Complete Delphi n00b Needs some questions answered!

[silentcorp]

I am working on a project where we use standard ASCII commands to send signals to door-card readers at specific ip addresses. I am not familiar with Delphi and am looking for an app that I can build a tiny util that will have a bunch of buttons each designated to a certain ascii command, that when pressed will send that command to a certain specified ip addy.

Would Delphi be the correct app to use? I am going through a bunch of tutorials now however I have not seen anything about using Delphi to make connections over a TCP/IP connection.

Any begginer help/ideas?

Thanks a ton!

 

[sggaunt]

Delphi 6 and above come with a set of componets called Indy, these are designed to do the sort of things you need.

idTCPServer and idTCPClient will handle TCP/IP protocols.
There are some demos in the Demos/Indy folder.



Steve [The sane]: Delphi a feersum engin indeed.

 

[silentcorp]

Thanks a ton, I'll look into that Indy program now. If I happen to create a little bit of code and have issues can I continue to ask them here, or is this a non-n00b forum?

Thanks again.

 

[lespaul]

oh no, this is NOT a non-n00b forum....I have lots of newbie question that I've asked in the past...

post away!


Leslie

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The Fundamentals of Relational Database Design
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[Stretchwickster]

If I happen to create a little bit of code and have issues can I continue to ask them here, or is this a non-n00b forum?

That's exactly the attitude we like.

We always encourage people to have a go at:
- writing/debugging their own code
- reading the FAQs here
- searching the web
...before posting here.

Provided you've done a bit of leg-work, we are happy to assist you in resolving any issues. However, we are not a help-desk forum!

Leslie is right, this is certainly not a forum for experts only. To be honest, we all had to start somewhere and many of us are self taught.

Clive

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