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Adding a socket to a GUI application [message #48129]

Mon, 22 May 2017 10:15

Giorgio
Messages: 218
Registered: August 2015

Experienced Member

Hi there,
I have my application with its GUI that connects to a db and makes stuff. It goes ok. Now I need the ability for the application to listen to a port and, when it receives a specific command, the application needs to modify its behaviour.

My main.cpp is like this

#include <CtrlLib/CtrlLib.h>
#include <Sql/sch_schema.h>
#include <Sql/sch_source.h>
//Other includes

using namespace Upp;

GUI_APP_MAIN
{
	String User, Pass, Schema, IP;
	int port;
	
	User = "fooo";
	Pass = "bar";
	Schema = "test";
	IP = "192.168.1.2";
	port = 3306;

	//Connection to the DB
		MySqlSession session;
		if(err_conn = session.Connect(User, Pass, Schema, IP, port)) {
			SQL = session;
			SqlSchema sch(MY_SQL);
			All_Tables(sch);
		}
		else {
			SetExitCode(1);
		}

	//Main window of the GUI
	HomeScreen hs;
	hs.Run();
	
}

I have no experience in sockets, but my guts tell me that I have to fork somewhere before the .Run() command.
Any suggestion (including links to relevant documentation and RTFM) is appreciated.
Regards,
Gio

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