AmazonSNS Control

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The AmazonSNS control provides a simple interface to Amazon's Simple Notification Service (SNS).

Syntax

AmazonSNS

Remarks

The AmazonSNS control allows you to quickly and easily access Amazon's Simple Notification Service (SNS). SNS allows you to create topics and subscriptions for notification purposes.

Before using the control you must first have an AWS account and sign up for the SNS service. To use the control, first set AccessKey and SecretKey.

To create a topic, call CreateTopic. You may manage the topic and its properties with GetTopicAttributes, SetTopicAttributes, and DeleteTopic.

To subscribe to a topic, call Subscribe. To manage a subscription, use GetSubscriptionAttributes, SetSubscriptionAttributes, and Unsubscribe.

Use ListSubscriptions, ListTopicSubscriptions, and ListTopics to list existing topics and subscriptions.

Call Publish or PublishCustom to send a notification on a topic.

Property List


The following is the full list of the properties of the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

AccessKeyThe Access Key Id for the Amazon Web Services account.
FirewallAutoDetectThis property tells the control whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.
FirewallTypeThis property determines the type of firewall to connect through.
FirewallHostThis property contains the name or IP address of firewall (optional).
FirewallPasswordThis property contains a password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.
FirewallPortThis property contains the transmission control protocol (TCP) port for the firewall Host .
FirewallUserThis property contains a user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.
IdleThe current status of the control.
LocalHostThe name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted.
ProxyAuthSchemeThis property is used to tell the control which type of authorization to perform when connecting to the proxy.
ProxyAutoDetectThis property tells the control whether or not to automatically detect and use proxy system settings, if available.
ProxyPasswordThis property contains a password if authentication is to be used for the proxy.
ProxyPortThis property contains the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port for the proxy Server (default 80).
ProxyServerIf a proxy Server is given, then the HTTP request is sent to the proxy instead of the server otherwise specified.
ProxySSLThis property determines when to use a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for the connection to the proxy.
ProxyUserThis property contains a username if authentication is to be used for the proxy.
SecretKeyThe Secret Access Key for the Amazon Web Services account.
SSLAcceptServerCertEncodedThis is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).
SSLCertEncodedThis is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).
SSLCertStoreThis is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
SSLCertStorePasswordIf the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.
SSLCertStoreTypeThis is the type of certificate store for this certificate.
SSLCertSubjectThis is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.
SSLProviderThis specifies the SSL/TLS implementation to use.
SSLServerCertEncodedThis is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).
SubscriptionMarkerThe token identifying the next page of results.
SubscriptionCountThe number of records in the Subscription arrays.
SubscriptionConfirmationWasAuthenticatedThis property reports whether or not the subscription was confirmed.
SubscriptionDeliveryPolicyThis property holds the JSON serialization of the subscription's delivery policy.
SubscriptionEffectiveDeliveryPolicyThis property holds the JSON serialization of the subscription's effective delivery policy.
SubscriptionEndpointThis property contains the subscription's endpoint.
SubscriptionHasAttributesThis property returns true if the subscription attributes are available.
SubscriptionOwnerThe AWS account ID of the subscription's owner.
SubscriptionProtocolThis property specifies the protocol used by the subscription.
SubscriptionArnThe subscription's Amazon Resource Name (ARN) used to identify the subscription.
SubscriptionTopicArnThe Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the topic this subscription is associated with.
TimeoutA timeout for the control.
TopicMarkerThe token identifying the next page of results.
TopicCountThe number of records in the Topic arrays.
TopicAccessPolicyThis property holds the JSON serialized access control policy for the topic.
TopicDeliveryPolicyThe JSON serialized policy for the topic.
TopicDisplayNameThis property holds the name used in the 'From' property for email based endpoints.
TopicEffectiveDeliveryPolicyThis property holds the JSON serialization of the topic's effective delivery policy.
TopicHasAttributesThis property returns true if the topic attributes are available.
TopicOwnerThe AWS account ID of the topic's owner.
TopicSubscriptionsConfirmedThe number of confirmed subscriptions to this topic.
TopicSubscriptionsDeletedThe number of deleted subscriptions on this topic.
TopicSubscriptionsPendingThe number of pending subscriptions on this topic.
TopicArnThe Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the topic.
UseSSLDetermines if SSL is used when connecting to Amazon.

Method List


The following is the full list of the methods of the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

AddPermissionAdds permissions to the topic's access control policy.
ConfigSets or retrieves a configuration setting.
ConfirmSubscriptionCompletes the subscription request.
CreateTopicCreates a new topic.
DeleteTopicDeletes the specified topic.
DoEventsProcesses events from the internal message queue.
GetSubscriptionAttributesRetrieves the subscription's attributes.
GetTopicAttributesRetrieves the topic's attributes.
GetXValueRetrieves a valid XPath expression from the HTTP response after calling SendCustomRequest .
InterruptInterrupt the current method.
ListSubscriptionsLists subscriptions for the current account.
ListTopicsLists all topics for the current account.
ListTopicSubscriptionsLists subscriptions to the specified topic.
PublishPublishes a message to the topic.
PublishCustomPublishes a message to the topic.
RemovePermissionRemoves permissions from a topic.
ResetResets request-related properties.
SendCustomRequestAllows the sending of a custom request to an Amazon web service.
SetSubscriptionAttributesSets attributes of the subscription.
SetTopicAttributesSets attributes on the specified topic.
SubscribeRequest a subscription to the specific topic.
UnsubscribeUnsubscribes from the topic.

Event List


The following is the full list of the events fired by the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

ErrorFired when information is available about errors during data delivery.
LogThis event fires once for each log message.
SSLServerAuthenticationFired after the server presents its certificate to the client.
SSLStatusFired when secure connection progress messages are available.
SubscriptionListFires with information about the subscription.
TopicListFires with information about the topic.

Config Settings


The following is a list of config settings for the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

APIVersionService's API version.
HTTPMethodSpecifies the HTTP method to use when sending a custom request.
IsSubscriptionPagedWhether or not all subscriptions were returned by the last listing.
IsTopicPagedWhether or not all topics were returned by the last listing.
JSONMessageA custom JSON message to be published.
MessageAttributeCountThe number of message attributes.
MessageAttributeDataType[i]The data type of the message attribute.
MessageAttributeName[i]The name of the message attribute.
MessageAttributeValue[i]The value of the message attribute.
PhoneNumberThe phone number to which you want to deliver an SMS message. Use E.164 format.
SignatureVersionThe version of signature used.
SignCustomRequestTells the control to sign the outgoing request.
TargetArnThe TargetArn when publishing a message.
TransferredDataReturns the entire XML response received from the server.
URLIf set, the default URL will be overridden by this value.
AcceptEncodingUsed to tell the server which types of content encodings the client supports.
AllowHTTPCompressionThis property enables HTTP compression for receiving data.
AllowHTTPFallbackWhether HTTP/2 connections are permitted to fallback to HTTP/1.1.
AppendWhether to append data to LocalFile.
AuthorizationThe Authorization string to be sent to the server.
BytesTransferredContains the number of bytes transferred in the response data.
ChunkSizeSpecifies the chunk size in bytes when using chunked encoding.
CompressHTTPRequestSet to true to compress the body of a PUT or POST request.
EncodeURLIf set to True the URL will be encoded by the control.
FollowRedirectsDetermines what happens when the server issues a redirect.
GetOn302RedirectIf set to True the control will perform a GET on the new location.
HTTP2HeadersWithoutIndexingHTTP2 headers that should not update the dynamic header table with incremental indexing.
HTTPVersionThe version of HTTP used by the control.
IfModifiedSinceA date determining the maximum age of the desired document.
KeepAliveDetermines whether the HTTP connection is closed after completion of the request.
KerberosSPNThe Service Principal Name for the Kerberos Domain Controller.
LogLevelThe level of detail that is logged.
MaxRedirectAttemptsLimits the number of redirects that are followed in a request.
NegotiatedHTTPVersionThe negotiated HTTP version.
OtherHeadersOther headers as determined by the user (optional).
ProxyAuthorizationThe authorization string to be sent to the proxy server.
ProxyAuthSchemeThe authorization scheme to be used for the proxy.
ProxyPasswordA password if authentication is to be used for the proxy.
ProxyPortPort for the proxy server (default 80).
ProxyServerName or IP address of a proxy server (optional).
ProxyUserA user name if authentication is to be used for the proxy.
SentHeadersThe full set of headers as sent by the client.
StatusCodeThe status code of the last response from the server.
StatusLineThe first line of the last response from the server.
TransferredDataThe contents of the last response from the server.
TransferredDataLimitThe maximum number of incoming bytes to be stored by the control.
TransferredHeadersThe full set of headers as received from the server.
TransferredRequestThe full request as sent by the client.
UseChunkedEncodingEnables or Disables HTTP chunked encoding for transfers.
UseIDNsWhether to encode hostnames to internationalized domain names.
UseProxyAutoConfigURLWhether to use a Proxy auto-config file when attempting a connection.
UserAgentInformation about the user agent (browser).
ConnectionTimeoutSets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection.
FirewallAutoDetectTells the control whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.
FirewallHostName or IP address of firewall (optional).
FirewallPasswordPassword to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.
FirewallPortThe TCP port for the FirewallHost;.
FirewallTypeDetermines the type of firewall to connect through.
FirewallUserA user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.
KeepAliveIntervalThe retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received.
KeepAliveTimeThe inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent.
LingerWhen set to True, connections are terminated gracefully.
LingerTimeTime in seconds to have the connection linger.
LocalHostThe name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted.
LocalPortThe port in the local host where the control binds.
MaxLineLengthThe maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found.
MaxTransferRateThe transfer rate limit in bytes per second.
ProxyExceptionsListA semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy.
TCPKeepAliveDetermines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled.
TcpNoDelayWhether or not to delay when sending packets.
UseIPv6Whether to use IPv6.
LogSSLPacketsControls whether SSL packets are logged when using the internal security API.
OpenSSLCADirThe path to a directory containing CA certificates.
OpenSSLCAFileName of the file containing the list of CA's trusted by your application.
OpenSSLCipherListA string that controls the ciphers to be used by SSL.
OpenSSLPrngSeedDataThe data to seed the pseudo random number generator (PRNG).
ReuseSSLSessionDetermines if the SSL session is reused.
SSLCACertsA newline separated list of CA certificate to use during SSL client authentication.
SSLCheckCRLWhether to check the Certificate Revocation List for the server certificate.
SSLCheckOCSPWhether to use OCSP to check the status of the server certificate.
SSLCipherStrengthThe minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption.
SSLEnabledCipherSuitesThe cipher suite to be used in an SSL negotiation.
SSLEnabledProtocolsUsed to enable/disable the supported security protocols.
SSLEnableRenegotiationWhether the renegotiation_info SSL extension is supported.
SSLIncludeCertChainWhether the entire certificate chain is included in the SSLServerAuthentication event.
SSLKeyLogFileThe location of a file where per-session secrets are written for debugging purposes.
SSLNegotiatedCipherReturns the negotiated cipher suite.
SSLNegotiatedCipherStrengthReturns the negotiated cipher suite strength.
SSLNegotiatedCipherSuiteReturns the negotiated cipher suite.
SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeReturns the negotiated key exchange algorithm.
SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrengthReturns the negotiated key exchange algorithm strength.
SSLNegotiatedVersionReturns the negotiated protocol version.
SSLSecurityFlagsFlags that control certificate verification.
SSLServerCACertsA newline separated list of CA certificate to use during SSL server certificate validation.
TLS12SignatureAlgorithmsDefines the allowed TLS 1.2 signature algorithms when SSLProvider is set to Internal.
TLS12SupportedGroupsThe supported groups for ECC.
TLS13KeyShareGroupsThe groups for which to pregenerate key shares.
TLS13SignatureAlgorithmsThe allowed certificate signature algorithms.
TLS13SupportedGroupsThe supported groups for (EC)DHE key exchange.
AbsoluteTimeoutDetermines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.
FirewallDataUsed to send extra data to the firewall.
InBufferSizeThe size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket.
OutBufferSizeThe size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket.

