Jack Skelley wrote on 2011-11-14: > Good Evening All: > I'm using mswinsock.ocx on 2 forms in VFP9. One is the client on a Windows 7 x64 box and the other is the server on an XP box. MS has an example of this. When I connect it works as expected. > But when the Win 7 box is the server and XP box is the client and I click connect from the XP box the connection times out. > It's obvious that the connection is being refused by the Windows 7 box. But how do I fix this? > I looked at the firewall settings on the Windows 7 box and disabled all but still no connection is possible. > I'm trying to set up a remote connection via TCP so I can control a video player in a remote location. It works ok when the XP box is listening to the port and complete control is there but not the other way around. > Thanks for any help. > Regards, > > Jack Skelley
Jack, I've not tried going from XP to Win7 in a while. Guest talking to Server on Win7 machine works locally. If you have a security suite on the Win7 system, it might have its own firewall that is interfering. Tracy Pearson PowerChurch Software _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
