Implements a Quote of the Day Protocol client.

TIdQOTD = class(TIdTCPClient)

TIdQOTD implements a Quote of the Day Protocol (QUOTD) client as described in the Internet Standards document:

• RFC 865 - Quote of the Day Protocol (http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc865.txt)

QUOTD is a simple protocol for retrieving a short quote from a server.

Port number used for the server connection.

property Port: integer;

Port is an Integer property that identifies the server port number server used for the client connection. By convention, some internet protocols reserve port number including:

• 21 - FTP

• 25 - SMTP

• 80 - HTTP

• 119 - NNTP

A client application may define it's own port to connect to a server running the same port.

Connects and retrieves a quote from the QOTD server.

property Quote: String;

Quote is a read-only String property that connects to the Quote of the Day server and retrieves a quote.

Be sure to set the Host property to the Quote of the Day server before calling Quote.

Constructor for the object instance.

constructor Create(AOwner: TComponent); override;

Owner of the object instance.

Create is the constructor for the object instance that instantiates a new TIdQOTD component and sets the default port to the standard port number used for the Quote of the Day protocol (IdPORT_QOTD).