AccessKey Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The Access Key Id for the Amazon Web Services account.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.AccessKey[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the username for the Amazon Web Services account. No two accounts may have the same Access Key. This is used along with the SecretKey to authenticate with Amazon servers.

Data Type

String

FirewallAutoDetect Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property tells the control whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.FirewallAutoDetect[=boolean]

Default Value

False

Remarks

This property tells the control whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.

Data Type

Boolean

FirewallType Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property determines the type of firewall to connect through.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.FirewallType[=integer]

Possible Values

fwNone(0), 
fwTunnel(1), 
fwSOCKS4(2), 
fwSOCKS5(3), 
fwSOCKS4A(10)

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property determines the type of firewall to connect through. The applicable values are as follows:

fwNone (0)No firewall (default setting).
fwTunnel (1)Connect through a tunneling proxy. FirewallPort is set to 80.
fwSOCKS4 (2)Connect through a SOCKS4 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.
fwSOCKS5 (3)Connect through a SOCKS5 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.
fwSOCKS4A (10)Connect through a SOCKS4A Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.

Data Type

Integer

FirewallHost Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property contains the name or IP address of firewall (optional).

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.FirewallHost[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the name or IP address of firewall (optional). If a FirewallHost is given, the requested connections will be authenticated through the specified firewall when connecting.

If this property is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, this property is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, the control fails with an error.

Data Type

String

FirewallPassword Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property contains a password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.FirewallPassword[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains a password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. If FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword properties are used to connect and authenticate to the given firewall. If the authentication fails, the control fails with an error.

Data Type

String

FirewallPort Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property contains the transmission control protocol (TCP) port for the firewall Host .

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.FirewallPort[=integer]

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property contains the transmission control protocol (TCP) port for the firewall FirewallHost. See the description of the FirewallHost property for details.

Note: This property is set automatically when FirewallType is set to a valid value. See the description of the FirewallType property for details.

Data Type

Integer

FirewallUser Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property contains a user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.FirewallUser[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains a user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. If the FirewallHost is specified, this property and FirewallPassword properties are used to connect and authenticate to the given Firewall. If the authentication fails, the control fails with an error.

Data Type

String

Idle Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The current status of the control.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.Idle

Default Value

True

Remarks

Idle will be False if the component is currently busy (communicating and/or waiting for an answer), and True at all other times.

This property is read-only.

Data Type

Boolean

LocalHost Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.LocalHost[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

The LocalHost property 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 control initiate connections (or accept in the case of server controls) only through that interface.

If the control is connected, the LocalHost property 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).

NOTE: LocalHost is not persistent. You must always set it in code, and never in the property window.

Data Type

String

ProxyAuthScheme Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property is used to tell the control which type of authorization to perform when connecting to the proxy.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.ProxyAuthScheme[=integer]

Possible Values

authBasic(0), 
authDigest(1), 
authProprietary(2), 
authNone(3), 
authNtlm(4), 
authNegotiate(5)

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property is used to tell the control which type of authorization to perform when connecting to the proxy. This is used only when the ProxyUser and ProxyPassword properties are set.

ProxyAuthScheme should be set to authNone (3) when no authentication is expected.

By default, ProxyAuthScheme is authBasic (0), and if the ProxyUser and ProxyPassword properties are set, the component will attempt basic authentication.

If ProxyAuthScheme is set to authDigest (1), digest authentication will be attempted instead.

If ProxyAuthScheme is set to authProprietary (2), then the authorization token will not be generated by the control. Look at the configuration file for the control being used to find more information about manually setting this token.

If ProxyAuthScheme is set to authNtlm (4), NTLM authentication will be used.

For security reasons, setting this property will clear the values of ProxyUser and ProxyPassword.

Data Type

Integer

ProxyAutoDetect Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property tells the control whether or not to automatically detect and use proxy system settings, if available.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.ProxyAutoDetect[=boolean]

Default Value

False

Remarks

This property tells the control whether or not to automatically detect and use proxy system settings, if available. The default value is .

Data Type

Boolean

ProxyPassword Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property contains a password if authentication is to be used for the proxy.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.ProxyPassword[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains a password if authentication is to be used for the proxy.

If ProxyAuthScheme is set to Basic Authentication, the ProxyUser and ProxyPassword are Base64 encoded and the proxy authentication token will be generated in the form Basic [encoded-user-password].

If ProxyAuthScheme is set to Digest Authentication, the ProxyUser and ProxyPassword properties are used to respond to the Digest Authentication challenge from the server.

If ProxyAuthScheme is set to NTLM Authentication, the ProxyUser and ProxyPassword properties are used to authenticate through NTLM negotiation.

Data Type

String

ProxyPort Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property contains the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port for the proxy Server (default 80).

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.ProxyPort[=integer]

Default Value

80

Remarks

This property contains the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port for the proxy ProxyServer (default 80). See the description of the ProxyServer property for details.

Data Type

Integer

ProxyServer Property (AmazonSNS Control)

If a proxy Server is given, then the HTTP request is sent to the proxy instead of the server otherwise specified.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.ProxyServer[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

If a proxy ProxyServer is given, then the HTTP request is sent to the proxy instead of the server otherwise specified.

If the ProxyServer property is set to a domain name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, the ProxyServer property is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.

Data Type

String

ProxySSL Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property determines when to use a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for the connection to the proxy.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.ProxySSL[=integer]

Possible Values

psAutomatic(0), 
psAlways(1), 
psNever(2), 
psTunnel(3)

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property determines when to use a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for the connection to the proxy. The applicable values are as follows:

psAutomatic (0)Default setting. If the URL is an https URL, the control will use the psTunnel option. If the URL is an http URL, the control will use the psNever option.
psAlways (1)The connection is always SSL enabled.
psNever (2)The connection is not SSL enabled.
psTunnel (3)The connection is made through a tunneling (HTTP) proxy.

Data Type

Integer

ProxyUser Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property contains a username if authentication is to be used for the proxy.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.ProxyUser[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains a username if authentication is to be used for the proxy.

If ProxyAuthScheme is set to Basic Authentication, the ProxyUser and ProxyPassword properties are Base64 encoded and the proxy authentication token will be generated in the form Basic [encoded-user-password].

If ProxyAuthScheme is set to Digest Authentication, the ProxyUser and ProxyPassword properties are used to respond to the Digest Authentication challenge from the server.

If ProxyAuthScheme is set to NTLM Authentication, the ProxyUser and ProxyPassword properties are used to authenticate through NTLM negotiation.

Data Type

String

SecretKey Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The Secret Access Key for the Amazon Web Services account.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SecretKey[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property describes the secret key to the Amazon account. It should not be shared with others. The SecretKey is used along with the AccessKey in the authentication process with Amazon servers.

Data Type

String

SSLAcceptServerCertEncoded Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertEncoded[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SSLAcceptServerCertStore and SSLAcceptServerCertSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.

When SSLAcceptServerCertEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SSLAcceptServerCertStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SSLAcceptServerCertSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SSLAcceptServerCertSubject is set to an empty string.

To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSLAcceptServerCertEncodedB.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Binary String

SSLCertEncoded Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SSLCertEncoded[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SSLCertStore and SSLCertSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.

When SSLCertEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SSLCertStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SSLCertSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SSLCertSubject is set to an empty string.

To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSLCertEncodedB.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Binary String

SSLCertStore Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SSLCertStore[=string]

Default Value

"MY"

Remarks

This is the name of the certificate store for the client certificate.

The SSLCertStoreType property denotes the type of the certificate store specified by SSLCertStore. If the store is password protected, specify the password in SSLCertStorePassword.

SSLCertStore is used in conjunction with the SSLCertSubject property to specify client certificates. If SSLCertStore has a value, and SSLCertSubject or SSLCertEncoded is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please see the SSLCertSubject property for details.

Designations of certificate stores are platform dependent.

The following designations are the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:

MYA certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys.
CACertifying authority certificates.
ROOTRoot certificates.

When the certificate store type is PFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is PFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e., PKCS#12 certificate store).

To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSLCertStoreB.

Data Type

Binary String

SSLCertStorePassword Property (AmazonSNS Control)

If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SSLCertStorePassword[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.

