Re: Trouble getting Winsock binding to work.

["Vladimir Olensky" <vladimir_olensky@yahoo.com>]

One should  call  WSAStartup before making any
attempt to use sockets under Win32.

Regards,
Vladimir Olensky

Marin D. Condic wrote in message
<38AAE07D.8643B1E3@quadruscorp.aunti.spam.com>...
>Maybe someone here can help me spot the error....

>The problem is that the
>function consistently returns INVALID_SOCKET and I can't figure if I
>have something wrong with the parameters or am missing something
>obvious.
>
>The code below illusrates the problem. If you can spot my error, I'd
>appreciate the help. (BTW: If you reply to this message, please remove
>all the anti-spam chaff in my return address.)
>
>MDC
>
>
>with Ada.Text_IO ;
>with Win32.Winsock ;
>
>procedure Test_It is
>    --
>    pragma Linker_Options ("-lwsock32") ;
>    --
>    Loc_Socket           : Win32.Winsock.Socket ;
>    --
>    use type Win32.Winsock.Socket ;
>    --
>begin
>    Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line ("Starting Socket Function") ;
>    Loc_Socket := Win32.Winsock.socket_func (
>        af         => Win32.Winsock.PF_INET,
>        c_type     => Win32.Winsock.SOCK_STREAM,
>        protocol   => 0) ;
>    --
>    if (Loc_Socket = Win32.Winsock.INVALID_SOCKET) then
>        Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line ("Invalid Socket Returned.") ;
>    else
>        Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line ("Valid Socket Returned.") ;
>    end if ;
>    --
>    Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line ("Socket Call Complete.") ;
>end Test_It ;
>
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