POCO C++ Libraries

An important patch for the 1.4.3 release is available. In 1.4.3, Poco::Util::WinRegistryKey used a function (RegDeleteKeyEx) not available on Windows XP 32-bit (it is available starting with WinXP 64-bit SP3). This prevented applications using ... [More] WinRegistryKey (or ServerApplication, which uses this class) from running on Windows XP. Bug report is here. This has been fixed in 1.4.3p1, [...] [Less]

Release 1.4.3 of the POCO C++ Libraries is now available. This release contains new features and various improvements and bugfixes. Notable new features are support for HTTP Digest authentication (contributed by Anton V. Yabchinskiy) and WebSockets ... [More] (RFC 6455). As always, the CHANGELOG has all the details. Upgrading is recommended for all users of previous releases. [Less]

We are proud to introduce our latest product, built with POCO: my-devices.net. my-devices.net is a web and cloud-based platform enabling secure remote access to the built-in web server of smart devices such as industrial automation systems, smart ... [More] home devices, monitoring and control systems for heating, solarthermal or photovoltaic plants, and similar systems. With my-devices.net, any device [...] [Less]

At this year’s Embedded Software Engineering Kongress (5-9 December, Sindelfingen, Germany) I’ll give an introductory workshop to POCO. The workshop, titled “Get Connected mit C++ und Open-Source-Bibliotheken” will be on Monday, December 5, from ... [More] 14:00 to 17:30. Like the entire event, the workshop will be in German language. For more information, please see here. [Less]

This release fixes issues for some users caused by a change to Poco::SharedLibrary (use of RTLD_DEEPBIND on Linux). This change has been reverted. Instead, overloads to load() and the constructor are provided that allow flags being passed to the ... [More] loader. One of the flags currently supported in SHLIB_LOCAL, resulting in dlopen() being called with RTLD_LOCAL [...] [Less]

Release 1.4.2 of the POCO C++ Libraries is now available. This release contains bugfixes, some performance improvements and a few new features. As always, the CHANGELOG has all the details. Upgrading is recommended for all users of 1.4.1. Special thanks to Marian Krivos for his help in getting the release ready.

The SVN branch for the upcoming 1.4.2 release has been created today. It already contains a few improvements and bugfixes (see CHANGELOG) and more will be added in the coming days so that we will have a release in the second week of July if everything goes well.

We will organize a get-together for POCO developers and users on July 6 in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Meet the POCO team from Applied Informatics and fellow POCO users at the Kubus im Forum am Schlosspark, starting at 19:00, to talk about all things related to POCO. Please reply to this post or send us a short [...]

Applied Informatics, the company behind POCO, is this year’s winner of Austrian’s prestigious Constantinus Award in the Open Source category. For its customer, PSP GmbH, Applied Informatics together with electronics specialist Alexander Lechner ... [More] developed a new, highly innovative BWIM (Bridge Weigh In Motion) System. The system is used for strain measurements on road bridges and, [...] [Less]