HttpChannel & TimeOut

[The_Duck]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp

Quite simply I want to specify a timeout property on a HTTP Channel I create.

Dim properties As New Hashtable()
        properties("timeout") = 10000 '
        properties("name") = "HttpBinary"
        properties("port") = Convert.ToString(clientPort)
        properties("useDefaultCredentials") = True
 
        Dim svFormatter As New BinaryServerFormatterSinkProvider()
        Dim clFormatter As New BinaryClientFormatterSinkProvider()
        svFormatter.TypeFilterLevel = TypeFilterLevel.Full
 
        mRemotingChannel = New HttpChannel(properties, clFormatter, svFormatter)

However
I get

System.ArgumentException: Bad or unexpected argument passed to channel constructor: timeout
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Http.HttpChannel..ctor(IDictionary properties, IClientChannelSinkProvider clientSinkProvider, IServerChannelSinkProvider serverSinkProvider)
at vbBroadcast.Notification.InitRemoting(Int32 clientPort)

Any and all comments would be appreciated !

Ideally I would like to specify a time out period as our client applications hang and I am struggling to see why!

Thanks in advance!

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I have managed to resolve this problem.

Firstly I was trying to specify the timeout in the wrong place. I was attempting to specify the timeout on the initialisation of the server ! However THIS IS NOT correct. It is when you create your sever connction that you need to specify the timeout period! Thus

If mServer Is Nothing Then
        mServer = DirectCast(Activator.GetObject( _
            GetType(Switchboard), notificationServerUrl), Switchboard)
 
        ChannelServices.GetChannelSinkProperties(mServer)("timeout") = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10).TotalMilliseconds 'units appear to be miliseconds

Note that I also use GetChannelSinkProperties in order to specify the timeout period.

Thanks all,