Data Type

String

SSLCertStoreType Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This is the type of certificate store for this certificate.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SSLCertStoreType[=integer]

Possible Values

cstUser(0), 
cstMachine(1), 
cstPFXFile(2), 
cstPFXBlob(3), 
cstJKSFile(4), 
cstJKSBlob(5), 
cstPEMKeyFile(6), 
cstPEMKeyBlob(7), 
cstPublicKeyFile(8), 
cstPublicKeyBlob(9), 
cstSSHPublicKeyBlob(10), 
cstP7BFile(11), 
cstP7BBlob(12), 
cstSSHPublicKeyFile(13), 
cstPPKFile(14), 
cstPPKBlob(15), 
cstXMLFile(16), 
cstXMLBlob(17), 
cstJWKFile(18), 
cstJWKBlob(19), 
cstSecurityKey(20), 
cstBCFKSFile(21), 
cstBCFKSBlob(22), 
cstPKCS11(23), 
cstAuto(99)

Default Value

0

Remarks

This is the type of certificate store for this certificate.

The control supports both public and private keys in a variety of formats. When the cstAuto value is used, the control will automatically determine the type. This property can take one of the following values:

0 (cstUser - default)For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user.

Note: This store type is not available in Java.

1 (cstMachine)For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store.

Note: This store type is not available in Java.

2 (cstPFXFile)The certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS#12) file containing certificates.
3 (cstPFXBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS#12) format.
4 (cstJKSFile)The certificate store is the name of a Java Key Store (JKS) file containing certificates.

Note: This store type is only available in Java.

5 (cstJKSBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java Key Store (JKS) format.

Note: this store type is only available in Java.

6 (cstPEMKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
7 (cstPEMKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate.
8 (cstPublicKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
9 (cstPublicKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate.
10 (cstSSHPublicKeyBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key.
11 (cstP7BFile)The certificate store is the name of a PKCS#7 file containing certificates.
12 (cstP7BBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary) representing a certificate store in PKCS#7 format.
13 (cstSSHPublicKeyFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key.
14 (cstPPKFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
15 (cstPPKBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary) that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key).
16 (cstXMLFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format.
17 (cstXMLBlob)The certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format.
18 (cstJWKFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key).
19 (cstJWKBlob)The certificate store is a string that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key).
21 (cstBCFKSFile)The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store).

Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET.

22 (cstBCFKSBlob)The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store) format.

Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET.

23 (cstPKCS11)The certificate is present on a physical security key accessible via a PKCS#11 interface.

To use a security key, the necessary data must first be collected using the CertMgr control. The ListStoreCertificates method may be called after setting CertStoreType to cstPKCS11, CertStorePassword to the PIN, and CertStore to the full path of the PKCS#11 DLL. The certificate information returned in the CertList event's CertEncoded parameter may be saved for later use.

When using a certificate, pass the previously saved security key information as the SSLCertStore and set SSLCertStorePassword to the PIN.

Code Example. SSH Authentication with Security Key: certmgr.CertStoreType = CertStoreTypes.cstPKCS11; certmgr.OnCertList += (s, e) => { secKeyBlob = e.CertEncoded; }; certmgr.CertStore = @"C:\Program Files\OpenSC Project\OpenSC\pkcs11\opensc-pkcs11.dll"; certmgr.CertStorePassword = "123456"; //PIN certmgr.ListStoreCertificates(); sftp.SSHCert = new Certificate(CertStoreTypes.cstPKCS11, secKeyBlob, "123456", "*"); sftp.SSHUser = "test"; sftp.SSHLogon("myhost", 22);

99 (cstAuto)The store type is automatically detected from the input data. This setting may be used with both public and private keys and can detect any of the supported formats automatically.

Data Type

Integer

SSLCertSubject Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SSLCertSubject[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the subject of the certificate used for client authentication.

This property must be set after all other certificate properties are set. When this property is set, a search is performed in the current certificate store to locate a certificate with a matching subject.

If a matching certificate is found, the property is set to the full subject of the matching certificate.

If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property.

If a match is still not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.

The special value "*" picks a random certificate in the certificate store.

The certificate subject is a comma-separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For instance, "CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, E=support@nsoftware.com". Common fields and their meanings are as follows:

FieldMeaning
CNCommon Name. This is commonly a hostname like www.server.com.
OOrganization
OUOrganizational Unit
LLocality
SState
CCountry
EEmail Address

If a field value contains a comma, it must be quoted.

Data Type

String

SSLProvider Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This specifies the SSL/TLS implementation to use.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SSLProvider[=integer]

Possible Values

sslpAutomatic(0), 
sslpPlatform(1), 
sslpInternal(2)

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property specifies the SSL/TLS implementation to use. In most cases the default value of 0 (Automatic) is recommended and should not be changed. When set to 0 (Automatic) the control will select whether to use the platform implementation or the internal implementation depending on the operating system as well as the TLS version being used.

Possible values are:

0 (sslpAutomatic - default)Automatically selects the appropriate implementation.
1 (sslpPlatform) Uses the platform/system implementation.
2 (sslpInternal) Uses the internal implementation.
Additional Notes

In most cases using the default value (Automatic) is recommended. The control will select a provider depending on the current platform.

When Automatic is selected the platform implementation is used by default. When TLS 1.3 is enabled via SSLEnabledProtocols the internal implementation is used.

Data Type

Integer

SSLServerCertEncoded Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SSLServerCertEncoded

Default Value

""

Remarks

This is the certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SSLServerCertStore and SSLServerCertSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.

When SSLServerCertEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SSLServerCertStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SSLServerCertSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SSLServerCertSubject is set to an empty string.

To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSLServerCertEncodedB.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Binary String

SubscriptionMarker Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The token identifying the next page of results.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SubscriptionMarker[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This token identifies the next set of results to retrieve. This is populated automatically when the results are paged. When the results are not paged, or the last page of results is retrieved, this is automatically set to empty string. See ListSubscriptions for more details.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

SubscriptionCount Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The number of records in the Subscription arrays.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SubscriptionCount

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

The array indices start at 0 and end at SubscriptionCount - 1.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

SubscriptionConfirmationWasAuthenticated Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property reports whether or not the subscription was confirmed.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SubscriptionConfirmationWasAuthenticated(SubscriptionIndex)

Default Value

False

Remarks

This property reports whether or not the subscription was confirmed.

Note: This property is only applicable after calling GetSubscriptionAttributes.

The SubscriptionIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the SubscriptionCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Boolean

SubscriptionDeliveryPolicy Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property holds the JSON serialization of the subscription's delivery policy.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SubscriptionDeliveryPolicy(SubscriptionIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property holds the JSON serialization of the subscription's delivery policy.

Note: This property is only applicable after calling GetSubscriptionAttributes.

The SubscriptionIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the SubscriptionCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

SubscriptionEffectiveDeliveryPolicy Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property holds the JSON serialization of the subscription's effective delivery policy.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SubscriptionEffectiveDeliveryPolicy(SubscriptionIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property holds the JSON serialization of the subscription's effective delivery policy. This policy takes into account the topic and account defaults.

Note: This property is only applicable after calling GetSubscriptionAttributes.

The SubscriptionIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the SubscriptionCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

SubscriptionEndpoint Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property contains the subscription's endpoint.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SubscriptionEndpoint(SubscriptionIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property contains the subscription's endpoint.

The format of the endpoint depends on the protocol used for the subscription. Possible formats are:

A valid e-mail address for use with the "email" protocol
A valid e-mail address for use with the "email-json" protocol
A URL beginning with "http://" for use with the "http" protocol
A URL beginning with "https://" for use with the "https" protocol
A phone number (e.g. 19195447070) for use with the "sms" protocol
A SQS queue ARN for use with the "sqs" protocol

Note: This property is only applicable after calling ListSubscriptions or ListTopicSubscriptions.

The SubscriptionIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the SubscriptionCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

SubscriptionHasAttributes Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property returns true if the subscription attributes are available.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SubscriptionHasAttributes(SubscriptionIndex)

Default Value

False

Remarks

This property returns true if the subscription attributes are available. A subscription's attributes are only returned and parsed after calling GetSubscriptionAttributes. This property serves as an easy way to determine if the subscription's attributes are available.

The following properties are applicable after calling GetSubscriptionAttributes:

The following properties are applicable after calling ListSubscriptions or ListTopicSubscriptions:

The SubscriptionIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the SubscriptionCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Boolean

SubscriptionOwner Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The AWS account ID of the subscription's owner.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SubscriptionOwner(SubscriptionIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

The AWS account ID of the subscription's owner.

The SubscriptionIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the SubscriptionCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

SubscriptionProtocol Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property specifies the protocol used by the subscription.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SubscriptionProtocol(SubscriptionIndex)

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property specifies the protocol used by the subscription. Possible values are:

0 (email) message via SMTP
1 (email-json) JSON-encoded message via SMTP
2 (http) JSON-encoded message via HTTP POST
3 (https) JSON-encoded message via HTTPS POST
4 (sms) message via SMS
5 (sqs) JSON-encoded message to an Amazon SQS queue

Note: This property is only applicable after calling ListSubscriptions or ListTopicSubscriptions.

The SubscriptionIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the SubscriptionCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

SubscriptionArn Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The subscription's Amazon Resource Name (ARN) used to identify the subscription.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SubscriptionArn(SubscriptionIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

The subscription's Amazon Resource Name (ARN) used to identify the subscription.

The SubscriptionIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the SubscriptionCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

SubscriptionTopicArn Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the topic this subscription is associated with.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SubscriptionTopicArn(SubscriptionIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the topic this subscription is associated with.

The SubscriptionIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the SubscriptionCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

Timeout Property (AmazonSNS Control)

A timeout for the control.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.Timeout[=integer]

Default Value

60

Remarks

If the Timeout property is set to 0, all operations will run uninterrupted until successful completion or an error condition is encountered.

If Timeout is set to a positive value, the control will wait for the operation to complete before returning control.

The control will use DoEvents to enter an efficient wait loop during any potential waiting period, making sure that all system events are processed immediately as they arrive. This ensures that the host application does not "freeze" and remains responsive.

If Timeout expires, and the operation is not yet complete, the control fails with an error.

Please note that by default, all timeouts are inactivity timeouts, i.e. the timeout period is extended by Timeout seconds when any amount of data is successfully sent or received.

The default value for the Timeout property is 60 seconds.

