Waiting for an incoming message for a certain time.

[megani]

Is it possible to wait for a certain time for an incoming message. And if none comes, to get a signal?

I'm using Tcp Sockets and the receive function.

[eXpl0it3r]

You can set the socket to non-blocking and implement your own logic, probably best done with sf::sleep(). Retry to receive data after a certain time and if nothing gets sent, the proceed to doing something else.

[megani]

I wrote this, but im not sure, if it will work. (Its a running thread!).

void getPoints(TcpSocket* client, int *points) {
        char rec[100];
        size_t received;
        int i;

        client->setBlocking(false);

        while (client->receive(rec, 100, received) == Socket::NotReady && i < 5000) {
                sleep(milliseconds(10));
                i++;
        }

        if (strlen(rec) != 0) {
                *points = atoi(rec);
        }

}