Problem with "read from socket"

[maxence.bernard at ensi-bourges.fr]

>
> On Jun 28, 2004, at 1:38 PM, maxence.bernard at ensi-bourges.fr wrote:
>
>> set the socketTimeoutInterval to 1000
>
>  From the Transcript Dictionary:
>
> As long as the action is still pending, the socketTimeout message is
> sent every time the socketTimeoutInterval elapses. For example, if the
> socketTimeoutInterval is 1000 milliseconds (one second), a
> socketTimeout message is sent every second until the action completes.
>
> Your script is waiting for two bytes.

So, is there a way to stop this waiting, otherwise my application doesn't
continue. How could I interrupt the "read from socket" instruction with
the socketTimeout message ?