[twsocket] ICS functions blocked when UI is active

2008-06-03 Thread John D Algeo
I have observed that Windows does not pass messages to an application when certain User Interface functions are active. Examples are an open drop-down menu or a user dragging a window. This can cause ICS functions such as this Socket Open code to fail: { Use while to repeat connects to ens

[twsocket] Lost packets from an Instrument interfaced via TCP/IP

2008-04-16 Thread John D Algeo
I am using ICS in a 32 bit replacement of a 16 bit application that operates a laboratory instrument that uses TCP/IP. It is working well except for an occaisional failure to catch all of the packets sent after a data collection. The instrument sends a header packet followed by 49 data packets