cf 2. tcpclient connect in thread with timer for timeout

Question

Help help help. Compact Framework 2 on Windos Mobile 5 device with VS 2005. I'm beginning and i tryed to use tcpclient connect to server machine but the timeout of method is too long (44 sec). I think that if i encapsulate connect method in a thread and use a timercallback event after x second climb over the problem. After this timeout i test property connected of tcpclient and if is true run another code, then advise user for lost connection. It's possible ? if yes have some code sample to do this ?

dan · Answer

I'm not sure what's direction take. I have not much experience with thread to solve my problem. For solve my problem i'need an event that return state of connection if connection is established and an event that stop the thread that incapsulate tcpclient.connection to free resource and try another connection. I try this code to sample but don't work. I've posted my project sample.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

I am surprised that there is not a timeout for connections but apparently not. I am not experienced with sockets enough to know for sure but you could try setting the send and receive timeouts in case that has an affect. Probably not. You could try doing what you described in your original question; that is use a timer. It is not clear to me how your thread would resume after the connection attempt is aborted. I think what you need to do is to do an asynchronous connection. You could then wait on either the connection or the timer. I don't know how to cancel the connection attempt; perhaps that is not necessary. Other than that I think an asynchronous connection would work.

dan · Answer

synchronously beacause after connection run code to read/write data and only if connection is established.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

Are you doing that synchronously or asynchronously?