
0x94000100UTF16LittleEndian
0x8c000100UTF32String
0x98000100UTF32BigEndian
0x9c000100UTF32LittleEndian
65536Proprietary

 
 
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