Winsock

[SirCrono6]

Hmm... I was using Winsock in a console (following a random tutorial I found on the internet) and so far I wanted to see if I got any errors. So I wrote all the code (that I have read):

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>

int main( void )
{
  WSADATA wsaDat;
  if( WSAStartup( ( 1, 1 ), &wsaDat ) != 0 )
  {
    std::cout << "WSA initialization failed!";
  }
  SOCKET socket;
  socket = ( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 );
  if( socket == INVALID_SOCKET )
  {
    std::cout << "Failed to create socket!";
  }
  SOCKADDR_IN sockAddr;
  sockAddr.sin_port = 50;
  sockAddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
  sockAddr.sin_addr.S_un.S_un_b.s_b1 = 127;
  sockAddr.sin_addr.S_un.S_un_b.s_b2 = 0;
  sockAddr.sin_addr.S_un.S_un_b.s_b3 = 0;
  sockAddr.sin_addr.S_un.S_un_b.s_b4 = 1;
  if( bind( socket, ( SOCKADDR* )( &sockAddr ), sizeof( sockAddr ) ) == SOCKET_ERROR )
  {
    std::cout << "Failed to bind!";
  }
  std::cin.get();
  return 0;
}

I linked libwsock.a and ended with a single error:

[Build Error] ["Internet.exe"] Error 1

I haven't found anything to cause that error yet. See signature for compiler etc.

- SirCrono6

P.S. Ah! Haven't seen C++ code in so long!

[andyhunter]

It has nothing to do with C++, it is all about your knowledge of networking.

For instance, where is your include file for winsock?
Something like this is expected:

#include <WINSOCK2.h>

This is for the new version of winsock.

Also this:

if( WSAStartup( ( 1, 1 ), &wsaDat ) != 0 )

You are missing something in here, such as the MAKEWORD macro, aka

if( WSAStartup( MAKEWORD( 1, 1 ), &wsaDat ) != 0 )

And are you linking with the correct library?

Plus this does belong in the Networking Forum.

Anywho, hope this helps.

edit: Just bothered to read your sig, you have the newest version of winsock. You should use it.