Re: [twsocket] New IcsThread demo shows how to use ICS in a thread (Windows and OS X)

Arno said It's done, I just checked in the new IcsThread demo (ICS-V8 Beta). It's located in folder PlatformDemos and in xSamples.groupproj. Will be also available in next ICS-V8 Beta Snapshot ZIP. http://wiki.overbyte.be/wiki/index.php/ICS_Download Super Arno, thanks for taking the time to do

Re: [twsocket] TWSocket in thread in FireMonkey HD app for future crossplatform target

Yes. In Windows anyway and in Posix there's Window's messaging emulated (as it's needed to not change ICS' source code too much). In Posix a thread doesn't have to call GetMessage(), PeekMessage() that's the major difference. Unfortunately there's not yet a FMX threaded demo available, I'll

[twsocket] TWSocket in thread in FireMonkey HD app for future cross platform target

Hello. I am building some test FireMonkey HD apps in Dephi/RAD Studio XE3 using ICS that I am hoping will eventually build cross platform to Mac. There are two apps, one is a server and the other a client, and they will exchange some large amounts of data. When they are running on the

Re: [twsocket] Plans for ICS and iOS?

That was my plan last year, but then EMB crippled Delphi for their NextGen compiler IMO. Looking at XE3's source code it becomes clear that there will be no more Pointers, only one string type etc.. in NextGen which seemed to be required for their already announced mobil studio. So I for one

[twsocket] Plans for ICS and iOS?

Hello. Now that ICS supports both Windows and MAC OS X via FireMonkey (FM2), do you have any plans to support iOS targets in the future as well? Or, are you waiting for the future XE3/4/5.2 or whatever that will eventually include the new native non-Win target compilers? Thanks much. and

Re: [twsocket] Should next ICS version support anything before Delphi XE ?

Hey... Still maintain some stuff in D2007 with ICS. All new development in XE2. Bug fixes are fine for older D2007, so don't care about new development with D2007. However, DESPERATELY want to see a good socket solution for XE2. :) Regards... Hoby -Original Message- From:

Re: [twsocket] Season's greetings

Francois said: Merry Christmas Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone from Denver, Colorado! :) Hoby -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be

Re: [twsocket] SSL is broke?

Dave says... Seems good old SSL is after all susceptable to some sort of Man In The Middle atack. tireless-OT-ihatetheweb-ranting Thanks for the link Dave. While this issue is in the process of being addressed by the various providers, it is still one of the MANY reasons why I abandoned the

Re: [twsocket] Popup

Hi guys, I have seen the same pop up as well. I have seen them for a while as well. I was quite surprised when I first started seeing them. I use IE 8 and have like 3 popup blockers, but the popups still come up. Specifically, when I first load the site, popups try to load, but my blockers

Re: [twsocket] Website hacked?

I have removed Motigo counter. Could you check if you still see the popup (Strangely, I don't see it from here). Hey, Francois... That seems to have done it for me... Thanks much! Hoby -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto

Re: [twsocket] Popup

Francois... This allows me to earn a little bit of money... I don't begrudge that at all! You (and the team) greatly deserve it. Your ICS components have helped me tremendously and made my life much easier. May you receive the prosperity of a million clicks! ... If that is worth anything?...

Re: [twsocket] OT: Was Re: ICS V7 for Delphi and C++ Builder 2010

SZ said... I am quite sure 2 years ago in a roadmap pdf I read mentioning of 64-bit support for BCB which should imply the same for the underlying Delphi. I also recall asking it here and elsewhere and getting answers accordingly. Yes, I distinctly remember it being on a roadmap quite a while

Re: [twsocket] Simple SMTP text emails rejected for virus or spam

Francois said... 1- You should try to send the email, with the exact same program, from another computer (or even several computers) using another ISP 2- It is likely that - despite what they say - your IP or hostname is blacklisted. Thanks for the input Francois. I have indeed tested by

Re: [twsocket] Ipv6

Arno said... If ICS shall not die very soon it has to be implemented anyway! Wow! Scared of that statement! What do you mean by that? Is ICS in danger of going away? -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto

Re: [twsocket] Simple SMTP text emails rejected for virus or spam

Well, I finally resolved this issue. What a pain. In the end, the problem was just character data that GoDaddy didn't like. It would have been nice if their SMTP response had said something like, Invalid character data detected, instead of, Rejected due to spam or virus content. But, maybe I

[twsocket] Simple SMTP text emails rejected for virus or spam

Hello, everyone... Any input on this would be really appreciated. I have a processing service that generates very simple SMTP notifications to customers. Basically, these are system alerts about item due dates, etc. I am using ICS TSyncSMTPCli v2.5 to send the messages with. I simply set

Re: [twsocket] IP V6

Paul for those interested http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/itdojo/?p=262tag=nl.e101 Sweet! Thanks... :) -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be

[twsocket] OT RE: EAccessViolations when Posting Data to a HTTPServer

A little OT... :) Brian said... do you know about madExcept No, I didn't. Sweet! Thanks. :) Dod said... or EurekaLog (not free but more powerfull and reliable... Wow, also sweet! Thanks! I got to get out more... :) OT Question: Why is EurekaLog more powerful and reliable than

Re: [twsocket] breakpoint in NTDll

Wilfried said... NTdll.DBGBreakPoint int 3 ret What OS and version? I can't remember exactly what version it was, but I seem to recall that, quite some time ago, MS accidentally released a WinSock (or some related DLL) build into production that still had a hard break in it from one

Re: [twsocket] Proposal to replace TIniFile by TRegIniFile in allv7 demo applic

@Angus said... I use a CONFIG suffix so the OS does not mess with my files. Angus, can you please elaborate on that? I am not sure what you are referring to. Sounds like a way to keep Vista from virtualizing files? Thanks... Hoby -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket

Re: [twsocket] Proposal to replace TIniFile by TRegIniFile in allv7 demo applic

Angus said... and called them .config, but that was probably a red herring, sorry Yeah, virtualization I get. Sorry, thought you were eluding to some super secret Microsoft convention for telling Vista to ignore a file using config in some magical way (name, reg key, etc). That would have

[twsocket] OT RE: I wan't to stop the server from listening then start it

Francois... Note that I understand that each one has difference preferences for his development environment. I only explain how I work. Thanks for the info on your package approach, Francois. Interesting approach that I hadn't thought of. Two questions... 1. Would you use this approach

Re: [twsocket] Magenta Systems File Transfer Components v2.4 and v3.0 for ICS V6 and V7

Angus... Magenta Systems File Transfer Components are copyrighted software but may be used without cost. Wow... Thanks! -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at

Re: [twsocket] Early web server response [OT]

DZ-Jay said... coercing HTTP as the de facto standard protocol for all communications in the Internet (as a lot of people are trying to make it) is stupid. There are better transfer protocols out there. Preach it! The Commodore 64 implemented better protocols... ;) But this is a rant for

Re: [twsocket] FTP client supports Utf-8 in ICSv7 now

Double Ditto! Thanks much... :) From: Francois Piette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Angus and I added UTF-8 support to the TFtpCli V7. I think Angus and Arno deserve a BIG thank from all of us for the huge work they've done supporting internationalisation in FTP component. Thanks guys ! -- To

Re: [twsocket] Low cache size problem and an announcement

We just made our shareware IQ Web/FTP Server freeware! Sweet! Thanks for letting us know... :) Hoby -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be

Re: [twsocket] ICS in New York, Seattle, San Diego and San Francisco

Starting next week, I start a tour in the USA to visit my customers... Bummer! All too far from me. Actually, with the current price of gas, I think across the street may be too far for me ... ;) Oh well, I would love to have met you. Hope you have a great trip in the states! -- To

Re: [twsocket] Force UDP source port when sending

Hello Dod... Just to be clear about UDP behavior... This only worked because your transmission pattern is based on a single packet exchange. That pattern basically results in a virtual ack/nack process, which orders data by default. UDP is not only unreliable, it is also inherently UNORDERED.

Re: [twsocket] AN: New e-mail protocol (spam free and more!)

would also be hard and this might hammer adoption globally. We have customers who study and stress test for 29 days to understand how our caching and then decide to buy at the end of the trial period! Regards, SZ On 2/7/08, Hoby Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, IMNSHO (In My Not So Humble

Re: [twsocket] AN: New e-mail protocol (spam free and more!)

Actually, IMNSHO (In My Not So Humble Opinion), binary protocols make much smarter sense for binary machines. Even with the discrepancies of the various flavors of binary formats (big vs little endian, etc), it is WAY MORE EFFICIENT for binary machines to use binary protocols than to interpret

Re: [twsocket] AN: New e-mail protocol (spam free and more!)

