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Hi there, To allow the server app to forward received objects to other clients, you first need to expand your server to allow multiple clients to connect. Just call ServerSocket.Accept() in a loop and store the returned CSocket (or derived) objects, one for each connected client, somewhere (you could use a CList for this). I guess the easiest way to handle client requests is to derive a class from CSocket and pass instances of these objects to Accept(). By overriding the OnReceive() method (see CSocket's base class CAsyncSocket in the online docs), you can cause code to be executed then data is received from a client. Just receive the object like you did in your example and forward it to all other connected clients using the socket objects you stored. You should also override the OnClose() method to remove socket objects from the socket list if the connection is being closed. As an aside, you could change your CaseId and CaseName member variables of CCase to CStrings, which allows you to (de)serialise them using the << and >> operators, ie. ar << CaseID << CaseName << ConsultationCount; Hope this helps (and works ;) ) Alwin

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First of all, I'd recommend forgetting about 2D arrays and going to something more high-level like, for instance, a std::vector of std::strings. Anyway, if you can't afford it, the syntax you must follow is like this: void F2(char array[][MAX_STRING_SZ+1],int len); Here len is needed to inform about the first dimension of the 2D array. To define a variable capable of holding 2D arrays of unspecified (i.e. determined at run-time) first dimension, the syntax is: char (* MyArray)[MAX_STRING_SZ+1]; which is also the return type of your F1 function. Remember, the first dimension must be passed along somehow. And please allow me to recommend you again that you use STL containers to make your life easier. Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo