accepting a socket connection request

in my main dialog.cpp//dialog-based app

if (serversock.create(8000,SOCK_STREAM,myIP) && serversock.listen())
display OK;

if (serversock.Accept(receivesock,0,0))
display OK;

Is this the method to wait for a connection request?

or should I do it in the OnAccept() of the socket class?
What is the usual method of waiting for connection request and where to accept the request?

I thing you should use OnAccept() function. If you use Accept() and there will not be any waiting connections this will block your app.

Actually, this is depending on your socket. If it is a blocking socket, calling Accept() will then wait until there is an incoming connection. If it is nonblocking, Accept will return immediately and any incoming connections will be signalled in OnAccept.

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Originally posted by Richard.J
Actually, this is depending on your socket. If it is a blocking socket, calling Accept() will then wait until there is an incoming connection. If it is nonblocking, Accept will return immediately and any incoming connections will be signalled in OnAccept.

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I think I agree on blocking, but don't entirely agree on non-blocking.

For non-blocking, set the socket up to signal your program that there's a request that needs accepting, with a call to WSAAsyncSelect(...FD_ACCEPT...). Then, in your OnAccept() handler, call accept() and test the result against WSAEWOULDBLOCK. If there was not a block, then everthing is fine and the program can continue with communication on the newly-accepted socket. But if there's a block, then the program needs to sit back and wait for OnAccept to be called again.

-Mike