Did you also try .OBJECT.CONNECT(allt(Tbl_DeviceList.ip), "23" ) ?
Jaime

>Hello everybody.
>
>i got a question concerning the WinSock activeX.
>
>i am trying to connect to a router through winsock, and for some reason the .state stays at 0. am i doing something obvously wrong? here is my sample code (simplyfied):

>* put an instance of the WinSock (located on an invisible form) in a array
>THIS.a_WinSocks(m.nNextRow, 2) = NEWOBJECT("WinSock", THIS.CLASSLIBRARY)
>
>* ***
>SELE 0
>USE devicelist ALIAS Tbl_DeviceList AGAIN

>SET ORDER TO ID
>SEEK m.nWinSockId
>
>WITH THIS.a_WinSocks(m.nNextRow, 2).oWinSock
>
>	* *** telnet port = 23
>	* *** IP is in format ###.###.###.###
>	.CONNECT(ALLT(Tbl_DeviceList.ip), "23")
>
>	USE IN Tbl_DeviceList
>
>	nTime = SECONDS()
>	DO WHILE .state = 0 .AND. m.nTime + This.nTimeOut >= SECONDS()
>		WAIT WIND TRANS(.state) NOWAIT
>		DOEVENTS
>	ENDDO
>
>	MESSAGEBOX(TRANS(.state))
>endwith

>
>i thought it was simple enough, but i guess i was wrong {s}.
>any ideas?
>
>thanks for all your help!