Send/Recv problem...

ok im not sure if its the send() function im doing wrong or the Recv() function... here's my code

Code:

-------------------CLIENT SIDE---------------------------- ... << Pressing the key F3 to send data in WinMain() code >> ... int rVal; <- defined at top of program char buffer[18]; <- also defined at top of program ZeroMemory(buffer, 18); strcpy(buffer, "65755556566666666"); <- the data im sending..numbers rVal = send(theSocket, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0); rVal = WSAGetLastError(); if (rVal == SOCKET_ERROR) { sError("SEND()"); return NETWORK_ERROR; } ^^ the above all goes well, no errors ^^ -----------------------SERVER SIDE----------------------------- // in my server it accepts the connection from b4 and switches to a new socket that will be able to use FD_READ | FD_CLOSE, this is the process: WSAAsyncSelect(s, hWnd, WM_USER + 1, FD_ACCEPT); //goes over to my WndProc() switch(Msg): ... case WM_USER + 1: HandleAccept(wParam, lParam); <- handles the connection request break; ... int HandleAccept(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { SOCKET sock = (SOCKET)wParam; WORD event = LOWORD(lParam); WORD error = HIWORD(lParam); if(event == FD_ACCEPT) { sockaddr_in NewRemoteSin; newsock = accept(sock, (sockaddr*)&NewRemoteSin, NULL); WSAAsyncSelect(newsock, hWnd, WM_USER + 2, FD_READ | FD_CLOSE); } return TRUE; } // ^^^ my new socket that is going to read data being sent is now called "newsock", the WSAAsyncSelect() is now set to FD_READ | CLOSE << blah blah i send the data (the numbers when i press F1 on the client side) >> << My WndProc() once again >>> ... case WM_USER + 2: HandleData(wParam, lParam); break; ... << Now it calls HandleData as above... >> << So now we have HandleData>> int HandleData(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { SOCKET sock = (SOCKET)wParam; WORD event = LOWORD(lParam); WORD error = HIWORD(lParam); if(event == FD_CLOSE) { closesocket(sock); } else if(event == FD_READ) { ZeroMemory(buf, 18); recv(sock, buf, 18, 0); MessageBox(hWnd, buf, "Received Data!", MB_OK); //closesocket(s); } return TRUE; }

i think i went into a little too much detail...but i did not know how to explain it, but the problem is that the MessageBox() in the HandleData() function never appears...i have spent like 3 hours, moving things around checking for errors, the only thing i came across was when i put the error check above the line closesocket(sock) in the HandleData() function, it says that the client side has closed... it never goes to the FD_READ case. I have no clue what is wrong. thx in advance