Well, I'm not sure of the specific problem, but here are a couple of links to some excellent articles on threading in ASP.NET. Perhaps you've already read them, but if not, they're good reads: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/10/WickedCode/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/06/Threading/ You might consider turning on tracing just calling the failing code synchronously until you can determine which line is causing the error.

It looks like your ASP.NET installation just died. Have you tried reinstalling the .NET Framework? WM. What about weapons of mass-construction?

mikeyhardingboyo wrote: So what classes etc should I be looking at. Socket :confused: "Just about every question you've asked over the last 3-4 days has been "urgent". Perhaps a little planning would be helpful?" Colin Angus Mackay in the C# forum led mike

You may like to consider SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics.... I've been using this quite a bit recently for two main reasons - 1) it's VERY simple to get some really nice looking UIs and effects etc, and b) it can be scripted with any scripting language, and has build in suport for animation / attribute modification via script. It does have its drawbacks - for instance, need an SVG viewer installed on the client (same for flash I guess), and unfortunately, there's no way to include "inline" SVG in other docs - have to use the tag or an iFrame and a standalone SVG file. Having said that, I'm part of the way through a set of tools to simplify this stuff - basically a js lib that manipulates the DOM to add elements, and a ServerControl that does similar from the server side...quite straightforward to impl.... "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox

You have to decide which of the outputs you want STDERROR, STANDARD etc. Then you simply redirect the standard to a string and write it to a file. Do a search for Process redirect.

Just compile the C code into a DLL which exports the necessary functions. You can then access it via P/Invoke and the DllImport attribute regards

In my opinion, this user guide[^] might give you some idea to do develop your application.

Otherwise, if you want it client side, use JavaScript :D

Create a object which looks something like this class ObjectState { public byte[] myReadBuffer = new byte[2048]; public NetworkStream str = set the network stream object u had created } now when you call beginread call it this way ObjectState state = new ObjectState(); networkstream.BeginRead(state.myReadBuffer, 0, 2048, AsyncCallback method pointer, state) //Pass state object to last parameter of BeginRead. when u endread ObjectState state; state = (objectState) result.AsyncState; int numberOfBytesRead = 0; numberOfBytesRead = str.EndRead(result); now use state.myReadBuffer; //This should contain the data u r looking for

O, you have helped me understand these methods better. But to clear things up in what im trying to achieve..........The bottom line is I want to be able to read data as it is sent down the stream over time.....Thus my program needs to be able to constantly monitor the stream in-order to react as it were when data(messages) are there to be read off. So in my meain theard after the TCP connection has been set up I call a method which contains the following: if(stream.CanRead) { byte[] myReadBuffer = new byte[2048]; stream.BeginRead(myReadBuffer, 0, myReadBuffer.Length, new AsyncCallback(myReadCallBack),stream); } After this is called the callback method is called (were the seperate thread executes) The code in there looks like this: public void myReadCallBack(IAsyncResult result) { NetworkStream str = (NetworkStream) result.AsyncState; byte[] myReadBuffer = new byte[2048]; int numberOfBytesRead = 0; numberOfBytesRead = str.EndRead(result); myCompleteMessage = String.Concat(myCompleteMessage, Encoding.ASCII.GetString(myReadBuffer, 0, numberOfBytesRead)); while(str.DataAvailable) { str.BeginRead(myReadBuffer, 0, myReadBuffer.Length, new AsyncCallback(myReadCallBack),stream); } if(stream.DataAvailable == false) { TokenizeCommands(myCompleteMessage); myCompleteMessage = ""; str.BeginRead(myReadBuffer, 0, myReadBuffer.Length, new AsyncCallback(myReadCallBack),stream); } } } Thats the code. So im trying to achieve structure that will monitor data when it becomes available on the stream but in an iterative way so the main thread can continue to do other things but react when messages become available on the stream. thanks for ya help, its difficult for me to explain as im a student to this, but im getting there :) cheers mIKE