Indy http server questions

Question

I am using indy's http server for a project so i have a few questions:

• Does the event OnConnect get's executed even if one connects on a separate thread?
• Can i update the vcl from the event OnConnect
• If MaxNumberConnections is set to 0 what does it exactly mean ?

Thanks.

Answer 1

1. Does the event OnConnect get's executed in a separate thread ?

Yes, the event will get fired as the other events do, even if you are running in a separate thread. The question remains to be answered by you is why. The TIdTCPServer already uses multithreading thus
it can be used in a main thread context (on a form).

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2. Can I update the VCL from the OnConnect event ?

Yes, but you will have to use some GUI synchronization practice, such as Synchronize method or e.g. message posting from the separated worker thread to your main one.

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3. If MaxNumberConnections is set to 0 what does it exactly mean ?

Zero value assigned to the MaxConnections means there is no limit of connections at one time.