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Here, you'll find the most frequently asked questions which cover a range of components or all. You will find questions specific to one component in the How to section of each component.

How to get ICS

There are 3 options to get ICS source code:

1. From partner DVD you get from CodeGear when buying Delphi or C++ Builder
2. From OverByte website
3. From version control repository

Using partner DVD from CodeGear is probably not such a good idea since it is likely to be an old version build at the time Delphi / C++Builder version was pushed to the marked.

Using OverByte website you'll get the latest stable release or beta. That's a good choice.

Using version control repository is the best choice if you want to have the very latest source code. OverByte use SubVersion server and you need to use a subversion client such as TortoiseSVN or your favorite browser. Once your SVN client is installed, for ICS-V6 you can browse to svn://svn.overbyte.be/ics or http://svn.overbyte.be:8443/svn/ics or for ICS-V5 to: svn://svn.overbyte.be/icsv5 or http://svn.overbyte.be:8443/svn/icsv5. ICS-V7 is a part of V6, in ics/branches/icsv7. All use usercode = ics and password = ics for read access. Write access is only available to TeamICS.

How ICS works

Asynchronous paradigm		The non-blocking nature of ICS.
Sending and receiving data		Draft discussing possible formats of data transfer.

FAQ

Concatenating data		A example on how to concatenate chuncks of data in a CPU / Memory friendly way.
Difference TCP/UDP		What is the difference between TCP and UDP and which to use when ?
General		General questions not belong to other section
Internet		Specific for internet
Microsoft .NET framework		Using ICS with the Microsoft .NET framework
Multi-Threading		Using ICS components and threads
Progress bar		Implementing a progress bar
Timeouts		Implementing timeouts on connections or protocols