OK i fixed the problem, but not how it should be fixed.

REALbasic has a socket control, which is used for connecting to a remote server via TCP/IP (duh!) and it has a error event. now most error codes for the socket are - numbers. But i tested the carbon version, which i made display the error, and it said 2405284758 as the error, and theres no error number like that!

So i just disabled error checking, whick sholed work since if no data was recieved (ie no connection) it shouldn't do anything

So ALL fixed NOW

Cheers,
Matrix