Win XP ServerSocket IsListening and Error fail under firewall conditions, is not documented

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Report ID:	sndjoakz
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Summary:	Win XP ServerSocket IsListening and Error fail under firewall conditions, is not documented
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Description

Dean Goodmanson on 2006-07-26

When the port is blocked by a firewall or existing application,
after connecting, the IsListening will return True and the Error event will not fire.

Apparently this is due to the RB implementation on Windows and is as designed.
http://forums.realbasic.com/viewtopic.php?t=6293

This functionality is inconsistent across platforms
and should be documented.

IDE Version

Dean Goodmanson on 2006-07-26

REALbasic 2006r3

Target and Platform Run on

Dean Goodmanson on 2006-07-26

Windows

Steps to Reproduce

Dean Goodmanson on 2006-07-26

Build a basic ServerSocket example, specify a port, and block that port with Windows Firewall.

Workaround

Dean Goodmanson on 2006-07-26

None.

Evaluation

REAL Software on 2006-07-26

This has nothing to do with the RB "stack" -- it's an OS thing and out of the control of RB.