Cross-Platform Socket Component?
lazarus / 38-Networking and Web Programming

----------------------------------------------------------------------
KillerCode · 2011-01-04 16:33

i am willing to start a big project in FreePascal/Lazarus, im also
looking forward to make it cross platform (Windows, Linux and Mac OSX)
and i wanted to know which is the best Sockets component that will
work on all?
i was working with Indy 9/10 for under Delphi, each client has its
Owen thread, is this available on lNet ? or ill have to create a
thread for each client manually? or there is another library better
than those two?

thanks;

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Leledumbo · 2011-01-04 17:16

lNet for RAD style, Synapse for more OOP and advanced style. I'm a bit
unsure about Mac OS X support, only Windows and Linux are totally
guaranteed to work AFAIK.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Dibo · 2011-01-04 17:48

I'm using lNet and Synapse on windows and linux without problems.
Works on 32 and 64 bit system. The only difference is that lNets are
non-blocking sockets. Both sockets works on Windows Mobile too.

I also tested Indy before, and worked too.

Regards.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Phil · 2011-01-04 18:36

I was able to get Indy working on Mac with a few patches. I use it
with Web Service Toolkit. However, I was never able to get Synapse
working on Mac, but it's been a couple years since I tried.

If you have success (or failure) on Mac with lnet or Synapse, please
post your results.

Thanks.

-Phil

----------------------------------------------------------------------
KillerCode · 2011-01-05 05:17

ok, thanks all, i think ill go with lNet, just one more question, is
does lNet create a separate thread for each client like Indy does?
or ill have to create that manually?

thanks;

----------------------------------------------------------------------
marcov · 2011-01-05 13:10

I've done some stuff with Indy(10) on Mac in the past, and that worked
fine.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Dibo · 2011-01-05 13:30

Quote from: KillerCode on January 05, 2011, 06:17:02 amok, thanks all,
i think ill go with lNet, just one more question, is does lNet create
a separate thread for each client like Indy does?
or ill have to create that manually?

thanks;
It doesn't use threads. It uses callback events (see demos). More on:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/lNet
FAQ and basic usage:
http://lnet.wordpress.com/

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Leledumbo · 2011-01-05 17:23

It uses non-blocking sockets, so probably you don't need any thread at
all.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
KillerCode · 2011-01-06 13:30

ok ty, ill give the console version a try

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Leledumbo · 2011-01-07 06:51

You should try the gui one, console blocks when asking for input so
you probably won't notice anything if a message comes when the app is
blocking for input.