I think the inconsistency lies in the lack of documentation regarding 'when' to use the 'with message' and 'how' RunRev is calling these (or possibly this is a bug). For example:
## Some of these examples assume an open datagram socket... Write "STATUS" to socket udpSocket with message "getData" Or Read from socket udpSocket with message "getData" Write "STATUS" to socket udpSocket Or Open datagram socket to udpSocket with message "getData" Write "STATUS" to socket udpSocket Or Accept connections on port udpPort with message "getData" Write "STATUS" to socket udpSocket The handler "getData" is not called everytime, and the parameters only have data 'sometimes', but my 'sniffer' shows that my device is ALWAYS responding. What is the appropriate sequence, and WHEN does RunRev call these 'with message' handlers?! I am getting unreliable results using ANYTHING! Logically, you would think that once I instruct the handler to 'read' from a UDP socket whenever it gets data (i.e. I have set the callback handler), it should ALWAYS call this handler when data is received on that open udp socket. Or, when I write data to an open udp socket with a handler message, if the destination socket responds with data, the handler should be called immediately. It does not ALWAYS work this way, but it is close, so I believe there is a problem. I do not have issues with regular sockets, just datagram sockets... Here are my questions that I cannot find an answer to in the documentation: - Once the "getData" handler is set, how often is it called? - If I write to an open UPD socket with a handler message, is the handler called 'anytime' data is received, or only for that call (i.e. am I setting some internal function pointer)? - Is the data stored somewhere when it is received for retrieval using 'read from socket'? - Is the data accumulated? How large is the buffer? Can I set this? - How many parameters are there for the handlers? - Once I set the callback handler, is it 'always' set? Is it reset when the socket is closed? - If I set a callback handler for ANY call (i.e. open 'with', write 'with', read 'with', accept 'with') is this handler going to be called for ANY data received? I feel like I am shooting in the dark, and I am disappointed that this information is not somewhere in the docs. Withholding this info (for 'Enterprise' or 'RevList' users) does not make me want to upgrade...it makes me want to look somewhere else for solutions. Thanks for any info, John Rule _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution