Questions tagged [wsastartup]

WSAStartup function is used by process to initiate use of the Winsock DLL

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Initialise WinSock when using C#?

I have a problem with a C#-application that makes use of a DLL which itself opens a TCP/IP connection. My problem: this DLL does not work when called from C#. I know from other application a function WSAStartup() has to be called to initialize…
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How to call WSAStartup() in C# (on Windows Phone 7)?

Goal: getting a Windows Phone 7 name (like, "My Windows Phone"). Lead: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/andypennell/archive/2013/11/09/getting-the-name-of-your-windows-phone-8-device.aspx The above code is provided as C++, and I would like to change it to…
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C++: gethostname() failing

I need to get the system host name for which I am using gethostname function But its failing with error code 10093 which is WSANOTINITIALISED 10093 Successful WSAStartup not yet performed. Either the application has not called WSAStartup or…
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Static wrapper library (for winsock), undefined reference to XXX

I want to write a static library which uses functions from the winsock api (a winsock wrapper library). I include libws2_32.a and add compiler option -lws2_32. Now when I link to this library in another project, it gives me these errors: undefined…
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Buggy call to WSACleanup() kills WSAStartup()

I have application that is running TCP server. To initialize TCP I run WSAStartup(). Then I need to load third party dll. Dll is also does some TCP job and has some bug - it runs WSACleanup() without running WSAStartup(). This bug brakes my TCP…
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Error 10038 on winsock connect method

I'm trying to setup a simple connection with a server app running on the same computer as the client. My code looks like this: void Base::Connect(string ip, string port) { int status; SOCKET ConnectSocket = INVALID_SOCKET; struct…
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WSAStartup failed

Hej, We have a weird problem with our software. We have a custom middleware that communicates through sockets. It run's succesfully on 50+ servers, clusters, both 2003 and 2008 OS. Sometimes depending on the wish of the developer that uses our…
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Questions about Winsock 2

WSADATA wsaData; SOCKET ConnectSocket = INVALID_SOCKET; iResult = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsaData); WSADATA is info, but what info is it specifically? WSAStartup is a function to initiate WS2_32.dll. What is the difference between initiating…
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