Success!! Your comments about McAfee got me to poking around.. Turns out that CW was blocked from internet access. Don't remember why I did that, but guess I am too paranoid. Allowing access corrected the problem.
Thanks for your thoughts. "Ben Combee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > At 04:52 PM 2/7/2004, you wrote: > > >Launch of POSE or Sim works from CW. But debug or run from CW yields the > >following message: > > > >Attempting a socket connection to Palm OS Emulator or Simulator. Will > >timeout in 10 seconds... > > > >This is followed by a dialog box saying connection failed. > > > >I can drop a prc file one either emulator/simulator, and test programs ok, > >but can't establish direct link to CW, > > > >I am using McAfee firewall and virus protection (online subscription) > >however, disabling does not change situation. > > > >My internet connection is Verizon mobil office thru my cell phone. Don't > >know if this is cause of problem. > > CW tries to establish the connection by connecting to port 2000 on > 127.0.0.1, which should be a loopback to your PC. Firewall software can > interfere with this process. I've heard of situations where disabling > McAfee firewall doesn't really disable things. > > Try starting POSE, then opening a command window and typing "netstat > -a". Check to see if there is a process listening on port 2000. I just > verified that I can see a process listening on my Win2K box, and when I > kill POSE, the listener goes away. > > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
