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lepricaun · Sep 6th, 2004, 2:31 PM

hi all, i've been learning C for a couple of months now, and i walked into a (to me) huge problem.

every tutorial i'm following about socket programming in C gives complete source codes to show how it works. usually this is nice, but my problem is that it won't compile:

http://www.frostbytes.com/~jimf/pape...s/winsock.html

this is one of the tutorials, and i know it is not the code problem. it is winsock.h and all its functions. i'm using DEV-CPP, MVC++, Pelles C as compilers, but none of them will work as it should....

while googling i've found that i should link the wsock32.lib, but i can't get this to work

any hints? (preferably for dev-cpp, since i prefer this compiler)...

kurifu · Sep 6th, 2004, 11:01 PM

Isn't that for Winsocks 1.x? I always recalled linking "ws2_32.lib" into my files, and that should hold true for Winsocks2 application which is likely the library you have installed on your computer.

Try linging that, remember you can link it explicitly with #pragma comment (lib, "ws2_32.lib") in MSVC++.

If that does not work, please post your errors. There isn't much anyone is going ot be able to help you with if we do not know what is wrong.

lepricaun · Sep 7th, 2004, 1:24 AM

Quote:

remember you can link it explicitly with #pragma comment (lib, "ws2_32.lib")

i have seen this before, but i didn't know what it meant..... i will try it, but should i use winsock2.h too or just winsock.h ?

Brent · May 30th, 2005, 10:30 AM

if

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#pragma comment(lib,"ws2_32.lib")

doesnt work try this

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#pragma comment(lib,"wsock32.lib")

Sep 6th, 2004, 2:31 PM	#1
lepricaun Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 111 Rep Power: 5	hi all, i've been learning C for a couple of months now, and i walked into a (to me) huge problem. every tutorial i'm following about socket programming in C gives complete source codes to show how it works. usually this is nice, but my problem is that it won't compile: http://www.frostbytes.com/~jimf/pape...s/winsock.html this is one of the tutorials, and i know it is not the code problem. it is winsock.h and all its functions. i'm using DEV-CPP, MVC++, Pelles C as compilers, but none of them will work as it should.... while googling i've found that i should link the wsock32.lib, but i can't get this to work any hints? (preferably for dev-cpp, since i prefer this compiler)... __________________ http://www.white-scorpion.nl

Sep 6th, 2004, 11:01 PM	#2
kurifu Expert Programmer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) Posts: 784 Rep Power: 5	Isn't that for Winsocks 1.x? I always recalled linking "ws2_32.lib" into my files, and that should hold true for Winsocks2 application which is likely the library you have installed on your computer. Try linging that, remember you can link it explicitly with #pragma comment (lib, "ws2_32.lib") in MSVC++. If that does not work, please post your errors. There isn't much anyone is going ot be able to help you with if we do not know what is wrong. __________________ Clifford Matthew Roche <geek@cliffordroche.com> Web Hosting: http://www.crd-hosting.com Consulting: http://www.crdev-consulting.com

May 30th, 2005, 10:30 AM	#4
Brent Highly Adaptive Penguin Join Date: May 2005 Location: United States Posts: 252 Rep Power: 4	if (Toggle Plain Text) #pragma comment(lib,"ws2_32.lib") #pragma comment(lib,"ws2_32.lib") doesnt work try this (Toggle Plain Text) #pragma comment(lib,"wsock32.lib") #pragma comment(lib,"wsock32.lib")

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