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Summary
Specifies the name or dotted decimal internet address of the remote host to which a connection will be made .
Description
The Host property specifies the name or internet address of a remote server. This property must be set before a session can be established. There are three possible ways to specify a remote
server.
Machine Name
An application only needs to specify the name of the remote server if the server is located on the same network as the local PC or if the internet address of the server is defined in the local host
table. If the remote server is not on the local network, then the underlying protocol will route the traffic through a gateway. If the remote server is not defined in the local host table, then the
underlying protocol will contact the domain server to resolve the internet address of the server.
Machine and Domain Name
An application needs to specify the machine name and the domain name if the remote server is not located on the same network as the local PC. Fully domain qualified machine names are written from
left to right in ascending order (for example, speedy.distinct.com). If both machine and domain names are specified, then the underlying protocol will contact the domain server to
resolve the internet address of the server.
Internet Address
Sometimes the user knows only the internet address of the remote server that he or she wants to use. In this case, the internet address can be entered in what is known as the dotted decimal notation
( for example, 127.43.101.12). If the remote server identified by this address is not on the local network, then the underlying protocol will route the traffic through a gateway.
This property can be changed at design time and at run time before a connection has been established. There is no default value for this property.
Example
Vt220Client.Action = ACTION_INITIALIZE
Vt220Client.Host = "127.43.101.12"
Vt220Client.Port = 23
Vt220Client.Action =
ACTION_CONNECT
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