Catalyst Press Releases

Catalyst Releases SocketTools 6.0
March 2, 2007 - Catalyst Development Corporation, publisher of Internet controls and libraries, today announced the release of SocketTools 6.0. SocketTools is a collection of components designed to help developers create Internet-enabled applications quickly and easily, without sacrificing flexibility or performance.

Catalyst Releases LogicGem
August 16, 2006 - Catalyst Development Corporation, publisher of the popular SocketWrench and SocketTools lines of software, today announced the release of its first application software, a logic processing software tool. LogicGem is designed to provide a familiar, easy-to-use way to create, edit, verify and compile logic for programmers and non-programmers alike.

Catalyst Releases SocketTools .NET 4.5
June 28, 2006 - Catalyst Development Corporation today announced the release of SocketTools .NET, a collection of managed code classes designed to simplify the addition of Internet functionality into applications built using the Visual Studio development platform.

Catalyst Releases SocketWrench .NET 4.5
March 1, 2006 - Catalyst Development Corporation, publisher of the popular SocketWrench and SocketTools lines of software, today announced the release of SocketWrench .NET, the first managed code class addition to its Internet software development components for the Microsoft Windows platform.

Catalyst Releases SocketTools Visual Edition 4.0
June 24, 2004 - Catalyst Development Corporation, the leading provider of Internet components for professional developers, announces the release of SocketTools Visual Editions 4.0, a collection of TCP/IP networking components for the Windows operating system.

Catalyst Releases SocketTools Library Edition 4.0
April 7, 2004 - Catalyst Development Corporation, the leading provider of Internet components for professional developers, announces the release of SocketTools Library Editions v4.0, a collection of TCP/IP networking libraries for the Windows operating system.

Catalyst Internet Mail Control Released
January 23, 2003 - Catalyst Development Corporation, publisher of Internet controls and libraries, today announced the release of Catalyst Internet Mail. This ActiveX control provides a simplified interface for composing, sending and retrieving e-mail messages, all in just one easy-to-use control.

Catalyst Releases SocketWrench Secure Edition 4.0
May 1, 2002 - Catalyst Development Corporation, publisher of the popular SocketWrench and SocketTools Internet controls and libraries, today announced the release of SocketWrench Secure Edition 4.0, the first commercial version of one of the most popular Internet software development components for the Microsoft Windows platform.

Catalyst Releases SocketWrench 3.5 Freeware Edition
September 12, 2001 - Catalyst Development Corporation, publisher of SocketTools TCP/IP components and ActivePatch updating SDK, today announced the release of a new and improved version of their popular SocketWrench freeware.

Catalyst Releases ActivePatch
August 1, 2001 - Catalyst Development Corporation, publisher of the popular SocketTools TCP/IP components, today announced the release of ActivePatch, a new idea in patch technology. This software development kit enables developers to create their own update in the form of a patch and integrate the patch application process directly into their own software.

ActivePatch Pre-Release Now Available
June 4, 2001 - Catalyst Development Corporation, publisher of the popular SocketTools TCP/IP components, today announced a pre-release version of ActivePatch, a new idea in patch technology. This software development kit enables developers to create their own update in the form of a patch and integrate the patch application process directly into their own software.

Catalyst Releases Secure SocketTools TCP/IP Toolkits
December 20, 2000 - Catalyst Development Corporation, providing Winsock compliant TCP/IP custom components, today announced the release of Secure SocketTools editions for their well-established collection of royalty-free controls and libraries. Secure SocketTools now supports Secure Socket Layer (SSL) data connections over the internet or on local networks.

Catalyst Releases SocketTools 3.5
October 9, 2000 - Catalyst Development Corporation, providing Winsock compliant TCP/IP custom controls, today announced the release of SocketTools 3.5. Included in this new version are enhanced controls and libraries for virtually every component in the package. These include improvements in general performance and reliability, full support for Unicode, as well as a wide variety of corrections and enhancements to the overall package. For C++ programmers, the Library Edition now also includes C++ class libraries and includes complete source for those classes.

Catalyst Introduces SocketTools Enterprise Edition
June 23, 1998 - Catalyst Development Corporation, providing Winsock compliant TCP/IP development tools to the programming community since early 1995, today announced the release of SocketTools Enterprise Edition, a collection of dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) and VBX/OCX custom controls.

Catalyst Releases Library Edition of SocketTools
March 25, 1998 - Catalyst Development Corporation, providing Winsock compliant TCP/IP custom controls, today announced the release of SocketTools Library Edition, a collection of dynamic-link libraries (DLLs).SocketTools Library Edition answers the needs of developers who require a simple, straight-forward API that doesn't have the overhead of embedding different controls in an application.

Catalyst Releases Version 2.1
January 8, 1998 - Catalyst Development Corporation, providing Winsock compliant TCP/IP custom controls for Visual Basic and other VBX/ActiveX supported products, today announced the availability of version 2.1 of Catalyst SocketTools.

Catalyst SocketTools - Award Winning Software
December 8, 1997 - Catalyst Development Corporation, providing Winsock compliant TCP/IP custom controls for Visual Basic and other VBX/ActiveX supported products, is proud to announce that SocketTools has won two awards.

Catalyst Development Opens New Web Site
October 21, 1996 - Catalyst Development Corporation, developers of SocketTools, announces their new Web site with free software for all visitors to http://www.catalyst.com. Look around, sign the guest book and download useful software and informative articles. Catalyst offers several free products for the developer community.

Catalyst Simplifies Network and Internet Development
May 23, 1996 - Catalyst Development Corporation, providing Winsock compliant TCP/IP custom controls for Visual Basic and other VBX/ActiveX supported products, today announced the availability of a free, 30-day evaluation version of their highly respected Catalyst SocketTools suite of custom controls.

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