Connect To Server At Startup

[Googie85]

I am trying to get a loop that continues to connect to a server and creates the loop until it can connect to the said server. Once connected it puts a "1" into the "Count" variable and then exits the loop. Do you guys have any ideas on what im doing or a different way to go about this?

Many Thanks!!

Googie.

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on openStack
   open socket "192.168.15.189:12345" with message "CONNECTED"
   if Count = 1 then break else
   wait 5 seconds
   open socket "192.168.15.189:12345" with message "CONNECTED"

         if Count = 1 then break else
   wait 5 seconds
   open socket "192.168.15.189:12345" with message "CONNECTED"

      if Count = 1 then break else
   wait 5 seconds
   open socket "192.168.15.189:12345" with message "CONNECTED"

      if Count = 1 then break else
   wait 5 seconds
   open socket "192.168.15.189:12345" with message "CONNECTED"

      if Count = 1 then break else
   wait 5 seconds
end openStack

[Mark]

The syntax "wait 5 seconds" is blocking and during this time LiveCode will never be able to make a connection. Instead, you should use "wait 5 seconds with messages" but there is a better way to do this.

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local lSock = "192.168.15.189:12345"

on openStack
  newConnection
end openStack

on newConnection
  if lSock is not among the lines of the openSockets then
    open socket lSock with message "connected"
    send "newConnection" to me in 5 seconds
  end if
end newConnection