The /sockopen command initiates a connection to the specified addresses and port; a named address can be substituted for an IP address (which will get resolved to an IP address eventually). On success, the on sockopen event should get executed.

Synopsis

/sockopen [-de] [bindip] <name> <address> <port>

Switches

• -d - the specified IP address is the bind IP address
• -e - creates an SSL connection

Parameters

• [bindip] - bind ip to be used
• <name> - socket name (for future reference)
• <address> - ip address or server name of the end point
• <port> - port of the end point

Example

Alias irc_connect {
  ;Initiate a connection with "irc.freenode.org" on port 6669, Secured connection
  sockopen -e IRC irc.freenode.org +6697
}
 
On *:sockopen:IRC:{
  ;Send our USER and NICK irc commands
  sockwrite -n IRC USER Tester $+ $rand(1,100) Test Test:mSL Testing $+ $crlf
  sockwrite -n IRC NICK Tester $+ $rand(1,100) $crlf
}
 
;Show all receiving data in a window
On *:sockread:IRC:{
  window -de @IRC
  var %x
  sockread %x
  aline -p @IRC $iif(%x,$v1,-)
}

Compatibility

Added: mIRC v5.3

Added On: 13/12/97

Note: Individual switches were not taken into consideration.

See also

• List of commands
• List of identifiers
• $sockname
• $sock
• /socklist
• /sockmark
• /sockpause
• /sockread
• /sockrename

mIRC commands list

A /abook, /action, /add, /ajinvite, /alias, /aline, /ame, /amsg, /anick, /aop, /auser, /auto, /autojoin, /avoice, /away B /background, /ban, /bcopy, /beep, /bindip, /bread, /break, /breplace, /bset, /btrunc, /bunset, /bwrite C /channel, /clear, /clearall, /clearial, /cline, /clipboard, /close, /closechats, /closedccs, /closefserves, /closemsg, /cnick, /color, /colour, /comclose, /comlist, /commands, /comopen, /comreg, /continue, /copy, /creq, /ctcp, /ctcpreply, /ctcps	D /dcc, /dccserver, /dde, /ddeserver, /debug, /dec, /describe, /dialog, /did, /didtok, /disable, /disconnect, /dlevel, /dline, /dll, Template:mIRC/donotdisturb, /dns, /dqwindow, /drawcopy, /drawdot, /drawfill, /drawline, /drawpic, /drawrect, /drawreplace, /drawrot, /drawsave, /drawscroll, /drawsize /drawtext E /ebeeps, /echo, /editbox, /else, /elseif, /emailaddr, /enable, /events, /exit F /fclose, /filter, /findtext, /finger, /firewall, /flash, /flist, /flood, /flush, /flushini, /fnord, /font, /fopen, /fseek, /fsend, /fserve, /fullname, /fupdate, /fwrite	G /ghide, /gload, /gmove, /gopts, /goto, /gplay, /gpoint, /gqreq, /groups, /gshow, /gsize, /gstop, /gtalk, /gunload, /guser H /hadd, /halt, /haltdef, /hdec, /hdel, /help, /hfree, /hinc, /hload, /hmake, /hotlink, /hop, /hsave I /ial, /ialclear, /ialmark, /identd, /if, /ignore, /iline, /inc, /iuser J /join L /leave, /linesep, /links, /list, /load, /loadbuf, /localinfo, /log, /logview M /maxdepth, /mdi, /me, /menubar, /mkdir, /mnick, /mode, /msg N /noop, /notice, /notify
O /onotice, /omsg P /pareline, /part, /partall, /pdcc, /perform, /play, /playctrl, /pop, /protect, /proxy, /pvoice Q /qme, /qmsg, /query, /queryrn, /quit, /quote R /raw, /registration, /reload, /remini, /remote, /remove, /rename, /renwin, /reseterror, /resetidle, /return, /returnex, /rlevel, /rline, /rmdir, /run, /ruser	S /save, /savebuf, /saveini, /say, /scid, /scon, /server, /set, /setlayer, /showmirc, /signal, /sline, /sockaccept, /sockclose, /socklist, /socklisten, /sockmark, /sockopen, /sockpause, /sockread, /sockrename, /sockudp, /sockwrite, /sound, /speak, /splay, /sreq, /strip, /switchbar T /timer, /timestamp, /tip, /tips, /titlebar, /tnick, /tokenize, /toolbar, /topic /tray, /treebar	U /ulist, /unload, /unset, /unsetall, /updatenl, /url, /username, /uwho V /var, /vcadd, /vcmd, /vcrem, /vol W /wallchops, /wavplay, /while, /window, /winhelp, /write, /writeini X /xyzzy