Question

I am using the winsock control in vb6 to check the availability of a web service.
I do a post request, get the response and parse the response header to check the response code.

The response arrives in multiple packets.

' this event occurs when data is arriving via winsock
Private Sub wsTCP_DataArrival(ByVal bytesTotal As Long)
    Dim strResponse As String        
    wsTCP.GetData strResponse, vbString, bytesTotal
    strResponse = FormatLineEndings(strResponse)

    ' we append this to the response box becuase data arrives
    ' in multiple packets
    response = response & strResponse        
End Sub

My problem is that I need to wait until I check the response code to continue execution.

Is there any way to do this without using a timer?

Thanks,
Alex

decided to use the timer after all.

Answer 1

Every time you receive data, append onto a buffer then process/parse that.
It gets around having to use the blocking sockets and means you can react when it arrives.
See this article on network protocols for an example.