Internet library and LC9

[Charles Warwick]

Hi Paul,

TsNet tries to reuse existing connections where possible.  While this usually is very effective, it can sometimes cause delays like you were experiencing.

Try issuing the command:

 tsNetLibUrlReuseConnection false

Regards,

Charles.

> On 17 May 2018, at 3:34 am, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> I am transitioning some applications that were built as standalone
> under  LC6.7.11 to LC 9.0.0. In most cases, the migrations are going
> well with mostly appearance issues (due to different default fonts and
> such).
> 
> This week, I have encountered a functional issue. An app (stack) I have,
> as part of the startup sequence, sends a message that fetches a small
> text file on a server, essentially "put URL tURL into tVar". This was
> working fine under LC6.7.11 with no noticeable delay on both Window
> (8.1) and OSX (Mavericks). Now, when built under LC9.0.0, under OSX, the
> internet action takes many seconds to respond - sometimes as much as 30
> seconds or more. Nothing has changed on the OSX box. This is a pure LC6
> to 9 changes issue. Testing suggests that it is the first internet call
> under OSX takes a long time and then all subsequent calls are as speedy
> as you would expect.
> 
> I know LC9 uses tsNet vs the old Internet library. Does tsNet take some
> time to initialize under OSX? or is there some call you need to make to
> pre-initialize tsNet? Anyone run into anything like this and have any
> suggestions or work-arounds?
> 
> 
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