Need TCP Write Stream. vi to run fp_ftp.vi

Hi,
I my application, I want a Fieldpoint RT module to put files on a ftp server on our network. The ft_ftp.vi could be helpful, but while loading it stops claiming that the TCP Write Stream.vi is lacking on my system. I did not find this vi, neither on my PC or elsewhere on the internet.
Please help me to locate this vi,
Thanks,
Frederik

Dear sir,
To use the TCP Write Stream VI you need to have the LabVIEW Internet Toolkit installed.
This toolkit is an additional function librabry for LabVIEW which need to be bought seperately.
Please refer to following article for more info.
Additional information and pricing about the LabVIEW Internet Toolkit is available here.
If you LabVIEW license is part of a Developer Suite, than the Internet Toolkit is included with this software bundle.
Best regards,
Joeri
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Joeri
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All of this has worked fine for several years, but as the system is growing (more devices, more channels, more code), a problem has cropped up: the two ends are occasionally getting out of synch.
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I don't believe that's happening. Most of the messages are fewer than 20 bytes payload, the data block is 1600 or so, I see no evidence for such a thing to happen.
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Unfortunately, I am not checking the error return from TCP write, since it never failed in my testing here (I know, twenty lashes for me).
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I suspect, but the logs don't prove, that the point of failure is when they hit the DONE button. The general CPU usage on the PXI is 2-5% but at that point there are 12-15 DAQ domain managers to be shutting down, so the instantaneous CPU load is high. If that happens to coincide with a message going out, well, maybe the problem crops up. It doesn't happen every time.
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