Connecting to an Established Server

**Petr Schreiber** · 08-07-2009, 19:38

Hi,

I can confirm, 57 is "Device I/O" error I think.
Could it mean "blocked by firewall"?

Petr

**Petr Schreiber** · 08-07-2009, 20:30

I don't know how to do server in ThinBASIC,
so I created one in PowerBASIC, and made it talk with ThinBASIC, so you can try here.

How to use:

Run TcpServerTest.exe ( Windows firewall might complain, click "Unblock" )
Run TcpClientTest.tbasic

Please run TcpServerTest.exe first, else you will get error 57!

Petr

**Michael Hartlef** · 08-07-2009, 22:14

Hi Peter,

welcome to the forum.

Petr, is it really possible to have two thinBasic scripts running at the same time?

**Petr Schreiber** · 08-07-2009, 22:22

Hi Mike,

I am not sure I understand the question

You just execute the EXE, let it run, and then run the script, as seen on picture

**Michael Hartlef** · 08-07-2009, 22:36

Yes I see. But you mentioned a server done in thinBasic. So a client and a server running at teh same time on one computer. Is that possible?

**Michael Hartlef** · 08-07-2009, 22:38

Forget it, works.

**Michael Clease** · 09-07-2009, 09:00

Thanks Petr I had brain block going on. Of course it needed a server. DOH!

Mike if you look at the UDP samples it required two scripts running a server and a client but I suspect thats what your previous post refered to.

**Michael Hartlef** · 09-07-2009, 09:18

Originally Posted by Michael Clease

Thanks Petr I had brain block going on. Of course it needed a server. DOH!

Mike if you look at the UDP samples it required two scripts running a server and a client but I suspect thats what your previous post refered to.

Yes, I looked at them.

**gungadout** · 10-07-2009, 09:51

Hi Folks,

Thank you for the welcomes to the forum.

Michael and Petr, your client programs worked like a charm. They opened a connection to the database and I was able to send and receive data. Thank you.

At first I was receiving error messages from the database, but at least the database was talking to me. I had to play with the database comms settings to get it to work properly, but at last I am receiving the initial response I was looking for.

I can now polish the login process up, and then progress to the next step - controlling the database from within thinBasic.

Thanks also to everyone else who responded.

thinBasic appears to be ideal for what I am trying to do. Top marks to all of you who contributed (and are contributing) to its development.

Because it is a new environment for me, I may yet need to ask the odd question or two (or three, or four, ....) in the future.

I hope that one day I may be able to return the favour by offering help to others.

Kind regards,

Peter H.