Go David. As a disclaimer, I admit that I am seriously biased, since I am probably the only nerd on the planet that thinks Tim Berners Lee should be shot for giving us the stupid web trash we have now, or perhaps it is the large corporate interests to blame that determined for their own

Re: [twsocket] SMTP Component not ready

I am sure this is not relevant, but just in case... You do realize that you have the address spelled wrong below? I imagine it should be smtp, not smpt? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan M. Freedman Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008

Re: [twsocket] TWSocketServer and backlog

, because I had so many problems getting TWSocketThrdServer to run properly (due to my own lack of experience with this sort of thing). Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. dZ. On Nov 28, 2007, at 18:47, Hoby Smith wrote: H... If it is taking your system 5 to 7 MINUTES

Re: [twsocket] Webserver only with local connections

--- Original Message --- From: Hoby Smith[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12/4/2007 12:05:56 PM To : twsocket@elists.org Cc : Subject : RE: Re: [twsocket] Webserver only with local connections George... Fundamentally, there are really only two ways to constrain inbound connections

Re: [twsocket] TWSocketServer and backlog

FYI... I ran into an issue with some test code I wrote a few months ago, which related to the backlog setting, as well as the annoying issue with Winsock running out of local ports. In my test, I was attempting to see how many connections could be handled by a particular process over a period of

Re: [twsocket] TWSocketServer and backlog

that TWSocketServer is taking too long to process incoming connections, as many connections can be queued in the backlog while its instantiating the client and dupping the socket. Any thoughts on this? -dZ. --- Original Message --- From: Hoby Smith[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11/28/2007 5

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

Great document! Thanks! Great timing for me, too. I have been working the last several days on trying to come up to speed on some Vista development issues and that was a great help. BTW, since you brought it up... ;) Can I ask a related question? If it is OT, then perhaps you can direct me to

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

Can you supply references to the white papers you mentioned? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dod Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:29 AM To: ICS support mailing Subject: Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi Hello

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

Delphi From: Hoby Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have just got a new Vista Laptop (since you can't get anything else now) and am having the worst time trying to run BDS 2006 on it. Why not run it in a virtual machine? Load up a VM with XP, install BDS 2006 and there ya go... Woody (TMW

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

Thanks, but no it doesn't. I also added rights to standard user account for appropriate subdirectories (bin, ObjResp). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dod Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:09 AM To: ICS support mailing Subject: Re:

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Time Bandit Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 3:44 PM To: ICS support mailing Subject: Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi On Nov 13, 2007 3:23 PM, Hoby Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, installing

Re: [twsocket] TWSocket Digest, Vol 234, Issue 6

Thanks Francois. I will try to see if I can figure out why my client tester isn't processing messages and remove the ProcessMessages call. I agree, this is obviously a symptom of the underlying problem. However, TWSocketServer does not have what I need for these tests. I am not wanting to know

Re: [twsocket] Problems writing tester with connection counts

Hello, again, Francois. Thanks for the additional input. Please forgive me, I don't mean to be pesty, but I am confused by how I could be reinventing the wheel?!?! Obviously, the challenge with exchanging information via this email format is that I am quite limited as to the scope of detail I

Re: [twsocket] Problems writing tester with connection counts

Thanks much. I will look through it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Fastream Technologies Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 7:54 AM To: ICS support mailing Subject: Re: [twsocket] Problems writing tester with connection counts One additional

[twsocket] Problems writing tester with connection counts

Hello... I am really stumped. I am attempting to write some testing applications that will test the performance of some TCP/IP transport components that I have written. My components use TWSocket components for the TCP/IP interface and implement an encrypted, packetizing stream over TCP/IP.

[twsocket] OT... RE: Register your ICS !

OT... Ok, I comin' clean! I am an evil procrastinator that needs to register my ICS. I repent of my procrastination and (once again) commit to send a post card out shortly... :) In my defense, I intend to join PA (Procrastinators Anonymous) soon, tomorrow maybe?!?! Wait... I'm busy tomorrow,

[twsocket] Question regarding Delphi 2007

Hello all. This might be a bit Off Topic. However, since Francois mentioned D2007, I hope you don't mind if I ask a more specific question regarding D2007. You mentioned that it is fast and reliable product. I was wondering if it is any better regarding resource usage than D2006?

Re: [twsocket] Very strange problem with server and client software [thanks]...

Hello. Just wanted to say thanks for the great input over the weekend! I will consider the input. Francois, you are right, that particular part of the initial handshaking exchange probably is a flaw in the implementation, although it is a requirement in the protocol design. In the

[twsocket] Very strange problem with server and client software...

Hello. I am experiencing some very strange symptoms with some programs that communicate using ICS. Summary: The programs communicate fine (stable and consistent) when they are run on DIFFERENT machines. However, when run on the SAME machine, the communication between the programs is very

Re: [twsocket] Very strange problem with server and client software...

Thanks for the info guys... :) I assumed the issue must somehow be related to sequencing issues impacted by the faster, local speeds, although exactly how I wasn't sure. On further testing, I have discovered something of interest. After setting the TWSocketServer MultiThreaded property to

Re: [twsocket] Very strange problem with server and client software [solution]...

Hello. Well, ultimately, here is my solution. This appears to work 99.9% of the time, maybe 100%. There was one failure, but not sure if it was a related problem... ;) Oddly, turning on the TWSocket MultiThreaded property tends to alleviate the majority of symptoms. As I understand, the only