recieving data in a network stream??

[ineedhelp]

I'm using a network stream to send data but don't how to recieve it efficently. Reading data from the stream assumes knowing data is there. How do I know when data is waiting to be read?? Is a event triggered when data is able to be recieved?? Thanks

[Dave Kreskowiak]

The NetworkStream object doesn't fire any events. You have to poll the DataAvailable property of the NetworkStream object to see if there is something to read. You can look at this[^] example for a demo of DataAvailable. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome