SocketWaitForConnection (Function)

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SocketWaitForConnection

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SocketWaitForConnection (Function)

In french: SocketAttendConnexion

Run on the server, this function is used to wait for a connection request coming from the client sockets.

Remarks:

If the client computer is using a WINDEV application to connect to this socket, the connection request is performed by SocketConnect.
UDP socket: SocketWaitForConnection cannot be used with UDP sockets.

To use the sockets on the server, check "Allow server sockets" in the "Advanced" tab of the WEBDEV administrator.

Reminder: A socket is a communication resource used by applications to communicate from one computer to another regardless of the type of network.

Example

// Creates a socket on the server
IF SocketCreate("Server", 8000) = False THEN
Error("Creation error " + ErrorInfo(errMessage))
ELSE
// Manage the connections of the client computers in a thread
ThreadExecute("Thread1", threadNormal, WaitProcedure)
END

INTERNAL PROCEDURE WaitProcedure()
IF SocketWaitForConnection("Server") THEN
Channel is string
// If the connection is accepted,
// this connection is managed in a specific thread
Channel = SocketAccept("Server")
ThreadExecute(Channel, threadNormal, ProcedureManagement, Channel)
ELSE
IF NOT SocketExist("Server") THEN
BREAK
END
END
END

Syntax

<Result> = SocketWaitForConnection(<Socket name> [, <Maximum timeout>])

<Result>: Boolean

True: a new request for connection is pending.
False: no request for connection was detected.

<Socket name>: Character string

Name of the server socket that waits for the connection.
Caution: The socket name is case sensitive.

<Maximum timeout>: Optional integer or optional Duration

Maximum timeout (in milliseconds).
This function is a blocking function during the specified duration or until a connection request is detected.
If this parameter is not specified, the function locks the application until the next attempt to connect.
Remark: if this function is used in multi-thread mode, the function only locks the thread in which it is called.
This parameter can correspond to:
an integer corresponding to the number of milliseconds,
a Duration variable,
the duration in a readable format (e.g., 1 s or 10 ms).

Remarks

Required permissions

The call to this function modifies the permissions required by the application.
Required permission : INTERNET
This permission allows the applications to open the network sockets.

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