initialization of TCP/IP sockets (ports) in Foxpro 2.6

[orakama]

Hi,
Am in the process of developing an interface which is supposed to initialise or open a TCP/IP socket (port). can anybody provide sample syntax to do this in foxpro 2.6. any other tips will be welcome. Thanks guys.

Joseph

 

[DSummZZZ]

Hmmm. That's a pretty tall order for Foxpro 2.x.
Is there any possibility you can use a newer version of Fox, like VFP 7 or 8?


-Dave Summers-

Even more Fox stuff at:

http://www.davesummers.net/foxprolinks.htm

 

[orakama]

Hi dave,
the program we are running is developed in Fox 2.6. are there any possibilities here.

Joseph

 

[orakama]

Hi again Dave,
please supply sample code on how it can be achieved in VFP 7.

Thanks

 

[rgbean]

Joseph,
At the risk of stepping on Dave's response, I'll suggest reading

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315124

- "SAMPLE: Use the Winsock ActiveX Control with Visual FoxPro".

Rick

 

[DSummZZZ]

Rick,

At the risk of stepping on Dave's response...

As far as I'm concerned, if you get the opportunity to help someone out before I get a chance to get back to the forum, they get an answer faster. I don't mind.

Joseph,
If you go to the "Microsoft: VFP -General Coding Issues" forum here:

http://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=184

and do a search on WinSock, you'll find many threads.

Also, follow the link in my signature and feel free to download some of the examples on my web site and take a look. You may find some of them useful.

As an option, you may be able to make a VFP COM server to relay messages back and forth from/to a table or file which can be read by Fox 2.x.

-Dave Summers-

Even more Fox stuff at:

http://www.davesummers.net/foxprolinks.htm

 

[rgbean]

Dave,
Actually I knew that, I just forgot to add the ! I agree that providing an answer (at the risk of disturbing the continuity) is always a good idea rather than leaving the questioner "hanging". I've occasionally had to be out of the office for a couple days and appreciate when someone has handled "my" messages.

Rick

 

[orakama]

Hi guys,
I finally decided to tackle the problem in VFP 8.
Can you help me out here
How to initialise the connection on a port (Server side)
how to read through that port
How to send through the same port.
prgs woould be really helpfull here.
Thanks

 

[rgbean]

Have you gone to and searched the "Microsoft: VFP -General Coding Issues" forum as Dave suggested? Have you checked his web site?

Rick

 

[DSummZZZ]

This is a question better continued in the VFP forum. Unfortunately, there are not many examples of .prg based code.
There are some examples of usage with a form, and you are more than welcome to take a look at some of the examples I have on my website.
But post the question anyway, and I'm sure you'll get some good responses for .prg code.


-Dave Summers-

Even more Fox stuff at:

http://www.davesummers.net/foxprolinks.htm