I posted the message on the [email protected] mailing list. Anyone interested in the matter should probably subscribe to that list too anyway.
Cosmin Prund Francois Piette wrote: >> This message is a re-post of a message sent to the delphi-talk list. >> > > You should really post your message to ICS support mailing list > ([email protected]). Of course you must first subscribe to the list ! > Please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket. > > >> I'm having some trouble using the THttpCli component from the ICS suite. >> I'm using this component to simply download a document off a web site >> (the "document" might be a configuration file or a compressed DLL file >> or whatever). It mostly works but some times it just stops (gets stuck >> in a state - the last OnChangeState message I'm getting is >> httpDnsLookupDone or httpDnsLookup) and then nothing happens. My >> application's GUI doesn't get stuck because Application's message pump >> is working, but the download doesn't finish ether. Or, if something does >> happen, I know nothing about it... Please note I'm using "GetAsync" to >> get my document. >> > > First of all, be sure to use latest ICS version downloaded from /my/ webite, > and even preferably the last beta which contains all fixes since latest > release. Please goto http://www.overbyte.be to download. > > >> in a state - the last OnChangeState message I'm getting is >> httpDnsLookupDone or httpDnsLookup) and then nothing happens. >> > > Name resolution is done (converting the website hostname to IP address). The > next stage is to connect. It seems that connection doesn't occur whitout > explicit deny from the target website. This may be caused by a target > website which is overflown. You may use a TTimer to implement a timeout > feature and call THttpCli.Abort to make the component stop waiting for the > next thing to do. > > If you need more help, /please/ use ICS support mailing list. There is a > team devoted to answering your questions ("TeamICS") and about one hundred > peoples sharing their knowledges. > > Thanks. > > Contribute to the SSL Effort. Visit http://www.overbyte.be/eng/ssl.html > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Author of ICS (Internet Component Suite, freeware) > Author of MidWare (Multi-tier framework, freeware) > http://www.overbyte.be > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cosmin Prund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Borland's Delphi Discussion List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 4:07 PM > Subject: Help on ICS's HTTP client component > > > >> <NOTE> >> This message is a re-post of a message sent to the delphi-talk list. >> That list seems to be down so I resent the message to this list. (I >> think delphi-talk is down because my message didn't make and no other >> messages made it to the list in November! Check the archives on >> http://www.elists.org/pipermail/delphi/) >> </NOTE> >> >> Hello everyone. >> >> I'm having some trouble using the THttpCli component from the ICS suite. >> I'm using this component to simply download a document off a web site >> (the "document" might be a configuration file or a compressed DLL file >> or whatever). It mostly works but some times it just stops (gets stuck >> in a state - the last OnChangeState message I'm getting is >> httpDnsLookupDone or httpDnsLookup) and then nothing happens. My >> application's GUI doesn't get stuck because Application's message pump >> is working, but the download doesn't finish ether. Or, if something does >> happen, I know nothing about it... Please note I'm using "GetAsync" to >> get my document. >> >> I have posted the unit where all my code resides here: >> http://activari.sediu.ro/mail/UWebUpDown.pas >> Please note: the code will not compile as it requires a few other units, >> but all downloading code is there. >> >> Thanks, >> Cosmin Prund >> _______________________________________________ >> Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] >> http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi >> > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi

