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Re: TIdTCPClient connect timeout problem

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:54
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"Dennis Jones" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Ah, thank you...so "Socket Error 10061" (connection refused) is an
OS error

Yes.  An "Socket Error" is an error code that the OS reported for a
given operation.

> that Indy doesn't take into consideration.

Yes, it does.  It just ignores it, because it doesn't need to do
anything with it.

> is there a way to say, "Keep trying to connect and don't give up
> for at least X ms?"

You have to implement that in your own code, such as by calling
Connect() in a loop until the desired duration elapses.

> I'd prefer to have it keep trying for some period of time

There is nothing in Indy for that.

> Or must I manually poll the server until my desired timeout expires?

Yes.


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