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Re: Socket Taking Over. Need a Thread?

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Subject: Re: Socket Taking Over. Need a Thread?
From: Christopher Jett <lists at jettfuel dot net>
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:46:44 -0600
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On Dec 29, 2007, at 3:14 PM, Charles Yeomans wrote:

>
> On Dec 29, 2007, at 4:05 PM, Christopher Jett wrote:
>
>> I am working on an HTTP server that will be incorporated into several
>> projects.  In testing, I have an HTML page with a form that allows
>> upload of a file.  Everything is working fine, but the application
>> becomes unresponsive when uploading a file of any size.  I have in
>> the DataAvailable event code that reads what's in the socket buffer
>> and adding it to an string that is acting as a buffer.  Is there a
>> better way to implement things so that the application remains
>> responsive and other connections can continue to operate?  Should I
>> try using a Thread to handle reading the data and remove the code
>> from the DataAvailable event?
>> --
>
>
> If your code is of the form
>
> buffer = buffer + new data
>
> then you could probably improve performance by replacing + with Join
> -- something like this.
>
> Private Property InternalBuffer() as String
>
> InternalBuffer.Append new Data
>
> Function Data() as String
>    dim theData as String = Join(InternalBuffer, "")
>    redim InternalBuffer(-1)
>    InternalBuffer.Append theData
>    return theData
> End Function
>
>
> The idea might be to grab the data once the data transfer is complete.

Actually, I already have it setup exactly like that.  I'm just  
wondering if there's a way to make the app more responsive while the  
file upload is taking place.  Any thoughts on how to do that?
--
Chris Jett
chris at jettfuel dot net

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