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i grabbed the code below in a post you suggested.  this is the method i used
originally, and it had the same result. the data being transmitted by the
server (as being detected by a network analyzer) was always in packets less
than or equal to 1514 bytes.
you said "Only process packets when your buffer contains full packets." i
don't know what that means. how do i know whether or not i have received a
full packet? particularly in my problem case in which i have received
something larger than 1514.

      int receivelength = Socket->ReceiveLength();

        if ( receivelength > 0 )
                {
                int n_received = Socket->ReceiveBuf ( buf, receivelength );


                //and n_received == receivelength always!
                }

(posted by Hans.)

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"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in message
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> "Gary Johnson" <gjohnson@cinele.com> wrote in message
> news:42375d21$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
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> > on two different runs, the buffer size was 2760 and 5840 bytes.
>
> Was that much data actually being transmitted to begin with?  Those look
> like reasonable amounts of data for socket packets.
>
> >         bufferLengthInBytes = Socket->ReceiveLength();
> >         while(bufferLengthInBytes < Socket->ReceiveLength())
> >             bufferLengthInBytes = Socket->ReceiveLength();
>
> That is not the correct way to handle things!  You should only be calling
> ReceiveLength() *once*, and then reading however many bytes it says are
> actually available, and then exit the event handler, waiting for the event
> to be triggered again later to read more data.  If you do not read a full
> packet, then you must buffer whatever data you did read, and then wait for
> the event to be triggered again to add more data to the buffer.  Only
> process packets when your buffer contains full packets.  Please go to
> http://www.deja.com and do a search through the newsgroup archives.
Sample
> code for proper buffering has been posted many times before.
>
>
> Gambit
>
>