Socket45 version 1.1.1, 6 Sep 2001

Socket45 is a browser plug-in "container". It runs Netscape-compatible web 
browser plug-ins without using a web browser.

To install, simply extract the file socket45.exe into any folder, and 
execute it from there.

Socket45 does not create any other files. It stores settings in the 
registry at: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Generic\Socket45

For instructions and the latest version, visit the Socket45 home page at: 
http://pobox.com/~jason1/socket45/

Socket45 is provided free of charge. The C source code is also available. 
See the copyright notice below.

This package may include the executable program, the source code, or both.

The executable package should include the following files:

   socket45.txt  (this file)
   socket45.exe

The source package should include the following files:

   socket45.txt  (this file)
   socket45.c
   socket45.h
   socket45.rc
   resource.h
   socket45.ico
   logicon.ico

See the compilation instructions at the end of this file.

For more information, please contact Jason Summers by email at 
<jason1@pobox.com>.

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Copyright (C) 1998-2001 Jason Summers

This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty.
In no event will the author(s) be held liable for any damages arising from
the use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
freely, subject to the following restrictions:

1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
   claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
   in a product, you are requested to include appropriate acknowledgments
   in the documentation and/or the program itself, though this is not a
   requirement.
2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be 
   misrepresented as being the original software.
3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.

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The primary author of Socket45 is Jason Summers.


Thanks to Paul Chitescu for several improvements to the program, 
including:

 * Improved stream handling -- now asynchronous, using timers.

 * New "Break Stream" function.

 * Plug-in is restarted if it tries to re-read the same URL.

 * Several miscellaneous modifications to improve compatibility with 
existing plugins.


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Instructions for compiling

Create a non-MFC Win32 project containing the files socket45.c and
socket45.rc.

The following standard libraries are required:

   kernel32.lib   user32.lib     gdi32.lib
   comdlg32.lib   advapi32.lib   shell32.lib 
   version.lib    comctl32.lib

It is suggested that you add "/fixed:no" to the end of Release Build 
linker options if using VC++ 5.0 or higher.

Header files from Netscape's plug-in SDK are no longer required.

Socket45 was mostly developed using Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0,
but it should be fairly easy to compile with most Windows C compilers.