>Chuck,
>
>You can try a Sleep() api call in your loop:
>
>

>declare integer Sleep in win32api integer iMilliseconds
>
>DO WHILE oWinsock.State <> 7
>   sleep( 1000 ) && set this value as appropriate for your delay time needed
>   DOEVENTS
>ENDDO
>

>

That doesn't work for me because I'm waiting for the DataArrival event from the winsock control and the Sleep API seems to put winsock to sleep too.