Data Type

Integer

TopicMarker Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The token identifying the next page of results.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.TopicMarker[=string]

Default Value

""

Remarks

This token identifies the next set of results to retrieve. This is populated automatically when the results are paged. When the results are not paged, or the last page of results is retrieved, this is automatically set to empty string. See ListTopics for more details.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TopicCount Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The number of records in the Topic arrays.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.TopicCount

Default Value

0

Remarks

This property controls the size of the following arrays:

The array indices start at 0 and end at TopicCount - 1.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

TopicAccessPolicy Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property holds the JSON serialized access control policy for the topic.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.TopicAccessPolicy(TopicIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property holds the JSON serialized access control policy for the topic.

Note: This property is only applicable after calling GetTopicAttributes.

The TopicIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TopicCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TopicDeliveryPolicy Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The JSON serialized policy for the topic.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.TopicDeliveryPolicy(TopicIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

The JSON serialized policy for the topic.

Note: This property is only applicable after calling GetTopicAttributes.

The TopicIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TopicCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TopicDisplayName Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property holds the name used in the 'From' property for email based endpoints.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.TopicDisplayName(TopicIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property holds the name used in the 'From' field for email based endpoints.

Note: This property is only applicable after calling GetTopicAttributes.

The TopicIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TopicCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TopicEffectiveDeliveryPolicy Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property holds the JSON serialization of the topic's effective delivery policy.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.TopicEffectiveDeliveryPolicy(TopicIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

This property holds the JSON serialization of the topic's effective delivery policy. This policy takes into account the topic and account defaults.

Note: This property is only applicable after calling GetTopicAttributes.

The TopicIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TopicCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TopicHasAttributes Property (AmazonSNS Control)

This property returns true if the topic attributes are available.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.TopicHasAttributes(TopicIndex)

Default Value

False

Remarks

This property returns true if the topic attributes are available. A topic's attributes are only returned and parsed after calling GetTopicAttributes. This property serves as an easy way to determine if the topic's attributes are available.

The following properties are applicable after calling GetTopicAttributes:

The following properties are applicable after calling ListTopics:

The TopicIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TopicCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Boolean

TopicOwner Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The AWS account ID of the topic's owner.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.TopicOwner(TopicIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

The AWS account ID of the topic's owner.

Note: This property is only applicable after calling GetTopicAttributes.

The TopicIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TopicCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

TopicSubscriptionsConfirmed Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The number of confirmed subscriptions to this topic.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.TopicSubscriptionsConfirmed(TopicIndex)

Default Value

0

Remarks

The number of confirmed subscriptions to this topic.

Note: This property is only applicable after calling GetTopicAttributes.

The TopicIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TopicCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

TopicSubscriptionsDeleted Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The number of deleted subscriptions on this topic.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.TopicSubscriptionsDeleted(TopicIndex)

Default Value

0

Remarks

The number of deleted subscriptions on this topic.

Note: This property is only applicable after calling GetTopicAttributes.

The TopicIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TopicCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

TopicSubscriptionsPending Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The number of pending subscriptions on this topic.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.TopicSubscriptionsPending(TopicIndex)

Default Value

0

Remarks

The number of pending subscriptions on this topic.

Note: This property is only applicable after calling GetTopicAttributes.

The TopicIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TopicCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer

TopicArn Property (AmazonSNS Control)

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the topic.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.TopicArn(TopicIndex)

Default Value

""

Remarks

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the topic.

The TopicIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the TopicCount property.

This property is read-only and not available at design time.

Data Type

String

UseSSL Property (AmazonSNS Control)

Determines if SSL is used when connecting to Amazon.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.UseSSL[=boolean]

Default Value

False

Remarks

Use this property to specify whether or not the component uses SSL to connect with Amazon SNS servers.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Boolean

AddPermission Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Adds permissions to the topic's access control policy.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.AddPermission TopicArn, PolicyLabel, AWSAccountIds, ActionNames

Remarks

This method may be used to add a statement to the topic's access control policy.

TopicArn specifies the topic.

PolicyLabel should be set to a unique identifier for the new policy statement.

AWSAccountIds is a comma separated list of AWS account IDs of users who will be granted access to the specified actions. The users must have an AWS account, but do not need to be signed up for the SNS service.

ActionNames is a comma separated list of actions that corresponds to the AWS account IDs specified in AWSAccountIds. Possible values are:

  • AddPermission
  • CreateTopic
  • DeleteTopic
  • GetSubscriptionAttributes
  • GetTopicAttributes
  • ListSubscriptions
  • ListSubscriptionsByTopic
  • ListTopics
  • Publish
  • RemovePermission
  • SetSubscriptionAttributes
  • SetTopicAttributes
  • Subscribe
  • Unsubscribe

The AWSAccountIds and ActionNames parameters must have the same number of values. The actions correspond to the account IDs and only one action may be set for one account ID at a time. For instance: component.AddPermission("myTopicArn", "myLabel", "1234567,7654321", "Publish,GetTopicAttributes");

Config Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.Config ConfigurationString

Remarks

Config is a generic method available in every control. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the control.

These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the control, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).

To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.

ConfirmSubscription Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Completes the subscription request.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.ConfirmSubscription TopicArn, Token

Remarks

This method completes the subscription request. After calling the Subscribe method this method must be used to complete the subscription request (if it could not be completed immediately when Subscribe was called).

Set Token to the confirmation token delivered to the endpoint specified in the call to Subscribe. The TopicArn parameter specifies the topic of the subscription.

This method returns the SubscriptionArn which may be used in further subscription related operation. SubscriptionArn may be used with the following methods:

CreateTopic Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Creates a new topic.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.CreateTopic Name

Remarks

This method creates a new topic specified by the Name parameter. Topic names must be made up of only uppercase and lowercase ASCII letters, numbers, underscores, and hyphens, and must be between 1 and 256 characters long.

The TopicArn is returned by this method an identifier that is used in other operations on the topic. The TopicArn is required for these methods:

DeleteTopic Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Deletes the specified topic.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.DeleteTopic TopicArn

Remarks

This method deletes the topic specified by the TopicArn parameter. All subscriptions to this topic will also be deleted. If the topic does not exist, no error is returned by Amazon.

DoEvents Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Processes events from the internal message queue.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.DoEvents 

Remarks

When DoEvents is called, the control processes any available events. If no events are available, it waits for a preset period of time, and then returns.

GetSubscriptionAttributes Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Retrieves the subscription's attributes.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.GetSubscriptionAttributes SubscriptionArn

Remarks

This method retrieves the subscription's attributes. The attributes are available through the Subscription* properties.

GetTopicAttributes Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Retrieves the topic's attributes.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.GetTopicAttributes TopicArn

Remarks

This method topic the subscription's attributes. The topic are available through the Topic* properties.

GetXValue Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Retrieves a valid XPath expression from the HTTP response after calling SendCustomRequest .

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.GetXValue XPath

Remarks

This method allows a user to retrieve a valid XPath expression from the HTTP response after calling SendCustomRequest.

Interrupt Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Interrupt the current method.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.Interrupt 

Remarks

If there is no method in progress, Interrupt simply returns, doing nothing.

ListSubscriptions Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Lists subscriptions for the current account.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.ListSubscriptions 

Remarks

This method lists the subscriptions for the current AWS account.

When calling this method all subscriptions for the current AWS account identified by AccessKey and SecretKey will be listed. The SubscriptionList event will fire once for each subscription and the Subscription* properties will be populated with information about the subscriptions.

If the results are paged the IsSubscriptionPaged setting will return the value "True" and SubscriptionMarker will be populated. You may continue to call this method until IsSubscriptionPaged returns "False" and SubscriptionMarker is empty to retrieve all results.

ListTopics Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Lists all topics for the current account.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.ListTopics 

Remarks

This method lists all topics for the AWS account specified by AccessKey and SecretKey.

When this method is called the TopicList event will fire once for each topic and the Topic* properties will be populated with information about the topics.

If the results are paged the IsTopicPaged setting will return the value "True" and TopicMarker will be populated. You may continue to call this method until IsTopicPaged returns "False" and TopicMarker is empty to retrieve all results.

ListTopicSubscriptions Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Lists subscriptions to the specified topic.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.ListTopicSubscriptions TopicArn

Remarks

This method lists the subscriptions to the specified topic.

When calling this method the subscriptions to the topic specified by TopicARN will be listed. The SubscriptionList event will fire once for each subscription and the Subscription* properties will be populated with information about the subscriptions.

If the results are paged the IsSubscriptionPaged setting will return the value "True" and SubscriptionMarker will be populated. You may continue to call this method until IsSubscriptionPaged returns "False" and SubscriptionMarker is empty to retrieve all results.

Publish Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Publishes a message to the topic.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.Publish TopicArn, Subject, message

Remarks

This method publishes a message to the topic specified by TopicArn.

The Subject parameter is optional and specifies the "Subject" line of the message delivered to e-mail endpoints. Subjects must be ASCII text that begins with a letter, number or punctuation mark; must not include line breaks or control characters; and must be less than 100 characters long.

The Message parameter is the text to send. Messages must be UTF-8 encoded strings at most 64 KB in size (65536 bytes, not 65536 characters).

The same message will be delivered to all subscribers. To send different messages based on the protocol used by the subscription call PublishCustom instead.

The method returns the unique MessageId assigned to the published message. It will be at most 100 characters in length.

PublishCustom Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Publishes a message to the topic.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.PublishCustom TopicArn, Subject, defaultMessage, emailMessage, emailJsonMessage, httpMessage, httpsMessage, smsMessage, sqsMessage

Remarks

This method may be used instead of Publish to specify different messages depending on the protocol used by the subscription.

TopicArn specifies the topic.

The Subject parameter is optional and specifies the "Subject" line of the message delivered to e-mail endpoints. Subjects must be ASCII text that begins with a letter, number or punctuation mark; must not include line breaks or control characters; and must be less than 100 characters long.

DefaultMessage will be used for any protocol that is not specifically assigned a message. If empty string is specified for any other message parameter this value will be used.

EmailMessage, EmailJsonMessage, HttpMessage, HttpsMessage, SmsMessage, and SqsMessage specify messages for the respective protocol. These parameters are all optional. If empty string is specified the DefaultMessage will be used.

The method returns the unique MessageId assigned to the published message. It will be at most 100 characters in length.

