Re: UDP client/server problem: please help!
Is this going to be run over the internet or on a LAN?
AliR.
<riacopo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hello,
I'm writing a simple UDP client/server application with Windows API in
Microsoft Visual Studio (VC++ unmanaged).
It is quite simple but I have a problem: in the requirements I have,
the client shall not communicate anything to the server which shall
only send data. When the client receives data, it shall display them
in a list box.
In other cases, I used to put the server in a wait state for a
connection request [listen() function - server side - that reacts to a
sendto() operation - client side].
In the server:
- create a ListenSocket socket
- bind such socket
- make ListenSocket wait for a message from client with listen
(ListenSocket,...)
- when a message from client arrives, creates a ConnectionSocket and
sends data with sendto(ConnectionSocket,...)
In the client:
- create a ConnectionSocket socket
- send a message to the server with sendto(ConnectionSocket,...)
- start a thread in which is called (in a while-loop) the recvfrom
(ConnectionSocket,...) for the reception of data.
I don't manage in avoiding the message sending by the client.
Could you please help me?
Thank you very much.
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