Hello James, ICS uses non-blocking sockets: http://wiki.overbyte.be/wiki/index.php/Asynchronous_Paradigm
-- Arno Garrels [TeamICS] http://www.overbyte.be/eng/overbyte/teamics.html james osborne wrote: > I'm trying to write my own nntp newsreader. what i want to do is > create code for the buttonclick event to connect, authenticate and > download a list of all newsgroups on my news server. I call the > connect function then try to get the LastResponse from the nntp > control then check for 200 if i find it then call authenticate() > the problem is LastResponse is empty. I tried > Application->ProcessMessages() after the connect() function call but > that doesn't help. > > > StatusBar1->SimpleText = "connecting"; > NntpCli1->Host = "news.giganews.com"; > NntpCli1->Connect(); > response = NntpCli1->LastResponse; //response is empty here?? > if(response.Pos("200")) > { > > NntpCli1->UserName = "gn382536"; > NntpCli1->PassWord = "st10nump"; > NntpCli1->Authenticate(); > } -- 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
