Subj : Sync/Door Programming Question
To   : alt.bbs.synchronet
From : kmcmahon70
Date : Mon Sep 19 2005 12:55 pm

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

Hi Folks

I've been looking at the door32.sys specs supported by Synchronet and
have found a question regarding the socket handle parameter:

After sync has written the socket id to the door32.sys file, how is the
socket released for the door to use?  Inheritance of the socket handle?

Playing around with my windows box I find that I can retrieve the
socket and perform the needed operations, but when I am ending my door
and want to return to the BBS what is the proper way to release the
socket?

Winsock specs claim that WSACleanup() must be called once per each call
to WSAStartup()... this call, however, seems to destroy the socket I
picked up from door32.sys and thus when Sync gets it back it appears as
if the caller disconnected.

If I don't call WSACleanup() at the end, it works well but I have a
feeling this is the wrong/bad way to do this.

Thanks in advance,

Kyle

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