[ ANN ] Release 8.1.0 DP-3

[Terry Judd]

On 1/08/2016 3:51 pm, "use-livecode on behalf of J. Landman Gay"
<use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of
jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:

>On 8/1/2016 12:41 AM, Charles Warwick wrote:
>> On 1/08/2016 3:16 pm, J. Landman Gay wrote:
>>> On 7/31/2016 11:58 PM, Charles Warwick wrote:
>>>> Within the Indy version of DP3, tsNet with libUrl is designed to
>>>> replicate this behaviour.  This restriction is removed within the
>>>> Business edition and multiple handlers can make blocking requests (put
>>>> url x into y, post x to url y, etc.. ) without waiting for the other
>>>> requests to complete.
>>>
>>> This is what was posted in the announcement:
>>>
>>> * Multiple simultaneous asynchronous requests to the same server
>>> * SFTP, SMTP, and SMTPS support (synchronous in Indy, async in
>>>Business)
>>>
>>> Doesn't that mean that I can post/get/put to the same server
>>> asynchronously? Even with an Indy license?
>>>
>>
>> Absolutely.  You can issue post/get/put asynchronous commands even to
>> the same server with the Indy license using tsNet commands directly
>> (tsNetGet, tsNetPost, tsNetUpload, etc.. ) or by using non-blocking
>> libUrl commands like "load url".
>>
>> I was referring to the blocking calls, e.g.  "post x to url y", "put x
>> into url y".  For these commands, the behaviour of tsNet in Indy is the
>> same as the standard behaviour for libUrl.  The script waits for the
>> command to return and in the meantime, no other blocking request can be
>> made.
>>
>> In Business however, blocking calls do not prevent other blocking calls
>> being made and executed at the same time.
>>
>> Hope that makes sense?
>
>Yes, thank you. I was afraid I'd got all excited for nothing. ;) And let
>me add my appreciation for providing us with this tool, you've made a
>whole lot of people very happy.

+1

Being able to do async GET and POST is a fantastic addition to Livecode.
Love it!

TerryŠ