Socket SEND()

[Nancy Palmquist]

Thank you all for the recv() advice.  I was sending XML so I just collected data 
until the final tag was received and all started working.

Now I notice that the send() side has similar issues, but I am not sure how to 
test that the file was completely sent.

Programming goes like this:

status=send(accept_handle,ry{"")

if status ne instr(ry{"[**","[**","1")-"1" then I know I did not send the 
correct number of bytes.  I have error trapping for this.  But it is not triggered.

status=socketclose(accept_handle)

BTW: using instr to figure out string length because dlen() causes CRASH on 
fields longer than "4***" on this version.

I get a socket error -10054 at the recv() end of this which means the socket was 
closed by the host before the data has completed its trip.

The value of status was correct, so I closed the socket.  However, the data had 
not flowed back fully.  I added a SLEEP "1000" between the send() and the 
socketclose() and it started working.

Is there a data related way to handle this?  I am worried that the SLEEP "1000" 
might not be long enough and it is wasting time if it is too long.

On the receive side, I could check the data to make sure it was all there.  On 
the send() side if the number of bytes sent is not real, how can I tell how long 
to wait before closing the socket?

I really appreciate any help, even if it does not relate to the filepro sockets. 
  You were all very helpful last time.

Thanks,

Nancy
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