Hello!
I've been reading the Quenatton example, for better understanding Winsock programming with FASM.
I can't understand WSAAsyncSelect. Can anyone post some explanation?
What it really does? When should I use it?

Thanks

you should just go to msdn

WSAAsyncSelect=request event notification for a socket. Used to prevent network flooding on the same socket.

int WSAAsyncSelect(SOCKET s,HWND hWnd,unsigned int wMsg,long lEvent); msdn


1. data arrives on socket s; Windows Sockets posts WSAAsyncSelect message

2. application processes some other message

3. while processing, application issues an ioctlsocket(s, FIONREAD...) and notices that there is data ready to be read

4. application issues a recv(s,...) to read the data

5. application loops to process next message, eventually reaching the WSAAsyncSelect message indicating that data is ready to read

6. application issues recv(s,...), which fails with the error WSAEWOULDBLOCK.

* Issuing WSAAsyncSelect after one another cancel out the previous order.

s1 = WSAAsyncSelect(s, hWnd, Msg1, megetkill);
s1 = WSAAsyncSelect(s, hWnd, Msg2, ikillhim);


megetkill/ikillhim=FD_READ,FD_WRITE,FD_OOB,FD_ACCEPT,FD_CONNECT NONE ,FD_CLOSE NONE.

You shouldn't bother with WSAAsyncSelect, even blocking sockets + threads are better imho... look at WSAEventSelect or I/O Completion Ports instead.

if you only have few concurrent connections, threads should be easier to do