Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress 4GL Reference

Server socket object handle

A handle to a server socket object. This object allows you to listen for and accept TCP/IP socket connections on a given port.

Note: Does not apply to SpeedScript programming.

Syntax

server-socket-handle [ :attribute | :method ]

server-socket-handle

A handle variable that references a server socket object created by the CREATE SERVER-SOCKET statement that, in turn, allows you to listen for and accept multiple connections on a given port.

attribute

An attribute of the server socket handle.

method

A method of the server socket handle.

Attributes

HANDLE attribute	NAME attribute	NEXT-SIBLING attribute
PREV-SIBLING attribute	PRIVATE-DATA attribute	SENSITIVE attribute
TYPE attribute

Methods

DISABLE-CONNECTIONS( ) method	ENABLE-CONNECTIONS( ) method
SET-CONNECT-PROCEDURE( ) method

Events

CONNECT event

Note

The server socket object is used to enable Progress to listen to and accept new connections from socket clients; it is via the socket object that clients and servers communicate. For more information on using sockets, see OpenEdge Development: Programming Interfaces .