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function   TCPConnectionHasCharactersToRead    

Library: omtcp - TCP/IP client and server support
Include: omtcp.xin
Return type: Switch
Returns:       

True if there are characters to read; false if there are none.


Declaration

  define external stream function TCPConnectionHasCharacters
      value TCPConnection this-TCPConnection
      timeout value integer timeout-in-milliseconds optional
  as TCPConnectionHasCharacters


Purpose

You can use this function to determine whether there are characters available from a source on the TCP connection object.

Arguments:

Example

   local TCPConnection TCP-Conn

  set TCP-Conn to TCPConnectionOpen on "localhost" at 5300

  repeat
      exit unless TCPConnectionHasCharactersToRead TCP-Conn timeout 2000
      output TCPConnectionGetCharacters TCP-Conn
   again

        Other Library Functions
   TCPConnectionClose
   TCPConnectionGetCharacters
   TCPConnectionGetLine
   TCPConnectionGetOutput
   TCPConnectionGetPeerIP
   TCPConnectionGetPeerName
   TCPConnectionGetSource
   TCPConnectionGetStatusReport
   TCPConnectionHasCharactersToRead
   TCPConnectionIsConnected
   TCPConnectionIsInError
   TCPConnectionOpen
   TCPConnectionPut
   TCPConnectionSetBuffering
   TCPConnectionSignalSourceEnd
   TCPIsVersionCompatible
   TCPLibraryVersion
   TCPServiceAcceptConnection
   TCPServiceClose
   TCPServiceGetPort
   TCPServiceGetStatusReport
   TCPServiceIsInError
   TCPServiceIsOpen
   TCPServiceOpen
   TCPTraceConnectionOpen
 
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