Now I've been programming QT for little over a month now so forgive some of the more n00bish statements I may make however I have a rather annoying problem I can't sort.

I cannot seem to get QUdpSocket and WinSock to play nice with each other. The idea is that a TCP/IP connection is established (which works fine) and then a test packet is sent from WinSock to QT on a remote server.

Now just to rule out a few things to make sure it was me being a n00b and not a breakdown in communication I have also put a QString message in to ensure that something is being displayed.

The data is being statically generated from WinSock and being picked up by a combination of QTcpServer and QTcpSocket where the data needs to be converted into a QString and then added as an item in a QListWidget.

I've tried about 1000 combinations now and am beginning to lose any sense of logic if i'm honest, so I have no idea if the problem lies in the network communication itself, or the data types or whatever!

Code Snippets;
QT 4.7.1 - QT Creator

@void Widget::ConnectNewClient()
{
QTcpSocket *clients = tcpserver->nextPendingConnection();
connect(clients, SIGNAL(disconnected()), clients, SLOT(deleteLater()));

ui->lstViewer->addItem("Client Connected: " + clients->peerAddress().toString());

int newdatasize = clients->bytesAvailable();
QByteArray newdata = clients->readData(clients->bytesToWrite(), newdatasize);
QString passthrough=newdata;

ui->lstViewer->addItem(tr("Packet Received: \"%1\"").arg(passthrough));
clients->disconnectFromHost();
ui->lstViewer->addItem("Client Disconnected");

}@

Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Edition - C/C++ - Windows Application

ServerChatter.h

@//SeverChatter - This week bots and girls we will we mainly talking TCP

#pragma once
#include <WinSock2.h>
#include <WS2tcpip.h>
#include <string.h>
using namespace std;

#include "WinTalk.h"

#define MAIN_PORT "6688"

class ServerChatter
{
public:
ServerChatter(WinTalk *wintalk);
~ServerChatter(void);

void SendMsg(void);

private:
WinTalk *mywin;

WSADATA wsaData;
struct addrinfo
*result,
*ptr,
hints;
SOCKET ConnectSocket;
};@

ServerChatter.cpp

@ServerChatter::ServerChatter(WinTalk *wintalk)
{
//Grab the WinTalk instance and have our wikid way with it
mywin = wintalk;

//Declare useless stuff here
int results;
ConnectSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;

//Initialise WinSock
results=WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsaData);
if(results!=0)
{
//WinSock 2.2 not available - Should only be the case for emulators and pre-xp machines - neither of which are our concern
wintalk->SystemText(std::wostringstream(L"Cannot find WinSock 2.2 - Are you using emulators you cheeky devil??"));
}
else
{
//Null that mother fuker!
ZeroMemory( &hints, sizeof(hints) );

//Fill structure with information (IPv4, Streaming Socket, TCP/IP)
hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;

//Now just make sure we are all alive and well before we go crazy connecting things
results = getaddrinfo("69.10.53.10", MAIN_PORT, &hints, &result);
if(results !=0)
{
//Could not find server - Will be common if people run Igma.exe during server downtime
wintalk->SystemText(std::wostringstream(L"Cannot find server...Are you sure your connected to the tinterweb??"));
}
else
{
//Finally we can trust ourselves
ptr = result;

//Hit that socket up
ConnectSocket = socket(ptr->ai_family, ptr->ai_socktype, ptr->ai_protocol);

//Check for socket creation
if(ConnectSocket==INVALID_SOCKET)
{
//Unable to create socket - somethings wrong - not really sure what could go wrong mind??
wintalk->SystemText(std::wostringstream(L"Unable to use socket on port 6688 - Are you using this already??"));
}
else
{
//Right...Lets give this network thing a go (wheres .NET when you need it :-()
results = connect(ConnectSocket, ptr->ai_addr, (int)ptr->ai_addrlen);
if(results==SOCKET_ERROR)
{
//If we can't connect to the server then close the socket down and walk away from the 100 car pile-up
closesocket(ConnectSocket);
ConnectSocket=INVALID_SOCKET;
freeaddrinfo(result);
wintalk->SystemText(std::wostringstream(L"Cannot connect to server..."));
}
}
}
}
}

void ServerChatter::SendMsg(void)
{
#define DEFAULT_BUFLEN 512

int results;
//string sendbuf("This is a test message");
//char *array = new char[sendbuf.size()];
//std::copy(sendbuf.begin(), sendbuf.end(), array);

results=send( ConnectSocket, "Hello!",DEFAULT_BUFLEN, 0 );
if (results==SOCKET_ERROR)
{
mywin->SystemText(std::wostringstream(L"Unable to send message - Don't know why - Cos its gay...That'll do"));
}
else
{
mywin->SystemText(std::wostringstream(L"Data Sent"));
}
//delete [] array;
}@

Now I realise that I'm using blocking sockets etc etc its more a case of getting this working so I can build on it - Please help!