> I am new to ICS. I wish to use the HTTPCli component in a multithreaded > application to test the response from websites. Any thread within the > application may use an HTTPCli object to make such a test.
No problem to do that. Note that you probably don't need to use multithreading to do what you want. In most cases it will only slow down overall operations because the overhead incured switching from thread to thread os likely to be superior to the CPU usage of the component. Use multithreading for your processing or use multithreading if you have a really large number of concurrent components. On thread is enough for 50 or more components if there is no processing done on data. > My preferred approach would be: within a thread, create an HTTPCli object > dynamically using the create method, and set the URL property. Then set > handlers for onDocData, and onRequestDone and retrieve the page using the > Get() function. Use an exception handler to trap any problem with Get(). > > - Do you see any potential problems with this, given that it will occur in a > multithreaded environment? It is OK. Be sure to create the HttpCli component from the thread's Execute method or his events would be handled by the main thread ! TThread constructor run in the context of the main thread. Only Execute run in the created thread context. > - Are there any problems with having multiple HTTPCli objects running in > multiple threads as described? Be sure to access a given HttpCli object from a single thread at a time. Be sure to have a message pump in each of your thread or no event would be triggered. > - Also, do I need to set the multithreaded property to true? Yes, it is the purpose of this property. > Thank you in advance for any assistance you can give. You're welcome. Have a look at the sample programs. -- 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 -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
