My product pings the Web Photos Pro website to look for new versions. This works great when the computer the product's running on is connected to the internet, but it hangs for 60 seconds when there's no net connection.
My code looks like this:
set the socketTimeoutInterval to 5000
put URL (getPhotoAlbumUrl() & "downloads/version_info.php") into newVersion
Is there any way I can force a timeout after 5 seconds? Should I be using a non-blocking URL request? Should I be attempting to open a socket directly to do an initial "am I connected to the internet?" request, before making the URL request?
Hi Frank,
I would definitely use a non-blocking request, so the user won't even notice if it is trying & failing.
Try something like:
set the socketTimeoutInterval to 5000
put (getPhotoAlbumUrl() & "downloads/version_info.php") into tURL
load tURL with message gotVersion
Then you need a "gotVersion" handler in the same object:
on gotVersion
put URL (getPhotoAlbumUrl() & "downloads/version_info.php") into newVersion
-- check newVersion & do the usual stuff
end gotVersion
Hope this helps, Sarah
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