hi alok, thanks a lot for ur reply, but eventually i figured out my problem was not related with opening or closing but what i am using is ASyncSockets which are by default NON blocking sockets as a results the connection closes automatically if there is no buffer recieved so i used CSocket class ie a Blocking Socket class as a result untill unless the Buffer is recieved the connection is alive. thanks a lot again

hi ppl, I am creating a Client server application using Asyncsockets using MFC. my application is running well on the local server. but the problem starts when it's client side is used on other computers on lan Like for the first time the client connects to the server every thing goes on smoothly but when the connection closes from the client side the server closes all the connection but on the client side the connection goes to the FIN_WAIT2 and reamins there and no message can be sent from there on so the application halts. I donn know what to do help me?

hi, i have tried this method but what happens is that after compiling when we run the application instead of the bitmap there is a blank button or a white button.PLease check it n tell me. vibhu

hi, I am in a gr8 trouble. I am making a client server application using ASync sockets with oracle as backend. Every thing is working fine but the problem is with closing the connection after it's use completes. i.e. when for the first time client connects to the server he is able to log in and send the data but after that is any client tries to log in then server gives the Assssertion failure error in line 177 winsock on ignoring the error the client works fine but if this happens server cannot log in the clients automatically. if there is a way to ignore this failuer or what i feel abt error is that once the socket is closed and after that if some body tries to give it gives a invaled socket error this was found out when i tried to debug the error. tell me what i can do to solve the problem. can this be due to the single m_sConnection socket i have used that when closed closes everything but there is another socket cvariacle ie m_sListenSocket that i have iused to accept connections ie m_sListensocket.accept(m_sconnectionsocket). help me to understnd it