socket applications

[Alex Kravetz]

In article <dtiqnr$8e0$2 at digitaldaemon.com>, BCS says...
>
>lee wrote:
>>>>here's a quick client side program:
>>>>---------------
>>>>import std.socket;
>>>>import std.stream;
>>>>import std.socketstream;
>>>>import std.stdio;
>>>>import std.conv;
>>>>
>>>>void main()
>>>>{
>>>>	char[] Address = GetAddress();
>>>>	int Port = GetPort();
>>>>
>>>>        InternetAddress toAdd =  new InternetAddress(Address, port);
>>>>
>>>>        Socket toSoc = new Socket(
>>>>		AddressFamily.INET,
>>>>		SocketType.STREAM,
>>>>		ProtocolType.IP);
>>>>
>>>>        toSoc.connect(toAdd);
>>>>
>>>>        SocketStream st = new SocketStream(toSoc);
>>>>
>>>>		// what to send
>>>>        char[] req = "Show me the money!!";
>>>>
>>>>        st.writeBlock(req.ptr, req.length);
>>>>
>>>>		// echo everyting that you can
>>>>        while(true)
>>>>                writef(st.getc);
>>>>
>>>>        st.close();
>>>>}
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I've just tested the above code. the functions Getport and GetAddress are not
>> defined in the included header files. I replaced them with constant values, and
>> managed to get a succesfull compilation. Unfortunately however, I tried
>> executing the client program on one of two machines, and it failed to connect
>> successfully with the second. The second system was running the listener
>> application that came with the D compiler. The program seems to run fine, and
>> I'm sure that the correct address and port number was entered into the client
>> program. If anyone could determine what's wrong with the example given above,
>> and / or give a reference, I would appreciate it.
>> Thanks,
>> lee
>> 
>> 
>Oops x-P !! I intended to say that Getport and GetAddress were stand ins for 
>whatever.
>
>I known they worked a while ago... Hmm...
change ProtocolType.IP to ProtocolType.TCP