ANT Application Notes

The documentation given in these pages is primarily of a technical nature, and is not a replacement for either the manual supplied with the Internet Suite, or the Internet Suite FAQ which answers many common questions that our support department is asked.

Disclaimer

Although I regularly review the documentation provided here, I offer no warranty either express or implied with respect to the InetSuite software or documentation, its quality, performance, or fitness for a particular purpose. As a result these documents are made available 'as is' and in using them you are assuming the entire risk as to their quality and suitability.

Application Notes

URL broadcast mechanism
"When an application wishes for a URL to be opened but does not know how to, it should broadcast a WIMP message, falling back to a *URLOpen_<scheme> command."
DNS resolver module SWI interface
"The Resolver relocatable module provides the following SWI calls for use by network applications wishing to perform DNS/Hosts file name lookups."
MIME encoding of RISCOS files
"Defines a standard MIME content-subtype for adding RISCOS file attachments to email messages."
Mapping between MIME types and RISCOS filetypes
"The MimeMap module provides a central service for mapping between RISC OS file types, MIME content types and 'dot' extensions to file names."
Fresco Plug-In Protocol
"Provided by Acorn's website, the Acorn Plug-In Protocol for writing RISC OS applications that can run inside a web browser HTML page."

Source code

URL launcher - BASIC
Example program that launches a URL for other applications to pick up on. Spark archive [2200 bytes].
DNS examples - BASIC
Set of example programs to use the DNS resolver module. Spark archive [1810 bytes].
Mail delivery program - C
Source to the !InetSuite.Internet.Bin.Deliver program to demonstrate use of processing email with extensions to the !InetSuite application. Spark archive [6332 bytes].

Other documents

InetSuite Support
Product registration, free product upgrades, Internet Suite FAQ, customer mailing lists & contacting InetSuite support (email & fax).
Third party packages
The RISC OS Internet Suite can be used with a wide range of networking software in the public domain or available from other companies. These pages list useful PD/shareware packages, and demonstration versions of commercial programs.
Registered URLs, and URL Compatible Applications
List of URL schemes registered, and the RISCOS applications that can use them. This includes both commercial and PD/shareware packages.
Internet Filetypes & icons
Internet-related RISCOS filetypes, with their icons.

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