Library: TCP/IP client and server support (OMTCP) Import: omtcp.xmd

Return type: tcp-connection Returns:

Declaration

define external tcp.connection function tcp.connect
       on value string HostName
       at value integer PortNum
  timeout value integer ms 	(optional)

Argument definitions

HostName

is the name or IP address of the host to be connected to.

PortNum

is the port to be connected to.

ms

is how long the function will attempt to make connection before aborting, expressed in milliseconds.

Use tcp.connect in a client program to establish a connection to a server program that is running on a specific host machine and port.

Requirements

The address supplied for HostName must be valid (else external exception TCP01).

The port number must fall between 0 and 65535 (else external exception TCP14).

Usage

If the connection cannot be made for any reason, the function throws external exception TCP08.

If the timeout value is specified it applies only to the wait for the connection. If the timeout is exceeded, the connection fails.

If the timeout is not specified, tcp.connect "blocks" until a connection is made or some other cause of failure is encountered.

Example

  import "omtcp.xmd" prefixed by tcp.
  
  process
     local tcp.connection client
  
     set client to tcp.connect to "123.123.123.45" on 5600

Related Topics tcp.connection tcp.disconnect tcp.writer tcp.get-string tcp.peer-ip tcp.peer-name tcp.reader tcp.wait-for-input tcp.is-connected tcp.put-string tcp.set-buffering tcp.terminate-reader

Other Library Functions tcp.accept-connection tcp.connect tcp.connection tcp.create-service tcp.destroy-service tcp.disconnect tcp.end-delimited tcp.get-string tcp.is-connected tcp.multi-packet tcp.omtcp-version tcp.peer-ip tcp.peer-name tcp.port tcp.put-string tcp.reader tcp.service tcp.set-buffering tcp.single-packet tcp.terminate-reader tcp.wait-for-input tcp.writer

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