RemovePermission Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Removes permissions from a topic.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.RemovePermission TopicArn, PolicyLabel

Remarks

This method removes permissions specified by the PolicyLabel from the access control policy of the topic specified by TopicArn.

Reset Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Resets request-related properties.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.Reset 

Remarks

Calling this method will reset the component to the original state.

SendCustomRequest Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Allows the sending of a custom request to an Amazon web service.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SendCustomRequest Url, RequestData, OtherHeaders

Remarks

Allows the sending of a custom request to the Amazon web service. The URL parameter describes the endpoint that is being targeted. The RequestData is set to any data required for the request. The OtherHeaders parameter is used to set any additional headers that should be set for the request.

SetSubscriptionAttributes Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Sets attributes of the subscription.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SetSubscriptionAttributes SubscriptionArn, AttributeValue

Remarks

This method is used to set an attribute of the subscription. Currently only the delivery policy may be set.

The SubscriptionArn parameter specifies the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the subscription.

The AttributeValue specifies the value to be set. Since the only currently valid attribute is the delivery policy, this is the value of the delivery policy in JSON format, for instance:

{"healthyRetryPolicy": {"minDelayTarget": 1, "maxDelayTarget": 5, "numRetries": 5, "numMaxDelayRetries": 5, "backoffFunction": "linear"}}

SetTopicAttributes Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Sets attributes on the specified topic.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.SetTopicAttributes TopicArn, AttributeType, AttributeValue

Remarks

This method may be used to specify attributes on the specified topic.

TopicArn specifies the topic.

AttributeType determines which attribute is set and AttributeValue specifies the value. The following table provides more information:

AttributeTypeAttributeValue
0 (DisplayName) A human readable name to be used in the "From" field for email based endpoints
1 (AccessPolicy) A JSON serialized access policy for the topic
2 (DeliveryPolicy)A JSON serialized delivery policy for the topic

An example access policy is:

{"Version":"2008-10-17","Id":"__default_policy_ID","Statement":[{"Sid":"__default_statement_ID","Effect":"Allow","Principal":{"AWS":"*"},"Action":["SNS:Publish","SNS:RemovePermission","SNS:SetTopicAttributes","SNS:DeleteTopic","SNS:ListSubscriptionsByTopic","SNS:GetTopicAttributes","SNS:Receive","SNS:AddPermission","SNS:Subscribe"],"Resource":"arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:120151960619:TestTopic","Condition":{"StringEquals":{"AWS:SourceOwner":"120151960619"}}},{"Sid":"__console_pub_0","Effect":"Allow","Principal":{"AWS":"*"},"Action":"SNS:Publish","Resource":"arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:120151960619:TestTopic"}]}

An example delivery policy is:

{"http":{"defaultHealthyRetryPolicy": {"minDelayTarget": 1, "maxDelayTarget": 5, "numRetries": 5, "numMaxDelayRetries": 5, "backoffFunction": "linear"}}}

Subscribe Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Request a subscription to the specific topic.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.Subscribe TopicArn, Endpoint, EndpointProtocol

Remarks

This method requests a subscription to the topic specified by TopicArn. If the subscription was created immediately without requiring confirmation the SubscriptionArn will be returned by this method. The SubscriptionArn will begin with "arn:aws:sns". SubscriptionArn may be used with the following methods:

If the subscription requires confirmation this method returns the subscription status such as "pending confirmation".

The Endpoint and EndpointProtocol parameters specify how the subscription confirmation message is delivered. Possible values for EndpointProtocol are:

0 (email) message via SMTP
1 (email-json) JSON-encoded message via SMTP
2 (http) JSON-encoded message via HTTP POST
3 (https) JSON-encoded message via HTTPS POST
4 (sms) message via SMS
5 (sqs) JSON-encoded message to an Amazon SQS queue

The Endpoint parameter format depends on the chosen EndpointProtocol. Possible formats are:

A valid e-mail address for use with the "email" protocol
A valid e-mail address for use with the "email-json" protocol
A URL beginning with "http://" for use with the "http" protocol
A URL beginning with "https://" for use with the "https" protocol
A phone number (e.g. 19195447070) for use with the "sms" protocol
A SQS queue ARN for use with the "sqs" protocol

Once the subscription confirmation is received by the endpoint owner the ConfirmSubscription method must be called with the confirmation token to complete the subscription.

Note: Confirmation tokens are valid for 3 days.

Unsubscribe Method (AmazonSNS Control)

Unsubscribes from the topic.

Syntax

amazonsnscontrol.Unsubscribe SubscriptionArn

Remarks

This method deletes a subscription to a topic. The subscription is identified by the SubscriptionArn parameter.

If the subscription requires authentication for deletion, only the subscription owner or topic owner can unsubscribe. If authentication is not required a cancellation notice is sent to the endpoint, so that the endpoint owner can re-subscribe if the unsubscribe request was unintentional.

Error Event (AmazonSNS Control)

Fired when information is available about errors during data delivery.

Syntax

Sub amazonsnscontrol_Error(ErrorCode As Integer, Description As String)

Remarks

The Error event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing. Normally the control fails with an error.

The ErrorCode parameter contains an error code, and the Description parameter contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the Error Codes section.

Log Event (AmazonSNS Control)

This event fires once for each log message.

Syntax

Sub amazonsnscontrol_Log(LogLevel As Integer, Message As String, LogType As String)

Remarks

This event fires once for each log message generated by the control. The verbosity is controlled by the LogLevel setting.

LogLevel indicates the level of message. Possible values are as follows:

0 (None) No events are logged.
1 (Info - default) Informational events are logged.
2 (Verbose) Detailed data are logged.
3 (Debug) Debug data are logged.

The value 1 (Info) logs basic information, including the URL, HTTP version, and status details.

The value 2 (Verbose) logs additional information about the request and response.

The value 3 (Debug) logs the headers and body for both the request and response, as well as additional debug information (if any).

Message is the log entry.

LogType identifies the type of log entry. Possible values are as follows:

  • "Info"
  • "RequestHeaders"
  • "ResponseHeaders"
  • "RequestBody"
  • "ResponseBody"
  • "ProxyRequest"
  • "ProxyResponse"
  • "FirewallRequest"
  • "FirewallResponse"

SSLServerAuthentication Event (AmazonSNS Control)

Fired after the server presents its certificate to the client.

Syntax

Sub amazonsnscontrol_SSLServerAuthentication(CertEncoded As String, CertSubject As String, CertIssuer As String, Status As String, Accept As Boolean)

Remarks

During this event, the client can decide whether or not to continue with the connection process. The Accept parameter is a recommendation on whether to continue or close the connection. This is just a suggestion: application software must use its own logic to determine whether or not to continue.

When Accept is False, Status shows why the verification failed (otherwise, Status contains the string OK). If it is decided to continue, you can override and accept the certificate by setting the Accept parameter to True.

SSLStatus Event (AmazonSNS Control)

Fired when secure connection progress messages are available.

Syntax

Sub amazonsnscontrol_SSLStatus(Message As String)

Remarks

The event is fired for informational and logging purposes only. This event tracks the progress of the connection.

SubscriptionList Event (AmazonSNS Control)

Fires with information about the subscription.

Syntax

Sub amazonsnscontrol_SubscriptionList(SubscriptionArn As String, TopicArn As String, Owner As String, Endpoint As String, Protocol As Integer)

Remarks

This event fires once for each subscription returned from a call to ListSubscriptions or ListTopicSubscriptions.

SubscriptionArn is the ARN of the subscription.

TopicArn is the ARN of the subscription's topic.

Owner is the subscription's owner.

Protocol is the subscription's protocol. Possible values are:

0 (email) message via SMTP
1 (email-json) JSON-encoded message via SMTP
2 (http) JSON-encoded message via HTTP POST
3 (https) JSON-encoded message via HTTPS POST
4 (sms) message via SMS
5 (sqs) JSON-encoded message to an Amazon SQS queue

Endpoint is the subscription's endpoint. Possible formats are:

A valid e-mail address for use with the "email" protocol
A valid e-mail address for use with the "email-json" protocol
A URL beginning with "http://" for use with the "http" protocol
A URL beginning with "https://" for use with the "https" protocol
A phone number (e.g. 19195447070) for use with the "sms" protocol
A SQS queue ARN for use with the "sqs" protocol

TopicList Event (AmazonSNS Control)

Fires with information about the topic.

Syntax

Sub amazonsnscontrol_TopicList(TopicArn As String)

Remarks

This event fires once for each topic returned from a call to ListTopics.

TopicARN identifies the current topic.

Config Settings (AmazonSNS Control)

The control 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 control, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

SNS Config Settings

APIVersion:   Service's API version.

This describes the API version as defined by the service of the current protocol. The default is set to the version that the control was designed around, but may be changed to a different version.

Amazon defines each version as the date it was released. An example is: "2009-07-15".

HTTPMethod:   Specifies the HTTP method to use when sending a custom request.

The following methods are supported: GET,PUT,HEAD,POST and DELETE and are only used when SendCustomRequest is called. The default value is "" (empty string) in which case the default HTTP methods are used (more details about the default behavior can be found on the SendCustomRequest page).

IsSubscriptionPaged:   Whether or not all subscriptions were returned by the last listing.

This configuration may be queried after a call to ListSubscriptions or ListTopicSubscriptions to find out whether or not the server sent all subscriptions in the last listing. If all subscriptions were not listed, the control automatically sets the SubscriptionMarker property to a token used in the next request.

IsTopicPaged:   Whether or not all topics were returned by the last listing.

This configuration may be queried after a call to ListTopics to find out whether or not the server sent all topics in the last listing. If all topics were not listed, the control automatically sets the TopicMarker property to a token used in the next request.

JSONMessage:   A custom JSON message to be published.

This configuration allows you to publish a custom JSON message instead of the JSON message that is built internally by the control. This configuration is only valid when calling PublishCustom.

MessageAttributeCount:   The number of message attributes.

This setting is used to get or set the number of message attributes. This setting is applicable in SQS when calling the CreateMessage and ListMessages methods. This setting is applicable in SNS when calling the PublishMessage method.

MessageAttributeDataType[i]:   The data type of the message attribute.

