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Author:       Fran鏾is PIETTE
Description:  Sample program to show how to dynamically create a TWSocket.
EMail:        francois.piette@pophost.eunet.be    francois.piette@rtfm.be
              francois.piette@swing.be
              http://www.rtfm.be/fpiette
Creation:     October 02, 1999
Version:      1.01
Support:      Use the mailing list twsocket@rtfm.be See website for details.
Legal issues: Copyright (C) 1999-2000 by Fran鏾is PIETTE
              Rue de Grady 24, 4053 Embourg, Belgium. Fax: +32-4-365.74.56
              <francois.piette@pophost.eunet.be>

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unit DynCli1;

interface

uses
  WinTypes, WinProcs, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
  Dialogs, StdCtrls, ExtCtrls, WSocket;

type
  TDynCliForm = class(TForm)
    DisplayMemo: TMemo;
    Panel1: TPanel;
    Label1: TLabel;
    HostnameEdit: TEdit;
    PortEdit: TEdit;
    Label2: TLabel;
    ConnectButton: TButton;
    DisconnectButton: TButton;
    procedure ConnectButtonClick(Sender: TObject);
    procedure DisconnectButtonClick(Sender: TObject);
  private
    FWSocket : TWSocket;
    FRcvBuf  : String;
    procedure FWSocketSessionConnected(Sender: TObject; Error: Word);
    procedure FWSocketSessionClosed(Sender: TObject; Error: Word);
    procedure FWSocketDataAvailable(Sender: TObject; Error: Word);
  public
    { D閏larations publiques }
  end;

var
  DynCliForm: TDynCliForm;

implementation

{$R *.DFM}


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{$IFDEF VER80}
procedure SetLength(var S: String; NewLength: Integer);
begin
    S[0] := Chr(NewLength);
end;
{$ENDIF}


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procedure TDynCliForm.ConnectButtonClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
    if Assigned(FWSocket) then
        FWSocket.Release;            { This will close connection as needed }
    { Create a new TWSocket and initialize all needed properties and events }
    FWSocket                    := TWSocket.Create(Self);
    FWSocket.Proto              := 'tcp';
    FWSocket.Port               := PortEdit.Text;
    FWSocket.Addr               := HostnameEdit.Text;
    FWSocket.LineMode           := TRUE;
    FWSocket.LineEnd            := #13#10;
    FWSocket.OnSessionConnected := FWSocketSessionConnected;
    FWSocket.OnSessionClosed    := FWSocketSessionClosed;
    FWSocket.OnDataAvailable    := FWSocketDataAvailable;
    try
        FWSocket.Connect;
    except
        { Connect may fail because of invalid parameters and will trigger }
        { an exception.                                                   }
        on E:Exception do begin
            DisplayMemo.Lines.Add('Unabled to connect: ' +
                                  E.ClassName + ': ' + E.Message);
        end;
    end;
end;


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procedure TDynCliForm.DisconnectButtonClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
     if Assigned(FWSocket) then
         FWSocket.Close;
end;


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procedure TDynCliForm.FWSocketSessionConnected(Sender: TObject; Error: Word);
begin
    if Error <> 0 then
        DisplayMemo.Lines.Add('Can''t connect. Error #' + IntToStr(Error))
    else
        DisplayMemo.Lines.Add('Session connected.');
end;


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procedure TDynCliForm.FWSocketSessionClosed(Sender: TObject; Error: Word);
begin
    DisplayMemo.Lines.Add('Session closed.');
    { Destroy the socket. We can't use Destroy here because we are in       }
    { an event handler. We need to use Release which will delay destruction }
    { until we are out of the event handler.                                }
    FWSocket.Release;
    FWSocket := nil;
end;


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procedure TDynCliForm.FWSocketDataAvailable(Sender: TObject; Error: Word);
begin
    { Remember: we use line mode. We will always receive complete lines     }
    with Sender as TWSocket do
        FRcvBuf := ReceiveStr;
    { Remove trailing CR/LF, if any }
    if (Length(FRcvBuf) > 1) and
       (FRcvBuf[Length(FRcvBuf)] = #10) and
       (FRcvBuf[Length(FRcvBuf) - 1] = #13) then
          SetLength(FRcvBuf, Length(FRcvBuf) - 2);
    { Display received line }
    DisplayMemo.Lines.Add(FRcvBuf);
end;


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end.