Need confirm on Winsock GetData behaviour *resolved

Once .GetData strSample fails, is it pointless to do Resume and try again since the receive buffer is cleared (unlike .PeekData)?

Or does the stream still reside in the buffer after the fail (assuming there's data in the buffer) so a Resume can handle the error?

I'm trying to decide what error handling is needed for .GetData, if its necessary at all. Thanks.

*bump

I use Winsock a lot, and I never got errors at the line with Winsock.GetData (when connected that is)

So when you get the data, make sure your connected

VB Code:

If Winsock1.State = sckConnected Then
     Winsock1.GetData myData, vbString
End If

Sometimes it happens that the event DataArrival is fired and the socket is not connected, usually it happens when the Winsock.Close get's called after the DataArrival and before the GetData... it rarely happens...

Also you could do and error trap just for that line, something like

VB Code:

If Winsock1.State = sckConnected Then
     On Error GoTo WinsockGetDataError
     Winsock1.GetData myData, vbString
     On Error GoTo 0 ' or the previous error label thing...
End If

And about this: "Once .GetData strSample fails, is it pointless to do Resume"
Since I rarely get an error at GetData line, I don't bother to write code for the resume (I usually write code to stop everything when that happens)

Thanks CVMichael. I knew I could count on you to reply. :)