This setting can be used to get or set the data type of the message attribute. This setting is applicable in SQS when calling the CreateMessage and ListMessages methods. This setting is applicable in SNS when calling the PublishMessage method.

Possible values are:

  • 0 (string - default)
  • 1 (number)
  • 2 (binary)

Valid array indices are from 0 to MessageAttributeCount - 1.

MessageAttributeName[i]:   The name of the message attribute.

This setting can be used to get or set the message attribute name. This setting is applicable in SQS when calling the CreateMessage and ListMessages methods. This setting is applicable in SNS when calling the PublishMessage method.

Valid array indices are from 0 to MessageAttributeCount - 1.

MessageAttributeValue[i]:   The value of the message attribute.

This setting gets or sets the value of the message attribute. This setting is applicable in SQS when calling the CreateMessage and ListMessages methods. This setting is applicable in SNS when calling the PublishMessage method.

Valid array indices are from 0 to MessageAttributeCount - 1.

PhoneNumber:   The phone number to which you want to deliver an SMS message. Use E.164 format.

This configuration setting allows you to send an SMS message directly to a phone number. This can be set to an E.164 formatted phone number. When setting this value call Publish with an empty string for the TopicArn parameter. For instance: sns1.Config("PhoneNumber=+19191234567"); sns1.Publish("","","message");

SignatureVersion:   The version of signature used.

The signature version used in the request. The default value is "4".

SignCustomRequest:   Tells the component to sign the outgoing request.

By default, this configuration is True, and when SendCustomRequest is called the control will sign the specified request to authenticate with the service. If set to False, the request will be sent as is, without signing.

TargetArn:   The TargetArn when publishing a message.

This setting specifies the TargetArn when calling Publish. This may be set to a TopicArn or an EndpointArn. When setting this value call Publish with an empty string for the TopicArn parameter. For instance: sns1.Config("TargetArn=myArn"); sns1.Publish("","subject","message");

TransferredData:   Returns the entire XML response received from the server.

URL:   If set, the default URL will be overridden by this value.

By default, the control uses the service's URL. Setting this config will override this value.

HTTP Config Settings

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

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

AllowHTTPCompression:   This property enables HTTP compression for receiving data.

This configuration setting enables HTTP compression for receiving data. When set to True (default), the control will accept compressed data. It then will uncompress the data it has received. The control will handle data compressed by both gzip and deflate compression algorithms.

When True, the control adds an Accept-Encoding header to the outgoing request. The value for this header can be controlled by the AcceptEncoding configuration setting. The default value for this header is "gzip, deflate".

The default value is True.

AllowHTTPFallback:   Whether HTTP/2 connections are permitted to fallback to HTTP/1.1.

This configuration setting controls whether HTTP/2 connections are permitted to fall back to HTTP/1.1 when the server does not support HTTP/2. This setting is applicable only when HTTPVersion is set to "2.0".

If set to True (default), the control will automatically use HTTP/1.1 if the server does not support HTTP/2. If set to False, the control fails with an error if the server does not support HTTP/2.

The default value is True.

Append:   Whether to append data to LocalFile.

This configuration setting determines whether data will be 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 applicable only 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 nonempty 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 control can be extended with other security schemes in addition to the authorization schemes already implemented by the control.

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.

This configuration setting returns the raw number of bytes from the HTTP response data, before the component processes the data, whether it is chunked or compressed. This returns the same value as the Transfer event, by BytesTransferred.

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

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

CompressHTTPRequest:   Set to true to compress the body of a PUT or POST request.

If set to True, the body of a PUT or POST request will be compressed into gzip format before sending the request. The "Content-Encoding" header is also added to the outgoing request.

The default value is False.

EncodeURL:   If set to True the URL will be encoded by the control.

If set to True, the URL passed to the control will be URL encoded. The default value is False.

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

This option determines what happens when the server issues a redirect. Normally, the control 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 control fails with an error.

Note: 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 potentially could change the conditions of the initial request and create security vulnerabilities.

Furthermore, if either the new URL server or port are different from 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 control fails with an error instead.

Following are the valid options:

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

GetOn302Redirect:   If set to True the control will perform a GET on the new location.

The default value is False. If set to True, the control will perform a GET on the new location. Otherwise, it will use the same HTTP method again.

HTTP2HeadersWithoutIndexing:   HTTP2 headers that should not update the dynamic header table with incremental indexing.

HTTP/2 servers maintain a dynamic table of headers and values seen over the course of a connection. Typically, these headers are inserted into the table through incremental indexing (also known as HPACK, defined in RFC 7541). To tell the component not to use incremental indexing for certain headers, and thus not update the dynamic table, set this configuration option to a comma-delimited list of the header names.

HTTPVersion:   The version of HTTP used by the control.

This property specifies the HTTP version used by the control. Possible values are as follows:

  • "1.0"
  • "1.1" (default)
  • "2.0"
  • "3.0"

When using HTTP/2 ("2.0"), additional restrictions apply. Please see the following notes for details.

HTTP/2 Notes

When using HTTP/2, a secure Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (TLS/SSL) connection is required. Attempting to use a plaintext URL with HTTP/2 will result in an error.

If the server does not support HTTP/2, the control will automatically use HTTP/1.1 instead. This is done to provide compatibility without the need for any additional settings. To see which version was used, check NegotiatedHTTPVersion after calling a method. The AllowHTTPFallback setting controls whether this behavior is allowed (default) or disallowed.

HTTP/3 Notes

HTTP/3 is supported only in .NET and Java.

When using HTTP/3, a secure (TLS/SSL) connection is required. Attempting to use a plaintext URL with HTTP/3 will result in an error.

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

If this setting contains a nonempty string, an If-Modified-Since HTTP header is added to the request. The value of this header is used to make the HTTP request conditional: if the requested documented has not been modified since the time specified in the field, a copy of the document will not be returned from the server; instead, a 304 (not modified) response will be returned by the server and the component throws an exception

The format of the date value for IfModifiedSince is detailed in the HTTP specs. For example: Sat, 29 Oct 2017 19:43:31 GMT.

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

If , 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: Not all servers support persistent connections. If , the connection will be closed immediately after the server response is received.

The default value for KeepAlive is .

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.

LogLevel:   The level of detail that is logged.

This configuration setting controls the level of detail that is logged through the Log event. Possible values are as follows:

0 (None) No events are logged.
1 (Info - default) Informational events are logged.
2 (Verbose) Detailed data are logged.
3 (Debug) Debug data are logged.

The value 1 (Info) logs basic information, including the URL, HTTP version, and status details.

The value 2 (Verbose) logs additional information about the request and response.

The value 3 (Debug) logs the headers and body for both the request and response, as well as additional debug information (if any).

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

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

NegotiatedHTTPVersion:   The negotiated HTTP version.

This configuration setting may be queried after the request is complete to indicate the HTTP version used. When HTTPVersion is set to "2.0" (if the server does not support "2.0"), then the control will fall back to using "1.1" automatically. This setting will indicate which version was used.

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

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

The headers must follow the format "header: value" as described in the HTTP specifications. Header lines should be separated by CRLF (Chr$(13) & Chr$(10)) .

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

This configuration setting is useful for extending the functionality of the control beyond what is provided.

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

This is similar to the Authorization configuration setting, but is used for proxy authorization. If this configuration setting contains a nonempty 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 configuration setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Proxy properties.

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

This configuration setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Proxy properties.

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

This configuration setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Proxy properties.

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

This configuration setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Proxy properties.

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

This configuration setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Proxy properties.

SentHeaders:   The full set of headers as sent by the client.

This configuration setting returns the complete set of raw headers as sent by the client.

StatusCode:   The status code of the last response from the server.

This configuration setting contains the result code of the last response from the server.

StatusLine:   The first line of the last response from the server.

This setting contains the first line of the last response from the server. The format of the line will be [HTTP version] [Result Code] [Description].

TransferredData:   The contents of the last response from the server.

This configuration setting contains the contents of the last response from the server.

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

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 control.

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.

TransferredRequest:   The full request as sent by the client.

This configuration setting returns the full request as sent by the client. For performance reasons, the request is not normally saved. Set this configuration setting to ON before making a request to enable it. Following are examples of this request:

.NET Http http = new Http(); http.Config("TransferredRequest=on"); http.PostData = "body"; http.Post("http://someserver.com"); Console.WriteLine(http.Config("TransferredRequest")); C++ HTTP http; http.Config("TransferredRequest=on"); http.SetPostData("body", 5); http.Post("http://someserver.com"); printf("%s\r\n", http.Config("TransferredRequest"));

UseChunkedEncoding:   Enables or Disables HTTP chunked encoding for transfers.

If UseChunkedEncoding is set to True, the control 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 control 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.

UseIDNs:   Whether to encode hostnames to internationalized domain names.

This configuration setting specifies whether hostnames containing non-ASCII characters are encoded to internationalized domain names. When set to True, if a hostname contains non-ASCII characters, it is encoded using Punycode to an IDN (internationalized domain name).

The default value is False and the hostname will always be used exactly as specified. Note: The CodePage setting must be set to a value capable of interpreting the specified host name. For instance, to specify UTF-8, set CodePage to 65001.

UseProxyAutoConfigURL:   Whether to use a Proxy auto-config file when attempting a connection.

This configuration specifies whether the control will attempt to use the Proxy auto-config URL when establishing a connection and ProxyAutoDetect is set to True.

When True (default), the control will check for the existence of a Proxy auto-config URL, and if found, will determine the appropriate proxy to use.

UserAgent:   Information about the user agent (browser).

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

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

TCPClient Config 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 control will use Timeout for establishing a connection and transmitting/receiving data.

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

This configuration setting is provided for use by controls 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 setting is provided for use by controls 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 control fails with an error.

Note: This setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

FirewallPort:   The TCP port for the FirewallHost;.

The FirewallPort is set automatically when FirewallType is set to a valid value.

Note: This configuration setting is provided for use by controls 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.
10Connect through a SOCKS4A Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080.

Note: This setting is provided for use by controls 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 control fails with an error.

Note: This setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.

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 acknowledgment is received from the remote host, the keep-alive packet will be sent again. This configuration 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 macOS.

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 Transmission Control Protocol (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.

