[Lazarus] TInetSocket usage - any documentation available?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2015, Bo Berglund wrote:

> I have looked for a native FPC TCP/IP socket to use as a replacement
> for a serial port component and I discovered the ssockets unit that
> ships with FPC and contains a TInetSocket class.
> This seemed useful.

> The data shifted through the socket will be EXACTLY the same as was
> earlier transferred by RS232.
>
> Any suggestions on where I can find suitable documentation?
>

Shortly said: There is none.

If the various demo programs are not understandable for you, you are out of luck :(

Now, from what you describe, all you need to do is use the read/write
methods to send and receive data, just as in any stream: the client 
TInetSock is a TStream descendent.

Thread programming is not so difficult, but I am not convinced that for the 
use case you describe, threads are really needed (despite suggestions to the 
contrary on this list).

Michael.