Freeing a TXDataclient does not actually free it

BIZ TMS XData
1

When I do something like this in an XData client when the server is not running:

  Try
    Client:= TXDataclient.Create;
  Except
    on E: EWinHttpClientException do
    begin
      Showmessage(E.Message);
      client.Free;
    end;
  End;

The client.Free statement is carried out, but the client is not really freed. When I test if Client = nil the response is False.
How can I detect if the Client works correct and is connected to the Server?

2

Calling client.Free only destroy the object but doesn't nil the reference. This is pure Delphi, not XData related. If you want client variable to be set to nil, call 


 FreeAndNil(client);
3

Of course. I should have thought of that myself.... Thank you, Wagner.