CurrentState Property

Applies To: TCPSocket

Description

The CurrentState property is a read-only property that reports the current state of a TCPSocket object. Its possible values and their means are as follows:

CurrentState Description
'Open' a client socket that is not yet connected or a UDP socket
'Bound' a server socket that has been bound
'Listening' a server socket to which a client has not yet connected
'Connected' a client or server socket that is connected
'IHaveClosed' a temporary state on the way to Closed
'PartnerHasClosed' a temporary state on the way to Closed
'Closed' a socket that has been closed by both client and server