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"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in message 
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> "Zoetjuh" <peter@i-hate-spam.zoetjuh.demon.nl> wrote in message
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>> void __fastcall TForm1::IdTCPServer1Execute(TIdPeerThread *AThread)
>> {
>> ShowMessage( AThread->Connection->ReadLnWait(100) );
>> }
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> Do not use ShowMessage() like that.  The OnExecute event is triggered in the
> context of a worker thread, not the main VCL thread.  ShowMessage() displays
> a VCL form, which will not work property from any thread other than the main
> VCL thread because the VCL is not thread-safe.  Use MessageBox() instead,
> which is thread-safe.

I know, maybe that was a very bad example, but I needed *some* command to point 
out that the Connection really returnes NULL.
Nothing more, noting less...

>
> Also, it looks like you are trying to specify a timeout value to
> ReadLnWait(), is that correct?  IF so, then you need to use ReadLn() instead
> of ReadLnWait(), as ReadLnWait()'s parameter is not a timeout to begin with.
>
>> However, nomatter what I try, The "Connection" is always NULL.
>
> That is not possible.  The Connection property is valid for the lifetime of
> the socket that is bound to the TIdPeerThread.  There is no way for
> OnExecute to trigger with a NULL Connection property.  The Connection is
> assigned before OnExecute is triggered for the first time, and not freed
> until OnExecute is triggered for the last time.  There is no in-between.
>
>
> Gambit
>
>

Check http://www.zoetjuh.demon.nl/isnull.jpg
It's there... :(