Winsock asynchronous socket + MessageBox() = trouble?

Hey, I've been writing a little chat server and I needed to do asynchronous sockets for it. So I set up the socket, binded it to the port and listened, then I passed the WSAAsyncSelect() function. Now, here is what my message-handler function looks like:

Code:

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LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd,UINT msg,WPARAM wParam,LPARAM lParam)
{
        switch(msg)
        {
                  case WM_SOCKETMESSAGE:  //my defined message(WM_USER+1)
                        if(WSAGETSELECTERROR(lParam))
                        {
                            WSACleanup();
                            return 0;
                        }
                        switch(WSAGETSELECTEVENT(lParam))
                        {
                            case FD_CONNECT:
                                  clientSocket=accept(listeningSocket,NULL,NULL);
                                  if(clientSocket==INVALID_SOCKET)
                                  WSACleanup();
                                  else
                                  MessageBox(hwnd,"Connection established!","Incoming Connection",MB_OK);
                                  break;
                            case FD_CLOSE:
                                  closesocket(clientSocket);
                                  break;
                            case FD_READ:
                                  memset(buffer,0,500);
                                  recv(clientSocket,buffer,500,0);
                                  MessageBox(hwnd,buffer,"New Data Received",0);
                                  break;
                        }             
                        return 0;

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Now, I run the program and I CAN connect to it, so I know that it's working, however you see where I called the MessageBox function above, those never show up. I don't have a clue as to why it wouldn't execute that function or block it from showing up at all. Hmm... Any help is appreciated.

If the HWND argument in the MessageBox() is not valid, it won't come up.
That might not be it but I have encontered that before in the same way.
Try calling DestroyWindow() on your HWND there and you'll know if it's the problem.

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If the HWND argument in the MessageBox() is not valid, it won't come up.

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Obviously his HWND parameter is going to be valid since he uses the same value that was passed to his window procedure.

jmd15 >> post the code where you call bind and WSAAsyncSelect(). Also, when you receive an error as a server, it is better to handle the error and continue receiving new connections, than to call WSACleanup().

>> Obviously his HWND parameter is going to be valid since he uses the same value that was passed to his window procedure.

Your right, my mistake.

Yeah, the hwnd is valid as bithub explained, and MessageBox's do come up when used elsewhere, even within the message-handler function. This is my first attempt at asynchronous sockets and I'm doing it blindly so there are bound to be many mistakes in this code. Yes, bithub, writing an error-handling function is at the top of my TODO list :) .

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
#include <winsock.h>
#define WM_SOCKETMESSAGE WM_USER+1

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND,UINT,WPARAM,LPARAM);
SOCKET listeningSocket;

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,PSTR szCmdLine,int iCmdShow)
{
    HWND hwnd;
    MSG msg;
    WNDCLASS wc;
   
    wc.style=CS_HREDRAW|CS_VREDRAW;
    wc.cbWndExtra=0;
    wc.cbClsExtra=0;
    wc.hInstance=hInstance;
    wc.lpfnWndProc=WndProc;
    wc.hIcon=LoadIcon(NULL,IDI_APPLICATION);
    wc.hCursor=LoadCursor(NULL,IDC_ARROW);
    wc.hbrBackground=(HBRUSH)(COLOR_WINDOW+1);
    wc.lpszMenuName=NULL;
    wc.lpszClassName="JCPPChat";
   
    if(!RegisterClass(&wc))
    return 0;
   
    hwnd=CreateWindow("JCPPChat","JCPPChat",WS_POPUPWINDOW|WS_CAPTION|WS_MINIMIZEBOX,(GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSCREEN)/2)-320,(GetSystemMetrics(SM_CYSCREEN)/2)-240,640,480,NULL,NULL,hInstance,NULL);
    ShowWindow(hwnd,iCmdShow);
    UpdateWindow(hwnd);
   
    WSAData wsaData;
    WORD sockVer;
    int nret;
   
    sockVer=MAKEWORD(1,1);
    WSAStartup(sockVer,&wsaData);
   
    listeningSocket=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,IPPROTO_TCP);
   
    if(listeningSocket==INVALID_SOCKET)
    {
                                      WSACleanup();
                                      return 0;
    }
    SOCKADDR_IN serverInfo;
    serverInfo.sin_family=AF_INET;
    serverInfo.sin_addr.s_addr=INADDR_ANY;
    serverInfo.sin_port=htons(6783);
    nret=bind(listeningSocket,(LPSOCKADDR)&serverInfo,sizeof(struct sockaddr));
    if(nret==SOCKET_ERROR)
    {
                          WSACleanup();
                          return 0;
    }
    nret=listen(listeningSocket,1);
    if(nret==SOCKET_ERROR)
    {
                          WSACleanup();
                          return 0;
    }
    WSAAsyncSelect(listeningSocket,hwnd,WM_SOCKETMESSAGE,(FD_READ|FD_CONNECT|FD_CLOSE));
    while(GetMessage(&msg,NULL,0,0))
    {
                                    TranslateMessage(&msg);
                                    DispatchMessage(&msg);
    }
    closesocket(listeningSocket);
    WSACleanup();
    return msg.wParam;
}
SOCKET clientSocket;
char buffer[500]={0};
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd,UINT msg,WPARAM wParam,LPARAM lParam)
{
        switch(msg)
        {
                  case WM_SOCKETMESSAGE:
                        if(WSAGETSELECTERROR(lParam))
                        {
                            WSACleanup();
                            return 0;
                        }
                        switch(WSAGETSELECTEVENT(lParam))
                        {
                            case FD_CONNECT:
                                  clientSocket=accept(listeningSocket,NULL,NULL);
                                  if(clientSocket==INVALID_SOCKET)
                                  WSACleanup();
                                  else
                                  MessageBox(NULL,"We've accepted a new connection", "New Connection",0);
                                  break;
                            case FD_CLOSE:
                                  closesocket(clientSocket);
                                  break;
                            case FD_READ:
                                  memset(buffer,0,500);
                                  recv(clientSocket,buffer,500,0);
                                  MessageBox(hwnd,buffer,"New Data Received",0);
                                  break;
                        }             
                        return 0;
                       
                  case WM_DESTROY:
                        closesocket(clientSocket);
                        WSACleanup();
                        PostQuitMessage(0);
                        return 0;
        }
        return DefWindowProc(hwnd,msg,wParam,lParam);
}

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Sorry for that, I hate reading long bits of code too but not much I could have left out without confusing you. Thanks again for your replies.

Code:

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WSAData wsaData;

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This should be WSADATA

You also need to pass FD_ACCEPT to WSAAsyncSelect().

Ok, fixed those things. Should I be accepting the connection after receiving a FD_ACCEPT or an FD_CONNECT message? Is that the problem? Hmm... Thanks for those corrections bithub.

call accept() when you get FD_ACCEPT.

Thanks a lot bithub, that was exactly the problem. Now it works as I intended. Thanks again.