FTP process doesn't complete

[Martin Baxter]

stevex64 wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm making a simple ftp client for a customer. They click a button to select
> a file and it automatically starts the upload. Server, username, password
> are all built in to the app so the user doesn't have to know anything but to
> click the button and find the file.
> 
> This works fine on my laptop running WinXP, but it doesn't work right on 2
> desktop pc's running the same OS. I have a text field that displays n bytes
> of nnn bytes uploaded, just the default upload status message. When the file
> is fully uploaded, that text is supposed to change to "file upload
> successful". On the two pc's where it doesn't work, it gets to nnn bytes of
> nnn bytes uploaded and then goes no further. It doesn't say the upload was
> successful, and when I finally kill the process, the file has not been
> uploaded to the ftp server.
> 
> Any ideas? Thanks for any help!
> 
> Steve Ralston

Hi Steve

1) Maybe there's a firewall interfering?

2) Might be a timeout problem. try pre-setting the socketTimeoutInterval 
to a higher value to see if it makes a difference. Default is 10000, but 
I have found it often needs to be 20000 on XP for some reason.

3) Otherwise, if possible, you should debug in situ using a log field to 
see what's going on.
(I've taken to building a log field facility into my apps that do this, 
as a sort of advanced feature the user can access under direction from 
me. Useful when these situations happen)

Martin Baxter