Got it figured out...was caught by subtleties in the xml string...using IPstuff functions as follows:

loIP = CREATE( "wwSocket")
loIP.lStripNulls = .T.
llOkay = loIP.connect(lcServer, lnPort)
llOkay = loIP.Send(lcinput + CHR(0))
lcreceive = loIP.Receive(150)

Thanks again Rick for such great tools.

Greg

Hi there,

I'm trying to send a command defined in XML with UTF-8 encoding via sockets to a 3rd party application. So far (with no luck) I have taken the following approach:

lccmd = [<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Command group="default" type="add_user" user_id="1001" />]

lcServer = [127.0.0.1]
lnPort = 11115
lnTimeout = 15

lcreturn = loIP.socketsend(lccmd,lcServer,lnPort,lnTimeout,@lcError)

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So far, all that happens is the loIP.socketsend times out, as indicated by the lcError parameter.

I am new to xml and UTF-8 encoding and am hoping this will be obvious to someone. Thanks.

Greg

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