How to make winsock.h for windows socket programming?

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06-02-2008
thomas_joyee

How to make winsock.h for windows socket programming?

Hi everybody,

I am a C# ASP.NET programmer. I learned C for hobby programming. Google is my main resource. I am interested in network programming. As you know, in windows it is socket programming. I got few good tutorials from Google. But it required a socket.h header file. I am using turbo C and windows XP operating system. I couldn’t find the socket.h header file in my INCLUDE directory. Again I goggled. I found that in windows, it is winsock.h and this can make from the winsock.dll in the system32 folder using the MAKELIB utility. But I couldn’t find the MAKELIB utility anywhere in the internet. Is there any utility to convert Microsoft dlls to C header files? Am I in the correct way? Please guide me.

Thanks and regards,
Thomas
06-02-2008
laserlight

Check out Beej's Guide to Network Programming. Among other things, it covers what you need to know to begin network programming on Windows.
06-03-2008
thomas_joyee

Thanks for your reply. Yes I used to read this article. Sorry for my ignorance, I think this article mention about the programming in unix. It is a very good article for beginners. However it didn’t mention about how to get the required header files. From where I can find these header files? Once again thanks for your kind response.
06-03-2008
laserlight

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From where I can find these header files?

If you are using Microsoft Visual Studio, you would need to install the Platform SDK, as far as I can tell. If you are using the MinGW port of GCC, it should come with the installation.
06-03-2008
thomas_joyee

Thanks for your patience. Yes I am familiar with socket programming in VC++ 6.0 and .NET. let me ask one more question. Can I use the same header files in .NET with TURBO C?
06-03-2008
zacs7

> Can I use the same header files in .NET with TURBO C?
Get rid of Turbo C, and get a modern compiler (Not VC++ 6.0 either).
06-03-2008
thomas_joyee

Can you suggest a compiler for me?

Regards,
Thomas
06-03-2008
matsp

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Originally Posted by thomas_joyee

Can you suggest a compiler for me?

Regards,
Thomas

gcc or Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition would be possible choices.

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Mats
06-03-2008
thomas_joyee

Thanks you for your kind responses. :) I will try gcc
03-17-2010
tanmayee

hi thomas.......can u mail me the material u have on networking concepts in windows? My mail ID is [email protected]