Hi guys,

I was interested in developing a multithreaded server (i.e. one that can serve > 1 connection simultaneously) and I was wondering which way to go. It seems like writing my own "netcode" from start is the way to go, or have you guys had any luck adapting the fcl ssockets unit to this purpose? Interested in your thoughts.

Also note that this application would need to run on both Linux and Win32 platforms, so select() and poll() would be out of the question, right?

Roderick

Roderick van Domburg wrote

Also note that this application would need to run on both Linux and Win32 platforms, so select() and poll() would be out of the question, right?

No, on Win32 you would just use the Win32 API function 'WaitForMultipleObjects' or one of its extensions; they work almost the same way as select/poll.

- Sebastian

I'm new to Win32 API calls. Would you have any websites, books or sources to recommend?

Roderick van Domburg wrote

I'm new to Win32 API calls. Would you have any websites, books or sources to recommend?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/
http://search.microsoft.com/us/dev/default.asp

at least as a reference. I don't know if this is enough information for you, or wether some book on general Win32 programming would be good... (and I don't know one, as I always worked with the MSDN documentation)

- Sebastian

;-) This is THE basic one:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp

Kuba

Besides the M$ references, Borland also has a good reference on its server (ftp.inprise.com, /pub/techpubs/delphi and deeper or so)