Thanks!
Now gonna use TClientSocket.
Tristan
"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in message
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> "Tristan Leask" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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>> Now if i drop one of these onto my form, then the code
>> then moans about TTcpServer being an undeclared identifier.
>
> Sounds like you don't have the "Sockets" unit in your uses clause.
>
> With that said, TTcpClient and TTcpServer are not very well-designed
> components to begin with. They were Borland's attempt at cross-platform
> sockets when they first started supporting Linux in D6. But they are not
> implemented very well, requiring a lot of manual work on the programmer's
> part. You would be much better off sticking with the old TClientSocket
> and
> TServerSocket components (install the dclSockets100 package if it is
> available) or use third-party components, such a Indy (which ships with
> BDS), ICS, Synapse, etc.
>
>
> Gambit
