Re: how do i close an app that has no forms?

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From: Keith G Hicks (krh_at_comcast.net)
Date: 08/04/04 

Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 19:12:13 -0400

WOW! I got all excited. :)) SO I found the setting in IE6 and it was
unchecked so I checked it. Closed IE and tried to run my app again. Oh
well, same problem. I'm going to try it on a different ftp server to see if
that might be the problem.

"Jim Carlock" <anonymous@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:uZJPiZmeEHA.3124@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> With FTP, there seems to be a browser dependence. There's
> a thing inside of IE's browser settings (Tools, Options,
> Advanced Tab) there's a setting to select passive FTP. And
> that setting sometimes needs to be checked on the system.
> So you might want to try it by checking that off and seeing
> what happens. It typically has to do with firewalls and / or
> routing through another system. It basically refers to the way
> a connection is instantiated with a server. Generally speaking,
> a request is sent to the FTP server, the FTP server then sends
> a request back replying over a server specified port. A firewall
> will see this as an attempt to intrude and can drop the incoming
> packets. In such a case, it's best to make sure that Passive
> Transfer is selected, in which case the client computer chooses
> the port and the server responds over the standard port and
> the firewall sees it as a client-side connection and will allow
> the transfers to occur.
>
> I think I have described it appropriately. If I haven't or if it
> can be explained in another manner, and I might be way off
> target here... please let me know.
>
> --
> Jim Carlock
> http://www.microcosmotalk.com/
> Post replies to the newsgroup.
>
> "Keith G Hicks" wrote:
> It has connected just fine as far as I can tell. Lines that follow the
> connection, download files from an ftp location and that works perfectly
> well (apparantly). I have those lines commented out in my current test
> version so that I could determine where the problem was. Is it possible
> that it's not entirely connected and that it's still trying even though
it's
> able to grab the files from the ftp location? If so, what could be the
> cause of this? Could it be a problem on our ftp server?
>
> "J French" wrote:
> > On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:59:57 -0400, "Keith G Hicks" typed:
> > It is still chugging away trying to connect
> > - some horrible little thread is alive and kicking
> >
> > You could try the WinApi NG - but mostly it is the same people as here
> >
> > You have it pinned down
>
>
>

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