When does Get URL time out?

[Mark Schonewille]

Hello Howard,

Check the socketTimeoutInterval in the docs. This property allows you  
to increase time before the request for the url times out.

Rev continues to run a handler after the get/put url command  
terminates. It terminates either because it has read all available  
data or because it times out.

Best,

Mark

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Op 23-aug-2006, om 23:02 heeft Howard Bornstein het volgende geschreven:

> I'm using Get URL <url> to access a web page. Sometimes that page  
> comes back
> blank. I assume it's because the request timed out before the page  
> contents
> was delivered. In this case it's fine because I'm testing to see if  
> the page
> is up and responding. But what determines how much time it takes  
> before Rev
> returns with blank data as opposed to the contents of the web page?
>
> The docs on URL say:
>
> "All actions that refer to a URL container are blocking: that is, the
> handler pauses until Revolution is finished accessing the URL. Since
> fetching a web page may take some time due to network lag,  
> accessing URLs
> may take long enough to be noticeable to the user."
>
> So if getting the URL is a blocking activity, why does Rev go on at  
> all if
> nothing is returned? Is there a way to set the amount of time Rev  
> will wait
> before timing out?
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Howard Bornstein