Thanks Adam,
I had not tried the NetLibSocketShutDown. I do know however that the remote
socket is being closed because it is a simple thread that dies after data
transmission is complete. I will let you know how it goes.
Thanks again,
Kristopher Keller
Data Collections Unlimited
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From: Adam Wozniak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: Too many TCP connections
> DCU wrote:
>
> > I am developing Socket applications for the palmos. I am currently
having
> > problems with closing a socket, as they do not seem to close with the
> > NetLibCloseSocket command and this eventually creates a problem after 16
> > data transmissions occur. The problem/error they I have is Too Many TCP
> > connections. I am not sure why I get this error since I close the
> > connection after every transmission. There should only be one
connection
> > open at any given time.
>
> I've also seen this.
>
> You may want to try using NetLibSocketShutdown() also, but I could never
find a combination which reliably closed the socket the way
> I expect it to.
>
> I got around it by waiting for the remote end to close the connection.
>
> IMHO, this is a bug in PalmOS, or at the very least a bug/omission in the
documentation.
>
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