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), two scenarios determine how long the connection will linger. In the first, if LingerTime is 0 (default), the system will attempt to send pending data for a connection until the default IP timeout expires.

In the second scenario, if 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 control returns control immediately, the system could hold system resources until all pending data are 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 (e.g., by a client acknowledgment), 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, the socket connection will linger. This value is 0 by default, which means it will use the default IP 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 control initiate connections (or accept in the case of server controls) only through that interface.

If the control 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 port in the local host where the control binds.

This must be set before a connection is attempted. It instructs the control 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.

MaxTransferRate:   The transfer rate limit in bytes per second.

This configuration 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.

ProxyExceptionsList:   A semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy.

This configuration setting optionally specifies a semicolon-separated list of hostnames or IP addresses to bypass when a proxy is in use. When requests are made to hosts specified in this property, the proxy will not be used. For instance:

www.google.com;www.nsoftware.com

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.

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.

UseIPv6:   Whether to use IPv6.

When set to 0 (default), the control will use IPv4 exclusively. When set to 1, the control will use IPv6 exclusively. To instruct the control 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

SSL Config Settings

LogSSLPackets:   Controls whether SSL packets are logged when using the internal security API.

When SSLProvider is set to Internal, this setting controls whether SSL packets should be logged. By default, this setting is False, as it is only useful for debugging purposes.

When enabled, SSL packet logs are output using the SSLStatus event, which will fire each time an SSL packet is sent or received.

Enabling this setting has no effect if SSLProvider is set to Platform.

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.

ReuseSSLSession:   Determines if the SSL session is reused.

If set to true, the control 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 control is the same.

SSLCACerts:   A newline separated list of CA certificate to use during SSL client authentication.

This setting specifies one or more CA certificates to be included in the request when performing SSL client authentication. Some servers require the entire chain, including CA certificates, to be presented when performing SSL client authentication. The value of this setting is a newline (CrLf) separated list of certificates. For instance:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEKzCCAxOgAwIBAgIRANTET4LIkxdH6P+CFIiHvTowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw
...
eWHV5OW1K53o/atv59sOiW5K3crjFhsBOd5Q+cJJnU+SWinPKtANXMht+EDvYY2w
F0I1XhM+pKj7FjDr+XNj
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
\r \n
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIQetu1SMxpnENAnnOz1P+PtTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBp
..
d8q23djXZbVYiIfE9ebr4g3152BlVCHZ2GyPdjhIuLeH21VbT/dyEHHA
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

SSLCheckCRL:   Whether to check the Certificate Revocation List for the server certificate.

This setting specifies whether the control will check the Certificate Revocation List specified by the server certificate. If set to 1 or 2, the control will first obtain the list of CRL URLs from the server certificate's CRL distribution points extension. The control will then make HTTP requests to each CRL endpoint to check the validity of the server's certificate. If the certificate has been revoked or any other issues are found during validation the control fails with an error.

When set to 0 (default) the CRL check will not be performed by the control. When set to 1, it will attempt to perform the CRL check, but will continue without an error if the server's certificate does not support CRL. When set to 2, it will perform the CRL check and will throw an error if CRL is not supported.

This configuration setting is only supported in the Java, C#, and C++ editions. In the C++ edition, it is only supported on Windows operating systems.

SSLCheckOCSP:   Whether to use OCSP to check the status of the server certificate.

This setting specifies whether the control will use OCSP to check the validity of the server certificate. If set to 1 or 2, the control will first obtain the OCSP URL from the server certificate's OCSP extension. The control will then locate the issuing certificate and make an HTTP request to the OCSP endpoint to check the validity of the server's certificate. If the certificate has been revoked or any other issues are found during validation the control fails with an error.

When set to 0 (default) the control will not perform an OCSP check. When set to 1, it will attempt to perform the OCSP check, but will continue without an error if the server's certificate does not support OCSP. When set to 2, it will perform the OCSP check and will throw an error if OCSP is not supported.

This configuration setting is only supported in the Java, C#, and C++ editions. In the C++ edition, it is only supported on Windows operating systems.

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.

SSLEnabledCipherSuites:   The cipher suite to be used in an SSL negotiation.

The enabled cipher suites to be used in SSL negotiation.

By default, the enabled cipher suites will include all available ciphers ("*").

The special value "*" means that the control will pick all of the supported cipher suites. If SSLEnabledCipherSuites is set to any other value, only the specified cipher suites will be considered.

Multiple cipher suites are separated by semicolons.

Example values when SSLProvider is set to Platform: obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=*"); obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=CALG_AES_256"); obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=CALG_AES_256;CALG_3DES"); Possible values when SSLProvider is set to Platform include:

  • CALG_3DES
  • CALG_3DES_112
  • CALG_AES
  • CALG_AES_128
  • CALG_AES_192
  • CALG_AES_256
  • CALG_AGREEDKEY_ANY
  • CALG_CYLINK_MEK
  • CALG_DES
  • CALG_DESX
  • CALG_DH_EPHEM
  • CALG_DH_SF
  • CALG_DSS_SIGN
  • CALG_ECDH
  • CALG_ECDH_EPHEM
  • CALG_ECDSA
  • CALG_ECMQV
  • CALG_HASH_REPLACE_OWF
  • CALG_HUGHES_MD5
  • CALG_HMAC
  • CALG_KEA_KEYX
  • CALG_MAC
  • CALG_MD2
  • CALG_MD4
  • CALG_MD5
  • CALG_NO_SIGN
  • CALG_OID_INFO_CNG_ONLY
  • CALG_OID_INFO_PARAMETERS
  • CALG_PCT1_MASTER
  • CALG_RC2
  • CALG_RC4
  • CALG_RC5
  • CALG_RSA_KEYX
  • CALG_RSA_SIGN
  • CALG_SCHANNEL_ENC_KEY
  • CALG_SCHANNEL_MAC_KEY
  • CALG_SCHANNEL_MASTER_HASH
  • CALG_SEAL
  • CALG_SHA
  • CALG_SHA1
  • CALG_SHA_256
  • CALG_SHA_384
  • CALG_SHA_512
  • CALG_SKIPJACK
  • CALG_SSL2_MASTER
  • CALG_SSL3_MASTER
  • CALG_SSL3_SHAMD5
  • CALG_TEK
  • CALG_TLS1_MASTER
  • CALG_TLS1PRF
Example values when SSLProvider is set to Internal: obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=*"); obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA"); obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA;TLS_DH_ANON_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA"); Possible values when SSLProvider is set to Internal include:
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_DH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Not Recommended)
  • TLS_DH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Not Recommended)
  • TLS_DH_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Not Recommended)
  • TLS_DH_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Not Recommended)
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5
  • TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA

When TLS 1.3 is negotiated (see SSLEnabledProtocols) only the following cipher suites are supported:

  • TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

SSLEnabledCipherSuites is used together with SSLCipherStrength.

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:

TLS1.312288 (Hex 3000)
TLS1.23072 (Hex C00) (Default)
TLS1.1768 (Hex 300) (Default)
TLS1 192 (Hex C0) (Default)
SSL3 48 (Hex 30) [Platform Only]
SSL2 12 (Hex 0C) [Platform Only]

SSLEnabledProtocols - TLS 1.3 Notes

By default when TLS 1.3 is enabled the control will use the internal TLS implementation when the SSLProvider is set to Automatic for all editions.

In editions which are designed to run on Windows SSLProvider can be set to Platform to use the platform implementation instead of the internal implementation. When configured in this manner, please note that the platform provider is only supported on Windows 11 / Windows Server 2022 and up. The default internal provider is available on all platforms and is not restricted to any specific OS version.

If set to 1 (Platform provider) please be aware of the following notes:

  • The platform provider is only available on Windows 11 / Windows Server 2022 and up.
  • SSLEnabledCipherSuites and other similar SSL configuration settings are not supported.
  • If SSLEnabledProtocols includes both TLS 1.3 and TLS 1.2 the above restrictions are still applicable even if TLS 1.2 is negotiated. Enabling TLS 1.3 with the platform provider changes the implementation used for all TLS versions.

SSLEnabledProtocols: SSL2 and SSL3 Notes:

SSL 2.0 and 3.0 are not supported by the control when the SSLProvider is set to internal. To use SSL 2.0 or SSL 3.0, the platform security API must have the protocols enabled and SSLProvider needs to be set to platform.

SSLEnableRenegotiation:   Whether the renegotiation_info SSL extension is supported.

This setting specifies whether the renegotiation_info SSL extension will be used in the request when using the internal security API. This setting is by default, but can be set to to disable the extension.

This setting is only applicable when SSLProvider is set to Internal.

SSLIncludeCertChain:   Whether the entire certificate chain is included in the SSLServerAuthentication event.

This setting specifies whether the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event contains the full certificate chain. By default this value is False and only the leaf certificate will be present in the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event.

If set to True all certificates returned by the server will be present in the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event. This includes the leaf certificate, any intermediate certificate, and the root certificate.

SSLKeyLogFile:   The location of a file where per-session secrets are written for debugging purposes.

This setting optionally specifies the full path to a file on disk where per-session secrets are stored for debugging purposes.

When set, the control will save the session secrets in the same format as the SSLKEYLOGFILE environment variable functionality used by most major browsers and tools such as Chrome, Firefox, and cURL. This file can then be used in tools such as Wireshark to decrypt TLS traffice for debugging purposes. When writing to this file the control will only append, it will not overwrite previous values.

Note: This setting is only applicable when SSLProvider is set to Internal.

SSLNegotiatedCipher:   Returns the negotiated cipher suite.

Returns the cipher suite negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g. TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipher[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedCipherStrength:   Returns the negotiated cipher suite strength.

Returns the strength of the cipher suite negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g.TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipherStrength[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedCipherSuite:   Returns the negotiated cipher suite.

Returns the cipher suite negotiated during the SSL handshake represented as a single string.

Note: For server components (e.g. TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipherSuite[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedKeyExchange:   Returns the negotiated key exchange algorithm.

Returns the key exchange algorithm negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g. TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedKeyExchange[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrength:   Returns the negotiated key exchange algorithm strength.

Returns the strenghth of the key exchange algorithm negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g. TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrength[connId]");

SSLNegotiatedVersion:   Returns the negotiated protocol version.

Returns the protocol version negotiated during the SSL handshake.

Note: For server components (e.g. TCPServer) this is a per-connection setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example: server.Config("SSLNegotiatedVersion[connId]");

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.

SSLServerCACerts:   A newline separated list of CA certificate to use during SSL server certificate validation.

This setting optionally specifies one or more CA certificates to be used when verifying the server certificate. When verifying the server's certificate the certificates trusted by the system will be used as part of the verification process. If the server's CA certificates are not installed to the trusted system store, they may be specified here so they are included when performing the verification process. This setting should only be set if the server's CA certificates are not already trusted on the system and cannot be installed to the trusted system store.

The value of this setting is a newline (CrLf) separated list of certificates. For instance:

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEKzCCAxOgAwIBAgIRANTET4LIkxdH6P+CFIiHvTowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw
...
eWHV5OW1K53o/atv59sOiW5K3crjFhsBOd5Q+cJJnU+SWinPKtANXMht+EDvYY2w
F0I1XhM+pKj7FjDr+XNj
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
\r \n
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIQetu1SMxpnENAnnOz1P+PtTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBp
..
d8q23djXZbVYiIfE9ebr4g3152BlVCHZ2GyPdjhIuLeH21VbT/dyEHHA
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

TLS12SignatureAlgorithms:   Defines the allowed TLS 1.2 signature algorithms when SSLProvider is set to Internal.

This setting specifies the allowed server certificate signature algorithms when SSLProvider is set to Internal and SSLEnabledProtocols is set to allow TLS 1.2.

When specified the control will verify that the server certificate signature algorithm is among the values specified in this setting. If the server certificate signature algorithm is unsupported the control fails with an error.

The format of this value is a comma separated list of hash-signature combinations. For instance: component.SSLProvider = TCPClientSSLProviders.sslpInternal; component.Config("SSLEnabledProtocols=3072"); //TLS 1.2 component.Config("TLS12SignatureAlgorithms=sha256-rsa,sha256-dsa,sha1-rsa,sha1-dsa"); The default value for this setting is sha512-ecdsa,sha512-rsa,sha512-dsa,sha384-ecdsa,sha384-rsa,sha384-dsa,sha256-ecdsa,sha256-rsa,sha256-dsa,sha224-ecdsa,sha224-rsa,sha224-dsa,sha1-ecdsa,sha1-rsa,sha1-dsa.

In order to not restrict the server's certificate signature algorithm, specify an empty string as the value for this setting, which will cause the signature_algorithms TLS 1.2 extension to not be sent.

TLS12SupportedGroups:   The supported groups for ECC.

This setting specifies a comma separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.2 for ECC.

The default value is ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ecdhe_secp521r1.

When using TLS 1.2 and SSLProvider is set to Internal, the values refer to the supported groups for ECC. The following values are supported:

  • "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp521r1" (default)

TLS13KeyShareGroups:   The groups for which to pregenerate key shares.

This setting specifies a comma separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.3 for key exchange. The groups specified here will have key share data pregenerated locally before establishing a connection. This can prevent an additional round trip during the handshake if the group is supported by the server.

The default value is set to balance common supported groups and the computational resources required to generate key shares. As a result only some groups are included by default in this setting.

Note: All supported groups can always be used during the handshake even if not listed here, but if a group is used which is not present in this list it will incur an additional round trip and time to generate the key share for that group.

In most cases this setting does not need to be modified. This should only be modified if there is a specific reason to do so.

The default value is ecdhe_x25519,ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ffdhe_2048,ffdhe_3072

The values are ordered from most preferred to least preferred. The following values are supported:

  • "ecdhe_x25519" (default)
  • "ecdhe_x448"
  • "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp521r1"
  • "ffdhe_2048" (default)
  • "ffdhe_3072" (default)
  • "ffdhe_4096"
  • "ffdhe_6144"
  • "ffdhe_8192"

TLS13SignatureAlgorithms:   The allowed certificate signature algorithms.

This setting holds a comma separated list of allowed signature algorithms. Possible values are:

  • "ed25519" (default)
  • "ed448" (default)
  • "ecdsa_secp256r1_sha256" (default)
  • "ecdsa_secp384r1_sha384" (default)
  • "ecdsa_secp521r1_sha512" (default)
  • "rsa_pkcs1_sha256" (default)
  • "rsa_pkcs1_sha384" (default)
  • "rsa_pkcs1_sha512" (default)
  • "rsa_pss_sha256" (default)
  • "rsa_pss_sha384" (default)
  • "rsa_pss_sha512" (default)
The default value is rsa_pss_sha256,rsa_pss_sha384,rsa_pss_sha512,rsa_pkcs1_sha256,rsa_pkcs1_sha384,rsa_pkcs1_sha512,ecdsa_secp256r1_sha256,ecdsa_secp384r1_sha384,ecdsa_secp521r1_sha512,ed25519,ed448. This setting is only applicable when SSLEnabledProtocols includes TLS 1.3.
TLS13SupportedGroups:   The supported groups for (EC)DHE key exchange.

This setting specifies a comma separated list of named groups used in TLS 1.3 for key exchange. This setting should only be modified if there is a specific reason to do so.

The default value is ecdhe_x25519,ecdhe_x448,ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ecdhe_secp521r1,ffdhe_2048,ffdhe_3072,ffdhe_4096,ffdhe_6144,ffdhe_8192

The values are ordered from most preferred to least preferred. The following values are supported:

  • "ecdhe_x25519" (default)
  • "ecdhe_x448" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
  • "ecdhe_secp521r1" (default)
  • "ffdhe_2048" (default)
  • "ffdhe_3072" (default)
  • "ffdhe_4096" (default)
  • "ffdhe_6144" (default)
  • "ffdhe_8192" (default)

Socket Config 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 control 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 control is activated the OutBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.

Trappable Errors (AmazonSNS Control)

SNS Errors

20602    An error was returned from the server. Please refer to the error message for additional information.
20603    The cryptographic operation failed. Please see the error message for additional information.
20604    Invalid Topic index.
20605    Invalid Subscription index.
20606    Invalid topic attribute type.
20607    Invalid subscription attribute type.
20608    Invalid subscription protocol value.

The control may also return one of the following error codes, which are inherited from other controls.

HTTP Errors

20119    Firewall Error. Error description contains detailed message.
20144    Busy executing current method.
20152    HTTP protocol error. The error message has the server response.
20153    No server specified in URL
20154    Specified URLScheme is invalid.
20156    Range operation is not supported by server.
20157    Invalid cookie index (out of range).
20302    Interrupted.
20303    Can't open AttachedFile.

The control may also return one of the following error codes, which are inherited from other controls.

TCPClient Errors

20101    You cannot change the RemotePort at this time. A connection is in progress.
20102    You cannot change the RemoteHost (Server) at this time. A connection is in progress.
20103    The RemoteHost address is invalid (0.0.0.0).
20105    Already connected. If you want to reconnect, close the current connection first.
20107    You cannot change the LocalPort at this time. A connection is in progress.
20108    You cannot change the LocalHost at this time. A connection is in progress.
20113    You cannot change MaxLineLength at this time. A connection is in progress.
20117    RemotePort cannot be zero. Please specify a valid service port number.
20118    You cannot change the UseConnection option while the control is active.
20136    Operation would block.
20202    Timeout.
20212    Action impossible in control's present state.
20213    Action impossible while not connected.
20214    Action impossible while listening.
20302    Timeout.
20303    Could not open file.
20435    Unable to convert string to selected CodePage.
21106    Already connecting. If you want to reconnect, close the current connection first.
21118    You need to connect first.
21120    You cannot change the LocalHost at this time. A connection is in progress.
21121    Connection dropped by remote host.

SSL Errors

20271    Cannot load specified security library.
20272    Cannot open certificate store.
20273    Cannot find specified certificate.
20274    Cannot acquire security credentials.
20275    Cannot find certificate chain.
20276    Cannot verify certificate chain.
20277    Error during handshake.
20281    Error verifying certificate.
20282    Could not find client certificate.
20283    Could not find server certificate.
20284    Error encrypting data.
20285    Error decrypting data.

TCP/IP Errors

25005    [10004] Interrupted system call.
25010    [10009] Bad file number.
25014    [10013] Access denied.
25015    [10014] Bad address.
25023    [10022] Invalid argument.
25025    [10024] Too many open files.
25036    [10035] Operation would block.
25037    [10036] Operation now in progress.
25038    [10037] Operation already in progress.
25039    [10038] Socket operation on non-socket.
25040    [10039] Destination address required.
25041    [10040] Message too long.
25042    [10041] Protocol wrong type for socket.
25043    [10042] Bad protocol option.
25044    [10043] Protocol not supported.
25045    [10044] Socket type not supported.
25046    [10045] Operation not supported on socket.
25047    [10046] Protocol family not supported.
25048    [10047] Address family not supported by protocol family.
25049    [10048] Address already in use.
25050    [10049] Can't assign requested address.
25051    [10050] Network is down.
25052    [10051] Network is unreachable.
25053    [10052] Net dropped connection or reset.
25054    [10053] Software caused connection abort.
25055    [10054] Connection reset by peer.
25056    [10055] No buffer space available.
25057    [10056] Socket is already connected.
25058    [10057] Socket is not connected.
25059    [10058] Can't send after socket shutdown.
25060    [10059] Too many references, can't splice.
25061    [10060] Connection timed out.
25062    [10061] Connection refused.
25063    [10062] Too many levels of symbolic links.
25064    [10063] File name too long.
25065    [10064] Host is down.
25066    [10065] No route to host.
25067    [10066] Directory not empty
25068    [10067] Too many processes.
25069    [10068] Too many users.
25070    [10069] Disc Quota Exceeded.
25071    [10070] Stale NFS file handle.
25072    [10071] Too many levels of remote in path.
25092    [10091] Network subsystem is unavailable.
25093    [10092] WINSOCK DLL Version out of range.
25094    [10093] Winsock not loaded yet.
26002    [11001] Host not found.
26003    [11002] Non-authoritative 'Host not found' (try again or check DNS setup).
26004    [11003] Non-recoverable errors: FORMERR, REFUSED, NOTIMP.
26005    [11004] Valid name, no data record (check DNS setup).