Simple DataSocket example hangs the DataSocket server

Hi,
I am having problems with the Simple DataSocket example. As soon as I try to connect to the DataSocket server on the local machine using dstp the server crashes. The error signature is:
AppName: cwdss.exe AppVer: 4.2.3.1 ModName: mfc42.dll
ModVer: 6.2.4131.0 Offset: 0001bc9b
By restarting the server I am sometimes able to connect but most of the time this only results in a repeated crash. Furthermore when I try to close either the reader or the writer after such a crash I get the error message “the RPC-server is not available”. The only way to close the program is to use the task manager. I am using Measurement Studio 7.1 and Visual Studio 2003 version 7.1.3088 and I have successfully used DataSocket to communicate with an OPC server on the local machine. I would appreciate any suggestions on how to solve the problems since I would like use dstp in my own applications.
Adam

As I wrote in the original post, it is the simple datasocket example that I am having trouble with. I have managed to get the reader and writer to talk to each other by restarting the datasocket server repeatedly, but since the datasocket server crashes most of the times when I try to connect to it (i.e. I press either manual or auto update connect) this is rather tedious work. I think that the files were replaced correctly; at least the file cwdss.exe reappeared. The version of cwdss.exe is 4.2.3.1. Which other files should I check? The version of nids.dll is the same, i.e. 4.2.3.1.
Adam

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