Question

I am doing a simple server-client application. But, the client gets some undefined behaviour from the server side. After I retrieved the error code, I came to know that the server cut the connection.

This is server-side main.cpp

#include <QApplication>
#include <QFile>
#include <QFileDialog>
#include <QMessageBox>
#include <QtNetwork/QTcpServer>
#include <QtNetwork/QTcpSocket>

class MyMessageBox:public QMessageBox
{
public:
    MyMessageBox(std::string message,QWidget *parent=0):QMessageBox(QMessageBox::NoIcon,QString("ErrorMessage"),QString(message.c_str()),QMessageBox::Ok,parent,Qt::Widget)
    {
    }
};

class My_Server:public QTcpServer
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    My_Server();
public slots:
    void on_Connection();
};

My_Server::My_Server():QTcpServer()
{
    connect(this,SIGNAL(newConnection()),this,SLOT(on_Connection()));
}

void My_Server::on_Connection()
{
    MyMessageBox mm("Connection Established");
    mm.exec();
    QTcpSocket * my_Socket = this->nextPendingConnection();

    my_Socket->waitForBytesWritten(30000);

    QByteArray block("Hi all");

    my_Socket->write(block);
}

int main(int argc,char * argv[])
{
    QApplication app(argc,argv);

    My_Server tcp_Server;
    tcp_Server.listen(QHostAddress("127.0.0.1"),15000);

    return app.exec();
}

#include "main.moc"

This is client-side main.cpp

#include <QApplication>
#include <QDataStream>
#include <QFile>
#include <QFileDialog>
#include <QHostAddress>
#include <QMessageBox>
#include <QtNetwork/QTcpServer>
#include <QtNetwork/QTcpSocket>

class MyMessageBox:public QMessageBox
{
public:
    MyMessageBox(std::string message,QWidget *parent=0):QMessageBox(QMessageBox::NoIcon,QString("ErrorMessage"),QString(message.c_str()),QMessageBox::Ok,parent,Qt::Widget)
    {
    }
};

int main(int argc,char * argv[])
{
    QApplication app(argc,argv);

    QTcpSocket client_Socket;

    client_Socket.connectToHost(QHostAddress("127.0.0.1"),15000);

    QDataStream in(&client_Socket);
    in.setVersion(QDataStream::Qt_4_7);

    client_Socket.waitForReadyRead(30000);

    char buf[100]={'\0'};
    client_Socket.read(buf,(quint16)sizeof(buf));
    QString nothing(buf);

    MyMessageBox mm((QString("++ ")+nothing+" ++").toStdString());
    mm.exec();

    MyMessageBox mn(QString::number(client_Socket.error()).toStdString());
    mn.exec();

    return app.exec();
}

This is the pro file( same for both)

TEMPLATE = app
TARGET = 
DEPENDPATH += .
INCLUDEPATH += .

# Input
SOURCES += main.cpp

QT += network

I can’t find out that why the server side is cutting the connection. If anybody help me to find out the cause, I will be thankful to them.

Note: I am using Qt-4.7.2 in windows platform

Answer 1

The connection is getting closed because your server is exiting right after it’s sent that message.

This is probably because you’re using QApplication, but don’t actually have a long-lasting GUI widget. So the event loop stops short once you’ve finished displaying that first dialog box.

Try either:

• using QCoreApplication on the server side instead. (And don’t start a message box – no GUI allowed with QCoreApplication.)
• give your server a main widget that is responsible for starting the TCP server.