mrk_raj
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Socket Programming
Hai experts,
I have a small socket application in which ,when I try to send some text to the other end of the connection using the following code, fails to reach the destination..
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender
begin
ClientSocket1.Active:=True
ClientSocket1.Socket.SendT
end;
I have set the ClientSocket1.Active as False at design time and the ClientType as ctNonBlocking.If the socket is already active (Open) then there will not be any problem.When we click the button for the first time the the contents of the Memo does not reach the other end of the connection.If we try agian then there will not be any problem.
I have a small socket application in which ,when I try to send some text to the other end of the connection using the following code, fails to reach the destination..
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender
begin
ClientSocket1.Active:=True
ClientSocket1.Socket.SendT
end;
I have set the ClientSocket1.Active as False at design time and the ClientType as ctNonBlocking.If the socket is already active (Open) then there will not be any problem.When we click the button for the first time the the contents of the Memo does not reach the other end of the connection.If we try agian then there will not be any problem.
The problem is that you use non-blocking (acynchrouious) socket. That means, that you send some command and imidiately receive back the control. But the command ("connect", in your case) needs some time to execute. So that's why you can't send the strings - you're not connected yet. You should wait until the connection is established. The second time you try, the connection is already established and you send the strings successfully
FrodoBeggins is correct that you need to wait for the connection to complete. You can tell when you have a good connection by using the OnConnect event in your TClientSocket component. If this is the only thing you are sending, put the ClientSocket1.Socket.SendT
Eric
Eric
have a look at the "chat" demo under delphi\demos\internet\chat
ysd
ysd
SendText is a function, look it up in the help file. It will return 0 if it succeeded, so that you have to retry until your text got out if you don't get 0 as result. Actually, what's happening is that the connection is still being made when you're already sending text, making the send fail.
An easy fix could be this:
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender
begin
ClientSocket1.Active:=True
while ClientSocket1.Socket.SendT
Sleep(100); //wait some to let connection establish
end;
An easy fix could be this:
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender
begin
ClientSocket1.Active:=True
while ClientSocket1.Socket.SendT
Sleep(100); //wait some to let connection establish
end;
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i have tested my example and that worked...
In my opinion, most experts have contributed information which should have been useful to solve the problem.
I assume that you can establish a connectioin between the clientsocket and the serversocket. If you do, then try sending the memotext line by line, i.e.
ClientSocket1.Socket.SendT
that will send the last line entered in the memo. Or have a for loop to send all the lines in the memo one by one.
I hope this helps.
ysd