Thread: Winsock2.h

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    Question Winsock2.h

    I am new to Winsock programming. I am more used to pure POSIX style network programming (like in Stevens' books).

    I need some help with this code, which for some Microsoft reason doesn't work with Winsock 2.2 but work fine under any UNIX platform. Could someone please explain to me what the difference is? Here is the code:

    #include <winsock2.h>
    ...

    SOCKET sockfd;

    ...

    // get the socket
    sockfd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
    if( sockfd != 0 ) {
    Bail("socket()");
    exit(-1);
    }
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    Be sure to call WSAStartup before using any Windows Socket functions.

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    Also make sure the proper winsock2 lib is used (WS2_32.lib).


    >>Bail("socket()");

    I'm not familiar with this...what are you trying to do?

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    yeah WSAStartup is missing, but you also have to know if your network card has datagram capabilities(It's just a suggestion), I would rather use SOCK_STREAM
    by the way, I'm not sure you should check if it's different from 0, try
    if(sock==INVALID_SOCKET)
    {
    return -1;
    }
    else
    {
    //do anything here...
    }

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    Thanks. I am going to try all those things when I have some free time. Too busy at work right now.

    As far as "Bail()" goes - what it does is display a related error message, where the header is whatever string I pass as the argument. I like doing it this way because it save a lot of time trying to display the proper error message.

    Anyways, Thank You, Guys.
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