# Where can I find the implementation for FSocket.Send(...)?

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**Category:** Multiplayer & Networking\
**Tags:** Networking, sockets, unreal-engine, UE4, CPP, question\
**Created:** [May 4, 2017, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/where-can-i-find-the-implementation-for-fsocket-send/392667 "2017-05-04T07:25:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/where-can-i-find-the-implementation-for-fsocket-send/392667/1 "2017-05-04T07:25:18Z")

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Hey there,

I recently played with a re-post I found here:

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>
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I have a problem in understanding, how to use this line:

```
bool successful = Socket->Send((uint8*)TCHAR_TO_UTF8(serializedChar), size, sent);

```

I setup a listening TCP client very close to this one:  
[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki - Announcements - Unreal Engine Forums](https://wiki.unrealengine.com/TCP_Socket_Listener),_Receive\_Binary\_Data\_From\_an\_IP/Port\_Into\_UE4,_(Full\_Code\_Sample)

The sending was initially done via a small python script, which was working like a charm. Now trying to have an UE4 Scene sending via FSocket is sadly leading nowhere at the moment, since I found, that its implementation looks like this:

UE\_4.15/Engine/Source/Runtime/Sockets/Private/Sockets.cpp like 19:

```
bool FSocket::Send(const uint8* Data, int32 Count, int32& BytesSent)
{
//	NETWORK_PROFILER(GNetworkProfiler.TrackSocketSend(this,Data,BytesSent));
	UE_LOG(LogSockets, Verbose, TEXT("Socket '%s' Send %i Bytes"), *SocketDescription, BytesSent );
	return true;
}

```

So my code runs like it should, but without any logic actually sending my data anywhere, it will never work ☹

Could anybody please give me a hint, how I can setup a TCP connection and SEND data, instead of just calling an empty method? Or is there an implementation somewhere else and I don’t see it? It looks like, there is something here, I completely don’t understand…

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**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/where-can-i-find-the-implementation-for-fsocket-send/392667/2 "2017-05-04T18:27:46Z")

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Hello,

When you call:

```
FSocket* Socket = ISocketSubsystem::Get(PLATFORM_SOCKETSUBSYSTEM)->CreateSocket

```

You are asking for a platform specific version of a FSocket. My guess is the FSocket::Send( ) isn’t the actual function being used when you get the socket. In visual studio, put a break point at:

```
bool successful = Socket->Send((uint8*)TCHAR_TO_UTF8(serializedChar), size, sent);

```

Then, debug through and jump into which Send( ) it’s actually using. If it is using the FSocket::Send and effectively not sending anything, write up a bug report in the Bug Reports section.