Multiple sockets for server apps

I am developing a server application in vb and having been experimenting with different ways of handling multiple connections. Winsock control arrays seem to be the most effective but if anyone has any suggestions ^_^. One of the problems i have encountered is that when a socket closes you use the Unload command to remove it from memory leaving a gap in the control array, hwo do you then handle the next connection? make a new control UBound + 1 or use the gap? if so how?

If anyone has done this type of programming before or feels they could help whatsoever please do.

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Any times Ive had to write server apps that accept multiple connections, data processing is only ever event driven.

So if socket 50 wants me to do something, I do it and give the data to socket 50.

But if you have write data to all your open socks every so often, then I'd use an array that just says whether they're open or not :

Code:

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dim isSockThere() As Boolean

'somewhere else in code
Winsock1(i).Close
Unload Winsock1(i)
isSockThere(i) = False

'then when writing data
For i = 0 To Winsock1.Count -1
    If (isSockThere(i)) Then Winsock1.SendData "iasdjosia"
Next i

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Id do something like that ...