Thread: weird winsock output and winsock 2 not working

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    Registered User whackaxe's Avatar
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    weird winsock output and winsock 2 not working

    okay, so i have my little app set up and working good for me on my computer.

    Code:
    #include <winsock.h>
    #include <windows.h>
    #include <string.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    
    bool sendAdress(void);
    
    char listServer[] = "localhost";
    
    bool sendAdress(void)
    {
       //first get your own IP
       char localName[256];
       LPHOSTENT localMachine;
    
       //geting host name for local 'puter
       gethostname(localName, sizeof(localName));
    
       //making a hostent with above name
       localMachine = gethostbyname(localName);
    
       //getting adresses
       char localAddrs[256];
    
       int i = 0;
       while (true)
       {
           if (!localMachine->h_addr_list[i])
           {
               break;
           }
           else
           {
               strcat(localAddrs,inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr *) localMachine->h_addr_list[i]));
               strcat(localAddrs,"\n");
               i++;
           }
       }
       //char * addrList = inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr *) localMachine->h_addr_list[0]);
    
       //print IP (hopefuly)
       MessageBox(NULL,localAddrs,"your adress is...",MB_OK);
    }
    
    int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hThisInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpszArgument, int nFunsterStil)
    {
       //first initiate winsock
       WORD winsockVersion = MAKEWORD(1,1);
       WSADATA wsaData;
       WSAStartup(winsockVersion, &wsaData);
    
       //main program
       sendAdress();
    
    
       WSACleanup();
    
       return 0;
    }
    it pops up correctly with my IP, then i sent it to my friend so he could try it for me (he has multiple IPs and i don't ) and he got
    m\WSOCK32.DLL followed by his LAN ip, a line break, then his net IP.

    second thing is i tried changing to winsock 2 (changed everything right in my source file) but when i compile i get a compile error like so:

    D:\PROGRA~1\DEVC__~1\INCLUDE\winsock2.h:46: unbalanced `#endif'

    does anyone know how i can fix this. using devc++ 4

    thank you folks
    I loathe pointers

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    Magically delicious LuckY's Avatar
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    I had the same error years ago and recall that I had to just add an #endif to the appropriate place in the file (at the end?). Go open winsock2.h and look at the #if's and find their matching #endif's to find where one is missing. It's surprising that the authors made such a mistake and didn't catch it.

    Oh, and btw, you want to change that first strcat() to strcpy() (since you are concatenating data to the end of unknown data in the array the way it is now).

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    ok, got winsock2.h sorted out. it was a ifndef that didn't have a #in front of it on line 43

    now i'm having problems with my linker i put -lws2_32 in the linker objects box in the project options, but im getting undefined reference errors for all of my network functions. any ideas?

    thanks

    *sorry for the ate reply btw
    I loathe pointers

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    Try libws2_32.a or lib/libws2_32.a for the lib.

    Libraries are named a bit differently in Dev-C++ :/

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    oh well, i had those files, but was missing others so i just updated. works no. kindof...

    i've changed my code to this
    Code:
    #include <winsock2.h>
    #include <windows.h>
    #include <string.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    
    bool sendAdress(void);
    
    char listServer[] = "localhost";
    
    bool sendAdress(void)
    {
       //first get your own IP
       char localName[256];
       LPHOSTENT localMachine;
    
       //geting host name for local 'puter
       gethostname(localName, sizeof(localName));
    
       //making a hostent with above name
       localMachine = gethostbyname(localName);
    
       //getting adresses
       char localAddrs[1024];
       strcpy(localAddrs,"IP for computer name:\n\r");
       strcat(localAddrs,localName);
       strcat(localAddrs,"\r\n");
    
       for(int i = 0;localMachine->h_addr_list[i]!= 0; i++)
       {
           strcat(localAddrs,inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr *) localMachine->h_addr_list[i]));
           strcat(localAddrs,"\n\r");
       }
    
       //print IP (hopefuly)
       MessageBox(NULL,localAddrs,"did you know",MB_OK);
    }
    
    int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hThisInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpszArgument, int nFunsterStil)
    {
       //first initiate winsock
       WORD winsockVersion = MAKEWORD(2,0);
       WSADATA wsaData;
       WSAStartup(winsockVersion, &wsaData);
    
       //main program
       sendAdress();
    
       WSACleanup();
    
       return 0;
    }
    now i got another friend to test this (seeing as frend above has gone to a festival ) and what he got was his computer name(normal) followed ONLY by his LAN IP. this should work shoudln't it?
    I loathe pointers

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