>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > I chose Metakit because: > 1/ it is an excellent library that perfectly suits my needs. > 2/ it's open source and the author has very good reputation of seriousness > (hence my disappointment). >
What you have run up against is the real evil of the proprietary nature of the dominant desktop operating system. The bug, if that's what it is, is in Windows: it does not cater for the generality of use to which it may be put, which involves a lot of us in chasing round finding fixes for our applications (and making damn sure we never never never *trust* Windows to behave as expected). I just spent the best part of a week fixing some of our own code that broke, after several years of flawless use, because the customer started running software built for Win2000 on XP SP2. Nothing to do with MetaKit, same code on various Unices and everything from MS-DOS 2.0 to Win2000 has run with no such error for 18 years. If I had had the source to Windows, that is what I would have patched. As it is, Micro$oft attempt to make the world revolve around them, to conform to their choices and pettifogging 'philosophy'. So I had to write a workaround, which complicates my code unnecessarily. My experience in general with Windows networking (and other aspects of it as an OS) is that you should never trust it not to cache what you would rather it did not cache, to cache what you expect it to cache, or not to have undisclosed limitation, flaws and "features". I tend to agree with jcw that data sharing over a network is best done using a client-server approach: there are too many lines of code you will never get to see in between otherwise, and trusting them without checking is perilous. And please cut the histrionics. This is a courteous mutual assistance forum. Those of us who consume more than we are able to supply owe at least a certain politesse, not to say gratitude, for the generosity of others. -- Steve Blinkhorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _____________________________________________ Metakit mailing list - Metakit@equi4.com http://www.equi4.com/mailman/listinfo/metakit
