Re: Sockets and NT

["Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com>]

I didn't do anything special to load it. Just installed the binary
distribution of GNAT for NT/PC. Somewhere under there was a bunch of files
that act as a thin binding to the Win32api (Win32Ada, I believe.) I don't
have it in front of me at the moment, but my memory was that it had a
"short" (8x3) filename. If you do a search on the GNAT directory (and
subdirectories) for a file that contains the text "Winsock", I'll bet it
shows up.

As I recall, this Win32Ada thingie was auto-generated from the Win32api
header files by Intermetrics (Or was it Averstar by then?) For a while, you
had to get it as a separate bunch of packages which needed to be put in the
search path. There was also a rumor that you had to have a license from
Microsoft to legally use it - but I had close personal friends (who's names
I forget) that used it without asking permission from Bill Gates and it
worked just fine. :-) Sooner or later this collection of stuff seemed to
have migrated into the GNAT release for Windoze and its just there for the
using...Don't know if Bill is aware of it though.........

You might try pulling down my example code from my web page and seeing if it
compiles. If it does, then you must have the Win32Ada interface lying around
there somewhere.

MDC
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"Robert A Duff" <bobduff@world.std.com> wrote in message
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> "Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com> writes:
> You seem to imply that package Win32.Winsock is included as part of
> GNAT.  I don't see it in my GNAT (binary distribution, version 3.13p).
> What is this package, and where can I get it?
>