Detecting Connection Problems

[arold_ite]

Hi, after the ESignal Server connection problems today, I realised that I don't have a programmatic way of determining if my ESignal connection has been disconnected.

I also noticed that there isn't an associated event triggered by ESignal for this.

I'm thinking about maybe having a timer to check for regular updates to the price feeds.

Does anybody else have any suggestions as to how to be programmatically informed when a connection has been dropped?

Arold

[Guest]

Obviously, if your application disconnected from eSignal, there is no way eSignal can inform you that there is no connection, so you can create a "heartbeat" by using a timer and calling a function with little overhead, such as "GetAppTime" or "GetAppVersion" to make sure that connections are up and dandy.

I know a few clients have implemented this and it works great.

[arold_ite]

Thanks Robi, I thought that would be the case

Arold