[PyQt] Having a problem with QTcpSocket

[Phil Thompson]

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:39:36 +0100, Nick Gaens <nickgaens at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hans-Peter Jansen schreef:  
> On Monday 23 November 2009, 15:19:06 Nick Gaens wrote:
> 
>  Hans-Peter Jansen schreef:
> 
> [...]
> 
>  ----------------------------
>  def __init__(self):
>          self.server = QtNetwork.QTcpServer(self)
>          self.server.serverPort = 55555
>          self.server.newConnection.connect(self.clientConnecting)
>          self.server.listen() # defaults to QHostAddress.Any
> 
>  def clientConnecting(self): # used by the "server"
>          if self.server.hasPendingConnections():
>              connectingClient =
> self.server.nextPendingConnection()
>             
> connectingClient.readyRead.connect(self.receiveData)
> 
>  def connectToClient(self, ip):  # used by the "client"
>          socket = QtNetwork.QTcpSocket()
>          socket.readyRead.connect(self.receiveData)
>          socket.connectToHost(QtNetwork.QHostAddress(ip), 55555) #
> ip of
> server if socket.waitForConnected(5000):
>              print "Connected!"
>  ----------------------------
> 
> [...]
> 
>  How odd that I receive this mail *the moment* my code started working
> :-P.
> 
>  I found that the serverPort may not be overwritten.
> 
>  I removed this assignment:
> 
> self.server.serverPort = 55555
> 
> Assigning properties this way usually won't work in PyQt (although Phil 
> tackles this already). 
> 
> try this:
>  self.server.listen(QtNetwork.QHostAddress.Any, 55555)
> 
>  and the clients now can connect to the server w/o any problem.. Downside
> is that the port is random..
> 
> Pete
> 
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> 
>   Hmm.. That doesn't seem to work :-S..
> 
>  self.server.listen(QtNetwork.QHostAddress.Any, 55555):
>        TypeError: argument 1 of QTcpServer.listen() has an invalid
> type
> 
>  How can this be? I've got PyQt4.6.2 on WinXP, Python 2.6.4

It should be...

self.server.listen(QtNetwork.QHostAddress(QtNetwork.QHostAddress.Any),
55555)

Phil