>>Hi Gang!
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>>I am in the process of converting some old Delphi 6 client code to VFP 9.0 SP1. The Delphi code makes a connection to a pill dispenser, then once connected, it reads in files from a folder, takes each file and reads the data in it to a variable, and then writes that data to the pill dispenser. Once done with that file, it deletes the file and continues to the next file.
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>>I've done the conversion to VFP. Since I don't have access to the Pill Dispensers ( $$$$$$$$$ ) for testing, I wrote a Server program to stand in for it. The server is based on the code in the Catalyst Socketwrench literature ( it is the Developers Guide and Technical Reference for Socketwrench 4.5). The Server program listens on Port 7 (as per the instructions as best I understand it). All it does is listen on Port 7 (for testing), and displays on the form what the client sends over to it.
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>>I have given the client code and the server code the same Local Address and Local Port, but it will not connect to each other. I turned off the Windows Firewall (I think I did...), but still no connection to each other.
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>>Any ideas of why the client and server do not connect ?
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>Assuming it's using TCP/IP, it's not a good idea to use ports under 1023 as many of those are reserved for certain things. Can you easily try, say, port 10007 rather than port 7?

I don't see why not. I will try port 10007 for starters and see what happens.

Thanks