Winsock, how to check for connectivity (solved with Thanks)

i am trying to put in a check to see if the winsock has connected with the server. In trying to use the..

winsock.state <> 7

To check if it has a connection, according the help files 7 is Connected, but its reverting to this regardless of wether a conncetion is made or not, useing debug the winsock state for both connect and not is 6 which im not sure what that refers to.

I wantto be able to check constantly if there is a connection between the 2 in case one side goes down.

Well you can make a listbox in your server and add this:

VB Code:

Private Sub Winsock1_Connect()
list1.additem (Winsock1.RemoteHostIP)
End Sub
 
Private Sub Winsock1_Close()
list1.RemoveItem (Index)
End Sub

Or course this is just an example. All this does is when the client connects to the server it adds the client's IP address to a listbox and when the client is closed the server removes the IP address from the listbox.

NOTE: If you have multiple connections this won't work as good.......

Best way is to do this,

VB Code:

If winsock(x).state = sckConnected then
   msgbox("We are connected")
else
   msgbox("We are not")
end if