w3Sockets Reference

Reference

socket.tcp

Buffer : String

DoTelnetEmulation : Boolean

Host : String

TelnetEmulation : String

TimeOut : Integer

Close() :

GetLine() : String

GetText( len ) : String

Open() :

SendLine( Line ) :

SendText( text ) :

Wait() :

WaitFor( Substring ) : Boolean

WaitForDisconnect() :

Properties
Buffer : String (v1.0)
Used to get the data received during some Wait functions Response.Write( socket.buffer );

DoTelnetEmulation : Boolean (v1.0)
Boolean value that can be used to instruct w3 Sockets to respond to telnet queries socket.DoTelnetemulation = true

Host : String (v1.0)
Text string representing the host and port you want to connect to. This is in the form of " : " socket.host = "www.eu.microsoft.com:80"

TelnetEmulation : String (v1.0)
Type of terminal to emulate

TimeOut : Integer (v1.0)
Default timeout for all operations in miliseconds socket.timeout = 5000; // Five seconds


Methods
Close() (v1.0)
Closes an active connection socket.close();

GetLine() : String (v1.0)
Waits and returns one row of data line = socket.GetLine();

GetText(len) : String (v1.0)
Returns [Len] characters from the socket Response.Write( Socket.GetText( 5 ) );

Open() (v1.0)
Initiates a connection with "host" socket.Open();

SendLine(Line) (v1.0)
Sends a line of data and appends a crlf at the end socket.sendLine( "GET /" );

SendText(text) (v1.0)
Sends a text string without linebreaks Socket.SendText( "Hello world" );

Wait() (v1.0)
Waits until data is returned socket.wait();

WaitFor(Substring) : Boolean (v1.0)
Waits for a specifit string and then returns socket.waitfor( "login:" );

WaitForDisconnect() (v1.0)
Waits until all data is received and the connection is closed. The data can then be read from the "buffer" property socket.WaitForDisconnect();