The ON SOCKOPEN event triggers when a socket connection initiated with {{mIRC|/sockopen} is either sucessful or failed.

Synopsis

ON <level>:SOCKOPEN:<matchtext>:<commands>

Parameters

<matchtext>The name of the socket you want event to trigger on.

<commands>The commands to be performed when the event listener's criteria is met.

You should be checking $sockerr to know if the connection was sucessful or not, here is a list of the possible value for $sockerr in the on SOCKOPEN event:

• 0 - Success.
• 3 - Failure establishing socket connection, $sock().wsmsg will contain a more specific error message.
• 4 - Error resolving given hostname.

Examples

on *:socklisten:name:{
  if (!$sockerr) sockaccept myprefix $+ $ticks
  else {
    echo -s An error occured while trying to accept a connection: $sock($sockname).wsmsg
  }
}

Compatibility

Added: mIRC v3.5
Added on: 07 Aug 1995
Note: Unless otherwise stated, this was the date of original functionality.
Further enhancements may have been made in later versions.

See Also

• mIRC events
• /sockwrite
• /sockclose
• /sockread
• /sockaccept
• /sockpause
• $sock
• $sockbr
• $sockerr