Socket Accept/Connection Question/Problem

[Dave]

Hi All,

I am using Sockets to communicate between Applications. In this  
example, one Application is a "Server" and the other is a "Client".  
The Server issues a connected command and specifies a Callback  
handler as so:

   accept connections on theServerPortNumber with message  
"ServerContactedByClient"

on ServerContactedByClient theIPAddress
   local myClientIPAddress
   local myResult

   put the result into myResult

   if myResult <> empty then
     breakpoint
     exit ServerContactedByClient
   end if

   set the itemDelimiter to ":"
   put item 1 of theIPAddress into myClientIPAddress

   if myClientIPAddress is not among the lines of  
sgServerClientAllowList then
     close socket theIPAddress
   end if

   read from socket theIPAddress for 8 chars with message  
"ServerReceivedPacketSize"

end ServerContactedByClient

I am testing the error handling when a Client tries to connect but  
that server doesn't allow it to connect. The  
"ServerContactedByClient" gets called and the IP address is NOT is  
present in the "sgServerClientAllowList" (a Script Global), so the  
close socket is executed. However on the Client I have the following  
code:

   open socket mySocketAddress with message "ClientSocketOpen"


on ClientSocketOpen theIPAddress
   local myConnectString
   local myConnectionID
   local myResult


   put the result into myResult
   if myResult <> empty then
     breakpoint
     exit ClientSocketOpen
   end if

   --
   --  Send the Connect Message, Start with the Count
   --
   put "Connect," & myConnectionID into myConnectString
   write myConnectString to socket theIPAddress with message  
"ClientSocketConnectionDataSent"
end ClientSocketOpen

The "ClientSocketOpen" handler is called but the  
"ClientSocketConnectionDataSent" handler is never called, as I would  
expect, since the Server closed the Socket, however, the socketError  
or sockTimeout handler are not called either?

My question is, how can the Client tell if the connection has been  
successful or not?

Thanks a lot
All the Best
Dave