ASSERT(m_hSocket == INVALID_SOCKET) Error

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Hello MFC networking gurus. i'm having some trouble in my program. It generates an access violation runtime error and when i debug it, it points to the assertion in the title.

it's a client based CSocket Application where all i did was follow the normal flow.
1. AfxSocketInit()
2. CreateSocket();
3. Connect();

the error occurs in the create part.

a little detailed design of the program is:

class CSockMgrDLGDlg : public CDialog
{
   //other functions and attributes
  private:
      CommunicationMgr *oComMgr;
};

class CommunicationMgr
{
    //other functions and attributes
    private:
        CSocketMgr  *oSocketMgr;
}

class CSocketMgr : public CSocket
{
    //some functions and attributes
};

CSockMgrDLGDlg uses CommunicationMgr for connectivity. CSockMgrDLGDlg calls the CommunicationMgr::Connect() function
and CommunicationMgr::Connect calls CSocket::Connect() that goes for XXX::Create() too.



Question:
1. what do you think are the possible reasons that this access violation error is occurring?
2. will there be some hidden bugs/runtime errors created if CSockMgrDLGDlg doesn't use CSocketMgr directly?

thank you very much in advance..