Dr. Hawkins <dochawk@...> writes: > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 2:13 PM, <dunbarx@...> wrote: > > Would the "openSockets" function do what you need? Not as direct as what > >OS9 could do, but those days are over. And I am sure there must be an > >appleScript gadget that could query the network. > > But that only handles connections already open, doesn't it? > > What I'm really looking at is a laptop that spends some of its time in > the office, but also goes to court, where an attorney may want to make > time entries. > > At that point, I'd like the laptop to simply figure out where it is > without waiting for a timeout.
I think the ping-once method is going to give you the best results. If you *know* that the laptop has an open socket then you migh try open socket to ipaddress:socket with message "ItsAlive" Barring that, I think the NSA can tell you exactly where a laptop is. -- Mark Wieder [email protected] _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
