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> "Curt" <noemailaddress> wrote in message
> news:42fe315e@newsgroups.borland.com...
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> > This code works well when the TIdThreadComponent is initially
> > set to "Active=true" in the IDE however if the Active property is
> > initially set to "false" then I get an access violation.  Can someone
> > please tell me why ?
>

> "Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in message
news:42fe4c66$3@newsgroups.borland.com...

> You cannot access the Stopped property before Start() has been called.
> Stopped accesses an internal TIdThread object that is created when Start()
> is called.  The same goes for pretty much every other property and method
of
> TIdThreadComponent.  Call Start() first before accessing anything else.
>
>
> Gambit
>
>

Great ! that works.  I put a call to Start() in Form1->OnCreate(), but I
want to have the thread "started" in a suspended state.  The best way I can
think of is to call Start() and then immediately call Stop() but I am
guessing that this is not the accepted way.