Cancel socketconnect

I'm trying to make a connect timeout, and i have implemented this by starting a timeout thread. This works well, but throws an exception.
How can i terminate the connection attempt, and return SOCKET_ERROR?

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Originally Posted by knutso

I'm trying to make a connect timeout, and i have implemented this by starting a timeout thread. This works well, but throws an exception.
How can i terminate the connection attempt, and return SOCKET_ERROR?

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shutdown, closesocket

Solved my problem, thanks!