Open

The Open function opens connection to Internet host.

Open name_addr, port

Parameters

name_addr: Specifies the host IP address as string like "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" or host internet name (fully qualified, with domain name).
port: Specifies the port on remote host to connect to.

Return value

If successful, the function returns True. Otherwise, False. To understand the reason of error you can use the LastError property.

Notes

The unregistered version:
Supports connection to 80 port only (HTTP)

Example


<%
Set tcpip=CreateObject("SHOTIP.Connection")

host_name="myhost.mydomain.com"
if tcpip.Open(host_name,80) then
	Response.Write "The connection is opened successfully"
	tcpip.Close()
else
	Response.Write "The error occured!"
end if
%>