Passing a GUI handle to a socket and Postmessage back to GUI

From:
"KW" <KW@there.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:13:59 -0400
Message-ID:
<OZcqxPmoJHA.1252@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>
I have a MDI application with several child windows and a TCPIP server. I
want to pass the handle (of one child) to a server socket class so it can
post a message to the child window when data is received. When the data is
received by the child window, a listbox will display the data.

I have it working, but I wonder if there is a better way of passing (or
getting) the handle. I have to pass it twice to get it into the
OnReceive() Handler of CServer.cpp.

// Click a button and start the listener - couldn't get it to work in
constructor (handle not created yet?) - "SocketWindow" is UI class
void SocketWindow::OnButton1()
{
    sockServ = new MySocket(CWnd::m_hWnd); //Is this the best way to
get/pass the handle?
    sockServ->Create(1001);
    sockServ->Listen();
}

void SocketWindow::OnSockMSG(UINT wParam, long lParam)
{
    CString * ptr = (CString *)wParam;

    m_ListBoxAdder.AddString(*ptr);

    delete(ptr);
}

// These 4 lines are from MySocket.h
public:
 MySocket(HWND);
 virtual ~MySocket();
 CServer client;
 HWND ChildWindowHandle;

// Constructor MySocket.cpp
MySocket::MySocket(HWND MyHandle)
{
     ChildWindowHandle = MyHandle;
}

// MySocket.cpp
void MySocket::OnAccept(int nErrorCode)
{
     if (nErrorCode == 0)
     {
           this->Accept(client);

            // IS THIS A PROBLEM? "client" is declared in CServer.h
            client.HandleToChld = ChildWindowHandle ;
      }
}

// CServer.cpp
void CServer::OnReceive(int nErrorCode)
{
     char buffer[1024] ;
     memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer)) ;
     this->Receive(buffer, sizeof(buffer)) ;

     CString result(buffer);

     CString * ptrToData = new CString(result) ;

     // "WM_SCKTMSG_RECV" is defined in stdAfx.h (#define WM_SCKTMSG_RECV
WM_USER + 3), executes "OnSockMSG" above

     ::PostMessage(HandleToChld, WM_SCKTMSG_RECV, (WPARAM)ptrToData,
(LPARAM)0);

     //CAsyncSocket::OnReceive(nErrorCode);
}

Although this code currently works, it does not feel right (passing the
handle in the constructor??).
There has to be a better way of doing this. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
KW

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