// Initialize Winsock.
WSADATA wsaData;
int iResult = WSAStartup( MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsaData );
if ( iResult != NO_ERROR )
{
 return;
}

// Create a socket.
g_SocketPoll = socket( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP );
//Check for errors to ensure that the socket is a valid socket.
if ( g_SocketPoll == INVALID_SOCKET )
{

   WSACleanup();//terminate the use of the WS2_32 DLL

    return;
}

// Connect to a server.
sockaddr_in clientService;

clientService.sin_family = AF_INET;
clientService.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr( g_sIPAddress.c_str() );
clientService.sin_port = htons( g_nPort );

if ( connect( g_SocketPoll, (SOCKADDR*) &clientService, sizeof(clientService) ) == SOCKET_ERROR) 
{
			
	WSACleanup();

	return;
}
	
//decide to have a while loop here to check if the socket is still connected?

while( true )
{
  bytesSent = send( g_SocketPoll, sLine.c_str(), strlen(sLine.c_str()), 0 );

}