Thanks Remy for your two answers. Very helpfull also!
I have decided to use v10 (as I claified in a later thread).
/SSO
"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in message
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> "Stephen Odgaard" <sso@cowi.dk> wrote in message
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>> Can I from the main thread get access to a list of connected
>> clients (ie. with connected clients)
>
> You did not say which version of Indy you are using. In Indy 9,
> TIdTCPServer has a Threads property for that purpose. In Indy 10, it has
> a
> Contexts property instead. Both properties returns a TThreadList
> (TIdThreadList in the latest Indy 10 snapshot) containing the currently
> active connections.
>
>> What initiatiates the OnExecute Event?
>
> The internal thread that TIdTCPServer creates to manage a client
> connection.
> All event handlers whose parameters provide access to a TIdThread (Indy 9)
> or TIdContext (Indy 10) object (directly or indirectly) are triggered in
> the
> context of that thread.
>
>> How can I (eg. from the main thread) "provoke" the OnExecute Event
>> handler of a given client to be executed in order to empty an outbound
> info
>> queue?
>
> You cannot. The OnExecute event is triggered automatically in a
> continuous
> loop for the lifetime of the connection. It will have to check the
> outbound
> queue for pending data every time it is triggered. All the main thread
> can
> do is queue the desired data and wait for the OnExecute event to process
> it
> later.
>
>> How would you store data in relation to a specific client for use
>> during later Execute handles (or another thread)?
>
> TIdThread (Indy 9) and TIdContaxt (Indy 10) both have a Data property that
> you can use for that. Alternative, you can derive a new class with your
> own
> properties/members, and then set the server's ThreadClass (Indy 9) or
> ContextClass (Indy 10) property before activating the server. In the
> event
> handlers, you can cast the TIdThread/TIdContext pointers to your
> descendant
> class type in order to directly access your custom items.
>
>
> Gambit
